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Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Trackin’

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In December 1962, “Prestige” label released “Trackin’”, the 37th Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Weeden – guitar
  • Don Patterson – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Billy James – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervision

Track listing:

  1. There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  2. What’s New? – Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart
  3. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
  4. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. Beano – John Campbell
  6. Day by Day – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  7. Robbins Nest – Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: I Only Have Eyes For You

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In December 1962, “Prestige” label released “I Only Have Eyes for You”, the 36th Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis album.It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Weeden – guitar
  • Don Patterson – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Billy James – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervision

Track listing:

  1. I Only Have Eyes for You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  2. Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
  3. Street Lights – Matthew Gee
  4. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  5. It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight – Billy Reid
  6. Time on My Hands – Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans

Dexter Gordon: Go

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In December 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Go!” the 18th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. In 2019, “Go!” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the “National Recording Registry” for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Cheese Cake – Dexter Gordon
  2. I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  3. Second Balcony Jump – Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine
  4. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  5. Where Are You – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
  6. Three O’clock in the Morning – Julian Robledo, Dorothy Terriss

Woody Herman: Woody Herman – 1963

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In December 1962, “Philips” label released “Woody Herman–1963”, the 30th Woody Herman album. It was recorded in October 1962, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Woody Herman – vocal, clarinet, conductor
  • Sal Nistico, Gordon Brisker, Larry Cavelli – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Allen – baritone saxophone
  • Bill Chase – lead trumpet, arrangements
  • Paul Fontaine, Dave Gale, Ziggy Harrell, Gerald Lamy – trumpet
  • Phil Wilson, Eddie Morgan – trombone
  • Jack Gale – trombone, arrangements
  • Nat Pierce – piano, arrangements
  • Chuck Andrus – double bass
  • Jake Hanna – drums
  • Jeff Willens – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Isabelle Wong – design
  • Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes
  • Ken Druker – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Mo-Lasses – Joe Newman
  2. Blues for J.P. – Horace Parlan
  3. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
  4. Tunin’ In – Nat Pierce
  5. Sister Sadie – Horace Silver
  6. Sig Ep – Jack Gale
  7. It’s a Lonesome Old Town (When You’re Not Around) – Charles Kisco, Harry Tobias, Egbert Van Alstyne
  8. Camel Walk – Bill Chase

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First

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In December 1962, “Reprise” label released “Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First”, the 30th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Count Basie – piano
  • Bill Miller – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Al Aarons – trumpet
  • Sonny Cohn – trumpet
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Fip Ricard – trumpet
  • Henry Coker – trombone
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Rufus Wagner – trombone
  • Buddy Catlett – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Neal Hefti – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
  2. Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
  3. (Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
  5. My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
  6. I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
  7. Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  8. Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
  9. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
  10. I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach

Bud Shank & Clare Fisher: Bossa Nova Jazz Samba

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In December 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bossa Nova Jazz Samba”, an album by Bud Shank and Clare Fischer. It was recorded in September 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by Albert Marx.

Personnel:

  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Clare Fischer – piano
  • Ralph Pena – bass
  • Larry Bunker, Frank Guerrero, Milt Holland, Bob Neel – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Clare Fischer, except where noted.

  1. Samba da Borboleta
  2. Illusao
  3. Pensativa
  4. Joao
  5. Misty – Erroll Garner
  6. Que Mais?
  7. Wistful Samba
  8. Samba Guapo

Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones

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In November 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Hub-Tones”, the seventh Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks Freddie Hubbard, where noted.

  1. You’re My Everything – Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young
  2. Prophet Jennings
  3. Hub-Tones
  4. Lament for Booker
  5. For Spee’s Sake

Wes Montgomery: Full House

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In November 1962, “Riverside” label released “Full House”, the sixth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in June 1962, at Tsubo, Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Full House – Wes Montgomery
  2. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  3. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  4. Cariba – Wes Montgomery
  5. Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
  6. S.O.S. – Wes Montgomery

Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The African Beat”, album by Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble (the fifth Art Blakey album overall). It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs”, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums, timpani, telegraph drum, gong
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
  • Yusef Lateef — cow horn, flute, tenor saxophone, mbira, oboe
  • Curtis Fuller — timpani
  • Chief Bey — double gong, conga, telegraph drum
  • Robert Crowder — Batá drum, conga
  • James Ola. Folami — conga
  • Solomon G. Ilori — vocals, talking drum, pennywhistle
  • Montego Joe — corboro drum, log drum, bambara drum, double gong
  • Garvin Masseaux — shekere, African maracas, conga
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Prayer – Solomon G. Ilori
  2. Ife L’ayo (There Is Happiness in Love) – Solomon G. Ilori
  3. Obirin African (Woman of Africa) – Garvin Masseaux
  4. Love, The Mystery of – Guy Warren
  5. Ero Ti Nr’Ojeje – Solomon G. Ilori
  6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) – Solomon G. Ilori
  7. Tobi Ilu – James H. Bey

Horace Silver: The Tokyo Blues

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The Tokyo Blues”, the eleventh Horace Silver album. It was recorded in July 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • John Harris, Jr. – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

  1. Too Much Sake
  2. Sayonara Blues
  3. The Tokyo Blues
  4. Cherry Blossom – Ronnell Bright
  5. Ah! So