In December 1969, “Warner Bros” label released “Fat Albert Rotunda”, the eighth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded October, November and December 1969, at Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Herbie Hancock. The album music was originally recorded for the TV special “Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert”.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
Eric Gale – guitar
Billy Butler — guitar
Jerry Jemmott – electric bass
Buster Williams — acoustic and electric bass
Albert “Tootie” Heath — drums
Bernard Purdie – drums
Joe Farrell — alto and tenor saxophone
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
In October 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “The Hunter”, the tenth Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Bob Krasnow.
Personnel:
Tina Turner – vocals
Ike Turner – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Michaelangelo Linguini – design
Bartram Bartram – photography
Track listing:
The Hunter – Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr.
You Don’t Love Me (Yes I Know) – Willie Cobbs
You Got Me Running – Jimmy Reed
Bold Soul Sister – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
I Smell Trouble – Don Robey
The Things I Used to Do – Eddie Jones, Memphis Slim
Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by Ike Turner and Bob Krasnow
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
On September 16, 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Bantu Village”, the 16th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in May 1969, at “RPM Studios” in Los Angeles.
On August 25, 1970, “Epic” label released “Here Comes Shuggie Otis”, the debut Shuggie Otis studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Johhny Otis.
Personnel:
Shuggie Otis – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, celesta
Johnny Otis – piano, harpsichord, celesta, timpani, percussion
Leon Haywood – organ
Ray Johnson – piano
Al McKibbon – string bass
Wilton Felder – bass, harpsichord, celesta
Stix Hooper, Abe Mills, Paul Lagos – drums
Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Preston Love, Hank Jernigan, Jack Kelso – saxophone
Bob Mitchell, Melvin Moore – trumpet
Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners – trombone
Richard Mackey, Willie Ruff – French horn
Preston Love, Jack Kelso, Hank Jernigan – flute
Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale – violin
Hyman Gold, Irving Lipschultz – cello
Eunice Wennermark, Ginger Smock, Isadore Roman, Joe Lichter – strings
Rafael O. Valentin – engineer
Pete Welding – liner notes
Track listing:
Oxford Gray – Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
Jennie Lee – Wilton Felder, Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis
In August 1969, “Cotillion” label released “Mourning in the Morning”, the second Otis Rush album. It was recorded in 1969, at “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was produced by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield.
Personnel:
Otis Rush – vocals, guitar
Jimmy Johnson – guitar
Duane Allman – guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Mark Naftalin – keyboards
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Roger Hawkins – drums
Aaron Varnell – tenor saxophone
Joe Arnold – tenor saxophone
Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
Mickey Buckins – recording
Norris McNamara – photography
Nick Gravenites – liner notes
Track listing:
Me – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
Working Man – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
You’re Killing My Love – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
Feel So Bad – Chuck Willis
Gambler’s Blues – B.B. King, Jules Taub
Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
My Old Lady – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
My Love Will Never Die – Otis Rush
Reap What You Sow – Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
It Takes Time – Otis Rush
Can’t Wait No Longer – Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “The Flip”, the 33rd Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in July 1969, at “Studio Barclay” in Paris, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Poly-Currents”, the twelve Elvin Jones album. It was recorded in September 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
Elvin Jones – drums
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, English horn, flute, bass flute
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Now!”, the eleventh Bobby Hutcherson album. It was recorded October – November 1969, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson.
Personnel:
Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba, vibes
Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron – piano
Stanley Cowell – piano, electric piano
Wally Richardson – guitar
Herbie Lewis – bass
Joe Chambers – drums
Candido Camero – congas
Gene McDaniels- lead vocals
Hilda Harris, Albertine M. Robinson, Ellen Gilbert, Christine Spencer, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocal
On May 25, 1970, “World Pacific” and “Liberty” labels released “King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa”, the sixth Jean-Luc Ponty album. It was recorded in October 1969, at “Whitney Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, baritone violectra
Frank Zappa – electric guitar, arrangements, conductor
George Duke – acoustic and electric piano
Buell Neidlinger – double bass
Wilton Felder – Fender Precision electric bass
John Guerin – drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III – drums
Gene Estes – vibraphone, percussion
Ernie Watts – alto and tenor saxophone
Ian Underwood – tenor saxophone, orchestra conductor
Gene Cipriano – oboe, English horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn, tuba
Vincent DeRosa – descant recorder, French horn, descant
Jonathan Meyer – flute
Donald Christlieb – bassoon
Milton Thomas – viola
Harold Bemko – cello
Gerald Wilson – conductor
Ian Underwood – conductor
Dick Kunc – engineer
Ron Wolin – art direction, design
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.
King Kong
Idiot Bastard Son
Twenty Small Cigars
How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That – Jean-Luc Ponty
Music for Electric Violin and Low-Budget Orchestra
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