In December 1960, “Candid” label released “Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Nola Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – bass
Ted Curson – trumpet
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Dannie Richmond – drums
Bob D’Orleans – engineer
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
Folk Forms No. 1
Original Faubus Fables
What Love
All the Things you Could Be by Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
On January 4, 2021, “New West Records” label released “J.T.”, the 19th Steve Earl album. It was recorded with his band The Dukes, in 2020, at Electric Ladyland Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Earle. The album is a tribute to Earle’s oldest son, Justin Townes Earle, who died in August, 2020.
Personnel:
Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, harmonica
Chris Masterson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, one finger piano
Eleanor Whitmore – vocals, fiddle, mandolin, organ
Ricky Ray Jackson – vocals, pedal steel guitar, dobro
Jeff Hill – vocals, acoustic and electric bass, cello
Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
John Rooney – recording assistant
Laurence Kern – guitar technician
Tom Bejgrowicz – package design, layout
Tony Fitzpatrick – cover art
Danny Clinch – photography
Shervin Lainez – photography
Sara Sharpe – photography
Ian Dublin Earle – associate producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Justin Townes Earle, except where noted.
I Don’t Care
Ain’t Glad I’m Leaving
Maria
Far Away in Another Town – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
They Killed John Henry
Turn Out My Lights – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
In September 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Royal Flush”, the 19th Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in September 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Donald Byrd except where noted.
Hush
I’m a Fool to Want You – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
On September 4, 2001, “Hyena” label released “Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions”, the 19th James Blood Ulmer album. It was recorded in April 2001, at “Sun Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Vernon Reid.
Personnel:
James Blood Ulmer – vocals, guitar
Vernon Reid – guitar
Charles Burnham – violin
Rick Steff – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
David Barnes – harmonica
Mark Peterson – bass
Aubrey Dayle – drums
Track listing:
Spoonful – Willie Dixon
I Want to Be Loved – Willie Dixon
Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
Dimples – James Bracken, John Lee Hooker
I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
Evil – Willy Dixon
Death Letter – Son House
Fattening Frogs for Snakes – Willie Williamson
Money – John Lee Hooker
I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love – Willie Dixon
Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal – Daylie Holmes, Marl H. Young
Double Trouble – Otis Rush
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) – Chester Burnett
On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Sunlight”, the 19th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals (vocoder), keyboards, synthesizers, string, brass and woodwind arrangements
Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers
Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo
Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
Byron Miller, Paul Jackson, Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, James Levi, Harvey Mason, Sr., Tony Williams – drums
Raul Rekow, Bill Summers – percussion
Baba Duru – table
Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O’Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass
Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind
Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Chris Minto, Cheryl Ward – engineer
Steve Mantoani – engineer
Terry Becker – engineer assistant
Phill Brown – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.
I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen
In January 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Cornbread”, the 19th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in September 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In December 1961, “Impulse!” label released “Soul Trombone”, the 19th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Jimmy Cobb, G. T. Hogan – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Curtis Fuller except where noted.
The Clan
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
On October 14, 2002, “Lil’ Beethoven / Artful” labels released “Lil’ Beethoven”, the 19th Sparks album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “Sparks Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.
Personnel:
Russell Mael – vocals, programming, arrangements
Ron Mael – keyboards, orchestrations, programming, arrangements
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