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The Buddy Rich Orchestra: Big Swing Face

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In June 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Big Swing Face”, live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band (the 21st Buddy Rich album overall). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Chez Club” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
  • Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
  • Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
  • Richie Resnicoff – guitar
  • Ray Starling – piano
  • James Gannon – double bass
  • Cathy Rich – vocals
  • Shorty Rogers – arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. Big Swing Face – Bill Potts
  3. Monitor Theme – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
  4. Wack Wack – Isaac “Redd” Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young
  5. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  6. Mexicali Nose – Harry Betts
  7. Willowcrest – Bob Florence
  8. The Beat Goes On – Sonny Bono
  9. Bugle Call Rag – Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel

Donovan: Sixty Four

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In February 2004, “Donovan Discs” label released “Sixty Four”, the 21st Donovan studio album. It is composed of demo tracks recorded by Donovan in 1964, and was produced by Terry Kennedy, and compiled by Rod Callan.

Personnel:

  • Donovan Leitch – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Brian Locking – bass
  • Dave Mills – kazoo
  • Bobby Boughton – remastering
  • Ian Griffiths – design
  • Kenneth Morgan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

  1. Crazy ‘Bout a Woman – Jesse Fuller
  2. Talkin’ Pop Star Blues
  3. Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl
  4. Keep on Truckin’ – traditional, arranged by Donovan Leitch
  5. Co’dine – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  6. London Town – Tim Hardin
  7. Isle of Sadness
  8. Darkness of My Night
  9. Freedom Road

Joe Jackson: What A Racket!

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On November 24, 2023, “earMusic” label released “What a Racket!”, the 21st Joe Jackson studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Patrick Dillett and Joe Jackson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Jackson – recording supervision
  • Max Champion – baritone voice, arrangements
  • Albert Bonehill – first violin
  • Bessie Macdermott – second violin
  • Harry Penrose – viola
  • Hetty Leno – violoncello
  • Eugene Robey – contrabass
  • Jack Chevalier – drums, cymbals, pots, pans, Maltese gong
  • Vesta Merson – flute, piccolo
  • Dan Fyffe – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Gus Leybourne – trumpet
  • George Tilley – trombone
  • B. Waldorf – pianoforte
  • Patrick Dillett – recording supervision
  • David Lawrence – character depiction
  • Type Twenty Five – typography, graphic embellishments

Track listing:

All tracks by (Max Champion fictional music hall performer) – Joe Jackson

  1. (Overture): Why, Why, Why?
  2. The Sporting Life
  3. Dear Old Mum – A London-Irish Lament
  4. Monty Mundy (Is Maltese)!
  5. The Shades of Night
  6. What a Racket!
  7. The Bishop and the Actress
  8. Think of the Show – A Thespian’s Lament
  9. Never So Nice in the Morning
  10. Health & Safety
  11. Worse Things Happen at Sea

Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Duets

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In November 1968, “Milestone” label released “The Lee Konitz Duets”, the 21st Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dick Katz.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, amplified alto saxophone
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Brown – valve trombone, euphonium
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Karl Berger – vibes
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Ray Nance – violin

Track listing:

  1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  3. Variations on Alone Together
  4. Checkerboard
  5. Erb
  6. Tickletoe
  7. Duplexity
  8. Alphanumeric

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messemgers: Golden Boy

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In November 1964, “Colpix” label released “Golden Boy” (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections from the New Musical Golden Boy), the 21st Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in 1963 in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone, arrangements
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Taylor – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

  1. Theme from Golden Boy
  2. Yes I Can
  3. Lorna’s Here
  4. This Is the Life
  5. There’s a Party
  6. I Want to Be with You

Dave Brubeck: Plays And Plays And…

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In October 1957, “Fantasy” label released “Plays and Plays and…:, the 21st Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded in February 1957, at Dave Brubeck home in Oakland.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano 
  • Arnold Roth – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Cleo Brown – Dave Brubeck
  2. I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  3. Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. Indian Summer – Victor Herbert, Al Dubin
  5. In Search of a Theme – Dave Brubeck
  6. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  7. I See Your Face Before Me – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  8. They Say It’s Wonderful – Irving Berlin
  9. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Randy Weston: Blue Moses

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In July 1972, “CTI” label released “Blue Moses”, the 21st Randy Weston album. It was recorded March – April 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – electric piano
  • Grover Washington, Jr. – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Garnett Brown, Warren Covington – trombone
  • Wayne Andre – trombone, baritone horn
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
  • Romeo Penque – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn
  • George Marge – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, English horn
  • David Horowitz – synthesizer
  • Ron Carter, Vishnu Bill Wood – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, Azzedin Weston – percussion
  • Madame Meddah – vocals
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston.

  1. Ifrane
  2. Ganawa (Blue Moses)
  3. Night in Medina
  4. Marrakesh Blues

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd

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In July 1965, “Argo” label released “The in Crowd”, album by The Ramsey Lewis Trio (the 21st Ramsey Lewis album overall). It was recorded in 1965, at “Bohemian Caverns” in Washington, D.C. and was produced by Esmond Edwards. In 1966, the album received “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Jazz Performance by an Individual or Group”, and the title track single was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame” in 2009.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano
  • Eldee Young – bass, cello
  • Redd Holt – drums
  • Ed Green – engineer
  • Don S. Bronstein – design, photography
  • Al Clarke – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

  1. The ‘In’ Crowd – Billy Page
  2. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  3. Tennessee Waltz – Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart
  4. You Been Talkin’ ‘Bout Me Baby – Gale Garnett, Ray Rivers
  5. Spartacus (Love Theme from) – Alex North
  6. Felicidade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington

Ahmad Jamal: Rhapsody

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In July 1966, “Cadet” label released “Rhapsody”, the 21st Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in December 1965, at “Nola Studios” in New York, and was produced by Dick LaPalm and Ahmad Jamal.

Personnel:

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano, arrangements
  • Jamil Nasser – bass
  • Vernel Fournier – drums
  • Unnamed fifteen-piece orchestra 
  • Joe Kennedy – string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. I Hear a Rhapsody – Dick Gasparre, George Fragos, Jack Baker
  2. This Could Be the Start of Something – Steve Allen
  3. Then I’ll Be Tired Of You – Arthur Schwartz, E. Y. Harburg
  4. Effendi – McCoy Tyner
  5. Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
  6. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  7. Strange – John La Touche, Marvin Fisher
  8. You Can Be Sure – Joe Kennedy
  9. Concern – Ahmad Jamal