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Lee Konitz: Alto Summit

In July 1958, “MPS” label released “Alto Summit”, the 22nd Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in June 1968, at “MPS Tonstudio” in Villingen, Black Forest, Germany, and was produced by Joachim E. Berendt.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Pony Poindexter – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • Palle Danielsson – bass
  • Jon Christensen – drums

Track listing:

  1. Native Land – Curtis Amy
  2. Ballad Medley: Skylark/Blue and Sentimental/Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You/Body and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer/Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David/Andy Razaf, Don Redman/Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
  3. Prompt – Benny Bailey
  4. The Perils of Poda – Phil Woods
  5. Good Booty – Pony Poindexter
  6. Lee O’s Blues – Leo Wright, Lee Konitz
  7. Lee’s Tribute to Bach and Bird – Johann Sebastian Bach/Charlie Parker

Ray Charles: Ray Charles Invites You To Listen

In June 1967, “ABC/Tangerine” labels released “Ray Charles Invites You to Listen”, the 28th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1967, at :RPM International Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Adams.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocal
  • Sid Feller – arrangements
  • Chris Wilson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. She’s Funny That Way (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) – Neil Moret, Richard Whiting
  2. How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) – Irving Berlin
  3. You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Wanna Do It) – James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy
  4. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. I’ll Be Seeing You – Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain
  6. Here We Go Again – Don Lanier, Red Steagall
  7. All for You – Robert Scherman
  8. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  9. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
  10. People – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne