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The Bobby Timmons Trio: In Person

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In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “In Person”, album by Bobby Timmons Trio (fifth Bobby Timmons album overall). It was recorded in October 1961, at “Village Vanguard” in New York, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Bobby Timmons except where noted.

  1. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
  2. So Tired
  3. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  4. Dat Dere (Theme)
  5. Popsy
  6. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  8. Dat Dere (Theme)

Yusef Lateef: Hush ‘N’ Thunder

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In January 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hush ‘N’ Thunder”, the 31st Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded May – September 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” and “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, shannai
  • Kenny Barron – piano, electric piano
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Al White – organ 
  • Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob Cunningham, Bill Salter – bass
  • Gordon Edwards – electric bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • The J.C. White Singers – vocals
  • Monroe “Bones” Constantino – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  2. The Hump – Kenny Barron
  3. Opus Part I / Opus Part II – Kenny Barron
  4. This Old Building – Rev. Cleophus Robinson
  5. Prayer – Kenny Barron
  6. Sunset – Kenny Barron
  7. His Eye Is on the Sparrow – traditional
  8. Destination Paradise – Yusef Lateef

Charles McPherson: Bebop Revisited

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In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Bebop Revisited!”, the debut Charles McPherson studio album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Nelson Boyd – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1.  Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  2. Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
  3. Variations on a Blues by Bird – Charlie Parker
  4. Wail – Bud Powell
  5. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Si Si – Charlie Parker

Roland Kirk: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra

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In November 1963, “Mercury” label released “The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra”, the seventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in June 1963 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums

The Benny Golson Orchestra

  • Benny Golson – conductor, arranger
  • Richard Williams, Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Dezső Csanády – artwork
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Ecclusiastics – Charles Mingus
  2. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Roland Speaks – Roland Kirk, Benny Golson
  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz
  5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
  6. I’ve Got Your Number – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
  8. April Morning
  9. Get in the Basement
  10. Abstract Improvisation

Yusef Lateef: Yusef Lateef’s Detroit

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In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Roy Brooks – drums
  • Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
  • Albert Heath – percussion
  • Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
  • Alfred Brown – viola
  • Kermit Moore – cello

Track listing:

All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Bishop School
  2. Livingston Playground
  3. Eastern Market
  4. Belle Isle
  5. Russell and Elliot
  6. Raymond Winchester
  7. Woodward Avenue
  8. That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith

Bennie Green: The Swingin’est

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In December 1958, “Vee-Jay” label released “The Swingin’est”, the eighth Bennie Green album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Sid McCoy.

Personnel:

  • Bennie Green – trombone
  • Gene Ammons, Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Leroy Winbush – design
  • Lacey Crawford – cover photography
  • Don Bronstein – photography
  • Frank London Brown – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Juggin’ Around – Frank Foster
  2. Going South – Frank Foster
  3. Jim Dog – Gene Ammons
  4. Sermonette – Nat Adderley, Jon Hendricks
  5. A Little Ditty – Frank Wess

Kenny Dorham: Trompeta Toccata

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In July 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Trompeta Toccata”, the 20th Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Dorham, except where noted.

  1. Trompeta Toccata
  2. Night Watch
  3. Mamacita – Joe Henderson
  4. The Fox

Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

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In April 1960, “Riverside” label released “The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery”, the second Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in January 1960, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – electric guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Paul Bacon, Ken Braren, Harris Lewine – design
  • Lawrence N. Shustak – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Airegin – Sonny Rollins
  2. D-Natural Blues – Wes Montgomery
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Four on Six – Wes Montgomery
  5. West Coast Blues – Wes Montgomery, Granville Sascha Burland
  6. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
  7. Mr. Walker (Renie) – Wes Montgomery
  8. Gone With the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson

Walter Benton: Out of This World

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In September 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Out of This World”, the debut and the only Walter Benton album. It was recorded in September 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb, Albert Heath – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Walter Benton except where noted,

  1. Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  2. Walter’s Altar
  3. Iris
  4. Night Movements
  5. A Blues Mood
  6. Azil
  7. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman

John Coltrane: Lush Life

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In March 1961, “Prestige” label released “Lush Life”, album by John Coltrane. It was assembled from previously unreleased tracks from three recording sessions at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey in May and August 1957, and January 1958, produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Earl May – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Albert Heath – drums

Track listing:

  1. Like Someone in Love – Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. I Love You – Cole Porter
  3. Trane’s Slow Blues – John Coltrane
  4. Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
  5. I Hear a Rhapsody – Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre