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John Coltrane: Coltrane

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In October 1957, “Prestige” label released “Coltrane”, the debut John Coltrane album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
  • Johnnie Splawn – trumpet
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Bakai – Calvin Massey
  2. Violets for Your Furs – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  3. Time Was – Gabriel Luna de la Fuente, Paz Miguel Prado, Bob Russell
  4. Straight Street – John Coltrane
  5. While My Lady Sleeps – Gus Kahn, Bronislav Kaper
  6. Chronic Blues – John Coltrane

Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Takes Charge

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In August 1959, “Riverside” label released “Cannonball Takes Charge”, the 14th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1959, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. If This Isn’t Love – Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
  2. I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  3. Serenata – Leroy Anderson
  4. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Barefoot Sunday Blues
  6. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  7. I Remember You – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer

Herbie Hancock: Fat Albert Rotunda

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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
  • Art Clarke – baritone saxophone
  • Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal — trumpet
  • Garnett Brown — trombone
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, engineer
  • Ed Trasher – art direction
  • Syrell Sapoznick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock.

  1. Wiggle-Waggle
  2. Fat Mama
  3. Tell Me a Bad Time Story
  4. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
  5. Jessica
  6. Fat Albert Rotunda
  7. Lil’ Brother

Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue

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In February 1959, “Bethlehem Records” label released “Little Girl Blue”, the debut Nina Simone album. It was recorded in December 1957, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone– vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Jimmy Bond– double bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath– drums
  • Joseph Muranyi– liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
  2. Don’t Smoke in Bed – Willard Robison
  3. He Needs Me – Arthur Hamilton
  4. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  6. My Baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  7. Good Bait – Count Basie, Tadd Dameron
  8. Plain Gold Ring – George Stone (aka Earl Burroughs)
  9. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  10. I Loves You, Porgy – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Central Park Blues – Nina Simone