Tag Archives: Alfred Lion

Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil

In June 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Speak No Evil”, the sixth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in December 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Shorter.

  1. Witch Hunt
  2. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
  3. Dance Cadaverous
  4. Speak No Evil
  5. Infant Eyes
  6. Wild Flower

Horace Silver: Further Explorations

In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Further Explorations”, album by the Horace Silver Quintet (the seventh Horace Silver album overall). It was recorded in January 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
  • Teddy Kotick – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

  1. The Outlaw
  2. Melancholy Mood
  3. Pyramid
  4. Moon Rays
  5. Safari
  6. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

Lee Morgan: Same

In May 1957, “Blue Note” label released the self – titled, third Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in December 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Kenny Rodgers – alto saxophone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Owen Marshall – arrangements
  • Benny Golson – arrangements
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. Whisper Not
  2. Latin Hangover
  3. His Sister – Owen Marshall
  4. Slightly Hep
  5. Where Am I?
  6. D’s Fink – Owen Marshall

Grant Green: Goin’ West

In May 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Goin’ West”, the 13th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. On Top of Old Smokey – traditional
  2. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
  3. Wagon Wheels – Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  4. Red River Valley – traditional
  5. Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Bob Nolan

Jackie McLean: Let The Freedom Ring

In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Let Freedom Ring”, the 20th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personel:

  • Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
  • Walter Davis, Jr. — piano
  • Herbie Lewis — bass
  • Billy Higgins — drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackie McLean except where noted.

  1. Melody for Melonae
  2. I’ll Keep Loving You – Bud Powell
  3. Rene
  4. Omega

Grant Green: The Latin Bit

In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Latin Bit”, the fifth Grant Green album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • John Adriano Acea – piano
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga
  • Garvin Masseaux – chekere 
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green, except where noted

  1. Mambo Inn – Mario Bauzá, Edgar Sampson, Bobby Woodlen
  2. Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez
  3. Mama Inez – L. Wolfe Gilbert, Eliseo Grenet
  4. Brazil – Ary Barroso
  5. Tico Tico – Zequinha de Abreu
  6. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker

Sonny Clark: Leapin’ And Lopin’

In May 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Leapin’ and Lopin’”, the twelve and final Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Clark, except where noted.

  1. Somethin’ Special
  2. Deep in a Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
  3. Melody in C
  4. Eric Walks – Butch Warren
  5. Voodoo
  6. Midnight Mambo – Tommy Turrentine

Jimmy Smith: A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2

In April 1956, “Blue Note” label released “A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2”, the second Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Babs Gonzales – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. Bayou
  3. Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish
  4. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  5. Ready ‘n Able
  6. Turquoise
  7. Bubbis

Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell

In April 1952, “Blue Note” label released “The Amazing Bud Powell”, the second Bud Powell album (released as a ten-inch LP). It was recorded August 1949 – May 1951, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

August 1949

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Fats Navarro – trumpet
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

May 1951

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Curley Russell – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Doug Hawkins – recording
  • John Hermansader – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Bud Powell, except where noted.

  1. Un Poco Loco
  2. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
  3. Ornithology – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
  4. Wail
  5. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  6. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Baouncing with Bud – Gil Fuller, Bud Powell

Grant Green: Grantstand

In April 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Grantstand”, the fourth Grant Green album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute 
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Al Harewood – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green, except where noted.

  1. Grantstand
  2. My Funny Valentine – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. Blues in Maude’s Flat
  4. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison