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Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry On Stage

In August 1963, “Chess” label released “Chuck Berry on Stage”, the first Chuck Berry live album. It was produced by Leonard Chess and Philip Chess.

Personnel:

  • Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar
  • Johnnie Johnson – piano
  • Lafayette Leake – piano
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Reggie Boyd – bass
  • Willie Dixon – bass
  • George Smith – bass
  • Phil Thomas – drums
  • Fred Below – drums
  • Ebbie Hardy – drums
  • Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jerome Green – maracas
  • Martha Berry – backing vocals
  • The Moonglows – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Chuck Berry, except where noted.

  1. Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Alan Freed, Russ Fratto
  2. Memphis, Tennessee
  3. Surfin’ Steel
  4. Rockin’ on the Railroad (Let It Rock) – Edward Anderson, pseudonym of Chuck Edward Anderson Berry
  5. Go, Go, Go
  6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – alternate take
  7. Still Got the Blues
  8. Surfin USA (Sweet Little Sixteen)
  9. Jaguar and Thunderbird
  10. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  11. All Aboard
  12. Trick or Treat
  13. The Man and the Donkey

Freddie Hubbard: Ready for Freddie

In April 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Ready for Freddie”, the fifth Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Van gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Bernard McKinney – euphonium
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie Hubbard, except where noted.

  1. Arietis” – 6:41
  2. Weaver of Dreams – Jack Elliott, Victor Young
  3. Marie Antoinette – Wayne Shorter
  4. Birdlike
  5. Crisis
  6. Arietis – (alternate take)
  7. Marie Antoinette (alternate take) – Wayne Shorter

Lee Morgan: Standards

On February 10, 1998, “Blue Note” label released “Standards”, the 24th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums
  • Duke Pearson – arranger

Track listing:

  1. This Is the Life – Adams, Strouse
  2. God Bless the Child – Herzog, Holiday
  3. Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Russell
  4. Lot of Livin’ to Do – Adams, Strouse
  5. Somewhere – Bernstein, Sondheim
  6. If I Were a Carpenter – Hardin
  7. Blue Gardenia – Alternate Take

Bill Evans Trio: How My Heart Sings

In January 1964, “Riverside” label released “How My Heart Sings!”, the 13th Bill Evans album. It was recorded May – June 1963, at “Sound Makers Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans- piano
  • Chuck Israels- bass
  • Paul Motian- drums

Track listing:

  1. How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
  2. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  3. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
  4. In Your Own Sweet Way – alternate take – bonus track
  5. Walking Up – Bill Evans
  6. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  7. 34 Skidoo – Bill Evans
  8. Ev’rything I Love – Cole Porter
  9. Show-Type Tune – Bill Evans