In July 1958, “Verve” label released “Stay with Me”, the ninth Billie Holiday album. It was recorded in February 1955, at “Fine Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – vocals
Tony Scott and His Orchestra
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
Charlie Shavers – trumpet
Tony Scott – clarinet
Carl Drinkard – piano
Billy Taylor – piano
Billy Bauer – guitar
Leonard Gaskin – bass
Cozy Cole – drums
Leroy Lovett – arrangements
Track listing:
I Wished on the Moon – Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
Everything Happens to Me – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
Always – Irving Berlin
Do Nothing till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
In July 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Mingus Plays Piano”, the 22nd Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in July 1963, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – vocals, piano
Bob Simpson – engineer
Victor Kalin – cover painting
Hollis King – art direction, design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Bob Thiele – photography
Lee Tanner – photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
Myself When I Am Real
I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour
Roland Kirk’s Message
Memories of You – Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
She’s Just Miss Popular Hybrid
Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
Meditations for Moses
Old Portrait
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems and Folklore
In July 1959, “Colpix” label released “The Amazing Nina Simone”, the second Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded in April 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Hecky Krasnow.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Bob Mersey – arrangement, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Blue Prelude – lyrics by Gordon Jenkins, music by Joe Bishop
Children Go Where I Send You – Nina Simone, traditional
Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More) – Jerry Silverman, Stephen Gale
Stompin’ at the Savoy – lyrics by Andy Razaf, music by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson
It Might as Well Be Spring – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers
You’ve Been Gone Too Long – Brother John Sellers
That’s Him Over There – lyrics by Marilyn Keith, music by Lew Spence
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow – William Lovelock, Hecky Krasnow
Theme from Middle of the Night – lyrics by Paddy Shayefsky, music by George Bassman
Can’t Get Out of This Mood – lyrics by Frank Loeser, music by Jimmy McHugh
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Solitaire – lyrics by Carl Nutter, Renee Borek, music by King Guion
On June 13, 2025, “Mack Avenue” label released “Elemental”, studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap. It was recorded in February 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Tulani Bridgewater-Kowalski.
Personnel:
Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
Bill Charlap – piano
Timothy J. Zick – recording, mixing
Track listing:
Beginning to See the Light – Lou Reed
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
Honeysuckle Rose – Thomas “Fats” Waller, Andy Razaf
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
In March 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Blue Hour”, album by Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds (the second Stanley Turrentine album overall). It was recorded June – December 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Track listing:
I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
In February 1960, “Capitol” label released “Road Show”, live album by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Elliot Hall” in Purdue University, Lafayette, In, and was produced by Lee Gillette, John Palladino and Bill Wagner.
Personnel:
Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
June Christy – vocals
The Four Freshmen (Ken Albers, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, Bob Flanigan) – vocal group
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo – tenor saxophone
Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Mathieu, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith – trumpet
Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky – trombone
Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Castro – piano
Pete Chivily – bass
Jimmy Campbell – drums
Mike Pacheco – Cuban drums
Track listing:
Artistry in Rhythm – Stan Kenton
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
The Big Chase – Marty Paich
I Want to Be Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
It’s a Most Unusual Day – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
Kissing Bug – Billy Strayhorn, Rex Stewart, Joya Sherrill
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy
Paper Doll – Johnny S. Black
Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Tranquility”, album by Lee Konitz’s Quartet (14th Lee Konitz album overall). It was recorded in October 1957, in New York City.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Billy Bauer – guitar
Henry Grimes – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Track listing:
Stephanie – Lee Konitz
Memories of You – Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
People Will Say We’re in Love – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
When You’re Smiling – Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay
Sunday – Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne
Lennie Bird – Lennie Tristano
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
In August 1960, “Verve” label released “Swingin’ on the Town”, the 18th Roy Eldridge album. It was recorded in June 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Roy Eldridge – trumpet
Ronnie Ball – piano
Benny Moten – bass
Eddie Locke – drums
Track listing:
Bossa Nova – Roy Eldridge
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
Sweet Sue, Just You – Victor Young, Will J. Harris
I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Crème de Menthe – Erroll Garner
Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
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:
Native Land – Curtis Amy
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
Prompt – Benny Bailey
The Perils of Poda – Phil Woods
Good Booty – Pony Poindexter
Lee O’s Blues – Leo Wright, Lee Konitz
Lee’s Tribute to Bach and Bird – Johann Sebastian Bach/Charlie Parker
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