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The Red Garland Quartet: Dig It!

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In August 1962, “Prestige” label released “Dig It!”, album by The Red Garland Quartet (the ninth Red Garland album overall). It was recorded March – December 1957, February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone 
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Jamil Nasser – bass 
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  3. CTA – Jimmy Heath
  4. Lazy Mae – Red Garland

Horace Silver: Silver’s Blue

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In August 1957, “Epic” label released “Silver’s Blue”, the fourth Horace Silver album. It was recorded in June – July 1956, in New York City, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Joe Gordon – trumpet
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Silver’s Blue
  2. To Beat or Not to Beat
  3. How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. I’ll Know – Frank Loesser
  5. Shoutin’ Out – Horace Silver
  6. Hank’s Tune – Hank Mobley
  7. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin

Art Taylor: A.T.’s Delight

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In March 1961, “Blue Note” label released “A.T.’s Delight”, the third Art Taylor album. It was recorded in August 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Dave Burns – trumpet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga 
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Syeeda’s Song Flute – John Coltrane
  2. Epistrophy – Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk
  3. Move – Denzil Best
  4. High Seas – Kenny Dorham
  5. Cookoo and Fungi – Art Taylor
  6. Blue Interlude – Kenny Dorham

Benny Bailey: Big Brass

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In December 1960, “Candid” label released “Big Brass”, the second Benny Bailey album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Nola Penthouse Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Nat Hentoff.

Personnel:

  • Benny Bailey – trumpet
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Les Spann – guitar, flute
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Buddy Catlett – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
  2. Alison – Hale Smith
  3. Tipsy – Oliver Nelson
  4. Please Say Yes – Tom McIntosh
  5. A Kiss to Build a Dream On – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Maud’s Mood – Benny Bailey

Gene Ammons: Up Tight!

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In November 1961, “Prestige” label released “Up Tight!”, the 14th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, Bew Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop Jr., Patti Bown – piano
  • Art Davis, George Duvivier – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Ammons, except where noted.

  1. The Breeze and I – Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman
  2. I Sold My Heart to the Junkman – Leon René
  3. Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
  4. Up Tight!
  5. The Five O’Clock Whistle – Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow
  6. Jug’s Blue Blues
  7. Lester Leaps In – Lester Young

Elmo Hope & Frank Foster: Hope Meets Foster

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In November 1955, “Prestige” label released “Hope Meets Foster”, album by Elmo Hope and Frank Foster. It was recorded in October 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Elmo Hope – piano
  • Charles Freeman Lee – trumpet
  • John Ore – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

 Track listing:

All tracks by Elmo Hope except where noted

  1. Wail, Frank, Wail
  2. Zarou – Frank Foster, Elmo Hope
  3. Fosterity – Frank Foster
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Shutout – Frank Foster
  6. Yaho

Dizzy Reece: From In To Out

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In November 1970, “Futura” label released “From in to Out”, the eleventh Dizzy Reece album. It was recorded in October 1970, in Paris.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Reece – trumpet
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone
  • Siegfried Kessler – piano
  • Patrice Caratini – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dizzy Reece.

  1. Communion/Contact
  2. Krisis/Summit

Buddy Tate: Tate-a-Tate

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In November 1960, “Swingville” label released “Tate-a-Tate”, the sixth Buddy Tate album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone
  • Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Larry Gales – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

 All tracks by Clark Terry, except where noted.

  1. Groun’ Hog
  2. Tate-a-Tate
  3. Snatchin’ It Back
  4. #20 Ladbroke Square – Buddy Tate, Esmond Edwards
  5. All Too Soon – Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman
  6. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn

Lem Winchester: Winchester Special

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In November 1959, “New Jazz” label released “Winchester Special”, the third Lem Winchester studio album. It was recorded in September 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Lem Winchester – vibraphone
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Down Fuzz – Lem Winchester
  2. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  3. Will You Still Be Mine? – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  4. Mysticism – Len Foster
  5. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
  6. The Dude – Lem Winchester

Art Taylor: Taylor’s Tenors

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In July 1959, “New Jazz” label released “Taylor’s Tenors”, the second Art Taylor studio album. It was recorded in June 1959, at Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Frank Foster, Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass

Track listing:

  1. Rhythm-A-Ning – Thelonious Monk
  2. Little Chico – Charlie Rouse
  3. Cape Millie – Walter Davis Jr.
  4. Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  5. Fidel – Jackie McLean
  6. Dacor – Art Taylor