On September 27, 2011, “J&R Adventures” label released “Don’t Explain”, the first Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa collaborative album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.
Personnel:
Beth Hart – vocals, piano, liner notes
Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar
Blondie Chaplin – guitar
Arlan Schierbaum – keyboards
Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
Anton Fig – drums, percussion
Jared Kvitka – engineer
James McCullagh – engineer
Vanessa Parr – engineer
Ghian Wright – engineer
Kevin Shirley – mixing
George Marino – mastering
Mike Prior – photography
Laura Grover – liner notes
Roy Weisman – executive producer
Track listing:
Sinner’s Prayer – Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn
Chocolate Jesus – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
Your Heart Is as Black as Night – Melody Gardot
For My Friend – Bill Withers
Don’t Explain – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James, Ellington Jordan, Billy Foster
Something’s Got a Hold on Me – Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Paer Woods
In July 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Out of the Afternoon”, the sixth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Roy Haynes – drums
Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, C flute, nose flute
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Henry Grimes – bass
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Moon Ray – Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – Bart Howard
Raoul – Roy Haynes
Snap Crackle – Roy Haynes
If I Should Lose You – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Long Wharf – Roy Haynes
Some Other Spring – Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings
In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Mils – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Barbara Long – liner notes
Track listing:
Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
The Backbone – Butch Warren
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
On December 8, 1968, “Motown” label released “For Once in My Life”, the ninth studio and the tenth overall Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded December 1967 – August 1968, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, and was produced by Stevoe Wonder, Henry Cosby and Don Hunter.
In December 1957, “Riverside” label released “That’s Him!”, the second Abbey Lincoln album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Abbey Lincoln – vocals
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano, bass
Paul Chambers – bass
Max Roach – drums
Track listing:
Strong Man – Oscar Brown, Jr.
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
My Man – Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain
Tender as a Rose – Phil Moore
That’s Him – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
I Must Have That Man! – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Porgy – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
When a Woman Loves a Man – Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
On October 24, 2006, “Concord” label released “Givin’ It Up”, an album by Al Jarreau and George Benson. It was recorded in April 2006, at “Henson Recording Studios”, “NRG Studios”, and “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood; “G Studio Digital” in Studio City, CA; “LAFX Studios”, “The Pass”, “Willyworld”, and “Revelation Studios” in Los Angeles; “White Lightning Studios” in Sylmar, CA; “Porcupine Studios” in Chandler, AZ; “The B Hive” in Phoenix, AZ; “East Bay Studios” in Tarrytown, NY, and was produced by John Burk, Michael Broening, Marcus Miller, Patti Austin, Freddie Ravel, Larry Williams and Chris Dunn. In 2007, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance” (Al Jarreau), and “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” (George Benson).
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and backing vocals, guitar, arrangements
Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocal percussion, arrangements
Paul McCartney – lead vocals
Ray Fuller – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar, rhythm guitar
Freddie Fox – guitar
Michael O’Neill – rhythm guitar
Michael Thompson – guitar
Larry Williams – keyboards, acoustic piano, arrangements
Michael Broening – keyboards, organ, programming, arrangements, organ
On August 19, 2009, “Venus” label released “Minor Blues”, the 43rd Kenny Barron album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan.
Kenny Barron– piano
George Mraz– bass
Ben Riley– drums
Track listing:
Minor Blues – Kenny Barron
Beautiful Love – Wayne King, Victor Young, Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
Too Late Now – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
Don’t Explain – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Hush-a-Bye – Ambroise Thomas, Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen
I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Frank Loesser
My Ideal – Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase
On December 11, 1968, “Columbia” label released self titled, second Blood, Sweet & Tears album. It was recorded October 1968, at “CBS Studios” in New York, and was produced by James William Guercio. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in the US by the RIAA. The album received “Grammy Award” for “Album of the Year” in 1970.
Personnel:
David Clayton-Thomas– lead vocals
Steve Katz– lead and backing vocals, guitar, harmonica
Dick Halligan– organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals
Jim Fielder– bass
Bobby Colomby– vocals, drums, percussion
Lew Soloff– trumpet, flugelhorn
Fred Lipsius– alto saxophone, piano
Chuck Winfield– trumpet, flugelhorn
Jerry Hyman– trombone, recorder
Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius, Al Kooper – arrangements
Timothy Quay, Bob Cato – cover art
John Berg – design
Harrie George – photography
Track listing:
Variations on a theme by Erik Satie (1st and 2nd Movements)
Adapted from “Trois Gymnopédies”; arr. by Dick Halligan
Smiling Phases – Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood
Sometimes in Winter – Steve Katz
More and More – Vee Pee Smith, Don Juan
And When I Die – Laura Nyro
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Spinning Wheel -David Clayton-Thomas
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson
Blues – Part II – Blood, Sweat & Tears
Interpolating Sunshine of Your Love (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton), Spoonful – Willie Dixon, Somethin’ Goin’ On – Al Kooper
Variations on a theme by Erik Satie” (1st Movement)
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