In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In February 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Layers”, the 33rd Les McCann album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Les McCann – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, timpani
Jimmy Rowser – bass, electric bass, bells, percussion
In February 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Coltrane Jazz”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded March, November, December 1959 – October 1960, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Wynton Kelly – piano
Cedar Walton – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Steve Davis – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
Lex Humphries – drums
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Tom Dowd, Phil Lehle – engineer
Eutemey – cover design
Lee Friedlander – photography
Zita Carno – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.
Little Old Lady – Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams
Village Blues
My Shining Hour – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Fifth House
Harmonique
Like Sonny
I’ll Wait and Pray – George Treadwell, Jerry Valentine
In February 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Ornette!”, the seventh Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in January 1961, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York.
In January 1972, “Atlantic” label released “The Gentle Giant”, the 30th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded April 1970 – September 1971, at “Regent Sound Studios”, “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City.
In December 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Herbie Mann at the Village Gate”, the 25th Herbie Mann album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “The Village Gate” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Herbie Mann – flute
Hagood Hardy – vibraharp
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Ray Mantilla – conga, percussion
Chief Bey – African drum, percussion
Ben Tucker – additional bass
Willis Conover – liner notes
Track listing:
Comin’ Home, Baby – Ben Tucker
Summertime – DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In November 1956, “Atlantic” label released “Inside Hi-Fi”, the eleventh Lee Konitz album. It was recorded September – October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto and tenor saxophone
Billy Bauer – guitar
Sal Mosca – piano
Peter Ind – bass
Arnold Fishkin – bass
Dick Scott (Tox Drohar) – drums
Track listing
Kary’s Trance – Lee Konitz
Everything Happens to Me – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
In October 1968, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha In Paris”, the second live Aretha Franklin album. It was recorded in May 1968, in Paris, France, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
Jerry Weaver – guitar
Gary Illingworth – piano
Rodderick Hicks – bass
George Davidson – drums
Donald “Buck” Waldon – tenor saxophone
Charlie Gabriel – tenor saxophone
Miller Brisker – tenor saxophone
David Squire – baritone saxophone
Russell Conway – trumpet
Ron Jackson – trumpet
Donald Townes – trumpet
Little John Wilson – trumpet
Rene Pitts – trombone
Carolyn Franklin – backing vocals
Charnessa Jones – backing vocals
Wyline Ivey – backing vocals
Track listing:
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream – Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
Soul Serenade – Luther Dixon, Curtis Ousley
Night Life – Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk
Baby, I Love You – Jimmy Holiday, Ronnie Shannon
Groovin’ – Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler
Come Back Baby – Ray Charles
Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) – Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
On September 7, 1982, “Atlantic” label released “Acting Very Strange”, the second Mike Rutherford studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “The Farm” in Chiddingfold, Surrey, “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Mick Rutherford.
Personnel:
Mike Rutherford – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, Linn programming
John Alexander – guitars
Daryl Stuermer – guitars
Paul Fishman – keyboards
J. Peter Robinson – keyboards
Stewart Copeland – drums
Pete Phipps – drums
Gary Barnacle – saxophones
Luke Tunney – trumpet
Martyn Ford – string arrangements, conductor
Steve Gould – backing vocals
Noel McCalla – backing vocals
Dale Newman – backing vocals
Nick Launay – engineer, producer assistant
Geoff Callingham – engineer assistant
Dale Newman, Geoff Callingham, Steve Jones, Geoff Banks – equipment
Howard Gray – tape operator
Bill Smith – cover coordinator
Gered Mankowitz – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Mike Rutherford, except where noted.
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