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Paul Desmond: Glad To Be Unhappy

In September 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Glad to Be Unhappy”, the seventh Paul Desmond album. It was recorded in 1963 at “Webster Hall” in New York City, July, August and September 1964, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico – bass 
  • Eugene Wright – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

  1. Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  3. Stranger in Town – Mel Tormé
  4. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott
  5. Any Other Time – Paul Desmond
  6. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch
  7. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent

Shelly Manne And His Friends: Modern Jazz Performances

In September 1956, “Contemporary” label released “Modern Jazz Performances from the Hit Musical “My Fair Lady”, album by Shelly Manne and Friends (seventh Shelly Manne album). It was recorded in August 1956 at “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • André Previn – piano
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Roy DuNann – engineer
  • Robert Guidi – design
  • Phil March – photography
  • Lester Koenig – liner notes

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, all music by Frederick Loewe.

  1. Get Me to the Church on Time
  2. On the Street Where You Live
  3. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  4. Wouldn’t It Be Lovely
  5. Ascot Gavotte
  6. Show Me
  7. With a Little Bit of Luck
  8. I Could Have Danced All Night

Dave Holland: Prism

On September 2, 2013, “Dare2” label released “Prism”, the 20th Dave Holland album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Louise Holland and Dave Holland.

Personnel:

  • Dave Holland – bass
  • Kevin Eubanks – guitar
  • Craig Taborn – piano, electric piano
  • Eric Harland – drums
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Chris Allen – engineer assistant
  • Ted Tuthill – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Kevin Byrd – artwork
  • Susan Archie – design
  • Ulli Gruber – photography
  • Louise Holland – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Holland, except where noted.

  1. The Watcher – Kevin Eubanks
  2. The Empty Chair (for Clair)
  3. Spirals – Craig Taborn
  4. Choir – Eric Harland
  5. The Color of Iris – Kevin Eubanks
  6. A New day
  7. The True meaning of Determination – Craig Taborn
  8. Evolution – Kevin Eubanks
  9. Breathe

Blackberry Smoke: The Whipporwill

On August 14, 2012, “Southern Ground” label released “The Whippoorwill”, the third Blackberry Smoke studio album. It was recorded July – August 2011, and was produced by Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still and Brit Turner.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Starr – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, banjo
  • Paul Jackson – vocals, guitar
  • Brandon Still – piano, organ
  • Richard Turner – vocals, bass guitar
  • Brit Turner – drums, percussion
  • Matt Mangano – acoustic guitar
  • Clay Cook – percussion, harmonium
  • Brendan Wallace – bagpipes
  • Maureen Murphy, Lo Carter, Kyla Jade – backing vocals
  • Sarah Dugas – backing vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
  • Matt Wallace, Mike Fraser – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Trey Wilson – production coordinator
  • Brit Turner – art direction
  • Justin Helton, Tim Pederson – cover design
  • David Stuart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Six Ways to Sunday – Charlie Starr
  2. Pretty Little Lie – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr
  3. Everybody Knows She’s Mine – Charlie Starr
  4. One Horse Town – Travis Meadows, Jeremy Spillman, Charlie Starr
  5. Ain’t Much Left of Me – David Lee Murphy, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still, Brit Turner.
  6. The Whippoorwill – Charlie Starr
  7. Lucky Seven – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still, Brit Turner.
  8.  Leave a Scar – Travis Meadows, Charlie Starr
  9. Crimson Moon – Zac Brown, Matt Mangano, Charlie Starr
  10. Ain’t Got the Blues – Charlie Starr
  11. Sleeping Dogs – Gordon Kennedy, Charlie Starr, Richard Turner, Paul Jackson, Brandon Stil, Brit Turner
  12.  Shakin’ Hands with the Holy Ghost – Charlie Starr
  13. Up the Road – Charlie Starr

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June Christy: Something Cool

On August 2, 1954, “Capitol” label released “Something Cool”, the debut June Christy album. It was recorded August 1953 – March 1954, and was produced by Lee Gillette. The album was released in 10” vinyl format.

Personnel:

  • June Christy — vocals
  • Pete Rugolo — arranger, conductor
  • Gus Bivona, Harry Klee, Bud Shank — flute, alto flute, alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper, Ted Nash — flute, tenor saxophone
  • Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz — alto saxophone
  • Fred Falensby, Jimmy Giuffre — tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bob Gordon, John Rotella — baritone saxophone
  • Frank Beach, Conte Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Ollie Mitchell, Uan Rasey, Shorty Rogers, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito — trumpet
  • Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Nick Dimaio, Bob Fitzpatrick, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson, Dick Reynolds, Frank Rosolino — trombone
  • Dick Noel, George Roberts — bass trombone
  • Vincent DeRosa, John Graas — French horn
  • Paul Sarmento, Phil Stephens — tuba
  • Buddy Collette, Paul Horn — reeds
  • Joe Castro, Geoff Clarkson, Russ Freeman, Paul Smith, Claude Williamson — piano
  • Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall, Tony Rizzi, Howard Roberts — guitar
  • Harry Babasin, Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon — bass
  • Larry Bunker, Frank Carlson, Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller — drums

Track listing:

  1. Something Cool – Billy Barnes
  2. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  3. Lonely House – Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes
  4. Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer
  5. I’ll Take Romance – Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. A Stranger Called the Blues – Mel Torme, Robert Wells
  7. I Should Care – Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl

Wayne Shorter: Odyssey Of Iska

In July 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Odyssey of Iska”, the fourteenth Wayne Shorter studio album. It was recorded in August 1970, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Ron Carter, Cecil McBee – bass
  • Billy Hart, Alphonse Mouzon – drums
  • Frank Cuomo – drums, percussion
  • David Friedman – vibraphone, marimba

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Shorter, except where noted.

  1. Wind
  2. Storm
  3. Calm
  4. Depois do Amor, o Vazio (After Love, Emptiness) – Bobby Thomas
  5. Joy

Jackie McLean: It’s Time

In July 1965, “Blue Note” label released “It’s Time!”, the 25th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in August 1864, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackie McLean, except where noted.

  1. Cancellation – Charles Tolliver
  2. Das’ Dat
  3. It’s Time
  4. Revillot – Charles Tolliver
  5. ‘Snuff
  6. Truth – Charles Tolliver

Madeleine Peyroux: Let’s Walk

On June 28, 2024, “Thirty Tigers” label released “Let’s Walk”, the tenth Madeleine Peyroux album. It was recorded August – September 2023, at “The Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, and was produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

Personnel:

  • Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, guitar
  • Jon Herington – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, marimba, synth
  • Andy Ezrin – piano, Hammond organ, Vox Continental organ, harmonium, Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer organ, orchestral bells
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Graham Hawthorne – drums, percussion
  • Stan Harrison – clarinet
  • Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle, Keith Fluitt – vocals
  • Elliot Scheiner – engineer, mixing
  • Matthew Scheiner – engineer
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

  1. Find True Love
  2. How I Wish
  3. Let’s Walk
  4. Please Come on Inside
  5. Blues for Heaven
  6. Et Puis
  7. Me and the Mosquito
  8. Nothing Personal
  9. Showman Dan
  10. Take Care

Caroline Shaw & Quartet So Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance

On June 14, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Rectangles and Circumstance”, album by Caroline Shaw and Quartet So Percussion. It was recorded August – September 2023, at “Big Mercy Studio” and “Figure 8 Recording” in Brooklyn, “Guilford Sound” in Guilford, “Princeton University” in Princeton, and was produced by Jonathan Low.

Personnel:

  • Caroline Shaw – vocals
  • Sō Percussion – ensemble
  • Adam Sliwinski, Eric Cha-Beach, Jason Treuting, Josh Quillen – percussion
  • Jonathan Low – engineer, editing, mixing
  • Matt Poirer – engineer, editing, additional mixing
  • Dave Snyder,. Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Josh Bonati – mastering
  • Ben Tousley – design
  • Daniel Kukla – photography
  • Anja Schütz – artists photography
  • Adam Sliwinski – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Rectangles and Circumstance
  2. Sing On
  3. Silently Invisibly
  4. And So
  5. The Parting Glass
  6. Slow Motion
  7. Who Turns Out the Light
  8. Like a Drum
  9. This
  10. To Music

Sidney Bechet: The Fabulous Sidney Bechet

In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “The Fabulous Sidney Bechet”, album by Sidney Bechet. It was recorded November 1951 – August 1953.

Personnel:

  • Sidney Bechet – soprano saxophone
  • Buddy Weed – piano
  • Don Kirkpatrick – piano
  • Jonah Jones – trumpet
  • Sidney De Paris – trumpet
  • Jimmy Archey – trombone
  • George “Pops” Forster – bass
  • Walter Page – bass
  • Johnny Blowers – drums
  • Manzie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Original Dixieland One-Step – Nick La Rocca
  2. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me – Arthur N, Swanstone, Carey Morgan, Charles R. McCarron
  3. That a Plenty – Lew Pollack
  4. Ballin’ The Jack – Chris Smith, Jim Burris
  5. Avalon – Buddy G. De Sylva, Vincent Rose
  6. Rose of Rio Grande – Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren, Ross Gorman
  7. Black and Blue – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks
  8. Sweet Georgia Brown – Maceo Pinkard
  9. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  10. Ding Dong Daddy – Phil Baxter