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Jackie McLean: Jackie’s Pal

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In February 1957, “Prestige” label released “Jackie’s Pal”, the fourth Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Bob Weinstock – cover
  • Tom Hannan – cover

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Doll – Jackie McLean
  2. Just for Marty – Bill Hardman
  3. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  4. Sublues – Bill Hardman
  5. Steeplechase – Charlie Parker
  6. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen

Gábor Szabó: Jazz Raga

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Jazz Raga”, the fourth Gábor Szabó studio album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – vocals, guitar, sitar, cover painting
  • Bob Bushnell – guitar
  • Johnny Gregg – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Shabacon – front cover photography
  • Charles Stewart – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gábor Szabó, except where noted.

  1. Walking on Nails
  2. Mizrab
  3. Search for Nirvana
  4. Krishna
  5. Raga Doll – Gary McFarland
  6. Comin’ Back
  7. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  8. Sophisticated Wheels
  9. Ravi
  10. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  11. Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

Buddy Rich: This One’s For Basie

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On January 9, 1957, “Norgran” label released “This One’s for Basie”, the tenth Buddy Rich album. It was recorded in August 1956, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • Bob Enevoldsen – tenor saxophone, valve trombone
  • Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone
  • Pete Candoli – trumpet
  • Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
  • Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
  • Frank Rosolino – trombone
  • Buddy Collette – flute, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Jimmy Rowles – piano
  • Joe Mondragon – double bass
  • Marty Paich – arrangements
  • Phil Stern – photography

Track listing:

  1. Blue and Sentimental – Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston
  2. Down for Double – Freddie Green
  3. Jump for Me – Count Basie
  4. Blues for Basie – Harry “Sweets” Edison
  5. Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Count Basie
  6. Ain’t It the Truth – Count Basie, Buster Harding, Jack Palmer
  7. Shorty George – Count Basie, Andy Gibson
  8. 9:20 Special – William Engvick, Earle Warren

Archie Shepp: Four For Trane

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In January 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Four for Trane”, the third Archie Sheep album. It was recorded in August 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele and John Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • John Tchicai – alto saxophone
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone, arrangements
  • Alan Shorter – flugelhorn
  • Reggie Workman – double bass
  • Charles Moffett – drums
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Leroi Jones – liner notes

 Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Syeeda’s Song Flute
  2. Mr. Syms
  3. Cousin Mary
  4. Naima
  5. Rufus (Swung His Face at Last To The Wind, Then His Neck Snapped) – Archie Shepp

Red Garland: A Garland Of Red

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In December 1957, “Prestige” label released “A Garland of Red”, the debut Red Garland album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Esmond Edwards – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. My Romance – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  4. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  5. September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  6. Little Girl Blue – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Constellation – Charlie Parker
  8. Blue Red – Red Garland

Joe Pass: Virtuoso

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In December 1973, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso”, the tenth Joe Pass album. It was recorded in August 1973, at “MGM Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Dennis Sands – engineer
  • Phil Stern – photography
  • Benny Green – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Night and Day – Cole Porter
  2. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young
  3. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston
  5. How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis
  6. Cherokee – Ray Noble
  7. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell
  8. Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers
  9. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
  10. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern
  11. Blues for Alican – Joe Pass
  12. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern

The Everly Brothers: Roots

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In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • John Neil – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Frank Bez – photography
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
  • Lenny Waronker – concept

Track listing:

  1. The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
  2. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
  5. I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  6. Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
  7. Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
  8. Illinois – Randy Newman
  9. Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
  10. You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
  11. Turn Around – Ron Elliott
  12. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  13. Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis

Dexter Gordon: Go

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In December 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Go!” the 18th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. In 2019, “Go!” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the “National Recording Registry” for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Cheese Cake – Dexter Gordon
  2. I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  3. Second Balcony Jump – Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine
  4. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  5. Where Are You – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
  6. Three O’clock in the Morning – Julian Robledo, Dorothy Terriss

Sarah Vaughn: No Count Sarah

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In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.

Track listing:                                                                     

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra

  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
  • Hal Mooney – recording
  • Emmett McBain – design

Track listing:

  1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
  3. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  5. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  6. No ‘Count Blues – Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan
  7. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. Missing You – Ronnell Bright

Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond: Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet

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In December 1957, “Verve” label released “Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet”, album by Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan (the 18th Gerry Mulligan album overall). It was recorded in August 1957, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, “Fine Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Benjamin – bass
  • Dave Bailey – drums
  • Burt Goldblatt – cover photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Blues in Time – Paul Desmond
  2. Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
  3. Standstill – Gerry Mulligan
  4. Line for Lyons – Gerry Mulligan
  5. Wintersong – Paul Desmond
  6. Battle Hymn of the Republican – Paul Desmond
  7. Fall Out – Gerry Mulligan