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Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: 1958 – Paris Olympia

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In December 1958, “Fontana” label released “1958 – Paris Olympia”, the fourth Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers live album. It was recorded November – December 1958, at “L’Olympia” in Paris, France.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. Just by Myself
  2. I Remember Clifford
  3. Are You Real
  4. Moanin’ – Bobby Timmons
  5. Justice – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blues March
  7. Whisper Not

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

George Russell: New York, N. Y.

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In July 1959, “Decca” label released “New York, N.Y.”, the second George Russell album. It was recorded 1958 – 1959.

Personnel:

  • George Russell – arranger, conductor
  • Jon Hendricks – vocals
  • Hal McKusick – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
  • Gene Allen – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Joe Ferrante – trumpet
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Don Lamond – drums
  • Al Epstein – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by George Russell, except where noted.

  1. Manhattan – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Big City Blues
  3. Manhattan: “Rico”
  4. East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / How About You? – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin / Ralph Freed, Burton Lane
  5. A Helluva Town

Roland Kirk: Reeds & Deeds

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In June 1963, “Mercury” label released “Reeds & Deeds”, the sixth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in February 1963, in New York.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee – trombone
  • Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Land of Peace – Leonard Feather
  2. Lonesome August Child
  3. Limbo Boat
  4. Hay Ro
  5. Waltz of the Friends
  6. This Is Always – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. Reeds and Deeds
  8. Song of the Countrymen

Lee Morgan: City Lights

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In June 1958, “Blue Note” label released “City Lights”, the sixth Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in August 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • George Coleman – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. City Lights – Benny Golson
  2. Tempo de Waltz – Benny Golson
  3.  You’re Mine You – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  4. Just by Myself – Benny Golson
  5. Kin Folks – Gigi Gryce

Blue Mitchell: Blue Soul

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In December 1959, “Riverside” label released “Blue Soul”, the fourth Blue Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in September 1959, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Blue Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Minor Vamp – Benny Golson
  2. The Head
  3. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  4. Park Avenue Petite – Benny Golson
  5. Top Shelf – Jimmy Heath
  6. Waverly Street – Jimmy Heath
  7. Blue Soul
  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  9. Nica’s Dream – Horace Silver

Benny Golson: Benny Golson And The Philadelphians

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In December 1958, “United Artists” label released “Benny Golson and the Philadelphians”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Ray Bryant — piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. You’re Not the Kind – Gigi Gryce
  2. Blues on My Mind
  3. Stablemates
  4. Thursday’s Theme
  5. Afternoon in Paris – John Lewis
  6. Calgary – Ray Bryant

Benny Golson: The Other Side Of Benny Golson

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In December 1958, “Riverside” label released “The Other Side of Benny Golson”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. Strut Time
  2. Jubilation – Junior Mance
  3. Symptoms – Curtis Fuller
  4. Are You Real?
  5. Cry a Blue Tear
  6. This Night – Richard Evans

Roland Kirk: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra

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In November 1963, “Mercury” label released “The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra”, the seventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in June 1963 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums

The Benny Golson Orchestra

  • Benny Golson – conductor, arranger
  • Richard Williams, Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Dezső Csanády – artwork
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Ecclusiastics – Charles Mingus
  2. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Roland Speaks – Roland Kirk, Benny Golson
  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz
  5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
  6. I’ve Got Your Number – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
  8. April Morning
  9. Get in the Basement
  10. Abstract Improvisation

Shirley Scott: Hip Soul

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In November 1961, “Prestige” label released “Hip Soul”, the 13th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Stan Turner (Stanley Turrentine) – tenor sax
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hip Soul – Stanley Turrentine
  2. 411 West – Benny Golson
  3. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  4. Trane’s Blues – John Coltrane
  5. Stanley’s Time – Stanley Turrentine
  6. Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer