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Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell

In April 1952, “Blue Note” label released “The Amazing Bud Powell”, the second Bud Powell album (released as a ten-inch LP). It was recorded August 1949 – May 1951, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

August 1949

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Fats Navarro – trumpet
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

May 1951

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Curley Russell – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Doug Hawkins – recording
  • John Hermansader – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Bud Powell, except where noted.

  1. Un Poco Loco
  2. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
  3. Ornithology – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
  4. Wail
  5. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  6. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Baouncing with Bud – Gil Fuller, Bud Powell

Hampton Hawes: For Real

In August 1961, “Contemporary” label released “For Real!”, the tenth Hampton Hawes album. It was recorded in March 1958, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Scott LaFaro – bass
  • Frank Butler – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hip – Hampton Hawes
  2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  3. Crazeology – Benny Harris
  4. Numbers Game – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  5. For Real – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  6. I Love You – Cole Porter

Hank Mobley: Mobley’s 2nd Message

In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mobley’s 2nd Message”, the fourth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • David Cheppa – lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

  1. These Are the Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
  2. Message from the Border
  3. Xlento
  4. The Latest
  5. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  6. Crazeology – Benny Harris

Sonny Stitt: Stitt Plays Bird

In July 1964, “Atlantic” label released “Stitt Plays Bird”, a Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Parker, except where noted.

  1. Ornithology – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
  2. Scrapple from the Apple
  3. My Little Suede Shoes
  4. Parker’s Mood
  5. Au Privave
  6. Ko-Ko
  7. Confirmation
  8. Hootie Blues – Jay McShann
  9. Constellation

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

On September 9, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “Nearness”, an album Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau. It was recorded in 2011, at “Teatro Fernán Gómez” in Madrid, Spain, “Kultur Casino” in Bern, Switzerland, “De Oosterpoort” in Groningen, Netherlands, “Alte Oper” in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, “Tonhalle Düsseldorf” in Düsseldorf, Germany, “Kongsberg Church” in Kongsberg, Norway, and was produced by Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau– piano

Personnel:

  1. Ornithology – Charlie Parker, Benny Harris
  2. Always August – Brad Mehldau
  3. In Walked Bud – Thelonious Monk
  4. Mehlsancholy Mode – Joshua Redman
  5. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  6. Old West – Brad Mehldau