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Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961

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On July 16, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961”, the sixth Miles Davis live album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

The Gil Evans Orchestra

  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Miles Davis – trumpet soloist
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpets
  • Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak – trombones
  • Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm – French horns
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank – reeds, woodwinds
  • Janet Putnam – harp
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. No Blues
  4. Oleo – Sonny Rollins
  5. Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  6. The meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba – Bobby Troup / Leh Worth, J.J. Johnson, Ahmad Jamal

Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

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In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
  • The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
  • Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
  • Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
  • Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
  • George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
  • Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Ron Coro – cover art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.

  1. Magic in My Socks
  2. Lucille
  3. Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
  4. First Time Around
  5. Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
  6. Blues, Part IV
  7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
  8. The Great American Marriage / Nothing
  9. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder 
  10. Mourning Glory Story – Harry Nilsson
  11. Anna Lee (What Can I Do for You)
  12. I’m Never Gonna Let You Down

Dinah Washington: Swingin’ Miss D

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In September 1957, “EmArcy” label released “The Swingin’ Miss D”, the sixth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in December 1956, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals

Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

  • Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
  • Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
  • Benny Golson – arrangements
  • Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Don Elliott – trumpet, mellophonium, vibraphone, bongos; xylophone
  • Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Charlie Shavers – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Hal McKusick – flute, alto saxophone
  • Danny Bank – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson – piano, celeste
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Milt Hinton – double bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Jimmy Crawford – drums
  • Murray Garrett, Gene Howard – photography
  • John S. Wilson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. They Didn’t Believe Me – Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
  2. You’re Crying – Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones
  3. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  4. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
  5. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
  7. Perdido – Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol
  8. Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
  9. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
  10. I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
  11. Somebody Loves Me – Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald

Tito Puente: Dance Mania

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In August 1958, “RCA” label released “Dance Mania”, the twelve Tito Puente album. It was recorded November – December 1957, and was produced by Mickey Crofford.

Personnel:

  • Tito Puente – timbales, vibraphone, marimba, arrangements
  • Rafael Palau, Jerry Sanfino, Schapp Pullman, Tony Buonpastore – saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Jimmy Frisaura, Frank Lo Pinto, George López, Gene Repetti, Larry Moser, León Merian – trumpet
  • Raymond Concepción – piano
  • Bobby Rodríguez – bass
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Ray Rodríguez – bongos
  • Julito Collazo – congas
  • Santitos Colón – lead vocals, chorus
  • Vitin Avilés, Otto Olivar – chorus
  • Mickey Crofford – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tito Puente, except where noted.

  1. El Cayuco
  2. Complicación – Francisco Aguabella
  3. 3-D Mambo – Ray Santos
  4. Llegó Miján
  5. Cuando Te Vea
  6. Hong Kong Mambo
  7. Mambo Gozón
  8. Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé
  9. Varsity Drag – Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
  10. Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti – Pepe Delgado
  11. Agua Limpia Todo – Francisco Aguabella
  12. Saca Tu Mujer

Miles Davis: Porgy And Bess

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On March 9, 1959, “Columbia” label released “Porgy and Bess”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded July – August 1958, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller – horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque – flute, alto flute, clarinet
  • Danny Bank – alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Frank Laico – recording
  • Roy DeCarava – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Gershwin, except where noted.

  1. Buzzard Song
  2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3. Gone – Gil Evans
  4. Gone, Gone, Gone
  5. Summertime
  6. Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
  7. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
  8. Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab
  9. My Man’s Gone Now
  10. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  11. Here Come de Honey Man
  12. I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy)
  13. There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York

Jimmy Giuffre: Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play the Music Man

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In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play the Music Man” (The Music Man), the fifth Jimmy Giuffre album. It was recorded December 1957 – February 1958, at “Coastal Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman – tenor saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Meredith Willson.

  • Iowa Stubborn
  • Goodnight My Someone
  • Seventy-Six Trombones
  • Marian the Librarian
  • My White Knight
  • The Wells Fargo Wagon
  • It’s You
  • Shipoopi
  • Lida Rose (Will I Ever Tell You)
  • Gary, Indiana
  • Till There Was You

Quincy Jones: This Is How I Feel About Jazz

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In February 1957, “ABC-Paramount” label released “This Is How I Feel About Jazz”, the second Quincy Jones album. It was recorded September 1956 – January 1957, at “Ballone Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
  • Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone sax
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone sax
  • Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jerome Richardson – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Mann – flute
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Carl Perkins – piano
  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Milt Jackson – vibes

Track listing:

  1. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  2. Stockholm Sweetnin’ – Quincy Jones
  3. Evening in Paris – Quincy Jones
  4. Sermonette – Julian Adderley, Jon Hendricks
  5. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  6. Boo’s Blues – Quincy Jones

Bob Brookmeyer: Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments

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In December 1961, “Verve” label released “Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments”, the 19th Bob Brookmeyer album. It was recorded in November 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, arrangements
  • Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Gene Quill, Eddie Wasserman – alto saxophone
  • Phil Bodner – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Allen – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, Billy Byers, Bill Elton, Alan Raph – trombone
  • Wally Kane – bassoon
  • Eddie Costa – vibraphone, percussion
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Mel Lewis – drums
  • Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Gary McFarland, Eddie Sauter – arrangements
  • Olga Albizu – cover painting
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Caravan – Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  2. Why Are You Blue – Gary McFarland
  3. Some of My Best Friends – Al Cohn
  4. Gloomy Sunday – Rezső Seress
  5. Ho Hum – Bob Brookmeyer
  6. Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter
  7. Days Gone By; Oh My! – Gary McFarland
  8. Where, Oh Where – Cole Porter

Art Farmer: The Aztec Suite

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In December 1959, “United Artists” label released “The Aztec Suite”, the twelve Art Farmer album. It was recorded in November 1959, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Farmer – trumpet 
  • Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Addison Farmer – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • José Mangual – percussion
  • Chico O’Farrill – arrangements
  • Harris Lewine – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Paul Bacon – design

Track listing:

  1. The Aztec Suite – Chico O’Farrill
  2. Heat Wave – Irving Berlin
  3. Deliro – Felipe Domínguez
  4. Woody ‘N You – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Drume Negrita – Eliseo Grenet
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz

Gil Evans: The Individualism Of Gil Evans

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In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
  • Tony Studd – trombone
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – reeds, woodwinds
  • Bob Tricarico – reeds, woodwinds
  • Garvin Bushell – reeds, woodwinds
  • Andy Fitzgerald – reeds, woodwinds
  • George Marge – reeds, woodwinds
  • Al Block – solo flute
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Gil Cohen – French horn
  • Don Corado – French horn
  • Bob Northern – French horn
  • Jimmy Buffington – French horn
  • Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Pete Levin – French Horn
  • Harry Lookofsky – tenor violin
  • Bob Maxwell – harp
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Elvin Jones – solo drums
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Gene Lees – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Time of the Barracudas – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  2. The Barbara Song – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  3. Las Vegas Tango – Gil Evans
  4. Flute Song/Hotel Me – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  5. El Toreador – Gil Evans