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Ry Cooder: Jazz

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In June 1978, “Warner Bros” label released “Jazz”, the seventh Ry Cooder album. It was recorded in 1978 at “Amigo” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ry Cooder and Joseph Byrd.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder – vocals, guitar, dobro, mandolin, tiple, harp
  • David Lindley – mandobanjo, mandolin
  • John Rodby – piano 
  • Earl Hines – piano 
  • Barbara Starkey – pump organ
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass
  • Tom Pedrini – bass
  • Chuck Domanico – bass 
  • Mark Stevens – drums
  • Harvey Pittel – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone
  • Bill Hood – bass saxophone
  • George Bohanon – baritone horn 
  • Mario Guarneri – cornet
  • Oscar Brashear – cornet 
  • Randy Aldcroft – trombone
  • Willie Schwartz – clarinet
  • David Sherr – bass clarinet 
  • Red Callender – tuba 
  • Tom Collier – marimba, vibraphone 
  • Stuart Brotman – cimbalom
  • Jimmy Adams – backing vocals
  • Cliff Givens – backing vocals
  • Bill Johnson – backing vocals
  • Simon Pico Payne – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) – Milton Ager, Jack Yellen
  2. Face to Face That I Shall Meet Him – traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence
  3. The Pearls / Tia Juana – Jelly Roll Morton; adapted by Ry Cooder
  4. The Dream – Jack the Bear, Jess Pickett
  5. Happy Meeting in Glory – traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence
  6. In a Mist – Bix Beiderbecke
  7. Flashes – Bix Beiderbecke
  8. Davenport Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
  9. Shine – Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney
  10. Nobody – Bert Williams
  11. We Shall Be Happy – traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence

Frank Sinatra: A Man Alone

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In August 1969, “Reprise” label released “A Man Alone” (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen), the 55th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in March 1969, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Don Costa – arrangements, conductor
  • Jerry Whitman – vocal
  • Nancy Adams, Tom Bahler, Betty Baker, James Bryant, Jan Gassman, Bill Lee, Diana Lee, Susan Tallman, Marie Vernon – vocals
  • Al Viola  – guitar 
  • Bill Miller – piano
  • Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Gilbert – bass
  • Alvin Stoller – drums 
  • Irving Cottler – drums
  • Larry Bunker – percussion
  • Gene Cipriano, Norman Herzberg, Bill Hood, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Ted Nash, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo – saxophone
  • John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, James McGee, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure – violin
  • Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher. Nino Rosso – cello
  • Kathryn Julye – harp
  • Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Jacqueline Lustgarten – vielle

Track listing:

All tracks by Rod McKuen.

  1. A Man Alone
  2. Night (spoken)
  3. I’ve Been to Town
  4. From Promise to Promise (spoken)
  5. The Single Man
  6. The Beautiful Strangers
  7. Lonesome Cities
  8. Love’s Been Good to Me
  9. Empty Is – (spoken)
  10. Out Beyond the Window – (spoken)
  11. Some Traveling Music – (spoken)
  12. A Man Alone (reprise)