In December 1972, “Prestige” label released “Got My Own”, the 35th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Ernie Hayes – organ
Hank Jones – electric piano
Sonny Phillips – piano, organ
Joe Beck, Maynard Parker – guitar
Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad, Mickey Roker – drums
Ed Bogas – arranger
Unidentified strings
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
In January 1965, “Capitol” label released “That’s Where It Is!”, the ninth Junior Mance album. It was recorded in October 1964, in New York City, and was produced by David Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
George Tucker – bass
Bobby Thomas – drums
Track listing:
Wabash Blues – Fred Meinken, Dave Ringle
In the Dark – Lil Green
The Host (W.L.Y.T.M.) – Junior Mance
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
That’s Where It Is! – Bill Schluger
St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy
It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Caribe Blues – Junior Mance
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
On October 1, 1965, “Philips” label released “Pastel Blues”, the thirteen Nina Simone album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, and was produced by Hal Mooney.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arrangements
Al Schackman – guitar, harmonica
Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
Lisle Atkinson – double bass
Bobby Hamilton – drums
Track listing:
Be My Husband – Andy Stroud
Nobody Knows When You Are Down and Out – Jimmy Cox
End of the Line – John Edmondson, Cynthia Medley
Trouble in Mind – Richard Jones
Tell Me More and More and Then Some – Billie Holiday
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow – Hermann Krasnow, William Lovelock
On September 27, 2011, “J&R Adventures” label released “Don’t Explain”, the first Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa collaborative album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.
Personnel:
Beth Hart – vocals, piano, liner notes
Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar
Blondie Chaplin – guitar
Arlan Schierbaum – keyboards
Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
Anton Fig – drums, percussion
Jared Kvitka – engineer
James McCullagh – engineer
Vanessa Parr – engineer
Ghian Wright – engineer
Kevin Shirley – mixing
George Marino – mastering
Mike Prior – photography
Laura Grover – liner notes
Roy Weisman – executive producer
Track listing:
Sinner’s Prayer – Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn
Chocolate Jesus – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
Your Heart Is as Black as Night – Melody Gardot
For My Friend – Bill Withers
Don’t Explain – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James, Ellington Jordan, Billy Foster
Something’s Got a Hold on Me – Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Paer Woods
In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Mils – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Barbara Long – liner notes
Track listing:
Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
The Backbone – Butch Warren
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
In October 1955, “Clef Records” label released “Music for Torching”, the fourth Billie Holiday album. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – vocals
Barney Kessel – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
John Simmons – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
David Stone Martin – artwork
Track listing:
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore – Victor Schertzinger
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby
In June 1958, “Columbia” label released “Lady in Satin”, the eleventh Billie Holiday album. It was the final album completed by Holiday and last released in her lifetime. The album was recorded in February 1959, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Irving Townsend.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – lead vocals
Mal Waldron – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Milt Hinton – double bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Danny Bank – flute
Phil Bodner – flute
Romeo Penque – flute
Tom Parshley – flute
Mel Davis – trumpet
Billy Butterfield – trumpet
Jimmy Ochner – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Jack Green – trombone
Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
Ray Ellis – conductor
Claus Ogerman – arranger
George Ockner – violin, concertmaster
Emmanual Green – violin
Harry Hoffman – violin
Harry Katzmann – violin
Leo Kruczek – violin
Milton Lomask – violin
Harry Meinikoff – violin
David Newman – violin
Samuel Rand – violin
David Sarcer – violin
Sid Brecher – viola
Richard Dichler – viola
David Soyer – cello
Maurice Brown – cello
Janet Putman – harp
Elise Bretton – backing vocals
Miriam Workman – backing vocals
Fred Plaut – engineer
Track listing:
I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf
For Heaven’s Sake -Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene DePaul, Don Raye
I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
Violets for Your Furs – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer
It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
But Beautiful – lyrics by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen
On May 22, 1996, “somethin`else” (Toshiba EMI) label released “Jackie McLean meets Junko Onishi Hat Trick”, the 54th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in January 1996, at “Power Station Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hitoshi Namekata.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone, co – producer
Junko Onishi – piano
Nat Reeves – bass
Lewis Nash – drums
Jim Anderson – engineer, mixing
Barbara Lipke – engineer assistant
Yoshio Okazaki – mastering
Kaoru Taku – art director
Jimmy Katz – photography
Hitoshi Namekata – executive producer
Track listing:
Little Melonae – Kavkie McLean
A Cottage for Sale – Larry Conley, Willard Robinson
On March 16, 2004, “Delmark” label released “Up Jumped Spring”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in August 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Jacey Falk.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Brad Goode – trumpet
Karl Montzka – piano
Larry Gray – bass
Stewart Miller – bass
Tim Davis – drums
Jacey Falk – vocals
Track listing:
Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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