In June 1959, “Verve” label released “A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra”, album by The Oscar Peterson Trio. It was recorded in May 1959, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
Come Dance with Me – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
All of Me – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
The Birth of the Blues – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown
In May 1957, “Judson” label released “A Harold Arlen Showcase”, the sixth Kenny Drew album. It was recorded in February 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer Jr.
Personnel:
Kenny Drew – piano
Wilbur Ware – bass
Track listing:
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
As Long as I Live – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
I’ve Got the World on a String – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
In November 1958, “Roulette” label released “Sweetenings”, the tenth Harry “Sweets” Edison album. It was recorded in November 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew, Jimmy Jones – piano
Joe Benjamin, John Simmons – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Harry “Sweets” Edison, except where noted.
Centerpiece
Candy – Alex Kramer, Mack David, Joan Whitney
Jive at Five – Count Basie, Harry Edison
Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Louisiana – J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf
Harriet
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford
(Back Home Again in) Indiana – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
In November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Tommy Potter – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
On August 30, 2005, “Milestone” label released “Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert”, the eleventh Sonny Rollins live album. It was recorded in September 2001, in Boston, and was produced by Sonny Rollins and Lucille Rollins.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifton Anderson – trombone
Stephen Scott – piano
Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
Perry Wilson – drums
Kimati Dinizulu – percussion
Track listing:
Without a Song – lyrics by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, music by Vincent Youmans
Global Warming – Sonny Rollins
Introductions
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin
Why Was I Born? – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern
In August 1962, “United Artists Jazz” label released “Three Blind Mice”, album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, at “Village Gate” in New York City and “Club Renaissance” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alan Douglas.
Personnel:
Art Blakey – drums
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Cedar Walton – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
Plexis – Cedar Walton
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1
Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
Plexis – Cedar Walton
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
In April 1961, “Moodsville” label released “The Hawk Relaxes”, the 28th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in February 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums
Track listing:
I’ll Never Be The Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
On March 5, 1956, “Capitol” label released “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”, the tenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded October 1955 – January 1956, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Bill Miller – piano
George Van Eps – guitar
Mahlon Clark, Justin Gordon, Champ Webb, Robert Lawson – saxophone
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison – trumpet
Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Juan Tizol – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee – alto clarinet
Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Victor Bay, Paul Nero, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Dan Lube, Harry Bluestone, Emo Neufeld, Samuel Cytron, Robert Gross, Alex Murray – violin
Maxine Johnson, Milton Thomas, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin, Paul Robyn – viola
Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Cy Bernard – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Frank Flynn – percussion
Clark Yocum, Allan Davies, Charles Schrouder, Lee Gotch – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
It Happened in Monterey – Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman
Too Marvelous for Words – Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
Tommy Potter – double bass
Art Blakey – drums
Track listing:
Dig – Jackie McLean
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
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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