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Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole

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In December 1966, “Blue Note” label released “The Empty Foxhole”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in September 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin, cover painting, liner notes
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Denardo Coleman – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Bob Fuentes – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Good Old Days
  2. The Empty Foxhole
  3. Sound Gravitation
  4. Freeway Express
  5. Faithful
  6. Zig Zag

Hank Mobley: Reach Out!

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In November 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Reach Out!”, the 20th Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in January 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • LaMont Johnson – piano
  • George Benson – guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley except where noted.

  1. Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
  2. Up, Over and Out
  3. Lookin’ East
  4. Goin’ Out of My Head – Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein
  5. Good Pickin’s
  6. Beverly – LaMont Johnson

Blue Mitchell: Boss Horn

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In November 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Boss Horn”, the 13th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in November 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jerry Dodgion – flute, alto saxophone
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • Chick Corea – piano 
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums
  • Duke Pearson – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Millie – Duke Pearson
  2. O Mama Enit – Blue Mitchell
  3. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  4. Rigor Mortez – Dave Burns
  5. Tones for Joan’s Bones – Chick Corea
  6. Straight Up and Down – Chick Corea

J.J. Johnson: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2

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In November 1954, “Blue Note” label released “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2”, the tenth J. J. Johnson album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, and was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Sabu Martinez – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.

  1. Jay
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Old Devil Moon – E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
  4. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
  5. It’s You or No One – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  6. Coffee Pot

Charlie Haden And The Liberation Music Orchestra: Dream Keeper

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In October 1990, “Blue Note” label released “Dream Keeper”, the fourth Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra album. It was recorded in April 1990, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City. “Dream Keeper” was voted “Jazz album of the year” in “Down Beat” magazine’s 1991 critics’ poll.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Haden – double bass
  • Carla Bley – arranger, conductor
  • Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Earl Gardner – trumpet
  • Ray Anderson – trombone
  • Sharon Freeman – French horn
  • Joseph Daley – tuba
  • Juan Lazaro Mendolas – wood flute, pan flute
  • Amina Claudine Myers – piano
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Paul Motian – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • The Oakland Youth Chorus, Elizabeth Min – director

Track listing:

  1. Dream Keeper – Carla Bley, Langston Hughes, traditional
  2. Dream Keeper Part 1 – Carla Bley
  3. Feliciano Ama – traditional from El Salvador
  4. Dream Keeper Part II – Carla Bley
  5. Canto del Pilon (I) – traditional from Venezuela
  6. Dream Keeper Part III – Carla Bley
  7. Canto del Pilon (II) – traditional from Venezuela
  8. Hymn of the Anarchist Women’s Movement – traditional from Spanish Civil War
  9. Dream Keeper Part IV – Carla Bley
  10. Rabo de Nube – Silvio Rodríguez
  11. Nkosi Sikelel’i Afrika – Enoch Sontonga
  12. Sandino – Charlie Haden
  13. Spiritual – Charlie Haden

Herbie Hancock: Speak Like A Child

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In October 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Speak Like a Child”, the sixth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in March 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock — piano
  • Ron Carter — bass
  • Mickey Roker — drums
  • Jerry Dodgion — alto flute
  • Thad Jones — flugelhorn
  • Peter Phillips — bass trombone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • David Bythewood – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.

  1. Riot
  2. Speak Like a Child
  3. First Trip – Ron Carter
  4. Toys
  5. Goodbye to Childhood
  6. The Sorcerer

Lou Donaldson: A Man with a Horn

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On October 19, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “A Man with a Horn”, the 16th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in September 1961 – June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Irvin Stokes – trumpet
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Big John Patton – organ
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums
  • Ben Dixon – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
  2. Hippity Hop
  3. Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
  5. The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
  6. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
  7. Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
  8. Soul Meetin’
  9. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish

Stanley Turrentine: Joyride

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In October 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Joyride”, the eleventh Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in April 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, piccolo flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
  • Robert Ashton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Albert J. Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing

  1. River’s Invitation – Percy Mayfield
  2. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  3. Little Sheri – Stanley Turrentine
  4. Mattie T. – Stanley Turrentine
  5. Bayou – Jimmy Smith
  6. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Robert Scott

Lou Donaldson And The Three Sounds: LD+3

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In October 1959, “Blue Note” label released “LD+3”, Lou Donaldson and the Three Sounds (the tenth Lou Donaldson album overall). It was recorded in February 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Gene Harris – piano
  • Andrew Simpkins – bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Jack Maher – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. Three Little Words – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
  2. Smooth Groove
  3. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  4. Blue Moon – Lorentz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Jump Up
  6. Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
  7. Confirmation – Charlie Parker

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Vol.2

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In October 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Miles Davis Vol. 2”, the fifth Miles Davis album (released as 10” LP). It was recorded in April 1953, at “WOR Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Tempus Fugit – Bud Powell
  2. Enigma – Jay Jay Johnson
  3. Ray’s Idea – Ray Brown
  4. Kelo – Jay Jay Johnson
  5. I Wanted for You – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath