In August 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Something Personal”, the sixth Jack Wilson album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Annex Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
In July 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Gravy Train”, the 15th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Herman Foster – piano
Ben Tucker – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Alec Dorsey – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Gravy Train
South of the Border – Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On July 21, 1964, “Blue Note” label released “The Sidewinder”, the 15th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In July 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Jimmy Smith at the Organ”, the third Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Thornel Schwartz – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.
Judo Mambo
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
Fiddlin’ the Minors
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In July 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Cliff Jordan”, the second Clifford Jordan studio album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
John Jenkins – alto saxophone
Cliff Jordan – tenor saxophone
Ray Bryant – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Tom Hannan – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Robert Levin – liner notes
Track listing:
Not Guilty – Clifford Jordan
St. John – John Jenkins
Blue Shoes – Curtis Fuller
Beyond the Blue Horizon – W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
In July 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Swing and Soul”, album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet (the sixth Lou Donaldson album overall). It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Herman Foster – piano
Peck Morrison – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Ira Gitler – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Dorothy – Rudy Nichols
I Won’t Cry Any More – Al Frisch, Fritz Wise
Herman’s Mambo – Herman Foster
Peck Time
There’ll Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Everything I Play is Funky”, the 33rd Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded August 1969 – January 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – voice, alto and baritone saxophone
Blue Mitchell, Eddie Williams – trumpet
Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland – Hammond organ
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Jimmy Lewis – Fender bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Bob Venosa/ Havona – design
Charles Keddie – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Everything I Do Goth Be Funky (From Now On) – Allen Toussaint
Hamp’s Hump – Paul Hampton
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
On June 29, 2018, “Blue Note” label released “Vanished Gardens”, album by Charles Lloyd, The Marvels and Lucinda Williams. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “EastWest” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Dorothy Darr, Don Was, Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams.
Personnel:
Charles Lloyd – alto flute, tenor saxophone, vocals, band leader
Lucinda Williams – vocals
Bill Frisell – guitar
Greg Leisz – dobro, pedal steel guitar
Reuben Rogers – double bass
Eric Harland – drums
Michael C. Ross – engineer, mixing
Tyler Shields – engineer assistant
Will Delaney – engineer assistant
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Dorothy Darr – art design, photography
Paul Moore – layout
Joe Harley – poetry
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
Defiant
Dust – Lucinda Williams
Vanished Gardens
Ventura – Lucinda Williams
Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around – Lucinda Williams
In June 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Good Gracious!”, the 18th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In June 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Roll Call”, the 13th Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
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