In July 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Mingus Plays Piano”, the 22nd Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in July 1963, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – vocals, piano
Bob Simpson – engineer
Victor Kalin – cover painting
Hollis King – art direction, design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Bob Thiele – photography
Lee Tanner – photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
Myself When I Am Real
I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour
Roland Kirk’s Message
Memories of You – Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
She’s Just Miss Popular Hybrid
Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
Meditations for Moses
Old Portrait
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems and Folklore
In July 1964, “Verve” label released “Trio 64”, the 23rd Bill Evans album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Gary Peacock – acoustic bass
Paul Motian – drums
Bob Simpson – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Jack Maher – liner notes
Track listing:
Little Lulu – Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, Fred Wise
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Always – Irving Berlin
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
I’ll See You Again – Noel Coward
For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In January 1966, “Impulse!” label released “The Dealer”, the 27th Chico Hamilton album. It was recorded in September 1965, at “RCA Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Michael Cuscuna.
In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Comin’ in the Back Door”, the eight Wynton Kelly album. It was recorded in November 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
In May 1969, “Impulse!” label released “Karma”, the third Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “RCA” in New York City, and was produced by ob Thiele.
Personnel:
Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
Lonnie Liston Smith — piano
Julius Watkins — French horn
James Spaulding — flute
Reggie Workman — bass
Ron Carter — bass
Richard Davis — bass
Billy Hart — drums
Freddie Waits — drums
Leon Thomas — vocal, percussion
Nathaniel Bettis — percussion
Bob Simpson – engineer
Robert & Barbara Flynn – cover design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Charles Stewart – photography
Track listing:
The Creator Has a Master Plan (part one) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
The Creator Has a Master Plan (part two) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
In April 1963, “Verve” label released “Hobo Flats”, Jimmy Smith’s second album for the company. It was recorded in March 1963, in New York, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
Oliver Nelson – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Bob Simpson – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Hobo Flats – Oliver Nelson
Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Larry Stacks, Vincent Rose
Walk Right In – Erik Darling, Willard Svanoe
Trouble in Mind – Larry Jones
The Preacher – Horace Silver
Meditation – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Ferreira de Mendonca, Norman Gimbel
On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus”, the 31st Charles Mingus album. It was recorded January – September 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – bass, piano, narration
Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In June 1962, “RCA” label released “Tijuana Moods”, the eleventh Charles Mingus album. It was recorded July – August 1957, at “RCA Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bob Rolontz.
In August 1972, “Flying Dutchman” label released “Free Will”, the second Gil Scott-Heron studio album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Gil Scott-Heron– vocals
David Spinozza– guitar
Brian Jackson– acoustic and electric pianos, vocals, flute, bells
Gerald Jemmott– bass
Pretty Purdie– drums
Eddie Knowles, Charles Saunders – percussion
Hubert Laws– flute, piccolo
Horace Ott– conductor, arrangements
Bob Simpson – mixing
Charles Stewart – cover photography
Track listing:
Free Will – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
The Middle of Your Day – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
Speed Kills – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson
Did You Hear What They Said? – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson