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Aretha Franklin: Soft And Beautiful

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In April 1969, “Columbia” label released “Soft and Beautiful”, the fifteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Clyde Otis.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocal
  • Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
  • Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Stan Weiss – engineer
  • Thomas B. Allen – painting
  • Linda Solomon – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. I Wish I Didn’t Love You So – Frank Loesser
  3. (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young – Johnny Mercer, M. Philippe-Gérard
  4. Shangri-La – Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell, Matty Malneck
  5. A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
  6. My Coloring Book – John Kander, Fred Ebb
  7. Jim – Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Rose
  8. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) – Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin
  9. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  10. People (from Funny Girl) – Jule Styne, Bob Merrill

Ben Webster: The Warm Moods

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In February 1961, “Reprise” label released “The Warm Moods”, the twelve Ben Webster album. 

Personnel:

  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Donn Trenner – piano
  • Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti – violin
  • Cecil Figelski – viola
  • Armond Kaproff – cello
  • Don Bagley – bass
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • Merle Shore – art direction
  • Phil Stern – design

Track listing:

  1. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi – Bryan Stokes, Dudley Vernor
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. With Every Breath I Take – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. Accent on Youth – Vee Lawnhurst, Tot Seymour
  5. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Van Heusen, Phil Silvers
  8. I’m Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
  9. It Was So Beautiful – Harry Barris, Arthur Freed
  10. The Whiffenpoof Song – Tod Galloway, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy
  11. It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  12. There’s No You – Tom Adair, Hal Hopper

Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts

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In October 1957, “Riverside” label released “Jazz Contrasts”, the fifth Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Betty Glamann – harp 
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Keith Goodwin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
  3. LaRue – Clifford Brown
  4. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  5. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. La Villa – Kenny Dorham, Gigi Gryce

Curtis Fuller: Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone

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In June 1961, “Warwick” label released “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone”, the eleventh Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Mercury Sound Studio” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
  • Buddy Catlett – bass
  • Stu Martin – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller except where noted.

  1. Chantized
  2. Flutie
  3. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  4. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. Do I Love You? – Cole Porter
  6. The Court
  7. Mr. L

Houston Person & Ron Carter: Chemistry

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On June 17, 2018, “High Note” label released “Chemistry”, album by Houston Person and Ron Carter. It was recorded on December 22, 2015, at “Van Gelder Studio” and was produced by Houston Person.

Personnel:

  • Houston Person- tenor saxophone
  • Ron Carter- bass

Track listing:

  1. Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
  2. But Beautiful – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  3. Young and Foolish – Albert Hague, Arnold Horwitt
  4. Fools Rush In – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  5. Can’t We Be Friends? – Kay Swift, Paul James
  6. Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
  7. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  9. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  10. When I Fall in Love – Victor Young, Edward Heyman

Bob Dylan: Triplicate

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On March 31, 2017, “Columbia” label released “Triplicate”, the 38th Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Frost.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals
  • Charlie Sexton, Dean Parks – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Geoff Gans – drums
  • George Receli – drums
  • James Harper – conductor, arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Steve Genewick – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Tom Piazza – linear notes
  • John Shearer – photography

Track listing:

Disc 1 – ‘Til the Sun Goes Down

  1. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  3. I Could Have Told You – Carl Sigman, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  5. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. This Nearly Was Mine – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  8. It Gets Lonely Early – Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  9. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  10. Trade Winds – Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias

Disc 2 – Devil Dolls

  1. Braggin – Jimmy Shirl, Robert Marko, Henry Katzman
  2. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  3. Imagination – Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  5. S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. But Beautiful – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  8. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. Where Is the One – Alec Wilder, Edwin Finckel
  10. There’s a Flaw in My Flue – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Disc 3 – Comin’ Home Late

  1. Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  2. I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  3. Sentimental Journey – Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green
  4. Somewhere Along the Way – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Gallop
  5. When the World Was Young – Philippe-Gérard, Angèle Vannier, Johnny Mercer
  6. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
  7. You Go to My Head – John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. It’s Funny to Everyone But Me – Jack Lawrence
  10. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II