In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In December 1955, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra”, the seventh Georgie Auld album. It was recorded September – November 1955, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone, bandleader
Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz – alto saxophone
Ted Nash, Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
Chuck Gentry – baritone saxophone
Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Ray Linn – trumpet
Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino, Si Zentner – trombone
Arnold Ross – piano
Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel – guitar
Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller, Irv Kottler – drums
Track listing:
In the Land of Hi-Fi – George Auld, Billy May
For You – Al Dubin, Joe Burke
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman
Tippin’ In – Raymond Leveen, Maria Grever
Sunday Kind of Love – Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima
I May Be Wrong – Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin
Swingin’ in the Moore Park – Billy May
If I Loved You – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Dinah – Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Love Is Just Around the Corner – Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin
In November 1954, “Capitol” label released “Dance to the Duke!”, the eleventh Duke Ellington album. It was recorded 1953 in “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, 1954, in San Francisco and Chicago.
Personnel:
Duke Ellington – piano
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson
Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
John Sanders – valve trombone
Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford – bass
Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums
Ralph Collier – congas
Frank Rollo – bongos
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.
C Jam Blues
Orson – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Caravan – Juan Tizol
Kinda Dukish
Bakiff
Frivolous Banta – Rick Henderson
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Mercer Ellington
On October 3, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Mama Tried”, the seventh Merle Haggard and the Strangers studio album. It was recorded February – March, 1968, ay “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson. In 1999, the album title song won the “Grammy Hall of Fame Award”.
Personnel:
Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
The Strangers:
Roy Nichols – guitar
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
George French – piano
Jerry Ward – bass
Eddie Burris – drums
Lewis Talley – guitar
Tommy Collins – guitar
Billy Mize – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Merle Haggard, except where noted.
Mama Tried
Green, Green Grass of Home – Curly Putman
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – Dick Jennings, Hank Mills
In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) – Dolly Parton
In June 1955, “Capitol” label released “Ellington Showcase”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded April – December 1953 at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Universal Studios” in Chicago, January – June 1954 at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and May 1955.
Personnel:
Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
John Sanders – valve trombone
Wendell Marshall, Jimmy Woode – bass
Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.
Blossom – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Big Drag
Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
Falling Like a Raindrop
Gonna Tan Your Hide – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Harlem Air Shaft
La Virgen De La Macarena – Bernardo Bautista Monterde
On March 25, 1963, “Capitol” label released “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, the second Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded June 1962 – February 1962, at “Capitol Studios” and “Western” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nick Venet.
Personnel:
Mike Love – lead vocals
Brian Wilson – vocals, keyboards, bass
Carl Wilson – lead guitar
Dennis Wilson – vocals, drums
David Marks – rhythm guitar
John Severson – cover photography
Track listing:
Surfin’ U.S.A. – Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry
Farmer’s Daughter – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Misirlou – Nick Roubanis, Freed Wise, Milton Leeds, Bob Russell
Stoked – Brian Wilson
Lonely Sea – Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
Shut Down – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
Noble Surfer – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Honky Tonk – Bill Doggett, Shep Sheperd, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler
On March 23, 1993, “Reprise” label released “This Time”, the fifth Dwight Yoakam studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Pete Anderson.
Personnel:
Dwight Yoakam – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Pete Anderson – electric guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
Al Perkins – dobro, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
Skip Edwards – keyboards
Chuck Domanico – upright bass
Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar
Jeff Donavan – drums
Scott Joss – fiddle
Don Reed – fiddle
Beth Andersen – backing vocals
Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
Carl Jackson – backing vocals
Jim Lauderdale – backing vocals
Jim Haas – backing vocals
Scott Humphrey – programming
Paul Buckmaster – strings arrangements, conductor
Suzy Katayama – contractor
Track listing:
All tracks by Dwight Yoakam, except where noted.
Pocket of a Clown
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
Home for Sale
This Time – Dwight Yoakam, Kostas Lazarides
Two Doors Down – Dwight Yoakam, Kostas Lazarides
Ain’t That Lonely Yet – Kostas Lazarides, James House
King of Fools – Dwight Yoakam, Kostas Lazarides
Fast as You
Try Not to Look So Pretty – Dwight Yoakam, Kostas Lazarides
In March 1958, “Capitol” label released “Latin Lace”, the 15th George Shearing album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
George Shearing – piano
Toots Thielemans – guitar
Al McKibbon – double bass
Percy Brice – drums
Armando Peraza – congas
Emil Richards – vibraphone
Track listing:
The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
Rondo – Carlos Federico
To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
In December 1958, “Roulette” label released “Swingin’ My Way Through College”, the ninth Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in December 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone
Jimmy Ford – alto saxophone
Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone
John Lanni – baritone saxophone
Bill Chase, Larry Moser, Jerry Tyree – trumpet
Slide Hampton, Don Sebesky – trombone
Bob Dogan – piano
Jimmy Rowser – bass
Frankie Dunlop – drums
Bill Holman, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements
Track listing:
Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad – Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman
That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Dancing in the Dark – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Bittersweet – Willie Maiden
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight – Billy Reid
B. J.’s Back in Town – Willie Maiden
Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On December 1, 2017, “Reprise” label released “The Visitor”, the second Neil Young and the Promise album (40th Neil Young album overall). It was recorded November 2016, June – August 2017, at “Shangri-la” in Malibu, California, “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by John Hanlon, Niko Bolas and Neil Young.
Personnel:
Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, pump organ, whistle, water bottle, bathroom whistle
Micah Nelson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, accordion, pump organ, glockenspiel, toy piano, whistle
Lukas Nelson – vocals, guitar, whistle, water bottle
Corey McCormick – vocals, bass, whistle, water bottle
Anthony LoGerfo – vocals, drums, vocals
Tato Melgar – vocals, percussion, whistle, water bottle
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