In November 1960, “Swingville” label released “Tate-a-Tate”, the sixth Buddy Tate album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
On September 8, 1958, “Capitol” label released “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”, the fifteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1958, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh. “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely” won the “Grammy Award for Best Album Cover”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Nelson Riddle – conductor, arrangements
Felix Slatkin – conductor
Nick Volpe – cover art
Sammy Cahn And James Van Heusen – liner notes
Track listing:
Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Harry Tobias, Charles Kisco
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Blues in the Night – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Ebb Tide – Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Gone with the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road} – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
In June 23, 1964, “Tamla” label released “Stevie at the Beach”, the fourth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded 1963 – 1964, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, Michigan, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Hal Davis, Marc Gordon and Dorsey Burnette.
In April 1972, “Cobblestone” label released “Breakthrough!”, album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet. It was recorded in February 1972, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton — piano, electric piano
Charles Davis – soprano and baritone saxophone
Sam Jones — double bass
Billy Higgins — drums
Track listing:
Breakthrough – Hank Mobley
Sabiá – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque
House on Maple Street – Cedar Walton
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Francis Lai, Carl Sigman
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
In February 1984, “Mercury” label released “Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast”, album by Van Morrison. It was recorded in March 1983, at “Grand Opera House”, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was produced by Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, guitar, electric piano, alto saxophone
In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “If You Could See Me Now”, album by Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in November 1983, and was produced by Norman Granz. In 1987, the album won “Juno Award” for “Best Jazz Album”.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Track listing:
Weird Blues – Miles Davis
If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
On Danish Shore – Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
L’ Impossible – Oscar Peterson
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In November 1965, “Verve” label released “Smokin’ at the Half Note”, album by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (the 14th Wes Montgomery album overall). It was recorded in June 1965 at the “Half Note Club” in New York City and September 1965 at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – engineering director
Track listing:
No Blues – Miles Davis
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
On November 1, 1970, “RCA” label released “The New Birth”, the debut New Birth album. It was recorded in 1970, at “RCA’s Mid America Recording Center” in Chicago, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.
Personnel:
Alan Frye – vocal
The Mint Juleps – female singers
The New Sound – male singers
The Nite Liters – backing band
Harvey Fugua – arrangements, conductor
Vernon Bullock – arrangements, conductor
John Janus – recording
David Cheppa – lacquer cut
John Sposato – painting
Mary Goodman – liner notes
Track listing:
What’ll Do – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua, Robert Wilson
UNH Song – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, James Van Huesen
It’s All in the Game – Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman
Pretty Words Don’t Mean a Thing (Lie to Me) – Harvey Fugua, Kenny Hawkins, The Nite Liters
Do the Funky Chicken – Rufus Thomas
Brand New Lover – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
You Don’t Have to Be Alone – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
One way Bus – Tex Bristow, Harvey Fugua, Harold Sparks
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
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