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Grachan Moncur III: Some Other Stuff

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In February 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Some Other Stuff”, the second Grachan Moncur III studio album. It was recorded in July 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design, photography
  • Don Heckman – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Grachan Moncur III.

  1. Gnostic
  2. Thandiwa
  3. The Twins
  4. Nomadic

Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda

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In February 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Journey in Satchidananda”, the fourth Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded July – November 1970, at “Village Gate”, and Coltrane’s home studio in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel and Alice Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, piano
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – double bass
  • Charlie Haden – double bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Tulsi Sen Gupta – tanpura
  • Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine
  • Vishnu Wood – oud

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Journey in Satchidananda
  2. Shiva-Loka
  3. Stopover Bombay
  4. Something About John Coltrane
  5. Isis and Osiris

Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw: Double Take

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In December 1985, “Blue Note” label released “Double Take”, album by Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. It was recorded in November 1985, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone, flute
  • Mulgrew Miller – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Carl Allen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sandu – Clifford Brown
  2. Boperation – Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro
  3. Lament for Booker – Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson
  4. Hub-Tones – Freddie Hubbard
  5. Desert Moonlight – Lee Morgan
  6. Just a Ballad for Woody – Woody Shaw
  7. Lotus Blossom – Kenny Dorham

Junior Cook: Pressure Cooker

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In December 1977, “Catalyst” label released “Pressure Cooker”, the third Junior Cook album. It was recorded in November 1977, at “Blank Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Cedar Walton.

Personnel:

  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Mickey Tucker – piano
  • Juini Booth – bass
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Leroy Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Lotus Lips – Mickey Tucker
  2. The Crucifier – Mickey Tucker
  3. The 8th Cat – Tex Allen
  4. Not Quite That – Garnett Brown
  5. Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker
  6. Moment to Moment (Part One) – Henry Mancini
  7. Moment to Moment (Part Two) – Henry Mancini

Yusef Lateef: Yusef Lateef’s Detroit

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In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Roy Brooks – drums
  • Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
  • Albert Heath – percussion
  • Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
  • Alfred Brown – viola
  • Kermit Moore – cello

Track listing:

All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Bishop School
  2. Livingston Playground
  3. Eastern Market
  4. Belle Isle
  5. Russell and Elliot
  6. Raymond Winchester
  7. Woodward Avenue
  8. That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith

Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs

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In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
  • Sedatrius Brown – vocals
  • Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
  • Stanley Clarke, Calvin Hill, Cecil McBee – bass
  • Norman Connors – drums
  • Jimmy Hopps – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kylo Kylo – tambura, percussion
  • Lawrence Killian – vocals, conga, percussion
  • Kenneth Nash – sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer, mixing
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tim Bryant – design
  • Philip Melnick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders.

  1. Village of the Pharoahs Part 1
  2. Village of the Pharoahs Part 2
  3. Village of the Pharoahs Part 3
  4. Myth
  5. Mansion Worlds
  6. Memories of Lee Morgan
  7. Went Like It Came

Pharoah Sanders: Deaf Dumb Blind

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In October 1970, “Impulse!” released “Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)”, the fifth Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “A & R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, cow horn, bells, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, bells, cowbell, shakers, percussion
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, cowbell, thumb piano, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Nat Bettis – xylophone, yodeling, African percussion
  • Anthony Wiles – conga drum, African percussion
  • Dave Green – engineer
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Wallace Caldwell – design
  • Jameelah Ali – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Summun, Bukmun, Umyun – Pharoah Sanders
  2. Let Us Go into The House of The Lord – arranged by Lonnie Liston Smith

Mal Waldron: What It Is

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In December 1981, “Enja” label released “What It Is”, the 58th Mal Waldron album. It was recorded in November 1981, at “Vanguard Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Horst Weber.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Clifford Jordan — tenor saxophone
  • Cecil McBee — bass
  • Dannie Richmond — drums
  • David Baker – recording
  • Elizabeth Winckelmann – design
  • Nge – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mal Waldron except where noted.

  1. Charlie Parker’s Last Supper – Clifford Jordan
  2. Hymn from the Inferno
  3. What It Is

Pharaoh Sanders: Black Unity

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On December 8, 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Black Unity”, the seventh Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Lee Young.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders — soprano and tenor saxophone, balafon
  • Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson — trumpet
  • Carlos Garnett — flute, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Bonner — piano
  • Stanley Clarke, Cecil McBee — bass
  • Norman Connors, Billy Hart — drums
  • Lawrence Killian — conga, balafon, talking drum, percussion
  • Tony May — engineer
  • Erick Labson — remastering
  • Hollis King — art direction
  • Christine Lee — graphic design
  • Chuck Stewart — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharaoh Sanders.

  1. Black Unity (part one)
  2. Black Unity (part two)

Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!

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In February 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Compulsion!!!!!”, the eight Andrew Hill album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Rudy Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Hill – piano
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Renaud Simmons – conga, percussion
  • Nadi Qamar – percussion, African drums, thumb piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Hill.

  1. Compulsion
  2. Legacy
  3. Premonition
  4. Limbo