In April 1962, “RCA Victor” label released “The Bridge”, the 20th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January – February 1962, at “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Prince.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – cover photography
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
John S. – Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
In February 1960, “Capitol” label released “Road Show”, live album by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Elliot Hall” in Purdue University, Lafayette, In, and was produced by Lee Gillette, John Palladino and Bill Wagner.
Personnel:
Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
June Christy – vocals
The Four Freshmen (Ken Albers, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, Bob Flanigan) – vocal group
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo – tenor saxophone
Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Mathieu, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith – trumpet
Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky – trombone
Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Castro – piano
Pete Chivily – bass
Jimmy Campbell – drums
Mike Pacheco – Cuban drums
Track listing:
Artistry in Rhythm – Stan Kenton
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
The Big Chase – Marty Paich
I Want to Be Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
It’s a Most Unusual Day – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
Kissing Bug – Billy Strayhorn, Rex Stewart, Joya Sherrill
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy
Paper Doll – Johnny S. Black
Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
In January 1958, “Blue Note” label released “The Cooker”, the seventh Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Robert Levin – liner notes
Track listing:
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Happy Dipper – Lee Morgan
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.
Personnel:
Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
Ray Brown – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Track listing:
Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
Chano – Lalo Schifrin
Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
Django – John Lewis
Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
In June 1959, “Verve” label released “A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra”, album by The Oscar Peterson Trio. It was recorded in May 1959, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
Come Dance with Me – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
All of Me – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
The Birth of the Blues – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown
In June 1957, “Verve” label released “Personal Appearance”, the twelve Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in May 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Edgar Willis – bass
Kenny Dennis – drums
Track listing:
You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
For Some Friends – Sonny Stitt
I Never Knew – Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
In June 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Big Swing Face”, live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band (the 21st Buddy Rich album overall). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Chez Club” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Buddy Rich – drums
Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
Ernie Watts – alto saxophone, flute
Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone, flute
Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
Richie Resnicoff – guitar
Ray Starling – piano
James Gannon – double bass
Cathy Rich – vocals
Shorty Rogers – arrangement
Track listing:
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Big Swing Face – Bill Potts
Monitor Theme – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
Wack Wack – Isaac “Redd” Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young
Love for Sale – Cole Porter
Mexicali Nose – Harry Betts
Willowcrest – Bob Florence
The Beat Goes On – Sonny Bono
Bugle Call Rag – Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel
On May 24, 2024, “Loma Vista” label released “Sunday Morning Put-On”, the 20th Andrew Bird album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Valentine Studios” in California, and was produced by Andrew Bird.
Personnel:
Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, art direction
Alan Hampton – bass guitar, upright bass
Ted Poor – drums, vibraphone
Jeff Parker – electric guitar
Larry Goldings – piano
Travis Pavur – engineer
David Boucher – engineer, mixing
Jeff Lipton – mastering
MariaRice – mastering
Sage Lamonica – package design
Christopher Leckie – art direction, package design
Alexa Viscius – art direction, photography
Track listing:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
My Ideal – Leo Robin, Newell Chase, Richard A. Whiting
Django – John Lewis
I Cover the Waterfront – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “At the Cafe Bohemia, Vols. 1 & 2”, a pair of separate but related live albums by the Jazz Messengers. They were recorded at the “Café Bohemia” jazz club in Greenwich Village, in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Horace Silver – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Art Blakey – drums
John Hermansader – cover design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Volume 1
Announcement by Art Blakey
Soft Winds – Benny Goodman
The Theme – Kenny Dorham
Minor’s Holiday – Kenny Dorham
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Prince Albert (All the Things You Are) – Kenny Dorham, Jerome Kern
Volume 2
Announcement by Art Blakey
Sportin’ Crowd – Hank Mobley
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On April 25, 1955, “Capitol” label released “In the Wee Small Hours”, the ninth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March 1954 – February 1955, at “KHJ” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
Most Indigo – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
Deep in a Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Hausen
I See You Face Before Me – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
Last Night When We Were Young – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder
Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Dancing on the Celling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I’ll Never Be the Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
This Love of Mine – Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Frank Sinatra
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