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Julian “Cannonball” Adderley: Know What I Mean?

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In November 1962, “Riverside” label released “Know What I Mean?”, the 19th Julian “Cannonball” Adderley album. It was recorded January – February – March 1961, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Bill Evans – piano, arrangements
  • Percy Heath – acoustic bass
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • Bill Stoddard – recording
  • Ken Deardoff – design

Track listing:

  1. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
  2. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Who Cares? (Take 5) – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. Venice – John Lewis
  5. Toy – Clifford Jordan
  6. Elsa – Earl Zindars
  7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen
  8. Know What I Mean? (Re-take 7) – Bill Evans
  9. Who Cares? (Take 4)
  10. Know What I Mean? (Take 12)

Ray Charles And Milt Jackson: Soul Meeting

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In November 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Soul Meeting”, album by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson. It was recorded in April 1958, and was produced by Tom Dowd.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano, alto saxophone
  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Tom Dowd – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Charles except where noted.

  1. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
  2. Blue Genius
  3. X-Ray Blues
  4. Soul Meeting – Milt Jackson
  5. Love on My Mind
  6. Bags of Blues – Milt Jackson

Paul Desmond: Glad To Be Unhappy

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In September 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Glad to Be Unhappy”, the seventh Paul Desmond album. It was recorded in 1963 at “Webster Hall” in New York City, July, August and September 1964, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico – bass 
  • Eugene Wright – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

  1. Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  3. Stranger in Town – Mel Tormé
  4. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott
  5. Any Other Time – Paul Desmond
  6. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch
  7. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent

Paul Desmond: Easy Living

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In June 1966, “RCA Victor” label released “Easy Living”, the ninth Paul Desmond album. It was recorded June 1963, September 1964, June 1965, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico, Percy Heath, Eugene Wright – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Desmond except where noted.

  1. When Joanna Loved Me – Robert Wells, Jack Segal
  2. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  6. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
  7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Blues for Fun

Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid

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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:

  1. Vendome – John Lewis
  2. Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
  3. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Django – John Lewis
  5. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  6. Romaine – Jim Hall

Stan Getz And J. J. Johnson: Stan Gets And J. J. Johnson At The Opera House

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In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House”, album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. It was recorded September – October 1957, in Chicago and Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz. “Verve” released two different versions of the same material, recorded by the same musicians, one recording was mono and the other was stereo.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • J.J. Johnson – trombone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

Mono recording

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Blues In the Closet – Oscar Pettiford

Stereo recording

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Wolfe Kahn
  4. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Blues In the Closet – Oscar Pettiford

Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey

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On October 15, 1974, “Warner Bros” label released “Tupelo Honey”, the fifth Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Wally Heider” and “Columbia Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ted Templeman and Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, horn arrangements
  • Ronnie Montrose – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, backing vocals
  • John McFee – pedal steel guitar
  • Ted Templeman – organ
  • Mark Jordan – piano, electric piano
  • Bill Church – bass
  • Rick Shlosser – drums
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • Gary Mallaber – percussion, vibraphone
  • Jack Schroer – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Luis Gasca – trumpet
  • Bruce Royston – flute, flute arrangements
  • “Boots” Houston – flute, backing vocals, flute arrangements
  • Ellen Schroer – backing vocals
  • Janet Planet – backing vocals
  • Jack Schroer – horn arrangements
  • Stephen Barncard, David Brown, Doc Storch – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg, Donn Landee – remix
  • Ian Cooper – remaster
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Michael Maggid – photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Van Morrison.

  1. Wild Night
  2. (Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball
  3. Old Old Woodstock
  4. Starting a New Life
  5. You’re My Woman
  6. Tupelo Honey
  7. I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)
  8. When That Evening Sun Goes Down
  9. Moonshine Whiskey

Modern Jazz Quartet: Under the Jasmin Tree

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On December 6, 1968, “Apple” label released “Under the Jasmin Tree”, the 29th Modern Jazz Quartet. It was recorded in December 1967, and was produced by John Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Percy Heath – double bass
  • Connie Kay – drums, percussion
  • Mike Jarratt – engineer
  • Bob Dawbarn – sleeve notes
  • Alan Aldridge, Ink Studios – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Lewis.

  1. The Blue Necklace
  2. Three Little Feelings (Part I)
  3. Three Little Feelings (Part II)
  4. Three Little Feelings (Part III)
  5. Exposure
  6. The Jasmin Tree

Sonny Stitt: Stitt Plays Bird

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In July 1964, “Atlantic” label released “Stitt Plays Bird”, a Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Parker, except where noted.

  1. Ornithology – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
  2. Scrapple from the Apple
  3. My Little Suede Shoes
  4. Parker’s Mood
  5. Au Privave
  6. Ko-Ko
  7. Confirmation
  8. Hootie Blues – Jay McShann
  9. Constellation

Milt Jackson: Bean Bags

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In April 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Bean Bags”, the fifteenth Milt Jackson album. It was recorded in September 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Milt Jackson except where noted.

  1. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  2. Stuffy – Coleman Hawkins
  3. Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
  4. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  5. Sandra’s Blues
  6. Indian Blues