In September 1965, “Verve” label released “His Majesty King Funk”, the 23rd Grant Green album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Ven Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Harold Vick – tenor saxophone
Larry Young – organ
Ben Dixon – drums
Candido Camero – bongo, congas
Michael Malatak – design
Hugh Bell – photography
John Tynan – liner notes
Track listing:
The Selma March – Grant Green
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
The Cantaloupe Woman – Ben Dixon
That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Fred Seligo – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
In September 1972, “CTI” label released “Cherry”, the 36th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in May 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Bob James – piano, electric piano, arranger
Ron Carter – bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Weldon Irvine Jr. – arranger
Track listing:
Speedball – Lee Morgan
I Remember You – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
On August 23, 1973, “CTI” label released “Body Talk”, the eleventh George Benson. It was recorded in July 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
George Benson – lead guitar
Earl Klugh – rhythm guitar
Harold Mabern – electric piano
Ron Carter – acoustic bass
Gary King – electric bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Mobutu – percussion, congas
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Gerald Chamberlain – trombone
Dick Griffin – trombone
Jon Faddis – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Gatchell – trumpet, flugelhorn
Waymon Reed – trumpet, flugelhorn
Pee Wee Ellis – arrangements, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Pete Turner – photography
Steve Salmieri – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by George Benson, except where noted.
Dance – George Benson, Pee Wee Ellis
When Love Has Grown – Donny Hathaway, Gene McDaniels
In June 1970, “A&M” label released “The Other Side of Abbey Road”, the eight George Benson album. It was recorded October – November 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Prelude”, the eighth Eumir Deodato studio album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Eumir Deodato – piano, electric piano, conductor, arranger
John Tropea – electric guitar
Jay Berliner – guitar
Ron Carter – electric bass, bass
Stanley Clarke – electric bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ray Barretto – congas
Hubert Laws – flute
John Frosk – trumpet
Marky Markowitz – trumpet
Joe Shepley – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Wayne Andre – trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Paul Faulise – trombone
George Strakey – trombone
Bill Watrous – trombone
Jim Buffington – French horn
Peter Gordon – French horn
Phil Bodner – flute
George Marge – flute
Romeo Penque – flute
Max Ellen – violin
Paul Gershman – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Harry Lookofsky – violin
David Nadien – violin
Gene Orloff – violin
Eliot Rosoff – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
Al Brown – viola
Harvey Shapiro – cello
Seymore Barab – cello
Charles McKracken – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano = design
Track listing:
Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
Spirit of Summer – Eumir Deodato
Carly & Carole – Eumir Deodato
Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert Wright, George Forrest
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Claude Debussy
In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Sky Dive”, the twentieth Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
Keith Jarrett: piano, electric piano
George Benson: guitar
Ron Carter: bass
Billy Cobham: drums
Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira: percussion
Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm: trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown: trombone
Paul Faulise: bass trombone
Tony Price: tuba
Hubert Laws: flute, alto flute, bass flute
Phil Bodner: flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo
George Marge: alto clarinet, bass clarinet
Wally Kane: bass clarinet, piccolo
Romeo Penque: flute, alto flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn
On January 14, 1976, “Kudu Records” label released “House of the Rising Sun”, the fourth Idris Muhammad album. it was recorded May – October 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Idris Muhammad – drums
Eric Gale – guitar
Joe Beck – guitar
Leon Pendarvis – piano
Don Grolnick – piano
Roland Hanna – piano
Will Lee, Wilbur Bascomb – bass
George Devens – percussion
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
George Young – tenor saxophone
Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
Tom Harrell- trumpet
Barry Rogers – trombone
David Matthews – arrangements, conducting
Tom Harrell – arrangements
Track listing:
House of the Rising Sun – traditional
Baia (Boogie Bump) – Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert
Hard to Face the Music – Ashford & Simpson
Theme for New York City (based on prelude No. 41) – Frédéric Chopin
Sudan – Idris Muhammad, Tom Harrell
Hey Pock A-Way – Aaron Neville, Greg Porter, Joseph Modelliste, Leo Nocentelli
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