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Jimmy Smith: Christmas ’64

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In November 1964, “Verve” label released “Christmas ’64”, album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded April – September 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ, arrangements
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Billy Hart – drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles, Joe Wilder, Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Joe Newman – flugelhorn
  • Paul Faulise, Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Chauncey Welsch, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Donald Corrado, Morris Secon – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Billy Byers – arrangements, conductor
  • Al Cohn – arrangements
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Bob Irwin – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Sherniece Smith – art producer
  • Acy Lehman – design
  • Howell Conent – photography

Track listing:

  1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
  2. Jingle Bells – James Pierpont
  3. We Three Kings of Orient Are – John Henry Hopkins Jr.
  4. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
  5. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  7. Silent Night – Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr
  8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Gil Evans Orchestra: Great Jazz Standards

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In September 1959, “World Pacific” label released “Great Jazz Standards”, album by Gil Evans Orchestra (third Gil Evans album overal). It was recorded in 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano, arranger, conductor
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith, Danny Stiles – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller, Bill Elton, Dick Lieb, Jimmy Cleveland, Rod Levitt – trombone
  • Bob Northern, Earl Chapin – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Budd Johnson – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Al Block, Ed Caine – reeds
  • Chuck Wayne, Ray Crawford – guitar
  • Dick Carter, Tommy Potter – bass
  • Denis Charles, Elvin Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. Davenport Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
  2. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  3. Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
  4. Joy Spring – Clifford Brown
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Chant of the Weed – Don Redman
  7. La Nevada (a.k.a. Theme) – Gil Evans

Oscar Peterson: With Respect To Nat

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In December 1965, “Limelight” label released “With Respect to Nat”, Oscar Peterson tribute album to Nat King Cole, who had died earlier that year. It was recorded October – November 1965, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson— vocals, piano
  • Herb Ellis, Barry Galbraith— guitar
  • Hank Jones— piano
  • Ray Brown, Richard Davis— double bass
  • Mel Lewis— drums
  • Phil Woods— alto saxophone
  • Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland,  J. Johnson— trombone
  • Tony Studd — bass trombone
  • Seldon Powell— alto flute, tenor flute
  • Jerome Richardson— bass flute, tenor flute
  • John Frosk, Joe Newman— trumpet
  • Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Manny Albam— arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street – Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills
  2. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  3. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
  4. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  5. Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
  6. Little Girl – Francis Henry, Matt Hyde
  7. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
  8. Orange Colored Sky – Milton DeLugg, William Stein
  9. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
  10. Calypso Blues – Clifford Carmen, Cole, Don George
  11. What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? – Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman
  12. Easy Listening Blues – Nadine Robinson