In December 1985, “Criss Cross Jazz” label released “In Good Company”, the second Ted Brown album. It was recorded in December 1985, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Gerry Teekens.
Personnel:
Ted Brown – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Raney – guitar
Hod O’Brien – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Blimey – Ted Brown
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
Lost and Found – Hod O’Brien
Sir Felix – Jimmy Raney
Instant Blue – Hod O’Brien
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
People Will Say We’re in Love – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “If You Could See Me Now”, album by Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in November 1983, and was produced by Norman Granz. In 1987, the album won “Juno Award” for “Best Jazz Album”.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Track listing:
Weird Blues – Miles Davis
If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
On Danish Shore – Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
L’ Impossible – Oscar Peterson
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In December 1977, “Nippon Columbia” label released “Alone Too Long”, the tenth Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in December 1977, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Yoshio Ozawa.
Personnel:
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Jim McCurdy – engineer
Kaoru Yamamoto – engineer
Takeaki Anazawa – engineer
Reginald Workman – A&R
Tsutomu Ueno – program coordinator, cover photography
Satoshi Saitoh – design
Masataka Hasegawa – lithography
Hideki Sato – liner notes
Track listing:
Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell
In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
Like a Butterfly – Tommy Flanagan
Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Alone Too Long – Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith ‘Bob’ Russell
Maybe September – Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston
Strollin’ – Kenny Clarke
Billie Holiday Medley: Glad to Be Unhappy – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / No More – Salvador Camarata / That Ole Devil Called Love – Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
Bean and Boys / In Walked Bud – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
In December 1954, “Clef” label released “Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin”, album by Buddy DeFranco and the Oscar Peterson Trio. It was recorded in December 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Buddy DeFranco – clarinet
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Bobby White – drums
Track listing:
All lyrics by Ira Gershwin, all music by George Gershwin, except where noted.
On December 19, 1966, “Olga Records” label released “The Hep Stars”, the second Hep Stars studio album (and third overall album). It was recorded April – December 1966, at “Europeafilm Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Gert Palmcrantz.
Personnel:
Janne Frisk – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
In December 1959, “Savoy” label released “Opus de Blues”, the sixth Frank Wess album. It was recorded in December 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
In December 1958, “Roulette” label released “Swingin’ My Way Through College”, the ninth Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in December 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone
Jimmy Ford – alto saxophone
Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone
John Lanni – baritone saxophone
Bill Chase, Larry Moser, Jerry Tyree – trumpet
Slide Hampton, Don Sebesky – trombone
Bob Dogan – piano
Jimmy Rowser – bass
Frankie Dunlop – drums
Bill Holman, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements
Track listing:
Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad – Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman
That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Dancing in the Dark – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Bittersweet – Willie Maiden
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight – Billy Reid
B. J.’s Back in Town – Willie Maiden
Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On December 1, 2023, “Real World” label released “I/O”, the tenth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – December 2022, at “Rexall Place” in Edmonton, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “British Grove” and “Copper House” in London, “High Seas” in Johannesburg, “Alfvénsalen” in Uppsala, “Fonoprint” in Bologna, and was produced by Peter Gabriel, Richard Russell and Brian Eno.
Personnel:
Peter Gabriel – lead, treated and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synths, programming, percussion, manipulated charango, glass harp, orchestral arrangements, choir arrangements, design concept
David Rhodes – guitars, acoustic and 12 string guitars, backing vocals
In November 1970, “Schwann” label released “Klopfzeichen”, the debut Kluster album. It was recorded in December 1969, at “Rhenus Studio” in Gordorf, Germany, and was produced by Oskar Gottlieb Blarr.
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