On November 19, 1971, “Mainstream” label released “Trees and Grass and Things”, the second Charles Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
David “Bubba” Brooks – tenor saxophone
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Don Pullen – piano, organ
Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
Bill Curtis – drums
Montego Joe – congas
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Williams, except where noted.
Trees and Grass and Things – Don Pullen
Chop! Chop! – Charles Williams, Don Pullen, William Curtis, David Brooks
In November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Tommy Potter – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On August 31, 2004, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso in New York”, the 70th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in June 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Track listing:
I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) – Gus Kahn, Fiorito
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
We’ll Be Together Again – Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In August 1956, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins Plus 4”, the fourth Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Richie Powell – piano
George Morrow – bass
Max Roach – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Valse Hot – Sonny Rollins
Kiss and Run – Sam Coslow
I Feel a Song Coming On – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer
Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) – Irving Berlin
In June 1968, “Liberty” label released “Rare Junk”, the third Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was recorded by Dallas Smith.
Personnel:
Ralph Barr – acoustic and electric guitar, clarinet
Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo
Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass
John McEuen – piano, plectrum banjo, five-string banjar
Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar …and other rare junk
On June 24, 1997, “Steeple Chase” label released “Dearly Beloved”, the 111th Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in October 1996, and was produced by Nils Winther.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto and soprano saxophone
Harold Danko – piano
Jay Anderson – bass
Billy Drummond – drums
Track listing:
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier
In June 1957, “Prestige” label released “Red Garland’s Piano”, the second Red Garland album. It was recorded March 1957 – December 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Tom Hannan – design
Bob Weinstock – supervisor
Track listing:
Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
I Know Why (And So Do You) – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
In June 1955, “EmArcy” label released “For Those in Love”, the seventh Dinah Washington album. It was recorded in March 1955, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Dinah Washington – lead vocals
Wynton Kelly – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Keter Betts – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Track listing:
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Bob Russell
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
This Can’t Be Love – Rodgers and Hart
My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
I Could Write a Book – Rodgers and Hart
Make the Man Love Me – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
In June 1954, “Norgran” label released “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1” and “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2”, the debut Lester Young albums. They were recorded in November 1952, in New York City, and were produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Lester Young – vocal, tenor saxophone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
J. C. Heard – drums
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing
Ad Lib Blues – Oscar Peterson, Lester Young
I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
(Back Home Again In) Indiana – James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
(I’m) Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
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