On July 25, 1960, “Capitol” label released “Nice ‘n’ Easy”, the eighteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March – April 1960, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Orchestra Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle – orchestra conductor
Track listing:
Nice ‘n’ Easy – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?) – Irving Berlin
I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Nevertheless (I’m in Love with You) – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
On November 16, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Between Nothingness & Eternity”, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra live album. It was recorded in August 1973, at the “Schaefer Music Festival” in Central Park, New York, and was produced by Murray Krugman and John McLaughlin.
Personnel:
John McLaughlin – guitar
Jan Hammer – keyboards
Jerry Goodman – violin
Rick Laird – bass
Billy Cobham – percussion
Track listing:
Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow’s Story Not the Same – John McLauglin
On June 10, 2013 “Infectious Music” label released “Field of Reeds”, the third These New Puritans studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Studio P4 Funkhaus Nalepastraße” in Berlin, “Snap Studios” in London, “Modern World Studios” in Tetbury, England, and was produced by Graham Sutton and Jack Barnett.
Personnel:
Jack Barnett – vocals, piano, electric piano, organs, bass guitar, vibraphone, chromatic gongs, unpitched percussion, magnetic resonator piano, sound design, field recordings, drawings
Thomas Hein – bass guitar, roto-toms
George Barnett – drums, percussion, glass, artwork, photography
Elisa Rodrigues – vocals
Adrian Peacock – basso profondo
Elizabeth Turner – field recording vocal
Nicholas Ellis – clarinet, bass clarinet
Henry Lowther – flugelhorn, trumpet
Lindsay Kempley – French horn soloist
Daniel West – tenor and bass trombone
Pete Smith – tuba
Elspeth Hanson – viola
Chris Laurence – double bass
Toby Kearney – vibraphone soloist
Faith Leadbetter – piano, electric piano
Stargaze Ensemble
Andre de Ridder – conductor
Nikolaus Neuser – flugelhorn, trumpet
Matthias Gödeker – French horn
Stefan Most – French horn
Florian Juncker – tenor trombone
Till Krause – bass trombone
Sebastian Kunzke – tuba
Paul Valikoski – violin
Daniella Strasfogel – violin
Justin Caullet – viola
Zoe Cartier – cello
Kristjan Orii Sigerleifsson – double bass
Synergy Vocal Ensemble
Micaela Haslam – director, soprano
Julia Wilson-James – soprano
Heather Cairncross – alto
Rachel Weston – alto
Phillip Brown – tenor
Andrew Busher – tenor
Children of St Mary’s Church of England Primary School
Charlie Dyer
Daisy Farthing
Maddie Farthing
Amber Motti
James Norris
Jacob Scotford
Bethany Scriven
Ben McLusky – additional pipe organ
Andrew McPherson – magnetic resonator piano setup and calibration
Shiloh – hawk
Alan Vaughan – hawk handler
Roy at TGM Glazing – glazier
Stool Trinovante – saxocone
Phill Brown – ensemble recordings
Ben McLusky – engineer assistant
Christian Bader – engineer assistant
Campbell Duncan – assistant engineer
Geoff Swan – engineer assistant
Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Matthew Cooper – artwork
Paul Steet – artwork assistant
Willy Vanderperre – band photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack Barnett, except where noted.
This Guy’s in Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Fragment Two
The Light in Your Name – Jack Barnett, Michel van der An
In December 1972, “Atlantic” label released “A Meeting of the Times”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Hibbler (the 21st Rahsaan Roland Kirk album overtall). It was recorded in March 1972, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
On December 14, 1961, “Argo” label released “The Second Time Around”, the second Etta James studio album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Phil Chess and Leonard Chess.
Personnel:
Etta Jemes – vocals
Riley Hampton – arrangements, conductor
Johnny Magnus – liner notes
Track listing:
Don’t Cry Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
Fool That I Am – Floyd Hunt
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
In My Diary – Michael Angelo Graham, Mark Silverman
Saven Day Fool – Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, Sonny Woods
It’s Too Soon to Know – Deborah Chessler, E.H. Morris
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’ll Dry My Tears – Etta James, Clyde Walker
Plum Nuts – Robert Plummer
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
On November 1, 1974, “Swan Song” label released “Silk Torpedo”, the seventh Pretty Things album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Norman Smith.
Personnel:
Phil May – lead vocals, percussion
Pete Tolson – lead and acoustic guitars, bass
Jon Povey – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
Gordon John Edwards – bass, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
On December 28, 1963, “Tamla Motown” label released “With a Song In My Heart”, the third Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Clarence Paul and William “Mickey” Stevenson.
Personnel:
Stevie Wonder- vocals, harmonica
Ernie Wilkins- arrangements, conductor
Los Angelessession musicians – instrumentation
Track listing:
With a Song in My Heart – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
When You Wish Upon a Star – Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
Dream – Johnny Mercer
Put on a Happy Face – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Give Your Heart a Chance – Ron Miller, Orlando Murden, Kenneth O’Neil
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
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