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John Coltrane: Live At Birdland

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On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Live at Birdland”, album by John Coltrane (the seventh album for Impulse!). It was recorded March, October and November 1963, at “Birdland” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – studio recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  2. I Want to Talk About You – Billy Eckstine
  3. The Promise
  4. Alabama
  5. Your Lady

Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Duets

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In November 1968, “Milestone” label released “The Lee Konitz Duets”, the 21st Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dick Katz.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, amplified alto saxophone
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Brown – valve trombone, euphonium
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Karl Berger – vibes
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Ray Nance – violin

Track listing:

  1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  3. Variations on Alone Together
  4. Checkerboard
  5. Erb
  6. Tickletoe
  7. Duplexity
  8. Alphanumeric

Elvis Jones: And Then Again

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In October 1965, “Atlantic” label released “And Then Again”, the sixth Elvin Jones album. It was recorded February – March 1965, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Thad Jones – cornet
  • J.J. Johnson – trombone 
  • Don Friedman – piano
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Melba Liston – arranger, conductor
  • Phil Lehle – engineer
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Burt Goldblatt – design
  • Arif Mardin – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Azan – Charles Davis
  2. All Deliberate Speed – Melba Liston
  3. Elvin Elpus – Melba Liston
  4. Soon After – Jodora Marshall
  5. Forever Summer – Thad Jones
  6. Len Sirrah – Melba Liston
  7. And Then Again – Elvin Jones

Curtis Fuller: Sliding Easy

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In October 1959, “United Artists” label released “Sliding Easy”, the sixth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in March 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements 
  • Gigi Gryce – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.

  1. Bit of Heaven
  2. Down Home
  3. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  4. Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
  5. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath

Elvin Jones: Genesis

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In September 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Genesis”, the 14th Elvin Jones album. It was recorded in February 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolf and George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Joe Farrell, Dave Liebman – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, alto flute, alto clarinet
  • Gene Perla – bass, electric bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. P.P. Phoenix – Gene Perla
  2. For All the Other Times – Gene Perla
  3. Slumber – Dave Liebman
  4. Three Card Molly – Elvin Jones
  5. Cecilia Is Love – Frank Foster

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

Wynton Marsalis: Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1

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On July 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1”, the eleventh Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts – piano
  • Robert Hurst – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • Dennis Ferrante – engineer
  • Tim Geelan – engineer
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • George Butler – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis.

  1. Harriet Tubman
  2. Elveen
  3. Thick in the South
  4. So This is Jazz, Huh?
  5. L.C. on the Cut

John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album

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On June 29, 2018, “Impulse!” label released “Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album”, is album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane and Ken Druker.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – mixing
  • Ashley Kahn – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Untitled Original 11383 (Take 1)
  2. Nature Boy
  3. Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)
  4. Vilia (Take 3) (based on Franz Lehár’s “Vilja Song” from The Merry Widow)
  5. Impressions (Take 3)
  6. Slow Blues
  7. One Up, One Down (Take 1) – 8:01

Bonus tracks

  1. Vilia (Take 5)
  2. Impressions (Take 1)
  3. Impressions (Take 2)
  4. Impressions (Take 4)
  5. Untitled Original 11386 (Take 2)
  6. Untitled Original 11386 (Take 5)
  7. One Up, One Down (Take 6)

McCoy Tyner: Inception

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In June 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Inception”, the debut McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Bob Gomel – cover photography
  • Burt Goldblatt – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Inception
  2. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
  3. Blues for Gwen
  4. Sunset
  5. Effendi
  6. Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash

John Coltrane: OM

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In January 1968, “Impulse!” label released “Om”, a posthumously-released John Coltrane album. It was recorded in October 1965, at “Camelot Sound Studios” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Rafael Garrett – clarinet, double bass
  • Joe Brazil – flute
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Jan Kurtis – engineer
  • Robert and Barbara Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bill Levy – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Om, Part 1
  2. Om, Part 2