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Arnett Cobb: Sizzlin’

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In December 1960, “Prestige” label released “Sizzlin’”, the seventh Arnett Cobb album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Track listing:

  • Arnett Cobb – tenor saxophone
  • Red Garland – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • J. C. Heard – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Arnett Cobb except where noted.

  1. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
  2. Black Velvet – Illinois Jacquet
  3. Blue Sermon
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Sizzlin’
  6. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern

Duke Jordan: Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet

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In December 1955, “Signal” label released “Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet”, the third Duke Jordan album. It was recorded in October – November 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Duke Jordan – piano
  • Eddie Bert – trombone 
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Jordan except where noted.

  1. Forecast
  2. Sultry Eve
  3. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  5. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  6. Flight to Jordan
  7. Two Lovers
  8. Cu-Ba – Cecil Payne
  9. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  10. Scotch Blues

Johnny Hammond: The Prophet

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In December 1972, “Kudu” label released “The Prophet”, the 28th Johnny Hammond album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Hammond Smith – organ
  • John Eckert, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Andre, Dick Griffin – trombone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Jerry Dodgion, Maceo Parker – tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Andrew Primus – steel drum
  • Pee Wee Ellis – arranger, conductor, electric piano, melodica
  • Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas – vocals 
  • Buddy Lucas – harmonica 
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny “Hammond” Smith except where noted

  1. Prophet – Alfred Ellis
  2. Tomorrow Belongs to the Children – Bob Gundry
  3. Witchy Woman – Bernie Leadon, Don Henley
  4. Thunder and Lightning – Chi Coltrane
  5. Stand Behind Me – Carole King
  6. Corner of the Sky – Stephen Schwartz

Jackie McLean: Destination…Out!

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In November 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Destination… Out!”, the 27th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in September 1963, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
  • Larry Ridley – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. Love and Hate – Grachan Moncur III
  2. Esoteric – Grachan Moncur III
  3. Kahlil the Prophet – Jackie McLean
  4. Riff Raff – Grachan Moncur III

Jackie Mclean: A Fickle Sonance

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “A Fickle Sonance”, the 22nd Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums

Track listing:

  1. Five Will Get You Ten – Thelonious Monk, Sonny Clark
  2. Subdued – Jackie McLean
  3. Sundu – Sonny Clark
  4. A Fickle Sonance – Jackie McLean
  5. Enitnerryt – Tommy Turrentine
  6. Lost – Butch Warren

Jimmy McGriff: McGriff Avenue

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On October 29, 2002, “Milestone” label released “McGriff Avenue”, the 61st Jimmy McGriff album. It was recorded in October 2001, at “Van Gelder Studio”, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Bob Porter.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy McGriff – Hammond X-B3 organ
  • Gordon Beadle, Bill Easley – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Rodney Jones, Melvin Sparks-Hassan – guitar
  • Wilbur Bascomb – bass
  • Bernard Purdie, Don Williams − drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Rodney Jones except where noted..

  1. All About My Girl – Jimmy McGriff
  2. McGriff Avenue
  3. Soul Street – Jimmy Forrest
  4. The Answer Is in the Blues
  5. The Great Unknown – Jimmy McGriff, Ronnie Cuber
  6. Dissertation on the Blues
  7. The Worm – Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Lester, Fats Theus
  8. America the Beautiful – Samuel A. Ward, Katharine Lee Bates

Donald Byrd: Mustang!

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On October 26, 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Mustang!”, the 23rd Donald Byrd album. It was recorded November 1964 – June 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Sonny Red – alto saxophone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Freddie Waits – drums
  • Joe Chambers – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Donald Byrd except where noted.

  1. Mustang – Sonny Red Kyner
  2. Fly Little Bird Fly
  3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
  4. Dixie Lee
  5. On the Trail – Ferde Grofé
  6. I’m So Excited by You

George Benson: Bad Benson

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On October 13, 1974, “CTI” label released “Bad Benson”, the twelve George Benson album. It was recorded April – June 1974, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – guitar
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar, electric bass, percussion, musical concept
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk – trumpet
  • Phil Bodner – English horn, clarinet, alto flute
  • George Marge – English horn, flute, piccolo flute
  • Ray Beckenstein – flute
  • Al Regni – flute, clarinet
  • Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab – cello
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering
  • Bob Ciano – album’s design
  • Ben Rose – cover photography
  • Pete Turner – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. Take Five – Paul Desmond
  2. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel
  3. My Latin Brother – George Benson
  4. No Sooner Said Than Done – Phil Upchurch
  5. Full Compass – Phil Upchurch
  6. The Changing World – George Benson, Art Gore

Freddie Hubbard: First Light

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On October 12, 1971, “CTI” label released “First Light”, the 23rd Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in September 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • George Benson – guitar
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes piano
  • Phil Kraus – vibraphone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Wally Kane – flute, bassoon
  • George Marge – flute, clarinet
  • Romeo Penque – flute, English horn, oboe, clarinet
  • Jane Taylor – bassoon
  • Ray Alonge – French horn
  • James Buffington – French horn
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • David Nadien – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • Joe Malin – violin
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Matthew Raimondi – violin
  • Tosha Samaroff – violin
  • Irving Spice – violin
  • Alfred Brown – viola
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor

Track listing:

  1. First Light – Freddie Hubbard
  2. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey –  Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
  3. Moment to Moment – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
  4. Yesterday’s Dreams – Norman Martin, Don Sebesky
  5. Lonely Town (from On the Town) – Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Asolph Green
  6. Fantasy in D – Cedar Walton

Dizzy Reece: Soundin’ Off

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In October 1960, “Blue Note” label released “Soundin’ Off”, the fourth Dizzy Reece album. It was recorded in May 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Reece – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. A Ghost of a Chance – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  2. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  3. Eb Pob – Dizzy Reece
  4. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  5. Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Blue Streak – Dizzy Reece