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Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch!

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In August 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Out to Lunch!”, album by Eric Dolphy. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

  • Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Dolphy.

  1. Hat and Beard
  2. Something Sweet, Something Tender
  3. Gazzelloni
  4. Out to Lunch
  5. Straight Up and Down

Horace Silver: Silver’s Serenade

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In August 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Silver’s Serenade”, the twelve Horace Silver album. It was recorded in May 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Joel Dorn – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver.

  1. Silver’s Serenade
  2. Let’s Get to the Nitty Gritty
  3. Sweet Sweetie Dee
  4. The Dragon Lady
  5. Nineteen Bars

Reverend Gary Davis: Say No To The Devil

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In August 1962, “Bluesville” label released “Say No to the Devil”, the sixth Reverend Gary Davis album. It was recorded in 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Blind Gary Davis – vocals, guitar, 12 string guitar, harmonica
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kenneth S. Goldstein – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Davis, except where noted.

  1. Say No to the Devil
  2. Time Is Drawing Near
  3. Hold on to God’s Unchanging Hand – traditional
  4. Bad Company Brought Me Here
  5. I Decided to Go Down
  6. Lord, I Looked Down the Road
  7. Little Bitty Baby – traditional
  8. No One Can Do Me Like Jesus
  9. Lost Boy in the Wilderness
  10. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven in Due Time

Dexter Gordon: Doin’ Alright

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In August 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Doin’ Allright”, the 15th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Horace Parlan – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Al Harewood – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Gordon except where noted.

  1. I Was Doing All Right – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer
  3. For Regulars Only
  4. Society Red
  5. It’s You or No One – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Shirley Scott: Bacalao

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In August 1960, “Prestige” label released “Bacalao”, the 18th Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in December 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Arthur Edgehill – drums
  • Ray Barretto – bongos
  • Luis Perez – bongos, congas
  • Rudy van Felder – recording, lacquer cut
  • LeRoi Jines – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Last Train from Overbrook – James Moody
  2. Sometimes I’m Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
  3. That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  4. Fast Spiral – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
  5. Dobbin’ with Redd Foxx – James Moody
  6. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  7. Dansero – Lee Daniels, Richard Hayman, Sol Parker
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan

Don Sebesky: The Rape Of El Morro

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In July 1975, “CTI” label released “The Rape of El Morro”, the fourth Don Sebesky album. It was recorded April – May 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Don Sebesky – keyboards, arranger, conductor
  • Joan LaBarbara – vocals
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, Barry Rogers, Sonny Russo – trombone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Ray Beckenstetein – flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Harvey Estrin, Walt Levinsky, George Marge, Al Regni – flute
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Don Grolnick, Roland Hanna, Pat Rebillot – keyboards
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • George Devens, Phil Kraus – percussion
  • Harry Cykman, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, David Rose – violin
  • Jean R. Dane, Manny Vardi – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken – cello
  • Bob Ciano, Richard Mantel – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Sebesky, except where noted.

  1. The Rape of El Morro
  2. Moon Dreams – John Chalmers MacGregor, Johnny Mercer
  3. Skyliner – Charlie Barnet, Billy Moore Jr.
  4. The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
  5. Footprints of the Giant – based on themes by Béla Bartók, arranged and adapted by Don Sebesky
  6. Lucky Seven

Don Sebeski: Giant Box

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In July 1973, “CTI” label released “Giant Box”, the third Don Sebeski album. It was recorded April – May 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Don Sebesky – electric piano, organ, clavinet, accordion, arrangements, conductor
  • Jackie Cain, Roy Kral – vocals
  • Lani Groves, Carl Caldwell, Tasha Thomas – vocals
  • Hubert Laws – soprano saxophone, flute
  • Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone
  • Romeo Penque – soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn
  • Grover Washington, Jr. – alto saxophone
  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Phil Bodner – soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo
  • George Marge – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe, English horn
  • Walt Levinsky – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Randy Brecker, Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Wayne Andre, Warren Covington – trombone, baritone horn
  • Paul Faulise, Alan Raph – bass trombone, baritone horn
  • Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin – French horn
  • Tony Price – tuba
  • Dave Friedman, Phil Kraus, Ralph MacDonald, Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Alfred Brown, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
  • Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • George Benson – electric guitar
  • Bob James – organ
  • Ron Carter – bass, electric bass, piccolo bass
  • Homer Mensch – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Rubens Bassini – conga
  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • Bob Ciano – design

Track listing:

 All tracks, by Don Sebesky, except where noted.

  1. Firebird/Birds of Fire – Igor Stravinsky, John McLaughlin
  2. Song to a Seagull – Joni Mitchell
  3. Free as a Bird
  4. Psalm 150 – Jimmy Webb
  5. Vocalise – Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Fly/Circles
  7. Semi-Tough

Randy Weston: Blue Moses

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In July 1972, “CTI” label released “Blue Moses”, the 21st Randy Weston album. It was recorded March – April 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – electric piano
  • Grover Washington, Jr. – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Garnett Brown, Warren Covington – trombone
  • Wayne Andre – trombone, baritone horn
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
  • Romeo Penque – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn
  • George Marge – clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, English horn
  • David Horowitz – synthesizer
  • Ron Carter, Vishnu Bill Wood – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, Azzedin Weston – percussion
  • Madame Meddah – vocals
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston.

  1. Ifrane
  2. Ganawa (Blue Moses)
  3. Night in Medina
  4. Marrakesh Blues

Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight

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In July 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Mama Too Tight”, the ninth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Howard Johnson – tuba
  • Perry Robinson – clarinet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Beaver Harris – drums

Track listing:

1. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
Introducing
a) Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
b) The Break Strain-King Cotton (public domain)
c) Dem Basses (public domain)
2. Mama Too Tight
3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
4. Basheer

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Free For All

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In July 1976, “Blue Note” label released “Free for All”, the 22nd Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Free for All – Wayne Shorter
  2. Hammer Head – Wayne Shorter
  3. The Core – Freddie Hubbard
  4. Pensativa – Clare Fischer