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Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961

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On July 16, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961”, the sixth Miles Davis live album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

The Gil Evans Orchestra

  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Miles Davis – trumpet soloist
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpets
  • Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak – trombones
  • Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm – French horns
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank – reeds, woodwinds
  • Janet Putnam – harp
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. No Blues
  4. Oleo – Sonny Rollins
  5. Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  6. The meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba – Bobby Troup / Leh Worth, J.J. Johnson, Ahmad Jamal

George Russell: New York, N. Y.

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In July 1959, “Decca” label released “New York, N.Y.”, the second George Russell album. It was recorded 1958 – 1959.

Personnel:

  • George Russell – arranger, conductor
  • Jon Hendricks – vocals
  • Hal McKusick – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
  • Gene Allen – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Joe Ferrante – trumpet
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Don Lamond – drums
  • Al Epstein – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by George Russell, except where noted.

  1. Manhattan – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Big City Blues
  3. Manhattan: “Rico”
  4. East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / How About You? – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin / Ralph Freed, Burton Lane
  5. A Helluva Town

Dizzy Gillespie: Afro

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In November 1954, “Norgran” label released “Afro”, the eleventh Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded May – June 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone
  • Hank Mobley, Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone 
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone 
  • Leon Comegys, J. J. Johnson, George Matthews – trombone 
  • Gilbert Valdez – flute 
  • Quincy Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Réne Hernandez, Wade Legge – piano
  • Lou Hackney, Roberto Rodríguez – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Cándido Camero – congas, percussion
  • Mongo Santamaria – congas
  • José Mangual – bongos
  • Ubaldo Nieto – timbales
  • Ralph Miranda – percussion
  • Chico O’Farrill – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Manteca Theme – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo
  2. Contraste – Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Chano Pozo
  3. Jungla – Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Chano Pozo
  4. Rhumba Finale – Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Chano Pozo
  5. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  6. Con Alma – Dizzy Gillespie
  7. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol

Stanley Turrentine: Joyride

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In October 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Joyride”, the eleventh Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in April 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, piccolo flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
  • Robert Ashton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Albert J. Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing

  1. River’s Invitation – Percy Mayfield
  2. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  3. Little Sheri – Stanley Turrentine
  4. Mattie T. – Stanley Turrentine
  5. Bayou – Jimmy Smith
  6. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Robert Scott

Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

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In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
  • The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
  • Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
  • Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
  • Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
  • George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
  • Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Ron Coro – cover art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.

  1. Magic in My Socks
  2. Lucille
  3. Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
  4. First Time Around
  5. Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
  6. Blues, Part IV
  7. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
  8. The Great American Marriage / Nothing
  9. I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder 
  10. Mourning Glory Story – Harry Nilsson
  11. Anna Lee (What Can I Do for You)
  12. I’m Never Gonna Let You Down

Dinah Washington: Swingin’ Miss D

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In September 1957, “EmArcy” label released “The Swingin’ Miss D”, the sixth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in December 1956, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals

Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

  • Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
  • Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
  • Benny Golson – arrangements
  • Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Don Elliott – trumpet, mellophonium, vibraphone, bongos; xylophone
  • Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Charlie Shavers – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Hal McKusick – flute, alto saxophone
  • Danny Bank – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson – piano, celeste
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Milt Hinton – double bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Jimmy Crawford – drums
  • Murray Garrett, Gene Howard – photography
  • John S. Wilson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. They Didn’t Believe Me – Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
  2. You’re Crying – Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones
  3. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  4. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
  5. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
  7. Perdido – Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol
  8. Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
  9. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
  10. I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
  11. Somebody Loves Me – Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald

Shirley Scott: Roll ‘Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands

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In August 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Roll ‘Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands”, the 30th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Oliver Nelson – arrangements, conductor 
  • Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – alto saxophone 
  • Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone 
  • Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry – trumpet 
  • Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom McIntosh – trombone 
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • Attila Zoller – guitar 
  • Richard Davis, George Duvivier – double bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy, Grady Tate – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Roll ‘Em – Mary Lou Williams
  2. For Dancers Only – Don Raye, Sy Oliver, Vic Schoen
  3. Sophisticated Swing – William Hudson, Mitchell Parish
  4. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  5. Little Brown Jug – Joseph Winner
  6. Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson
  7. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Thomas “Fats” Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
  8. A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
  9. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington
  10. Tippin’ In – Robert Smith, Marty Symes

Roberta Flack: Chapter Two

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On August 12, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Chapter Two”, the second Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded December 1969 – March 1970, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn and King Curtis.

Personnel:

  • Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Donny Hathaway – piano, backing vocals. arrangements
  • Marshall Hawkins, Terry Plumeri, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
  • Ray Lucas, Bernard Sweetney – drums
  • Warren Smith – percussion
  • Chauncey Welsch, Ernie Royal, Frank Wess, Garnett Brown, George Marge, John Frosk, John Glasel, Trevor Lawrence – horns
  • Hubert Laws, Joe Gentle – alto and bass flute
  • Corky Hale – harp
  • John Swallow – euphonium
  • Alfred Brown, Arnold Black, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Kermit Moore, Leo Kahn, Lewis Eley, Max Kahn, Max Pollikoff, Noel Dacosta, Peter Buonconsiglio, Peter Dimitriades, Raoul Poliakin, Sanford Allen, Selwart Clarke, Seymour Myroff, Tosha Samaroff – strings
  • Eumir Deodato – conductor, horn and string arrangements
  • Joel Dorn – arrangements
  • King Curtis – arrangements, backing vocals
  • Gene McDaniels – backing vocals
  • Lew Hahn – recording, remix
  • Ira Friedlander – design
  • Jack Robinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Reverend Lee – Gene McDaniels
  2. Do What You Gotta Do – Jimmy Webb
  3. Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
  4. Let It Be Me – Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë
  5. Gone Away – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield
  6. Until It’s Time for You to Go – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  7. The Impossible Dream – Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
  8. Business Goes on as Usual – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff

Julian Cannonball Adderley: In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley

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In July 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley”, the fourth Julian Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bobby Byrne, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Charles “Specs” Wright – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – conductor, arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Dog My Cats – Ernie Wilkins
  2. I’m Glad There Is You – Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz
  3. Blues for Bohemia – Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley
  4. Junior’s Tune – Junior Mance
  5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. Casa de Marcel – Marcel Daniels
  7. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. T’s Tune – Tommy Turrentine
  9. Broadway at Basin Street – Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
  10. Just Norman – Charles “Specs” Wright
  11. I Don’t Care – Ray Bryant

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

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On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell