Tag Archives: February 1963

Dave Pike: Limbo Carnival

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In February 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Limbo Carnival”, the fourth Dave Pike album. It was recorded in December 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pike – vibraphone, marimba, arrangements
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jimmy Raney – guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik, George Duvivier – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Juliet Lorca – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
  2. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  3. Matilda – Norman Span
  4. Mambo Bounce – Sonny Rollins
  5. Limbo Rock – Jon Sheldon, Billy Strange
  6. Calypso Blues – Nat King Cole, Don George
  7. Catin’ Latin’ – Pony Poindexter
  8. St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
  9. Jamaica Farewell – Lord Burgess

McCoy Tyner: Reaching Fourth

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In February 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Reaching Fourth”, the second McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bob Ghiraldini – photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Reaching Fourth – McCoy Tyner
  2. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
  4. Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
  5. Old Devil Moon (from Finian’s Rainbow) – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  6. Have You Met Miss Jones? (from I’d Rather Be Right) – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Dinah Washington: Back to the Blues

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In February 1963, “Roulette” label released “Back to the Blues”, the fifteenth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Henry Glover.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals
  • Billy Butler – guitar
  • Eddie Chamblee – tenor saxophone
  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Fred Norman – arranger
  • Howard Nostrand – illustration
  • Moskof-Morrison Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ but a Woman Cryin’ for Her Man – J. Mayo Williams
  2. Romance in the Dark – Lil Green
  3. You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon – Perry Bradford
  4. Let Me Be the First to Know – Leroy Kirkland, Dinah Washington, P. Woods
  5. How Long, How Long Blues – Leroy Carr
  6. Don’t Come Running Back to Me – Johnson, Dinah Washington, P. Woods
  7. It’s a Mean Old Man’s World – Leroy Kirkland, Dinah Washington
  8. Key to the Highway – Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar
  9. If I Never Get to Heaven – Napp, Dinah Washington
  10. Duck Before You Drown – Napp, Dinah Washington
  11. No Hard Feelings – Jacobs, Al Roberts
  12. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning – Pearl Delaney, Tom Delaney

Duke Ellington: Money Jungle

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In February 1963, “United Artists” label released “Money Jungle”, Duke Ellington studio album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Sound Makers Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Charles Mingus – double bass
  • Max Roach – drums

 Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Money Jungle
  2. Fleurette Africane (African Flower)
  3. Very Special
  4. Warm Valley
  5. Wig Wise
  6. Caravan – music by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills
  7. Solitude – music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills

Art Blakey Jazz Messengers: Caravan

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In February 1963, “Riverside” label released “Caravan”, album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. It was recorded In October 1962, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

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

Track listing:

  1. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  2. Sweet ‘n’ Sour – Wayne Shorter
  3. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – David Mann, Bob Hilliard
  4. This Is for Albert – Wayne Shorter
  5. Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
  6. Thermo – Freddy Hubbard

Kenny Dorham: Matador

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In February 1963, “United Artists” label released “Matador”, the 16th Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in April 1962, at “Sound Makers” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Teddy Smith – bass
  • J.C. Moses – drums


Track listing:

  1. El Matador – Kenny Dorham
  2. Melanie Parts 1-3 – Jackie McLean
  3. Smile – Charlie Chaplin
  4. Beautiful Love – Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young
  5. Prelude – Heitor Villa-Lobos
  6. There Goes My Heart – Benny Davis, Abner Silver

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

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In February 1963, “Impulse” label released “Duke Ellington & John Coltrane”, album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. It was recorded on September 2, 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington- piano
  • John Coltrane– tenor and soprano saxophones
  • Jimmy Garrison- bass
  • Aaron Bell- bass
  • Elvin Jones- drums
  • Sam Woodyard- drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bob Chiraldini – photography
  • Syanley dance – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. In a Sentimental Mood – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz
  2. Take the Coltrane – Duke Ellington
  3. Big Nick – John Coltrane
  4. Stevie – Duke Ellington
  5. My Little Brown Book – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Angelica – Duke Ellington
  7. The Feeling of Jazz – Duke Ellington, Bobby Troup, George T. Simon

Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears

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On January 7, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Blood, Sweat and Tears”, the fifteenth Johnny Cash album. It was recorded June – August 1962, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Luther Perkins- guitar
  • Bob Johnson – guitar, banjo
  • Bill Pursell– piano
  • Marshall Grant- bass
  • S. Holland- drums
  • Maybelle Carter- autoharp
  • The Carter Family- backing vocals
  • Frank Bez – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer – Johnny Cash, June Carter
  2. Tell Him I’m Gone – Johnny Cash
  3. Another Man Done Gone – Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Tartt, Johnny Cash
  4. Busted – Harlan Howard
  5. Casey Jones – traditional, arranged by Johnny Cash
  6. Nine Pound Hammer – Merle Travis
  7. Chain Gang – Harlan Howard
  8. Waiting for a Train – Jimmie Rodgers
  9. Roughneck – Sheb Wooley

Sam Cooke: Mr. Soul

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In February 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Mr. Soul”, the eleventh Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in August; November and December, 1962, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.

Personnel:

  • Sam Cooke – vocals
  • Clifton White, Bill Pitman,Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Edward Beal, Ernie Freeman, Al Pellegrini, Ernie Freeman – piano
  • Ray Johnson – piano
  • Nathan Griffin – organ
  • Ray Pohlman, Clifford Hils, Red Callender– bass guitar
  • Sharky Hall – drums
  • Earl Palmer– drums
  • Ron Rich – percussion
  • Bill Green, Plas Johnson– saxophone
  • John Ewing – trombone
  • William Hinshaw – French horn
  • Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Leonard Malarsky, Myron Sandler, Ralph Schaeffer, Sid Sharp, Arnold Belnick, Autrey McKissack, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Barene, Jermoe Reisler – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Alexander Neiman – viola
  • Jesse Ehrlich, Irving Lipschultz, George Neikrug, Emmet Sergeant – cello
  • Horace Ott, René Hall– arrangements, conductor
  • Dave Hassinger– recording

Track listing:

  1. I Wish You Love – Charles Trenet, Lee Wilson, Albert Beach
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Chains of Love- Ahmet Ertegun, under the pseudonym Nugetre
  4. Smoke Rings – Ned Washington, H. Eugene Gifford
  5. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Send Me Some Lovin’ – Leo Price, John Marascalco
  7. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
  8. Driftin’ Blues – Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
  9. For Sentimental Reasons – Deek Watson, William Best
  10. Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke
  11. Little Girl – Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry
  12. These Foolish Things – Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link