In June 1963, “Blue Note” label released “It Just Got to Be”, the tenth Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – double bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Les David – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Gene Harris, except where noted.
One for Renee
Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
It Just Got to Be
If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
In June 1957, “Prestige” label released “Red Garland’s Piano”, the second Red Garland album. It was recorded March 1957 – December 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Tom Hannan – design
Bob Weinstock – supervisor
Track listing:
Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
I Know Why (And So Do You) – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
In April 1969, “Columbia” label released “Soft and Beautiful”, the fifteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Clyde Otis.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocal
Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
Stan Tonkel – engineer
Stan Weiss – engineer
Thomas B. Allen – painting
Linda Solomon – liner notes
Track listing:
Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
I Wish I Didn’t Love You So – Frank Loesser
(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young – Johnny Mercer, M. Philippe-Gérard
Shangri-La – Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell, Matty Malneck
A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
My Coloring Book – John Kander, Fred Ebb
Jim – Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Rose
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) – Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin
But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
People (from Funny Girl) – Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
In April 1959, “Prestige” label released “All Kinds of Weather”, the 15th Red Garland album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
Track listing:
Rain – Eugene Ford, Brian Alexander Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year – Frank Loesser
In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.
Personnel:
Nancy Wilson – vocals
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Sam Jones – double bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Ren Grevatt – liner notes
Track listing:
Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
Teaneck – Nat Adderley
Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
In November 1962, “Verve” label released “Empathy”, album by Bill Evans and Shelly Manne. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Monty Budwig – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Sheldon Maclin – design
Harris Haft – photography
Don Hold – liner notes
Track listing:
The Washington Twist – Irving Berlin
Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly
Let’s Go Back to the Waltz – Irving Berlin
With a Song in My Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On July 19, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Moonlight Serenade”, the fourth Carly Simon album of standards (19th album overall). It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Fox Force Five” in Hollywood, “Reagan’s Garage” and “Westlake Recorders” in Los Angeles, “The Cutting Room” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
In June 1961, “Warwick” label released “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone”, the eleventh Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Mercury Sound Studio” in New York City.
In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”, the 24th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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