On August 26, 1971, “CTI” label released “The Rite of Spring”, the sixth Hubert Laws album. It was recorded in June 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Hubert Laws – flute
Wally Kane, Jane Taylor – bassoon
Bob James – piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord
Gene Bertoncini, Stuart Scharf – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Dave Friedman – vibraphone, percussion
Airto Moreira – percussion
Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Pavane – Gabriel Fauré
The Rite of Spring – Igor Stravinsky
Syrinx – Claude Debussy
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (First Movement) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Second Movement) – Johan Sebastian Bach
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:
No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
In September 1973, “Blue Note” label released “From the Depths of My Soul”, the fourth Marlena Shaw album. It was recorded May – June 1973, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Marlena Shaw – vocals
Gene Bertoncini, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken – guitar
Derek Smith – piano, electric piano, clavinet
Eugene Bianco – harp
Ron Carter – double bass
Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. – electric bass
Charles Collins, Herbie Lovelle, Grady Tate – drums
Arthur Jenkins – congas
George Devens, George Jenkins – percussion
Wade Marcus – arrangements, conductor
Uncredited horns and strings musicians
Track listing:
Prelude / I Know I Love Him – Bodie Chandler, Wade Marcus
Hum This Song – Carl Davis
But For Now – Bob Dorough
Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
The Laughter and the Tears – Randy Edelman
The Feeling’s Good – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
Wildflower – David Richardson, Doug Edwards
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely – Bobby Eli, John C. Freeman, Jr., Vinnie Barrett