In December 1959, “New Jazz Label” released “That Good Feelin’”, the fourth Johnny “Hammond” Smith album. It was recorded in November 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs”, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Johnny “Hammond” Smith – organ
Thornel Schwartz – guitar
George Tucker – bass
Leo Stevens – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks Johnny “Hammond” Smith except where noted.
That Good Feelin’
Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
In November 1956, “Atlantic” label released “Inside Hi-Fi”, the eleventh Lee Konitz album. It was recorded September – October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto and tenor saxophone
Billy Bauer – guitar
Sal Mosca – piano
Peter Ind – bass
Arnold Fishkin – bass
Dick Scott (Tox Drohar) – drums
Track listing
Kary’s Trance – Lee Konitz
Everything Happens to Me – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
On May 4, 1966, “Motown” label released “Up-Tight”, the fifth Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded 1962 – 1966, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby, Willam “Mickey” Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Personnel:
Stevie Wonder – lead and harmony vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion
Clarence Paul – co-lead vocals
Levi Stubbs – co-lead vocals
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Renaldo “Obie” Benson – backing vocals
The Andantes – backing vocals
Pat Lewis – backing vocals
The Originals – backing vocals
The Temptations – backing vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
Track listing:
Love a Go Go – Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby
Hold Me – Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder
Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Nothing’s Too Good for My Baby – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson
On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
Keter Betts – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Head Start – Keter Betts
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Blue Mance – Junior Mance
Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
In December 1978, “Enja” label released “Ballads & Blues”, the 16th Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Penthouse Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Matthias Winckelman and Horst Weber.
In December 1978, “Bee Hive” label released “Neo/Nistico”, the fifth Sal Nistico album. It was recorded in November 1978, at “Master Sound Productions” in Franklin Square, New York, and was produced by Jim Neumann and Fred Norsworthy.
Personnel:
Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone
Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone
Ted Curson – trumpet
Ronnie Mathews – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
Anthropology – Charlie Parker
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
In December 1976, “CTI” label released “The Fox”, the 18th Urbie Green album. It was recorded July – November 1976, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Urbie Green – trombone
Fred Gripper – electric piano
Barry Miles – piano, keyboards
Mike Abene – piano
Toots Thielmans – harmonica, whistle
Eric Gale – guitar
Anthony Jackson – electric bass
George Mraz – bass
Jimmy Madison – drums
Andy Newmark – drums
Sue Evans – percussion
Nicky Marrero – percussion
Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone
Jeremy Steig – flute
David Matthews – arrangements, footsteps
Track listing:
Another Star – Stevie Wonder
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Mertensia – David Matthews
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In July 1963, “Impulse” label released “Nights of Ballads & Blues”, the third McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
McCoy Tyner – piano
Steve Davis – double bass
Lex Humphries – drums
Rudy van Gelder – recordings
Track listing:
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
Star Eyes – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Groove Waltz McCoy Tyner
Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
In June 1955, “EmArcy” label released “For Those in Love”, the seventh Dinah Washington album. It was recorded in March 1955, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Dinah Washington – lead vocals
Wynton Kelly – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Keter Betts – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Track listing:
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Bob Russell
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
This Can’t Be Love – Rodgers and Hart
My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
I Could Write a Book – Rodgers and Hart
Make the Man Love Me – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
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