In December 1971, “Mainstream” label released “A Time in My Life”, the 35th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Albert Vescovo, Joe Pass – guitar
Bill Mays – piano
Bob Magnusson – bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Alan Estes, Jimmy Cobb – percussion
Jackie Kelso, Jerome Richardson, William Green – saxophone
Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe – trumpet
Benny Powell, George Bohanon – trombone
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Track listing:
Imagine – John Lennon
On Thinking It Over – Brian Auger, Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
Sweet Gingerbread Man – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Magical Connection – John Sebastian
That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
On October 5, 1993, “GRP” label released “Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live!”, album by the GRP All-Star Big Band. It was recorded in January 1993, at “Gotanda Kan-i Hoken Hall” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen, Michael Abene and Gretchen Hoffmann Abene.
Personnel:
Dave Grusin – piano
Tom Scott – conductor, soprano, tenor and baritone sax
Eric Marienthal – soprano and alto saxophones
Nelson Rangell – soprano and alto saxophones, flute
Bob Mintzer – soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet
Ernie Watts – soprano and tenor saxophones
Arturo Sandoval –trumpet, flugelhorn
Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
Byron Stripling – trumpet, flugelhorn
George Bohanon – trombone
Phillip Bent – flute
Eddie Daniels – clarinet
Russell Ferrante – piano
John Patitucci – bass
Dave Weckl – drums
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Gary Lindsay – arrangements
Bernie Kirsh – engineer, mixing
Keiichi Yamada – engineer assistant
Darren Mora – engineer assistant, mixing
Wally Traugott – mastering
Dan Serrano – art direction
Scott Johnson – art direction
Alba Acevedo – design
Yasuhisa Yoneda – photography
Katsuya Koike – photography
Geoff Mayfield – liner notes
Michael Landy – post-production
Joseph Doughney – post-production
Diane Dragonette – assistant coordinator, production coordination
On September 28, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Spirit”, the seventh Earth, Wind & Fire studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, “Hollywood Sound Recorders” and “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles, “Westlake Audio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Maurice White – vocals, drums, kalimba, timbales, mixing
Al McKay – guitar, percussion
Johnny Graham – guitar
Larry Dunn – piano, keyboards, organ, Moog synthesizer
Jerry Peters – piano, keyboards
Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
Fred White – drums, percussion
Ralph Johnson – drums, percussion
Philip Bailey – vocals, congas, percussion
Harvey Mason – percussion
Andrew Woolfolk – saxophone, percussion
Don Myrick – saxophone
Oscar Brashear – trumpet
Charles Findley – trumpet
Michael Harris – trumpet
Steve Madaio – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Louis Satterfield – trombone
Charles Loper – trombone
Lew McCreary – bass trombone
David Duke – Frech horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Sidney Muldrow – French horn
Marilyn Robinson – French horn
Tommy Johnson – tuba
Charles Veal – concertmaster
Asa Drori, Winterton Garvey, Harris Goldman, Carl LaMagna, Joy Lyle, Sandy Seemore, Haim Shtrum, Ken Yerke – violin
Marilyn Baker, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, Rollice Dale, James Dunham, Paul Polivnick, Lynn Subotnick, Barbara Thomason – viola
Ronald Cooper, Marie Fera, Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shlutz – cello
Dorothy Ashby – harp
Jerry Peters, Charles Stepney, Tom Tom 84 – arrangements
George Massenburg – engineer, remix
Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks – mixing
Track listing:
Getaway –Peter Cor, Bernard “Beloyd” Taylor
On Your Face – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Imagination – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Spirit – Larry Dunn, Maurice White
Saturday Night – Al McKay, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
Earth, Wind & Fire – Skip Scarborough, Maurice White
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
On July 18, 1969, “Elektra” label released “The Soft Parade”, the fourth Doors (The) album. It was recorded July 1968 – May 1969, and was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Passin’ Thru”, the 20th Chico Hamilton album. It was recorded September 1964 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Chico Hamilton – drums
Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
George Bohanon – trombone, percussion
Gábor Szabó – guitar
Albert Stinson – bass
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
Passin’ Thru
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
El Toro – Chico Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo
On August 21, 2001, “Private Music” label released “Blue Gardenia”, the twenty-fifth Etta James studio album. It was recorded November 2000 – February 2001, and was produced by John Snyder.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals
Dorothy Hawkins – vocals
Josh Sklair – guitar, arrangements
Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
Tony Dumas – bass
Ralph Penland – drums
Ron Powell – percussion
Red Holloway – saxophone
George Bohanon – trombone
Rick Baptist – flugelhorn
Ronnie Buttacavoli – flugelhorn, trumpet
John Nelson – engineer
Jay Newland – engineer
Charlie Watts – engineer
Sonny Mediana – art direction, photography
Lupe DeLeon – executive producer
Track listing:
This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
He’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
In My Solitude – Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Joe Greene
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Don’t Worry ’bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Don’t Blame Me – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
My Man – Channing Pollack, Yvain-Albert, Maurice Yvain
In March 1972, “RCA” label released “Stories We Could Tell”, the 17th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in April 1971 – January 1972, and was produced by Paul Rothchild.
Personnel:
Don Everly – vocals, guitar
Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
David Crosby – vocals
Doug Lubahn – vocals
Graham Nash – vocals
Bonnie Bramlett – vocals
Delaney Bramlett – vocals, guitar
Jeff Kent – guitar, vocals
Dennis Linde – guitar, keyboards
Geoff Muldaur – guitar
Wayne Perkins – guitar
John Sebastian – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Waddy Wachtel – guitar
Danny Weis – guitar
Clarence White – guitar
Ry Cooder – electric bottleneck guitar
Buddy Emmons – slide guitar
Jerry McGee – slide guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Michael Fonfara – keyboards
Spooner Oldham – keyboards
Warren Zevon – keyboards
Chris Ethridge – bass
Johnny Barbata – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Russ Kunkel – drums
George Bohanon – brass
Tommy Johnson – brass
Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement
Norman Seeff – photography
Track listing:
All We Really Want to Do – Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett
Breakdown – Kris Kristofferson
Green River – Don Everly, Phil Everly
Mandolin Wind – Rod Stewart
Up in Mabel’s Room – Phil Everly, Terry Slater
Del Rio Dan – Jeff Kent, Doug Lubahn, Holly Beckwith
Ridin’ High – Dennis Linde
Christmas Eve Can Kill You (When You’re Trying to Hitch a Ride to Anywhere) – Dennis Linde
Three Armed, Poker-Playin’ River Rat – Dennis Linde
I’m Tired of Singing My Song in Las Vegas – Don Everly
In November 1974, “Epic” label released “7-Tease”, the 14th Donovan studio album. It was recorded September – October 1974, and was produced by Norbert Putnam, Donovan Leitch and Mark Radice.
Ben Cauley, Charlie Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades, Bill Puett, George Tidwell, George Bohanon, Johnny Rotella, Tony Terran – horns
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Byron Warner, Florence Warner, Ginger Holladay, Lea Jane Berinati, Mary Holladay – background vocals
On September 6, 1977, “Arista” label released “Singin’…” the sixth Melissa Manchester album. It was recorded in 1977, at “A&R Studios”, “Sound Labs” in Hollywood, and was produced by Vini Poncia.
Personnel:
Melissa Manchester – lead vocals
Jeff Mironov – guitar
David Spinozza– guitar
Sid McGinnis– guitar
Don Grolnick– keyboards
James Newton Howard– Oberheim synthesizer, string arrangements
Will Lee– bass guitar
Tony Levin– bass guitar
Steve Gadd– drums
Lenny Castro– percussion
Tom Saviano – woodwind arrangements, flute, horn arrangements, tenor saxophone
Mike Carnahan – flute
Leo Potts – flute
Andy Macintosh – baritone saxophone
Stanley Schwartz – tenor saxophone
George Bohanon– trombone
Richard Felts – trumpet, flugelhorn solo
Sid Sharp – concertmaster
Vini Poncia– backing vocals
Claudia Cagan – backing vocals
Wendy Haas – backing vocals
Brie Howard – backing vocals
Gail Kantor – backing vocals
The Faragher Brothers– backing vocals
Bob Schaper – engineer
Tom Bush – second engineer
Galen Senogles – mixing
Ron Hitchcock – mastering
Kay Steele – cover coordinator
John Kosh – art direction, desiign
David Alexander – photography
Anne Streer – production coordinator
Track listing:
Sad Eyes – David Spinozza
I Wanna Be Where You Are – Arthur Ross, Leon Ware
A Love Of Your Own – Ned Doheny
No One’s Ever Seen This Side Of Me – Melissa Manchester
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