In December 1972, “Prestige” label released “Got My Own”, the 35th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Ernie Hayes – organ
Hank Jones – electric piano
Sonny Phillips – piano, organ
Joe Beck, Maynard Parker – guitar
Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad, Mickey Roker – drums
Ed Bogas – arranger
Unidentified strings
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
In January 1965, “Capitol” label released “That’s Where It Is!”, the ninth Junior Mance album. It was recorded in October 1964, in New York City, and was produced by David Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
George Tucker – bass
Bobby Thomas – drums
Track listing:
Wabash Blues – Fred Meinken, Dave Ringle
In the Dark – Lil Green
The Host (W.L.Y.T.M.) – Junior Mance
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
That’s Where It Is! – Bill Schluger
St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy
It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Caribe Blues – Junior Mance
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
On February 7, 1995, “Polygram” label released “The Woman in Me”, the second Shania Twain studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Sound Stage Studio”, “Battery Studios”, “Javelina Recording Studios” and “Recording Arts” in Nashville, “A.R.P. Track Productions” in St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada, and was produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. In December 2000, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA in USA. In 2006, “The Woman in Me” was ranked number 8 on CMT’s list of “40 Greatest Albums in Country Music”.
Personnel:
Shania Twain – lead and backing vocals, claps, footsteps
Dann Huff – tic tac bass, lead guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, guitar textures, wa-wa guitar (Sic), jangle guitar, claps
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Pedabro
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar
Brent Mason – lead guitar, electric guitar, six-string bass guitar
Billy Crain – slide guitar
John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
Brent Rowan – electric guitar textures
Sam Bush – mandolin
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
David Hungate – bass guitar, fretless bass, double bass
Paul Leim – drums, percussion, tambourine, shaker, door slam
Terry McMillan – percussion, cowbell, harmonica, boot stomps
Joe Spivey – fiddle
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Nashville String Machine – string section
Ronn Huff – string arrangements
Nick Keca – claps
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals, claps
Warren Peterson – engineer
Simon Pressey – engineer
Ron “Snake” Reynolds – engineer
Nick Keca – engineer
Lee Groitzsch – overdub engineer
Brian Tankersly – overdub engineer
Craig White – engineer assistant
Robert Charles – overdub engineer assistant
Wayne Morgan – overdub engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Shania Twain and Robert John Lange, except where noted
In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Sunday Mornin’”, the fourth Grant Green album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Kenny Drew – piano
Ben Tucker – bass
Ben Dixon – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Joe Goldberg – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Grant Green except where noted.
Freedom March
Sunday Mornin’
Exodus – Ernest Gold
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog, Jr. Billie Holiday
On March 16, 2004, “Delmark” label released “Up Jumped Spring”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in August 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Jacey Falk.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Brad Goode – trumpet
Karl Montzka – piano
Larry Gray – bass
Stewart Miller – bass
Tim Davis – drums
Jacey Falk – vocals
Track listing:
Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
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
On December 8, 1968, “Motown” label released “For Once in My Life”, the ninth studio and the tenth overall Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded December 1967 – August 1968, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, and was produced by Stevoe Wonder, Henry Cosby and Don Hunter.
On February 10, 1998, “Blue Note” label released “Standards”, the 24th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On October 24, 2006, “Concord” label released “Givin’ It Up”, an album by Al Jarreau and George Benson. It was recorded in April 2006, at “Henson Recording Studios”, “NRG Studios”, and “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood; “G Studio Digital” in Studio City, CA; “LAFX Studios”, “The Pass”, “Willyworld”, and “Revelation Studios” in Los Angeles; “White Lightning Studios” in Sylmar, CA; “Porcupine Studios” in Chandler, AZ; “The B Hive” in Phoenix, AZ; “East Bay Studios” in Tarrytown, NY, and was produced by John Burk, Michael Broening, Marcus Miller, Patti Austin, Freddie Ravel, Larry Williams and Chris Dunn. In 2007, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance” (Al Jarreau), and “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” (George Benson).
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and backing vocals, guitar, arrangements
Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocal percussion, arrangements
Paul McCartney – lead vocals
Ray Fuller – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar, rhythm guitar
Freddie Fox – guitar
Michael O’Neill – rhythm guitar
Michael Thompson – guitar
Larry Williams – keyboards, acoustic piano, arrangements
Michael Broening – keyboards, organ, programming, arrangements, organ
On August 13, 1962, “Columbia” label released “The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April 27; May 4–5; May 11, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Robert Mersey.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
Robert Mersey – personal supervisor, arrangements, conductor
Don Hunstein – cover photography
Track listing:
Don’t Cry, Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
Try a Little Tenderness – James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
I Apologize – Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson
Without the One You Love – Aretha Franklin
Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva
I’m Sitting on Top of the World – Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
I’m Wandering – Berry Gordy, Jr., Tyran Carlo
How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
I Don’t Know You Anymore – Gary Geld, Peter Udell
Lover Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
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