In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “In Person”, album by Bobby Timmons Trio (fifth Bobby Timmons album overall). It was recorded in October 1961, at “Village Vanguard” in New York, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Bobby Timmons – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Albert Heath – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Bobby Timmons except where noted.
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
So Tired
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Dat Dere (Theme)
Popsy
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
On September 8, 1958, “Capitol” label released “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”, the fifteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1958, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh. “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely” won the “Grammy Award for Best Album Cover”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Nelson Riddle – conductor, arrangements
Felix Slatkin – conductor
Nick Volpe – cover art
Sammy Cahn And James Van Heusen – liner notes
Track listing:
Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Harry Tobias, Charles Kisco
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Blues in the Night – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Ebb Tide – Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Gone with the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road} – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
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
In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle”, album by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle. It was recorded in November 1963, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Davis.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Little Tear – Don Sebesky
The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
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 August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.
In August 1961, “ABC” label released “Ray Charles and Betty Carter”, album by Ray Charles and Betty Carter. It was recorded August 1960 – June 1961, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sid Feller.
Personnel:
Betty Carter – vocals
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone
Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
Bill Pitman – guitar
Edgar Willis – bass guitar
Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr – drums
The Jack Halloran Singers – backing vocals
Marty Paich – arrangements, conductor
Sid Feller – liner notes
Track listing:
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
You and I – Meredith Willson
Intro: Goodbye / We’ll Be Together Again – Gordon Jenkins / Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
People Will Say We’re in Love – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Cocktails for Two – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
Side by Side – Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Frank Loesser
Together – Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson
In February 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Reaching Fourth”, the second McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
McCoy Tyner – piano
Henry Grimes – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Robert Flynn – cover design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Bob Ghiraldini – photography
Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
Track listing:
Reaching Fourth – McCoy Tyner
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
Old Devil Moon (from Finian’s Rainbow) – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Have You Met Miss Jones? (from I’d Rather Be Right) – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
In December 1956, “Savoy” label released “Introducing Lee Morgan”, the second Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Hank Jones – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
H. Alan Stein – liner notes
Ozzie Cadena – supervision
Track listing:
Hank’s Shout – Hank Mobley
Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
Bet – Doug Watkins
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
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