On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In April 1961, “Moodsville” label released “The Hawk Relaxes”, the 28th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in February 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums
Track listing:
I’ll Never Be The Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
On April 14, 1954, “Columbia” label released “Chet Baker & Strings”, album by Chet Baker. It was recorded December 1953 – February 1954, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Chet Baker – trumpet
Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
Russ Freeman – piano
Joe Mondragon – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Sam Cytron, Jack Gasselin, George Kast, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin – violin
Lou Kievman, Paul Robyn – viola
Victor Gottlieb – cello
Jack Montrose, Johnny Mandel, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers – arrangements
Track listing:
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
I’m Thru With Love – Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
You Better Go Now – Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner
I Married An Angel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Love – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
I Love You – Cole Porter
What a Diff’rence a Day Made – María Grever, Stanley Adams
In April 1959, “Verve” label released “Pres and Teddy”, album by Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet (The). It was recorded in January 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Teddy Wilson – piano
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Gene Ramey – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Sheldon Marks – art direction
Herman Leonard – cover photography
Bill Simon – liner notes
Track listing:
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
Louise – Leo Robin, Richard Whiting
Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On March 5, 1956, “Capitol” label released “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”, the tenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded October 1955 – January 1956, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Bill Miller – piano
George Van Eps – guitar
Mahlon Clark, Justin Gordon, Champ Webb, Robert Lawson – saxophone
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison – trumpet
Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Juan Tizol – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee – alto clarinet
Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Victor Bay, Paul Nero, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Dan Lube, Harry Bluestone, Emo Neufeld, Samuel Cytron, Robert Gross, Alex Murray – violin
Maxine Johnson, Milton Thomas, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin, Paul Robyn – viola
Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Cy Bernard – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Frank Flynn – percussion
Clark Yocum, Allan Davies, Charles Schrouder, Lee Gotch – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
It Happened in Monterey – Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman
Too Marvelous for Words – Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
In December 1957, “Prestige” label released “A Garland of Red”, the debut Red Garland album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
In December 1958, “Verve” label released “Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton”, album by Harry Edison and Buck Clayton. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Nola Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Harry Edison, Buck Clayton – trumpet
Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
Eddie Costa – vibraphone
Jimmy Jones – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Joe Benjamin – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Sheldon Marks – art direction
Burt Goldblatt – photography
John Hammond – sleeve notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Harry Edison except where noted.
Memories for the Count
Come With Me
Critic’s Delight
Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
Medley: It All Depends On You/Charmaine/How Long Has This Been Going On?/Makin’ Whoopee – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown/Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
In November 1957, “Riverside” label released “The Sound of Sonny”, the 13th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded June 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Paul Chambers – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Jack Higgins – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
The Last Time I Saw Paris – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye – Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. King
What Is There to Say? – Vernon Duke, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
Cutie – Sonny Rollins, Neal Hefti, Stanley Styne
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Mils – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Barbara Long – liner notes
Track listing:
Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
The Backbone – Butch Warren
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
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