In April 1962, “RCA Victor” label released “The Bridge”, the 20th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January – February 1962, at “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Prince.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – cover photography
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
John S. – Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
In February 1960, “Capitol” label released “Road Show”, live album by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Elliot Hall” in Purdue University, Lafayette, In, and was produced by Lee Gillette, John Palladino and Bill Wagner.
Personnel:
Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
June Christy – vocals
The Four Freshmen (Ken Albers, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, Bob Flanigan) – vocal group
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo – tenor saxophone
Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Mathieu, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith – trumpet
Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky – trombone
Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Castro – piano
Pete Chivily – bass
Jimmy Campbell – drums
Mike Pacheco – Cuban drums
Track listing:
Artistry in Rhythm – Stan Kenton
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
The Big Chase – Marty Paich
I Want to Be Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
It’s a Most Unusual Day – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
Kissing Bug – Billy Strayhorn, Rex Stewart, Joya Sherrill
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy
Paper Doll – Johnny S. Black
Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
In December 1958, “Verve” label released “Ella Swings Lightly”, album by Ella Fitzgerald. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz. This album won Ella Fitzgerald the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals
Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
Plas Johnson – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Robert Ascher – trombone
Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello
Track listing:
Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Ramsey Lewis – piano
Cleveland Eaton – bass
Maurice White – drums
Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted
Track listing:
Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
In December 1970. “MPS” label released “Hello Herbie”, album by Oscar Peterson Trio (The) and Herb Ellis (the 113th Oscar Peterson album overall). It was recorded in November 1969, and was produced by Hans Georg Brunner Schwer.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano, liner notes
Herb Ellis – guitar
Sam Jones – double bass
Bobby Durham – drums
Hans Georg Brunner Schwer – recording
Atelier Hugel – photography
Track listing:
Naptown Blues – Wes Montgomery
Exactly Like You – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Seven Come Eleven – Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson
Hamp’s Blues – Hampton Hawes
Blues for H.G. – Oscar Peterson
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Day by Day – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hampton Hawes – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Victor Feldman – vibes
Track listing:
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson”, album by Benny Carter and Oscar Peterson (the 27 Benny Carter album overall).It was recorded in November 1986, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Dave Young – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Allen Sides – engineer
Sheldon Marks – design
Norman Granz – layout
Track listing:
Just Friends – John Klemmer, Sam M. Lewis
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert C. Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin
It’s a Wonderful World – Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
Whispering – Richard H. Coburn, Vincent Rose, John Schoenberger
In December 1954, “Bethlehem” label released “Basically Duke”, the fifth Oscar Pettiford album. It was recorded in December 1954, in New York City. “Basically Duke” was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Oscar Pettiford – bass, cello
Earl Knight – piano
Osie Johnson- drums
Dave Schildkraut – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Tom Dowd – engineer
Shirely Hoskins Collins – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Oscar Pettiford, except where noted.
Jack the Bear – Duke Ellington
Tamalpais
Swing Until the Girls Come Home
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
Chuckles – Clark Terry
Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon
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