In November 1962, “Riverside” label released “Full House”, the sixth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in June 1962, at Tsubo, Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Wally Heider – engineer
Ken Deardoff – design
Jim Marshall – photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
Full House – Wes Montgomery
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Cariba – Wes Montgomery
Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
On November 15, 1960, “Argo” label released “At Last!”, the debut Etta James studio album. It was recorded January – October 1960, and was produced by Phil Chess and Leonard Chess. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “At Last!” at number 191 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals
Harvey Fuqua – vocals
Riley Hampton – arrangements, conductor
Don Bronstein – cover
Don Kamerer – liner notes
Track listing:
Anything to Say You’re Mine – Sonny Thompson
My Dearest Darling – Edwin “Eddie Bo” Bocage, Paul Gayten
Trust in Me – Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Wever
A Sunday Kind of Love – Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes
Tough Mary – Etta James, Joe Josea
I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
At Last – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
All I Could Do Was Cry – Billy Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy
In October 1961, “Riverside” label released “So Much Guitar!”, the fourth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Hank Jones – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Lex Humphries – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
Ray Fowler – engineer
Ken Deardoff – design
Track listing:
Twisted Blues – Wes Montgomery
Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Repetition – Neal Hefti
Somethin’ Like Bags – Wes Montgomery
While We’re Young – Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
In October 1955, “Clef Records” label released “Music for Torching”, the fourth Billie Holiday album. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – vocals
Barney Kessel – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
John Simmons – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
David Stone Martin – artwork
Track listing:
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore – Victor Schertzinger
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby
In September 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Introducing Kenny Burrell”, the debut Kenny Burrell album. It was recorded in May 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Candido Camero – conga
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid K. Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
This Time the Dream’s on Me – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
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 July 1963, “ABC” label released “Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul”, the 19th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1963, in Hollywood and New York City, and was produced by Sid Feller.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano
Jack Halloran Singers
Benny Carter – arrangements
Sid Feller – arrangements
Marty Paich – arrangements
Johnny Parker – arrangements
Bill Putnam – engineer
Bob Arnold – engineer
Frank Gauna – cover design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Howard Moorehead – photography
Natt Hale – liner notes
Track listing:
Busted – Harlan Howard
Where Can I Go? – Leo Fuld, Sigmunt Berland, Sonny Miller
Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
That Lucky Old Sun – Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) – Leroy Carr
A Stranger in Town – Mel Tormé
Ol’ Man Time – Cliff Friend
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers
On June 5, 2001, “Stray Records” label released “Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse”, the sixth Buckethead studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, in the kitchen Pilo’s Loft”, “Travis Dickerson’s studio, and was produced by Travis Dickerson.
Buckethead (Brian Patrick Carroll) – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
On March 4, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Ghost Song”, the sixth Cécile McLorin Salvant studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Bunker Studio”, “St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church” in New York, and was produced by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner and Paul Sikivie. In April 2022, it was chosen as “Album of the Month” for both performance and sonics by “Stereophile”.
On February 14, 1995, “GRP” label released “Only Trust Your Heart”, the second Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in September 1994, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.
Personnel:
Diana Krall – vocals, piano
Ray Brown – bass
Christian McBride – bass
Lewis Nash – drums
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Rich Lamb – engineer assistant
Scott Austin – engineer assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Gavin Lurssen – mastering
Michael Landy – post-production
Joseph Doughney – post-production
Cara Bridgins – production coordination
Joseph Moore – production coordination assistant
Hollis King – art direction
Freddie Paloma – graphic design
Carol Weinberg – photography
Sonny Mediana – studio photos
Michael Bourne – liner notes
Carl Griffin – executive production
Track listing:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
Only Trust Your Heart – Benny Carter, Sammy Cahn
I Love Being Here with You – Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger
Broadway – Bill Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
Folks Who Live on the Hill – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
I’ve Got the World on a String – Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen
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