In April 1952, “Blue Note” label released “The Amazing Bud Powell”, the second Bud Powell album (released as a ten-inch LP). It was recorded August 1949 – May 1951, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
August 1949
Bud Powell – piano
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Fats Navarro – trumpet
Tommy Potter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
May 1951
Bud Powell – piano
Curley Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Doug Hawkins – recording
John Hermansader – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Bud Powell, except where noted.
Un Poco Loco
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
Ornithology – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
Wail
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
On September 28, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Brian Wilson Presents Smile”, the fifth Brian Wilson studio album. It was recorded April – July 2004, at “Sunset Sound Recorders”, “Your Place or Mine Recording” in California, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
On July 25, 1960, “Capitol” label released “Nice ‘n’ Easy”, the eighteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March – April 1960, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Orchestra Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle – orchestra conductor
Track listing:
Nice ‘n’ Easy – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?) – Irving Berlin
I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Nevertheless (I’m in Love with You) – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
On March 4, 1946, “Columbia” label released “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”, the debut Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded July 1945 in Hollywood, in December 1945, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Richards.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Axel Stordahl – arrangements, conductor
Hollywood session:
George Van Eps – guitar
Mark McIntyre – piano
John Ryan – bass
Ray Hagan – drums
Jack Mayhew – flute
Mischa Russell, David Frisina – violin
Sam Freed – viola
Fred Goerner – cello
New York City session:
Matty Golizio – guitar
Bill Clifton – piano
Frank Siravo – bass
Nat Polen – drums
Mitch Miller – oboe
Leonard Posner. Raoul Polikian – violin
Sidney Brecher – viola
Anthony Sophos – cello
Track listing:
10-inch LP release
You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
In February 1956, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, eight Lennie Tristano album. It was recorded 1954 – 1955, at Tristano’s home studio in New York, “The Sing-Song Room”, Confucius Restaurant in New York. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings” included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.
Personnel:
Lennie Tristano – piano
Peter Ind – bass
Gene Ramey – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Jeff Morton – drums
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Jay Maisel – artwork
Barry Ulanov – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Lennie Tristano, except where noted.
Line Up
Requiem
Turkish Mambo
East Thirty-Second
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
In November 1956, “Riverside” label released “Jazz à la Bohemia”, the sixth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Café Bohemia” in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Al Dreares – drums
Ray Fowler – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – cover photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill
Just a Riff – Sid Catlett
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
On October 17, 1957, ”ABC” label released “Go West, Man!”, the second Quincy Jones studio album. It was recorded in February 1957, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Herb Geller – alto saxophone
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Art Pepper – alto saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone
Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Pete Candoli – trumpet
Harry Edison – trumpet
Jack Sheldon – trumpet
Lou Levy – piano
Carl Perkins – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Mel Lewis – drums
Track listing:
Dancin’ Pants – Jimmy Giuffre
Blues Day – Jimmy Giuffre
Bright Moon – Jimmy Giuffre
No Bones at All – Johnny Mandel
The Oom Is Blues – Charlie Mariano
Be My Guest – Lennie Niehaus
Medley: What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke / We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine / Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans / You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie / Laura – David Raksin / Johnny Mercer
In October 1957, “Contemporary” label released “The Poll Winners”, album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Track listing:
Jordu – Duke Jordan
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer
It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
On August 6, 1992, “Laser Light Digital” label released “Six-String Santa”, the 58th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in February 1992, at “Sage & Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ralph Jungheim.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar, arrangements
John Pisano – rhythm guitar
Jim Hughart – acoustic bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Bill Lightner – editing, mastering
James Mooney – engineer
Jerry Wood – second engineer
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, Al Stilman
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
O Christmas Tree – traditional
Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World – traditional
Happy Holiday Blues – Joe Pass
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh Lawson – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Roy Brooks – drums
Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
Albert Heath – percussion
Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
Alfred Brown – viola
Kermit Moore – cello
Track listing:
All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.
Bishop School
Livingston Playground
Eastern Market
Belle Isle
Russell and Elliot
Raymond Winchester
Woodward Avenue
That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith
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