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 December 1965, “EmArcy” label released “Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings”, the third Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in October 1955, in New York City.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Richard Hayman – musical director
Bill Russo – arrangements
Unidentified Strings
Track lostong:
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Two Sleepy People – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
(I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Frank Loesser
Lonely Dreams – Julius Gubenko
Falling in Love With Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Street of Dreams – Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
You Are Too Beautiful – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
In November 1972, “Milestone” label released “Next Album”, the 29th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in July 1972, at “Mercury Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
In November 1959, “Capitol” label released “This Must Be the Plas”, the fourth Plas Johnson album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Plas Johnson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Paul Smith – piano
Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman – guitar
Red Callender – double bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Track listing:
Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
In October 1977, “Concord” label released “Windflower”, album by Herb Ellis and Remo Palmier (23rd Herb Ellis album overall). It was recorded in 1977, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Herb Ellis – guitar
Remo Palmier – guitar
George Duvivier – bass
Ron Traxler – drums
Track listing:
Windflower – Sara Cassey
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier
On October 30, 2001, “Arbors” label released “The Jazz KENnection”, album by Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski. It was recorded in October 2000, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Rachel Domber and Mat Domber.
Personnel:
Kenny Davern – clarinet
Ken Peplowski – alto saxophone, clarinet
Howard Alden – guitar
John Bunch – piano
Greg Cohen – double-bass
Tony DeNicola – drums
Track listing:
I’m Satisfied with My Gal – Sharkey Bonano
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Peter Bocage
I’ll See You in My Dreams (1924 song) – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
Careless Love – W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams
Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
Chicago Rhythm (Transvestite Dance from the Apex Club) – Ben Kanter
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid – James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf
On October 19, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “A Man with a Horn”, the 16th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in September 1961 – June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Irvin Stokes – trumpet
Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Big John Patton – organ
Grant Green – guitar
Grant Green – guitar
Joe Dukes – drums
Ben Dixon – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Hippity Hop
Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
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