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Oscar Peterson And Nelson Riddle: Oscar Peterson & Oscar Riddle

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:

  1. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  2. Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  5. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  6. Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
  7. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  8. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  9. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
  10. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins

Cannonball Adderley: Julian Cannonball Aderley And Strings

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:

  1. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  2. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  4. Two Sleepy People – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
  5. I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
  6. (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
  7. I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Frank Loesser
  8. Lonely Dreams – Julius Gubenko
  9. Falling in Love With Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  10. Street of Dreams – Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young
  11. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  12. You Are Too Beautiful – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Sonny Rollins: Next Album

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.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass, electric bass
  • David Lee – drums
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Arthur Jenkins – congas, percussion
  • Chuck Stewart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Playin’ in the Yard
  2. Poinciana – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
  3. The Everywhere Calypso
  4. Keep Hold of Yourself
  5. Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer

Plas Johnson: This Must Be The Plas

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:

  1. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  2. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
  3. Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
  4. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  5. Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
  6. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  7. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
  8. If I Had You – Irving King, Ted Shapiro
  9. My Silent Love – Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse
  10. Day In-Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  11. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnson
  12. S’il vous plait – John Lewis

Herb Ellis And Remo Palmer: Windflower

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:

  1. Windflower – Sara Cassey
  2. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier
  3. My Foolish Heart – Victory Young, Ned Washington
  4. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  5. Danny Boy – Frederick Edward Weatherly
  6. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  7. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  8. Triste – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  9. Groove Merchant – Jerome Richardson

Kenny Davern And Ken Peplowski: The Jazz KENnection

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:

  1. I’m Satisfied with My Gal – Sharkey Bonano
  2. Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Peter Bocage
  3. I’ll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)  – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Careless Love  – W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams
  6. Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
  7. Chicago Rhythm (Transvestite Dance from the Apex Club) – Ben Kanter
  8. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  9. A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid – James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf

Lou Donaldson: A Man with a Horn

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.

  1. Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
  2. Hippity Hop
  3. Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
  5. The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
  6. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
  7. Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
  8. Soul Meetin’
  9. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish

Natalie Cole: Stardust

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:

  1. There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
  2. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  3. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
  5. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  6. What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
  7. Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  8. He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  9. Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
  10. Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
  11. If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
  12. To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
  13. Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
  14. Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
  15. Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  16. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  17. Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
  18. This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
  19. When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman

Eric Alexander: Up, Over & Out

In August 1993, “Delmark” label released “Up, Over & Out”, the third Eric Alexander album.

Personnel:

  • Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • John Ore – bass
  • Joe Farnsworth – drums

Track listing:

  1. Up, Over & Out – Hank Mobley
  2. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  3. Eronel – Thelonious Monk
  4. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Flying Fish – Cecil Payne
  6. Blues for Mabe – Harold Mabern
  7. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  8. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are – Thelonious Monk