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Lester Young: Lester Young With Oscar Peterson Trio

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In June 1954, “Norgran” label released “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1” and “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2”, the debut Lester Young albums. They were recorded in November 1952, in New York City, and were produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Lester Young – vocal, tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • J. C. Heard – drums
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing

  1. Ad Lib Blues – Oscar Peterson, Lester Young
  2. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  3. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
  4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  5. Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  6. There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  7. (Back Home Again In) Indiana – James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald
  8. On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  9. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  10. (I’m) Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
  11. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  12. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey

Cal Tjader: Breeze From The East

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In May 1964, “Verve” label released “Breeze from the East”, the 37th Cal Tjader album. It was recorded November – December 1963, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Cal Tjader – vibraphone
  • Lonnie Hewitt – piano
  • Dick Hyman – electronic organ
  • Stan Applebaum – celesta, arrangements
  • Jerry Dodgion – flute
  • George Duvivier – double bass
  • Johnny Rae – drums
  • Willie Bobo – percussion
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • John Murello – design
  • Al “Jazzbo” Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Sake and Greens – Stan Applebaum
  2. Cha – Stan Applebaum
  3. Leyte – Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt
  4. Shoji – Stan Applebaum
  5. China Nights – Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo
  6. Fuji – Cal Tjader
  7. Black Orchid – Cal Tjader
  8. Theme from Burke’s Law – Herschel Burke Gilbert
  9. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  10. Poinciana – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
  11. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman

Louis Smith: Here Comes Louis Smith

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In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Here Comes Louis Smith”, the debut Louis Smith studio album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Audio Sonic Sound” in Brill Building, New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Louis Smith – trumpet
  • Buckshot La Funke (Cannonball Adderley) – alto saxophone
  • Duke Jordan – piano
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Smith, except where noted.

  1. Tribute to Brownie – Duke Pearson
  2. Brill’s Blues
  3. Ande
  4. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. South Side
  6. Val’s Blues

David “Fathead” Newman: Diamondhead

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On January 29, 2008, “High Note” label released “Diamondhead”, the 37th David “Fathead” Newman album. It was recorded in 2007, at “M&I Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Houston Person and David “Fathead” Newman.

Personnel:

  • David “Fathead” Newman – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Peter Washington – bass
  • Yoron Israel – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by David Newman except where noted.

  1. Diamondhead
  2. Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
  3. New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
  4. Cedar’s Blues – Cedar Walton
  5. My Full House
  6. Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
  7. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  8. Mama-Lou
  9. It’s You or No One – Jule Styne Sammy Cahn

Booker Ervin: Booker’n’Brass

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In January 1968, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Booker ‘n’ Brass”, the 18th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Martin Banks, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Benny Powell – bass trombone
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Reggie Johnson – bass
  • Lenny McBrowne – drums
  • Teddy Edwards – arrangements, conductor
  • Ray Hall – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Gabor Halmos – design
  • Raymond Ross – cover photography
  • Fred Seligo – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. East Dallas Special – Booker Ervin
  2. Salt Lake City – Johnny Lange, Leon René
  3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange
  4. L.A. After Dark (Master Take 6) – Teddy Edwards
  5. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  6. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  7. Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers
  8. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory, Douglass Cross
  9. St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy

Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila

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In January 1963, Blue Note” label released “Portrait of Sheila”, the debut Sheila Jordan album. It was recorded September – October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. In the 1963 “Down Beat” magazine “Critics Poll”, Sheila Jordan was ranked first in the vocal category for “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition”.

Personnel:

  • Sheila Jordan – vocal
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Steve Swallow – bass
  • Denzil Best – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ziggy Willmann – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  3. Am I Blue – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
  4. Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons
  5. When the World Was Young – M. Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer
  6. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  7. Laugh, Clown, Laugh – Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Ted Fiorito
  8. Who Can I Turn To Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
  9. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  10. I’m a Fool to Want You – Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra
  11. Hum Drum Blues – Oscar Brown Jr.
  12. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell

Oscar Peterson: A Tribute To My Friends

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In December 1983, “Pablo” label released “A Tribute to My Friends”, the 183rd Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded in November 1983, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
  • Martin Drew – drums
  • Phil Edwards – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – lacquer cut
  • Sheldon Marks – layout, design
  • Norman Granz – layout, design, liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Blueberry Hill – Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock
  2. Sometimes I’m Happy (Sometimes I’m Blue) – Clifford Grey, Leo Robin, Vincent Youmans
  3. Stuffy – Coleman Hawkins
  4. Birk’s Works – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
  6. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Roger (“Ram”) Ramirez, James Sherman
  7. A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
  8. Rockin’ Chair – Hoagy Carmichael
  9. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker

Sarah Vaughn: No Count Sarah

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In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.

Track listing:                                                                     

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra

  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
  • Hal Mooney – recording
  • Emmett McBain – design

Track listing:

  1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
  3. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  5. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  6. No ‘Count Blues – Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan
  7. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. Missing You – Ronnell Bright

John Coltrane: Stardust

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In July 1963, “Prestige” label released “Stardust”, the tenth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Arthur Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
  4. Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz

Spanky and Our Gang: Like To Get To Know You

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In April 1968, “Mercury” label released “Like to Get to Know You”, the second Spanky and Our Gang studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Hollywood, “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, “Impact Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Dorough and Stuart Scharf.

Personnel:

  • Spanky McFarlane – vocals
  • Malcolm Hale – vocals, lead guitar, trombone
  • Lefty Baker – vocals, lead guitar, banjo
  • Nigel Pickering – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kenny Hodges – vocals, bass
  • John Seiter – vocals, drums
  • Mike Deasy – guitar
  • Walter Raim – 12-string guitar
  • Red Rhodes – steel guitar
  • Artie Schroeck – organ, piano
  • Chet Amsterdam, Larry Knechtel, Richard Davis – bass
  • Bill LaVorgna, Donald MacDonald, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Lee Katzman – trumpet

Track listing:

  1. The Swingin’ Gate – John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers
  2. Prescription for the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders
  3. Three Ways from Tomorrow – Lefty Baker
  4. My Bill – Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler
  5. Sunday Mornin’ – Margo Guryan
  6. Echoes (Everybody’s Talkin’) – Fred Neil
  7. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
  8. Stuperflabbergasted – Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal
  9. Like to Get to Know You – Stuart Scharf
  10. Chick-a-Ding-Ding – Stuart Scharf
  11. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  12. Coda (Like to Get to Know You) – Stuart Scharf