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:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
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:
The Swingin’ Gate – John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers
Prescription for the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders
Three Ways from Tomorrow – Lefty Baker
My Bill – Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler
Sunday Mornin’ – Margo Guryan
Echoes (Everybody’s Talkin’) – Fred Neil
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Stuperflabbergasted – Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal
On January 21, 1955, “Decca” label released “Concert at the Crescendo Vol. 1”,the seventh Louis Armstrong album. It was recorded in 1954, at “Crescendo Club” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet
Velma Middleton – vocals
Barmey Bigard – clarinet
Trummy Young – trombone
Billy Kyle – piano
Arvell Shaw – double bass
Barrett Deems – drums
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene
Jeeper Creepers – Harry Warren
Tin Roof Blues – Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies, Leon Roppolo
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It – Clarence Williams
Rose Room – Art Hickman
Brother Bill – Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby
Lazy River – Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin
T’ain’t What You Do – Melvin “Sy” Oliver, James “Trummy” Young
On September 6, 2019, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Valve Bone Woe”, the second Chrissie Hynde studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Marius DeVries and Eldad Guetta.
In September 1961, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Shadows (The) album. It was recorded October 1960 – June 1961, at “EMI Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Norrie Paramor.
Personnel:
Hank Marvin – vocals, lead guitar, piano
Bruce Welch – vocals, rhythm guitar
Jet Harris – vocals, bass guitar
Tony Meehan – drums, percussion
Malcolm Addey – engineer
Cliff Richard – sleeve notes
Track listing:
Shadoogie – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan
Blue Star – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
Nivram – Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, Jet Harris
Baby My Heart – Sonny Curtis
See You in My Drums – Tony Meehan
All My Sorrows – Dave Guard, Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds
Stand Up and Say That – Hank Marvin
Gonzales – Jet Harris, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
Find Me a Golden Street – Norman Petty
Theme from a Filleted Place – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris
That’s My Desire – Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday
My Resistance Is Low – Hoagy Carmichael
Sleepwalk – Ann Farina, Santo Farina, Johnny Farina, Don Wolf
On July 19, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Moonlight Serenade”, the fourth Carly Simon album of standards (19th album overall). It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Fox Force Five” in Hollywood, “Reagan’s Garage” and “Westlake Recorders” in Los Angeles, “The Cutting Room” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
In July 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Salt and Pepper”, an album by Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves (the 46th Sonny Stitt album overall). It was recorded in September 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
Hank Jones – piano
Milt Hinton – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Track listing:
Salt and Pepper – Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves
S’posin’ – Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf
Theme from Lord of the Flies – Raymond Leppard
Perdido – Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder
In June 1958, “Columbia” label released “Lady in Satin”, the eleventh Billie Holiday album. It was the final album completed by Holiday and last released in her lifetime. The album was recorded in February 1959, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Irving Townsend.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – lead vocals
Mal Waldron – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Milt Hinton – double bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Danny Bank – flute
Phil Bodner – flute
Romeo Penque – flute
Tom Parshley – flute
Mel Davis – trumpet
Billy Butterfield – trumpet
Jimmy Ochner – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Jack Green – trombone
Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
Ray Ellis – conductor
Claus Ogerman – arranger
George Ockner – violin, concertmaster
Emmanual Green – violin
Harry Hoffman – violin
Harry Katzmann – violin
Leo Kruczek – violin
Milton Lomask – violin
Harry Meinikoff – violin
David Newman – violin
Samuel Rand – violin
David Sarcer – violin
Sid Brecher – viola
Richard Dichler – viola
David Soyer – cello
Maurice Brown – cello
Janet Putman – harp
Elise Bretton – backing vocals
Miriam Workman – backing vocals
Fred Plaut – engineer
Track listing:
I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf
For Heaven’s Sake -Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene DePaul, Don Raye
I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
Violets for Your Furs – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer
It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
But Beautiful – lyrics by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
In February 1963, “Riverside” label released “Caravan”, album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. It was recorded In October 1962, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Art Blakey – drums
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton – piano
Reggie Workman – bass
Track listing:
Caravan – Juan Tizol
Sweet ‘n’ Sour – Wayne Shorter
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – David Mann, Bob Hilliard
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