In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “If You Could See Me Now”, album by Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in November 1983, and was produced by Norman Granz. In 1987, the album won “Juno Award” for “Best Jazz Album”.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Track listing:
Weird Blues – Miles Davis
If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
On Danish Shore – Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
L’ Impossible – Oscar Peterson
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In November 1965, “Verve” label released “Smokin’ at the Half Note”, album by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (the 14th Wes Montgomery album overall). It was recorded in June 1965 at the “Half Note Club” in New York City and September 1965 at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – engineering director
Track listing:
No Blues – Miles Davis
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
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
On July 13, 1971, “Motown” label released “The Return of the Magnificent Seven”, the second Supremes (The) and Four Tops collaborative album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Frank Wilson.
Personnel:
Jean Terrell – vocals
Mary Wilson – vocals
Cindy Birdsong – vocals
Levi Stubbs – vocals
Abdul “Duke” Fakir – vocals
Lawrence Payton – vocals
Renaldo “Obie” Benson – vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
David Van DePitte, Henry Cosby, Paul Riser, Tom Baird – arrangements
Frank Wilson – executive producer
Track listing:
You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I Wonder Where We’re Going – Tom Baird
Call Me – Tony Hatch
One More Bridge to Cross – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
If You Could See Me Now – Janie Bradford, Joe Hinton, Henry Cosby
I’ll Try Not to Cry – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I’m Glad About It – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Let’s Make Love Now – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
I Can’t Believe You Love Me – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol
Where Would I Be Without You Baby – Clarence McMurray, Martin Coleman
What Do You Have to Do (To Stay on the Right Side of Love) – Pam Sawyer, Leon Ware
In June 1965, “Verve” label released “Trio ’65”, the 27th Bill Evans album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Chuck Israels – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy R. Lehman – design
Fred Seligo – liner notes
Don Nelsen – liner notes
Track listing:
Israel – John Carisi
Elsa – Earl Zindars
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Who Can I Turn To? – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Gil Evans & Ten”, the debut Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Jack Koven – trumpet
John Carisi – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Bart Varsalona – bass trombone
Willie Ruff – French horn
Dave Kurtzer – bassoon
Paul Chambers – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Nick Stabulas – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Mark Rice – design
Bob Weinstock – supervision
Track listing:
Remember – Irving Berlin
Ella Speed – Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), Alan Lomax
Big Stuff – Leonard Bernstein
Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
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:
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Am I Blue – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons
When the World Was Young – M. Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Laugh, Clown, Laugh – Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Ted Fiorito
Who Can I Turn To Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
I’m a Fool to Want You – Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra
In August 1960, “New Jazz” label released “Cry! – Tender”, the twelve Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in October 1957 and in October 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef– tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Lonnie Hillyer– trumpet
Wilbur Harden– flugelhorn
Hugh Lawson– piano
Ernie Farrow– bass
Herman Wright – bass
Frank Gant – drums, percussion
Oliver Jackson – drums, percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.
Seabreeze – Larry Douglas, Fred Norman, Rommie Bearden
Dopolous
Cry! – Tender
Butter’s Blues
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
The Snow Is Green
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
On April 25, 2000, “Blue Note” label released “52nd Street Themes”, the seventeen Joe Lovano album. It was recorded in November 1999, at “Avatar Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Joe Lovano. The album won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.”
Personnel:
Joe Lovano– tenor saxophone
Steve Slagle– alto saxophone
George Garzone– tenor saxophone
Ralph Lalama – tenor saxophone
Gary Smulyan– baritone saxophone
Tim Hagans– trumpet
Conrad Herwig– trombone
John Hicks– piano
Dennis Irwin– bass
Lewis Nash– drums
Willie Smith – orchestration
James Farber – engineer
Aya Takemura – engineer assistant
Greg Calbi – mastering
Cyclone – illustration
Jimmy Katz – photography
Michael Cuscuna – liner notes
Track listing:
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In December 1962, “Riverside” label released “Moon Beams”, the twelve Bill Evans album. It was recorded May – June 1962, at “Sound Makers Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Bill Evans- piano
Chuck Israels- bass
Paul Motian- drums
Track listing:
Re: Person I Knew – Bill Evans
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron
It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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