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Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

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On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus”, the 31st Charles Mingus album. It was recorded January – September 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass, piano, narration
  • Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
  • Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Preston – trumpet
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Jay Berliner – guitar
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Bob Hammer – arrangements, orchestration
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – mastering
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Joe Alper – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus, except where note.

  1. II B.S.
  2. IX Love
  3. Celia
  4. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
  5. Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul
  6. Theme for Lester Young
  7. Hora Decubitus

Archie Shepp: Four For Trane

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In January 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Four for Trane”, the third Archie Sheep album. It was recorded in August 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele and John Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • John Tchicai – alto saxophone
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone, arrangements
  • Alan Shorter – flugelhorn
  • Reggie Workman – double bass
  • Charles Moffett – drums
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Leroi Jones – liner notes

 Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Syeeda’s Song Flute
  2. Mr. Syms
  3. Cousin Mary
  4. Naima
  5. Rufus (Swung His Face at Last To The Wind, Then His Neck Snapped) – Archie Shepp

Zoot Sims: Waiting Game

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In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Waiting Game”, the 44th Zoot Sims album. It was recorded in November 1966, in London, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Gary McFarland.

Personnel:

  • Zoot Sims – vocals, tenor saxophone
  • David Snell – harp
  • Gary McFarland – arranger
  • Kenny Napper, Jack Parnell – conductor
  • Unknown Orchestra
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arthur Halpern – cover photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.

  1. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
  2. I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon
  3. Once We Loved
  4. It’s a Blue World – George Forrest, Robert Wright
  5. September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
  6. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  7. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  8. One I Could Have Loved
  9. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon?

Pharoah Sanders: Village Of The Pharoahs

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In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
  • Sedatrius Brown – vocals
  • Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
  • Stanley Clarke, Calvin Hill, Cecil McBee – bass
  • Norman Connors – drums
  • Jimmy Hopps – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kylo Kylo – tambura, percussion
  • Lawrence Killian – vocals, conga, percussion
  • Kenneth Nash – sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer, mixing
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Tim Bryant – design
  • Philip Melnick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders.

  1. Village of the Pharoahs Part 1
  2. Village of the Pharoahs Part 2
  3. Village of the Pharoahs Part 3
  4. Myth
  5. Mansion Worlds
  6. Memories of Lee Morgan
  7. Went Like It Came

Horace Silver: A Prescription For The Blues

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In October 1997, “Impulse!” label released “A Prescription for the Blues”, the 35th Horace Silver album. It was recorded in May 1997, in New York City, and was produced by Horace Silver.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano, arrangements
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Jim Anderson – recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Tommy LiPuma – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver.

  1. A Prescription for the Blues
  2. Whenever Lester Plays the Blues
  3. You Gotta Shake That Thing
  4. Yodel Lady Blues
  5. Brother John and Brother Gene
  6. Free at Last
  7. Walk On
  8. Sunrise in Malibu
  9. Doctor Jazz

Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America

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In October 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Chapter One: Latin America”, the tenth Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “Music Hall, S.A.C.I.S.I.” in Buenos Aires, “Odeon Studios” in Rio de Janeiro, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Quelo Palacios – acoustic guitar
  • Ricardo Lew – electric guitar
  • Osvaldo Bellingieri – piano
  • Dino Saluzzi – bandoneon
  • Adalberto Cevasco – Fender bass
  • Pocho Lapouble – drums
  • Domingo Cura – bombo indio (Indian drums)
  • Jorge Padin – percussion
  • El Zurdo Roizner – percussion
  • Raul Mercado – quena
  • Amadeo Monges – Indian harp
  • Isoca Fumero – charango
  • Antonio Pantoja – anapa, erke, siku, quena, erkencho
  • Nivaldo Duarte – engineer
  • Juan Carlos Manojas – engineer
  • Jorge Tagliani – engineer mixing
  • Baker Bigsby – mixing
  • Gil Fortis – mixing assistant
  • Kathryn King – mixing assistant
  • Philip Melnick – cover photography
  • Ed Michel – photography
  • Carlos Dulitsky – photography

Track listing:

All track by Gato Barbieri, except where noted.

  1. Encuentros
  2. India – J. Asunción Flores, M. Ortiz Guerrero
  3. La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud
  4. Part 1
  5. Part 2
  6. Part 3
  7. Part 4 3:53
  8. Nunca Mas
  9. To Be Continued

Pharoah Sanders: Deaf Dumb Blind

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In October 1970, “Impulse!” released “Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)”, the fifth Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “A & R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, cow horn, bells, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, bells, cowbell, shakers, percussion
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, cowbell, thumb piano, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Nat Bettis – xylophone, yodeling, African percussion
  • Anthony Wiles – conga drum, African percussion
  • Dave Green – engineer
  • Dixon Van Winkle – engineer
  • Wallace Caldwell – design
  • Jameelah Ali – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Summun, Bukmun, Umyun – Pharoah Sanders
  2. Let Us Go into The House of The Lord – arranged by Lonnie Liston Smith

Pharaoh Sanders: Tauhid

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In October 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Tauhid”, the second Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in November 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, piccolo
  • Sonny Sharrock – guitar
  • Dave Burrell – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Roger Blank – drums
  • Nat Bettis – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders

  1. Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
  2. Japan
  3. Medley: Aum/Venus/Capricorn Rising

Gábor Szabó: Spellbinder

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In October 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Spellbinder”, the second Gábor Szabó album. It was recorded in May 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – vocals, guitar, painting
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Chico Hamilton – drums
  • Willie Bobo, Victor Pantoja – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Viceroy – design
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Bob Thiele – photography
  • Charles Stewart – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gábor Szabó, except where noted.

  1. Spellbinder
  2. Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  3. It Was a Very Good Year – Ervin Drake
  4. Gypsy Queen
  5. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Sonny Bono
  6. Cheetah
  7. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  8. Yearning
  9. Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer/Jean Lenoir

Paul Gonsalves: Tell It The Way It Is!

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On September 24, 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Tell It the Way It Is!”, the sixth Paul Gonsalves album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Ernie Shepard – bass, vocals
  • Osie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Tell It the Way It Is! – Addison Amor, Walter Bishop Jr.
  2. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Johhny Mercer, Duke Ellington, Ted Persons
  3. Duke’s Place – Duke Ellington, Bob Katz, Bob Thiele
  4. Impulsive – Johnny Hodges
  5. Rapscallion in Rab’s Canyon – Johnny Hodges
  6. Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour