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Gato Barbieri: Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata

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In September 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata”, the twelve Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in June 1974, at “Generation Sound Studios” in New Yok City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker, Bob McCoy, Victor Paz – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Buddy Morrow – trombone
  • Alan Raph – bass trombone
  • Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Howard Johnson – tuba, flugelhorn, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Seldon Powell – piccolo, flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Paul Metzke – electric guitar
  • George Davis – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Eddie Martinez – piano, electric piano
  • Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Ray Armando, Luis Mangual, Ray Mantilla, Portinho – Latin percussion
  • Chico O’Farrill – arranger, conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Gato Barbieri except where noted.

  1. Milonga Triste – Homero Manzi, Sebastian Piana
  2. Lluvia Azul
  3. El Sublime
  4. La Podrida
  5. Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado (What a Difference a Day Makes) – Stanley Adams, María Grever
  6. Viva Emiliano Zapata

John Coltrane: Interstellar Space

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In September 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Interstellar Space”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in February 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by John Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bells
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Joan De Cola – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. Mars
  2. Venus
  3. Jupiter
  4. Saturn

John Coltrane: Infinity

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In September 1972, “Impulse!’ label released “Infinity”, album by John Coltrane. It features overdubs with strings of Coltrane’s pieces recorded in 1965 and 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ed Mitchell.

Personnel:

Original performance

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor sax, bass clarinet, percussion, bells
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, flute, piccolo, tambourine, percussion
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Alice Coltrane – piano, organ
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Ray Appleton – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Baker Bigsby – engineer

Overdubbed with arrangements (recorded at “The village Recorder” in Los Angeles)

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, harp, organ, vibraphone, tamboura, timpani
  • Joan Chapman – tamboura
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Oran Coltrane – bells

String orchestra

  • James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Gordon Marron, Michael White – violin
  • Rollice Dale, Myra Kestenbaum – viola
  • Jesse Ehrlich, Edgar Lustgarten – cello
  • Murray Adler – concertmaster

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. Peace on Earth
  2. Living Space
  3. Joy
  4. Leo

Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness

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In September 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Universal Consciousness”, the fifth Alice Coltrane album. It was recorded April – June, 1971, in New York City and at the Coltrane’s home studios in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Brian Konairz and Alice Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, organ, string arrangements
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums, percussion
  • Rashied Ali – drums, wind chimes
  • Tulsi – tanpura
  • John Blair, Julius Brand, Leroy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch – violin
  • Ornette Coleman – transcriptions
  • W. Barneke, Roy Musgnug – engineer
  • Tony May – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Michel – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Universal Consciousness
  2. Battle at Armageddon
  3. O Allah
  4. Hare Krishna
  5. Sita Ram
  6. The Ankh of Amen-Ra

John Coltrane: Expression

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In September 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Expression”, first posthumous release of John Coltrane recordings and the last album he personally authorized. “Expression” was released two months after his death (July 17, 1967). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Pharoah Sanders – flute, piccolo, tambourine
  • Alice Coltrane – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Victor Kalin – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. Ogunde
  2. To Be
  3. Offering
  4. Expression

Archie Shepp: Fire Music

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In September 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Fire Music”, the fourth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded February – March 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Marion Brown – alto saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Joseph Orange – trombone
  • Reggie Johnson – double bass
  • David Izenzon – double bass
  • J.C. Moses – drums
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
  • Mel Cheren – cover painting
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hambone – Archie Shepp
  2. Los Olvidados – Archie Shepp
  3. Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm – Archie Shepp
  4. Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
  5. The Girl from Ipanema – Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim

Alice Coltrane: Ptah, The El Daoud

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In September 1970, “Impulse!” label released “Ptah, the El Daoud”, the third Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded in January 1970, in Coltrane’s house in Long Island, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, piano,
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax, alto flute, bells
  • Joe Henderson – tenor sax, alto flute
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums
  • Jim Evans – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

  1. Ptah, the El Daoud
  2. Turiya and Ramakrishna
  3. Blue Nile
  4. Mantra

Art Blakey Quartet: A Jazz Message

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In February 1964, “Impulse!” label released “A Jazz Message”, the sixth Art Blakey album (credited as Art Blakey’s Quartet). It was recorded in July 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
  • Bob Ghiraldini – photography

Track listing:

  1. Café – Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
  2. Just Knock on My Door – Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
  3. Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  4. Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
  5. Sunday – Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne
  6. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves: Salt and Pepper

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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:

  1. Salt and Pepper – Sonny Stitt, Paul Gonsalves
  2. S’posin’ – Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf
  3. Theme from Lord of the Flies – Raymond Leppard
  4. Perdido – Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder
  5. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish

Sonny Stitt: Now!

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In July 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Now!”, a Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in June1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt, except where noted.

  1. Surfin’
  2. Lester Leaps In – Lester Young
  3. Estralita – Manuel Ponce
  4. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone – Sam Stept, Sidney Clare
  5. Touchy
  6. Never —SH!
  7. My Mother’s Eyes – Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert
  8. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington