In April 1959, “Verve” label released “Pres and Teddy”, album by Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet (The). It was recorded in January 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Teddy Wilson – piano
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Gene Ramey – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Sheldon Marks – art direction
Herman Leonard – cover photography
Bill Simon – liner notes
Track listing:
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
Louise – Leo Robin, Richard Whiting
Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In April 1959, “Prestige” label released “All Kinds of Weather”, the 15th Red Garland album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
Track listing:
Rain – Eugene Ford, Brian Alexander Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year – Frank Loesser
On April 2, 2015, “High Note” label released “The Real Thing”, the 38th Eric Alexander album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Eric Alexander.
Personnel:
Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
Pat Martino – guitar
Harold Mabern – piano
John Webber – bass
Joe Farnsworth – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing, mastering
Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
Christopher Drukker – design, session photography
Jimmy Katz – Eric Alexander photography
Joe Fields – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Eric Alexander except where noted.
The Real Thing
Pure Pat
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
Little Boat – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal
For George and Trane
Sleep Warm – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.
Personnel:
Gary Burton — vibraphone
Chick Corea — piano
Ilmar Gavilan — violin
Melissa White — violin
Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
Paul Wiancko — cello
Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
Greg Calbi — mastering
Steve Fallone — mastering
Glenn Suyker — piano technician
Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
Marc Bessant — graphics
Ernest Gregory — photography
Dan Muse — liner note coordination
Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
Bill Rooney — executive producer
Andrew Elliott — personal assistant
Track listing:
Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
Time Remembered – Bill Evans
Hot House – Tadd Dameron
Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
On March 19, 2021, “Mack Avenue” label released “This Bitter Earth”, the fifth Veronica Swift album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Sear Sound” in New York City.
Personnel:
Veronica Swift – lead vocals
Emmet Cohen – piano
Yasushi Nakamura – bass
Bryan Carter – drums
Track listing:
This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
How Lovely to Be a Woman – lyrics by Lee Adams, music by Charles Strouse
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers
Getting to Know You – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers
The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
You’re the Dangerous Type – Bob Dorough
Trust In Me – Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) – lyrics by Gerry Goffin, music by Carole King
As Long as He Needs Me – Lionel Bart
Everybody Has the Right To Be Wrong – lyric by Sammy Cahn, music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Prisoner of Love – lyrics by Leo Robin, music by Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo
On March 17, 2008, “Fiction” label released “The Seldom Seen Kid”, the fourth Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2008, at “Blueprint Studios” in Manchester, England, and was produced by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.
Personnel:
Guy Garvey – vocals, string and brass arrangements
Mark Potter – guitars
Craig Potter – keyboards, trumpet, mixing
Pete Turner – bass
Richard Jupp – drums
Richard Hawley – vocals
Tim Barber – trumpet
Matt Ball – trombone
Sheona White – E-flat horn
Ben Parsons – cornet
Nick Smart – cornet, flugel
Prabjote Osahn – violin, backing vocals
Stella Page – violin, viola, backing vocals
Ian Burdge – cello, backing vocals
Elbow Choir – backing vocals
Angela Thwaite – backing vocals
Louise Turner – backing vocals
Danny Evans – additional engineering
Danny McTague – additional engineering
Tim Young – mastering
Mazen Murad – mastering
Oliver East – artwork
Red Design – design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Guy Garvey except where noted, all music by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.
Starlings
The Bones of You (contains elements of “Summertime” by George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin
Mirrorball
Grounds for Divorce
An Audience with the Pope
Weather to Fly
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
The Fix – Richard Hawley, Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp.
In March 1973, “Prestige” label released “Child’s Dance”, the 27th Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded May – July 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Art Blakey – drums
Buddy Terry – soprano saxophone
Ramon Morris – tenor saxophone, flute
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Manny Boyd – flute
George Cables – piano, electric piano
John Hicks – electric piano
Mickey Bass – bass
Stanley Clarke – bass
Ray Mantilla – congas
Emanuel Rahim – congas
Nathaniel Bettis, Richie “Pablo” Landrum, Sonny Morgan – percussion
On March 5, 1956, “Capitol” label released “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”, the tenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded October 1955 – January 1956, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Bill Miller – piano
George Van Eps – guitar
Mahlon Clark, Justin Gordon, Champ Webb, Robert Lawson – saxophone
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison – trumpet
Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Juan Tizol – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee – alto clarinet
Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Victor Bay, Paul Nero, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Dan Lube, Harry Bluestone, Emo Neufeld, Samuel Cytron, Robert Gross, Alex Murray – violin
Maxine Johnson, Milton Thomas, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin, Paul Robyn – viola
Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Cy Bernard – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Frank Flynn – percussion
Clark Yocum, Allan Davies, Charles Schrouder, Lee Gotch – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
It Happened in Monterey – Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman
Too Marvelous for Words – Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.
Personnel:
Nancy Wilson – vocals
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Sam Jones – double bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Ren Grevatt – liner notes
Track listing:
Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
Teaneck – Nat Adderley
Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
In February 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Here We Come”, the eight Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Track listing:
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
Ronnie Brathwaite – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
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