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 1982, “Concord Jazz” label released “Heat Wave”, album by Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album (the 68 Cal Tjader album overall, and his final recording). It was recording in 1981, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Carl Jefferson.
Personnel:
Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Carmen McRae – vocals
Marshall Otwell – piano, arrangements
Mark Levine – piano, arrangements
Rob Fisher – bass
Vince Lateano – drums
Poncho Sanchez – congas, percussion
Ramon Banda – percussion, timbales
Al Bent – trombone
Mike Heathman – trombone
Phil Edwards – engineer
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Heat Wave – Irving Berlin
All in Love Is Fair – Stevie Wonder
Besame Mucho – Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez
Evil Ways – Sonny Henry
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
Love – Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
Upside Down (Flor de Lis) – Djavan, Regina Wernech
The Visit – Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Regina Wernech
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 December 1966, “World Pacific” label released “Into My Life”, album by Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings (the 26th Chat Baker album overall). It was recorded in October 1966, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Chet Baker – flugelhorn
The Carmel Strings
Harry Betts – arangements, conductor
Dick Bogert – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Woody Woodward – art direction
Bernard Yeszin – design
George Jerman- cover photography
Burt Nelson – liner notes
Track listing:
A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme) – Francis Lai
Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
The Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Jay Landesman, Fran Landesman, Thomas Wolf
Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi, Mack David
Serenata – Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson
More and More Amor – Sol Lake
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If He Walked into My Life – Jerry Herman
Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Got to Get You into My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
In December 1959, “United Artists” label released “The Aztec Suite”, the twelve Art Farmer album. It was recorded in November 1959, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.
In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.
Track listing:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
Hal Mooney – recording
Emmett McBain – design
Track listing:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
In November 1962, “Verve” label released “Empathy”, album by Bill Evans and Shelly Manne. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Monty Budwig – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Sheldon Maclin – design
Harris Haft – photography
Don Hold – liner notes
Track listing:
The Washington Twist – Irving Berlin
Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly
Let’s Go Back to the Waltz – Irving Berlin
With a Song in My Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In November 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Candy”, the eight Lee Morgan album. It was recorded November 1957 – February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In October 1955, “Clef Records” label released “Music for Torching”, the fourth Billie Holiday album. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – vocals
Barney Kessel – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
John Simmons – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
David Stone Martin – artwork
Track listing:
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore – Victor Schertzinger
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby
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