In August 1953, “Capitol” label released “Sings for Two in Love”, the tenth Nat King Cole album. It was recorded in January 1953, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lee Gillete. It was released in 10” format vinyl.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
A Handful of Stars – Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro
This Can’t Be Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet – Gus Kahn, Harry Woods
There Goes My Heart – Benny Davis, Abner Silver
Dinner for One, Please James – Michael Carr
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In December 1958, “Verve” label released “Ella Swings Lightly”, album by Ella Fitzgerald. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz. This album won Ella Fitzgerald the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
In June 23, 1964, “Tamla” label released “Stevie at the Beach”, the fourth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded 1963 – 1964, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, Michigan, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Hal Davis, Marc Gordon and Dorsey Burnette.
In December 1958, “Roulette” label released “Swingin’ My Way Through College”, the ninth Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in December 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone
Jimmy Ford – alto saxophone
Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone
John Lanni – baritone saxophone
Bill Chase, Larry Moser, Jerry Tyree – trumpet
Slide Hampton, Don Sebesky – trombone
Bob Dogan – piano
Jimmy Rowser – bass
Frankie Dunlop – drums
Bill Holman, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements
Track listing:
Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad – Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman
That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Dancing in the Dark – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Bittersweet – Willie Maiden
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight – Billy Reid
B. J.’s Back in Town – Willie Maiden
Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In October 1955, “Norgran” label released “Creamy”, the tenth Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in September 1955, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sonny Greer – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny Hodges, except where noted.
The Ballad Medley: Whispering/Tenderly/Don’t Take Your Love from Me/Prelude to a Kiss/Polka Dots and Moonbeams/Passion Flower – Vincent Rose, John Schonberger, Richard Coburn/Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence/Henry Nemo/Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills/Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke/Billy Strayhorn
On August 26, 1997, “Impulse!” label released “Love Scenes”, the fourth Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Avatar” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.
Personnel:
Diana Krall – lead vocals, piano, liner notes
Russell Malone – guitar
Christian McBride – bass
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Lawrence Manchester – recording assistant
Koji Egawa – mixing assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Hollis King – art direction
Isabelle Wong – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Marsha Black – project coordination
Track listing:
All or Nothing at All – Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman
Peel Me a Grape – Dave Frishberg
I Don’t Know Enough About You – Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour
I Miss You So – Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Lost Mind – Percy Mayfield
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry warren, Al Dubin
Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey
How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) – Irving Berlin
My Love Is – Billy Miles
Garden in the Rain – Carroll Gibbons, James Dyrenforth
In August 1956, “Debut” label released “Mingus at the Bohemia”, the seventh Charles Mingus album (his first live album). It was recorded in December 1955, at “Café Bohemia” in New York City.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – double bass, bass, cello
George Barrow – tenor saxophone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Mal Waldron – piano
Willie Jones – drums
Max Roach – drums
Robert Parent – design
Track listing:
Jump Monk – Charles Mingus
Serenade in Blue – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
Percussion Discussion – Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Work Song – Charles Mingus
Septemberly – Al Dubin, Harry Warren, Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
All The Things You C – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II / Sergei Rachmaninoff
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On July 22, 2022, “Third Man Records” label released “Entering Heaven Alive”, the fifth Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White.
Personnel:
Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, bass guitar, ukele bass, drums, percussion, vibraphone, Wurlitzer piano, Chamberlin drum machine, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond Solovox, analog Mellotron, Septavox synthesizer, engineer, mixing
Pokey LaFarge – acoustic guitar
Dan Mancini – acoustic guitar
Mark Watrous – piano, additional keys, Wurlitzer piano
Dean Fertita – Wurlitzer piano solo
Cory Younts – live piano, piano
Quincy McCrary – piano
Jack Lawrence – bass guitar
Dominic Davis – bass guitar, upright bass
Olivia Jean – Tic-Tac bass guitar, electric guitar, live percussion, shakers
Ben Swank – drums
Patrick Keeler – drums
Daru Jones – drums
Fats Kaplin – violin, viola, strings
Joshua V. Smith – engineer, mixing
Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing, mastering
The Third Man – packaging design
Rob Jones (at Animal Rummy) – packaging design
Sara Deck – photo restoration and touch-up
Nikolai Matorin – front cover photograph (Rhythm of Labor, 1960)
Ed Westcott – back cover and inner sleeve photographs (Civil Defense air raid drill, Highland View School, 1953)
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