In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.
Personnel:
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Lou Levy – piano
Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Lawrence Marable – drums
Track listing:
Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In October 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Sonny Meets Hawk!”, album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins (the 23rd Sonny Rollins album overall). It was recorded in July 1963, at “RCA Victor Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Paul Bley – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Henry Grimes – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, James Sherman
On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
Gene Bertoncini – guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
David Spinozza – guitar
Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
Richard Tee – organ
Gordon Edwards – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – congas
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Brass and Woodwind Section
George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
String Section
Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
String Trio
David Nadien – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
George Ricci – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Pete Turner – photography
Track listing:
No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
In December 1983, “Pablo” label released “A Tribute to My Friends”, the 183rd Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded in November 1983, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Phil Edwards – engineer
Joe Gastwirt – lacquer cut
Sheldon Marks – layout, design
Norman Granz – layout, design, liner notes
Track listing:
Blueberry Hill – Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock
Sometimes I’m Happy (Sometimes I’m Blue) – Clifford Grey, Leo Robin, Vincent Youmans
Stuffy – Coleman Hawkins
Birk’s Works – Dizzy Gillespie
Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Roger (“Ram”) Ramirez, James Sherman
A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
In September 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Out of This World”, the debut and the only Walter Benton album. It was recorded in September 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb, Albert Heath – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Benton except where noted,
Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Walter’s Altar
Iris
Night Movements
A Blues Mood
Azil
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In May 1968, “Cadet” label released “The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful”, the 24th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Fine Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Richard Evans.
Personnel:
Ahmad Jamal – piano
Jamil Sulieman – bass
Frank Gant – drums
The Howard Roberts Choir – vocals
Hale Smith – conductor
Track listing:
Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Ballad for Beverly – Bob Williams
Of Bass I Love – Ahmad Jamal, Jamil Sulieman
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
At Long Last Love – Cole Porter
Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Gypsies in the Wind – Bob Williams
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “The Young Bloods”, the fifth Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Al Haig – piano
Teddy Kotick – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Phil Woods except where noted.
Dewey Square – Charlie Parker
Dupeltook
Once More
House of Chan
In Walked George
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
On August 19, 1997, “Mapleshade” label released “When Alto Was King”, the fifth and the final C. I. Williams album. It was recorded May 1995 – March 1996 and was produced by Hamiet Bluiett.
Personnel:
I. Williams- alto saxophone
Larry Willis- piano
Don Blackman- piano
Ed Cherry- guitar
Keter Betts- bass
Jimmy Cobb- drums
Track listing:
All tracks by C. I. Williams except where noted.
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
Punkin Juice
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Catfish Sammich
Misty – Erroll Garner
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
Because of You – Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson
On May 6, 2008, “High Note” label releases “Just Between Friends”, the 57th Houston Person album. It was recorded in October 2005, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Houston Person.
Personnel:
Houston Person- tenor saxophone
Ron Carter- bass
Track listing:
How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
Blueberry Hill – Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, Al Lewis
Darn That Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
Meditation – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
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