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Charlie Parker: South Of The Border

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In September 1952, “Mercury” label released “South of the Border”, the seventh Charlie Parker album. It was released as a 10″ record.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
  • Gene Johnson, Fred Skerritt – alto saxophone
  • Jose Madera, Flip Phillips, Sol Rabinowitz – tenor saxophone
  • Leslie Johnakins – baritone saxophone
  • Mario Bauzá, Paquito Davilla, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Benny Harris, Al Stewart, Bobby Woodlen – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop Jr., René Hernández – piano
  • Teddy Kotick, Roberto Rodriguez – bass
  • Roy Haynes, Buddy Rich, Max Roach – drums
  • Machito, Jose Mangual Sr., Luis Miranda, Ubaldo Nieto, Chano Pozo – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Mango Mangue – Marion Sunshine, Gilberto Valdes
  2. Okiedoke – René Hernández, Machito
  3. No Noise – John Bartee
  4. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  5. Un Poquito de Tu Amor – Xavier Cugat, Arthur Freed
  6. Why Do I Love You? – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  7. Tico-Tico – Jose Abreu, Zequinha de Abreu, Ervin Drake, Aloysio Oliveira
  8. Fiesta – Fernando Brown, Joan Manuel Serrat, traditional
  9. La Cucaracha – traditional
  10. Mama Inez – Louis Wolfe Gilbert, Eliseo Grenet
  11. Estrellita – Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa
  12. La Paloma – traditional
  13. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter
  14. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite – Arturo O’Farrill, Chico O’Farrill

Yusef Lateef: Cry! Tender

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In August 1960, “New Jazz” label released “Cry! Tender”, the 12 Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded October 1959 – October 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
  • Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Ernie Farrow, Herman Wright – bass
  • Frank Gant, Oliver Jackson – drums, percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Sea Breeze – Al Hoffman, Dick Manning
  2. Dopolous
  3. Cry! – Tender
  4. Butter’s Blues
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. The Snow Is Green
  7. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  8. Ecaps

Gato Barbieri: Yesterdays

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In July 1974, “Flying Dutchman” label released “Yesterdays”, the 13th Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in 1974, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Jorge Dalto – piano, electric piano
  • Paul Metzke – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Ray Mantilla – timbales
  • Babafemi – congas

Track listing:

  1. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  2. A John Coltrane Blues – John Coltrane
  3. Marnie – Bernard Herrmann, Gloria Shayne
  4. Cariňoso (Pixinguin

Cal Tjader: Latin Kick

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In June 1958, “Fantasy” label released “Latin Kick”, album by Cal Tjader.

Personnel:

  • Cal Tjader – vibraphone
  • Brew Moore – tenor saxophone
  • Manuel Duran – piano
  • Carlos Duran – bass
  • Luis Miranda – congas
  • Bayardo Velarde – timbales
  • Arnold Roth – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Invitation – Paul Francis Webster, Bronisław Kaper
  2. Lover Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein
  3. September Song – Kurt Weil
  4. Will You Still Be Mine – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  5. I Love Paris – Cole Porter
  6. Tropicana – Cal Tjader
  7. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  8. Bye Bye Blues – Dave Bennet, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray
  9. Manuels Mambo – Manuel Duran
  10. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern
  11. Blues form Havana – Cal Tjader

Mal Waldron: Mal -1

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mal-1”, album by Mal Waldron Quintet (the debut Mal Waldron album). It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Julian Edgehill – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Phil De Lancie – remastering
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  2. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern
  3. Transfiguration – Lee Sears
  4. Bud Study – Mal Waldron
  5. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  6. Shome – Idrees Sulieman

Miles Davis: Young Man With A Horn

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In March 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Young Man with a Horn”, the second Miles Davis album. It was recorded in May 1952, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, arrangements
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional, Stan Getz
  2. Would’n You – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Hatbach
  4. Chance It – Oscar Pettiford
  5. Donna – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Gigi Gryce: Reminiscin’

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In December 1960, “Mercury” label released “Reminiscin’”, the 13th Gigi Gryce album. It was recorded in November 1960, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Eddie Costa – vibraphone
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • George Duvivier, Julian Euell, Reggie Workman – bass
  • Walter Perkins, Bobby Thomas – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gigi Gryce except where noted.

  • Blue Lights
  • Caravan – Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills
  • Reminiscing
  • Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  • Gee Blues Gee – Randy Weston
  • A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  • Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  • Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn

Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special

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In November 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Midnight Special”, the 18th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in April 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Del Shields – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Midnight Special – Jimmy Smith
  2. A Subtle One – Stanley Turrentine
  3. Jumpin’ the Blues – Walter Brown, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker
  4. Why Was I Born? – Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  5. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie

Roy Eldridge: Swingin’ On The Town

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In August 1960, “Verve” label released “Swingin’ on the Town”, the 18th Roy Eldridge album. It was recorded in June 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Benny Moten – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Bossa Nova – Roy Eldridge
  2. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  3. Sweet Sue, Just You – Victor Young, Will J. Harris
  4. I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Crème de Menthe – Erroll Garner
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  8. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  9. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  10. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Song of the Islands – Charles E. King
  12. Misty – Eroll Garner, Johnny Burke

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz At The College Of Pacific

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In June 1954, “Fantasy” label released “Jazz at the College of the Pacific”, the tenth Dave Brubeck Quartet album.It was recorded in December 1953, at “College of the Pacific” in Stockton, California.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Ron Crotty – bass
  • Joe Dodge – drums
  • Arnold Roth – illustration
  • Ed Colker – design

Track listing:

  1. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
  3. Lullaby in Rhythm – Walter Hirsch, Benny Goodman
  4. I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
  5. I Remember You – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer
  6. For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis