On September 27, 1994, “Verve” label released “Nobody Else but Me”, studio album by Stan Getz. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Gene Cherico – bass
Joe Hunt – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
6-Nix-Quix-Flix – Gary Burton
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Waltz for a Lovely Wife – Phil Woods
Out of Focus – Gary Burton
Nobody Else but Me – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In September 1957, “EmArcy” label released “The Swingin’ Miss D”, the sixth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in December 1956, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Dinah Washington – vocals
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Benny Golson – arrangements
Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, clarinet
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Don Elliott – trumpet, mellophonium, vibraphone, bongos; xylophone
Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
Doc Severinsen – trumpet
Charlie Shavers – trumpet
Clark Terry – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Nick Travis – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
Hal McKusick – flute, alto saxophone
Danny Bank – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson – piano, celeste
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Milt Hinton – double bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Jimmy Crawford – drums
Murray Garrett, Gene Howard – photography
John S. Wilson – liner notes
Track listing:
They Didn’t Believe Me – Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
You’re Crying – Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones
Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
Perdido – Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol
Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
Somebody Loves Me – Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald
On August 31, 2004, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso in New York”, the 70th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in June 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Track listing:
I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) – Gus Kahn, Fiorito
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
We’ll Be Together Again – Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On August 30, 2005, “Milestone” label released “Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert”, the eleventh Sonny Rollins live album. It was recorded in September 2001, in Boston, and was produced by Sonny Rollins and Lucille Rollins.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifton Anderson – trombone
Stephen Scott – piano
Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
Perry Wilson – drums
Kimati Dinizulu – percussion
Track listing:
Without a Song – lyrics by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, music by Vincent Youmans
Global Warming – Sonny Rollins
Introductions
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin
Why Was I Born? – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern
In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hampton Hawes – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Victor Feldman – vibes
Track listing:
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
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
In August 1959, “Riverside” label released “Cannonball Takes Charge”, the 14th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1959, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Percy Heath – bass
Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.
If This Isn’t Love – Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Serenata – Leroy Anderson
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Barefoot Sunday Blues
Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
I Remember You – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer
In August 1955, “Contemporary” label released “Hampton Hawes Trio” (subtitled Vol. 1), the debut Hampton Hawes album. It was recorded in June 1955, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Hampton Hawes – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Chuck Thompson – drums
John Palladino – engineer
Pauline Annon – design
Lester Koenig – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Hampton Hawes, except where noted.
I Got Rhythm – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
Blues the Most
So in Love – Cole Porter
Feelin’ Fine
Hamp’s Blues
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
These Foolish Things – Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey
Carioca – Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn
On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Herb Ellis – guitar
Monty Budwig – bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Adam Ross – liner notes
Track listing:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
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