In June 1955, “EmArcy” label released “For Those in Love”, the seventh Dinah Washington album. It was recorded in March 1955, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Dinah Washington – lead vocals
Wynton Kelly – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Keter Betts – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Track listing:
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Bob Russell
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
This Can’t Be Love – Rodgers and Hart
My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
I Could Write a Book – Rodgers and Hart
Make the Man Love Me – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
On March 9, 1959, “Columbia” label released “Porgy and Bess”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded July – August 1958, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Cal Lampley.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpet
Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller – horn
In March 1966, “Verve” label released “Soft Samba”, the fourth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded June, September and October 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gary McFarland – arranger, vibraphone
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Seldon Powell, Spencer Sinatra – flute
Patty Bowen – piano
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kenny Burrell – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Arnie Wise, Sol Gubin, Willie Bobo – percussion
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Michael J. Malatak – design
Lester Bookbinder – cover photography
Wally King – liner notes
Track listing:
Ringo, Won’t You Marry Me – Linda Laurie, Jerry Mack
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
She Loves You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
A Hard Day’s Night – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Love Goddess – Percy Faith, Mack David
I Want to Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, McCartney
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
California, Here I Come – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer
La Vie en Rose – Pierre Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David
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 February 1957, “ABC-Paramount” label released “This Is How I Feel About Jazz”, the second Quincy Jones album. It was recorded September 1956 – January 1957, at “Ballone Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
Gene Quill – alto saxophone
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach – tenor saxophone
Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone sax
Jack Nimitz – baritone sax
Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak – trombone
In December 1954, “Bethlehem” label released “Basically Duke”, the fifth Oscar Pettiford album. It was recorded in December 1954, in New York City. “Basically Duke” was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Oscar Pettiford – bass, cello
Earl Knight – piano
Osie Johnson- drums
Dave Schildkraut – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Tom Dowd – engineer
Shirely Hoskins Collins – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Oscar Pettiford, except where noted.
Jack the Bear – Duke Ellington
Tamalpais
Swing Until the Girls Come Home
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
Chuckles – Clark Terry
Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon
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 September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Fred Seligo – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
In April 1961, “Roulette” label released “Uhuru Afrika”, the thirteenth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig. The album features lyrics and liner notes by the poet Langston Hughes and was banned in South Africa in 1964.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Benny Bailey, Richard Williams, Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Slide Hampton, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson – trombone
Julius Watkins – French horn
Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, flute
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jerome Richardson – baritone saxophone, piccolo
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Les Spann – guitar, flute
Kenny Burrell – guitar
George Duvivier, Ron Carter – bass
Max Roach, Charlie Persip – drums, percussion
Wilbert Hogan – drums
Babatunde Olatunji – percussion
Armando Peraza – bongos
Candido Camero – congas
Martha Flowers, Brock Peters – vocals
Tuntemeke Sanga – narrator
Melba Liston – arranger
Track listing:
All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.
Introduction: Uhuru Kwanza – Langston Hughes
First Movement: Uhuru Kwanza
Second Movement: African Lady – Randy Weston, Langston Hughes
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