In January 1958, “Blue Note” label released “The Cooker”, the seventh Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Robert Levin – liner notes
Track listing:
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Happy Dipper – Lee Morgan
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
In April 1957, “Verve” label released the self-titled, second Blossom Dearie studio album. It was recorded in September 1956, and was produced by Norman Granz and Blossom Dearie.
Personnel:
Blossom Dearie – vocals, piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Jo Jones – drums
Track listing:
Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
Ev’rything I’ve Got – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Comment allez-vous – Murray Grand
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans
Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Tout doucement – Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier
You for Me – Bob Haymes
Now at Last – Bob Haymes
I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
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 November 1968, “Campi” label released “European Episode”, album by Lee Konitz and Martial Solal, (the 23rd Lee Konitz album overall). It was recorded in October 1968m in Rome, Italy.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Martial Solal – piano
Henri Texier – bass
Daniel Humair – drums
Track listing:
Collage on Standards – Johnny Dinamo
Duet for Saxophone and Drums and Piano – Johnny Dinamo
Anthropology (Version 1) – Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
Lover Man (Version 2) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy 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
On January 6, 2023, “Gold Tooth” and “Atlantic” labels released “Every Loser”, the nineteenth Iggy Pop studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Andrew Watt.
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
On March 15, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday, the 19th Etta James album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by John Snyder.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocal
Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
Josh Sclair – guitar
Tony Dumas – bass
Ealph Penland – drums
Ralph Penland – percussion
Red Holloway – alto and tenor saxophone
Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
Kraig Kilby – trombone
Jay Newland – engineer
Mark Guilbeault – engineer assistant
Jay Newland – mastering
Lupe DeLeon – executive producer
Track listing:
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr,. Billie Holiday
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance (With You) – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Roger Ramirez
Lover Man (Where Can You Be) – Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
(I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
Body and Soul – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, John Green, Bob Sour
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