In January 1961, “Fantasy” label released “Brubeck à la mode”, album by Dave Brubeck Quartet (the 34th Dave Brubeck album overall). It was recorded May – June 1960.
Personnel:
Dave Brubeck – piano
Bill Smith – clarinet, liner notes
Eugene Wright – double bass
Joe Morello – drums
Bob Willoughby – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Smith, except where noted.
Dorian Dance
Peace, Brother – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen, Bill Smith
In December 1973, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso”, the tenth Joe Pass album. It was recorded in August 1973, at “MGM Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Dennis Sands – engineer
Phil Stern – photography
Benny Green – liner notes
Track listing:
Night and Day – Cole Porter
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis
Cherokee – Ray Noble
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell
Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
In December 1968, “Verve” label released “Willow Weep for Me”, a posthumous Wes Montgomery album. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards. At the “Grammy Awards” of 1970 “Willow Weep for Me” won the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group”.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Gerry Low – artwork
Charles Stewart – photography
Richard Lamb – liner notes
Track listing:
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Impressions – John Coltrane
Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, Russel Robinson
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Oh, You Crazy Moon – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
In December 1966, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bud Shank & the Sax Section”, the 34th Bud Shank album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Bud Shank – soprano and alto saxophone
Bill Perkins – alto saxophone
Bob Cooper, Bob Hardaway – tenor saxophone
John Lowe, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Bob Florence – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Summer Samba (So Nice) – Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Norman Gimbel
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
Sidewinder – Lee Morgan
Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Grass Is Greener – Howlett Smith, Spence Maxwell
Work Song – Nat Adderley
Reza – Edu Lobo, Ruy Guerra
Take Five – Paul Desmond
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
A Time for Love – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
In December 1962, “Reprise” label released “Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First”, the 30th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bill Miller – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
Al Aarons – trumpet
Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Fip Ricard – trumpet
Henry Coker – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Rufus Wagner – trombone
Buddy Catlett – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Neal Hefti – arrangements
Track listing:
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach
In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.
Track listing:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
Hal Mooney – recording
Emmett McBain – design
Track listing:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
In November 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Candy”, the eight Lee Morgan album. It was recorded November 1957 – February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In November 1957, “Riverside” label released “The Sound of Sonny”, the 13th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded June 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Paul Chambers – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Jack Higgins – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
The Last Time I Saw Paris – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye – Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. King
What Is There to Say? – Vernon Duke, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
Cutie – Sonny Rollins, Neal Hefti, Stanley Styne
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On November 3, 1958, “Riverside” label released “(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You”, album by Chet Baker. It was recorded in August 1958, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer.
Personnel:
Chet Baker – vocals, trumpet
Kenny Drew – piano
George Morrow – bass
Sam Jones – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Dannie Richmond – drums
Jack Higgins – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – photography
Track listing:
Do It the Hard Way – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
The More I See You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Everything Happen to Me – Man Fennis, Tom Adair
Dancing on the Ceiling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How Long Has This Been Going On – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In October 1957, “Riverside” label released “Jazz Contrasts”, the fifth Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hank Jones – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Max Roach – drums
Betty Glamann – harp
Jack Higgins – engineer
Keith Goodwin – liner notes
Track listing:
Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
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