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Della Reese: I Gotta Be Me…This Trip Out

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In June 1968, “ABC” label released “I Gotta Be Me…This Trip Out”, the 15th Della Reese album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lee Magid.

Personnel:

  • Della Reese – vocals
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Roger Kellaway – piano
  • Kirk Stuart – piano
  • Ray Brown – bass guitar
  • Red Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Sweets Edison – trumpet
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Henry Epstein – design
  • Byron Goto – design
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Fred Seligo – photography
  • Frank Kofsky – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Never My Love – Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi
  2. My Worlds Is Empty Without You – B. & E. Harland, Lamont Dozier
  3. I Gotta Be Me – Walter Marks
  4. Low – Ben Oakland
  5. Go – Michael Jourdan, Armand Canfora, Robert Grey, Joss Baselli
  6. Pop Goes the World – George David Weiss, Joe Sherman
  7. I’ve Got the Blues – Marvin Jenkins
  8. No Explanation Necessary – Della Reese
  9. For Once in My Life – Orlando Murden, Ronald Miller
  10. Hush Now Don’t Cry – Marvin Jenkins
  11. Measure of a Man – Alan Bernstain, Vic Millrose

McCoy Tyner: Inception

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In June 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Inception”, the debut McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Bob Gomel – cover photography
  • Burt Goldblatt – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. Inception
  2. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
  3. Blues for Gwen
  4. Sunset
  5. Effendi
  6. Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash

Pharaoh Sanders: Karma

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In May 1969, “Impulse!” label released “Karma”, the third Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “RCA” in New York City, and was produced by ob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
  • Lonnie Liston Smith — piano
  • Julius Watkins — French horn
  • James Spaulding — flute
  • Reggie Workman — bass
  • Ron Carter — bass
  • Richard Davis — bass
  • Billy Hart — drums
  • Freddie Waits — drums
  • Leon Thomas — vocal, percussion
  • Nathaniel Bettis — percussion
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Robert & Barbara Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Creator Has a Master Plan (part one) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
  2. The Creator Has a Master Plan (part two) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
  3. Colors – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas

Paul Gonsalves: Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy

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On May 21, 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy”, the seventh Paul Gonsalves album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Dick Hyman – organ
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Manny Albam – percussion
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Frank Gauna – photography

Track listing:

  1. Caesar and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
  2. Antony and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
  3. Bluz for Liz – Kenny Burrell
  4. Cleo’s Blues – Paul Gonsalves
  5. Action in Alexandria – Duke Ellington
  6. Cleo’s Asp – Kenny Burrell
  7. Cleopatra’s Lament – Manny Albam

Gábor Szabó: Wind, Sky And Diamonds

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In February 1968, “Impulse!” label released “Wind, Sky and Diamonds”, the eight Gábor Szabó album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – guitar, recitation
  • Dennis Budimir, Herb Ellis, Louis Morell, Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Bill Plummer – sitar
  • Mike Melvoin – piano, harpsichord
  • Carol Kaye, Ray Pohlman – electric bass
  • Jimmy Gordon, John Guerin – drums
  • Victor Feldman, Emil Richards – percussion
  • The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward – vocals
  • Eddie Bracket – engineer
  • Robert and Barbara Flynn – front cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Jim Marshall – cover photography
  • Irv Glaser – liner photography

 Track listing:

  1. San Franciscan Nights – Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch
  2. A Day in the Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John Phillips
  4. To Sir with Love – Don Black, Mark London
  5. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  6. Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
  7. Saigon Bride – Joan Baez, Nina Duscheck
  8. The End of Life – John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Gábor Szabó
  9. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Are You There? – Gábor Szabó, Steve Allen
  11. W.C. Fields – John Bahler, Tom Bahler

Stanley Turrentine: Let It Go

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In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Let It Go”, the 20th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded September 1064 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Mack Simpkins – drums
  • Otis Finch – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Charles Stewart – photography
  • Stanley Dance – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Stanley Turrentine, except where noted.

  1. Let It Go
  2. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
  3. Ciao, Ciao
  4. T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
  5. Good Lookin’ Out
  6. Sure As You’re Born – Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel
  7. Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish

McCoy Tyner: Reaching Fourth

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In February 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Reaching Fourth”, the second McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bob Ghiraldini – photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Reaching Fourth – McCoy Tyner
  2. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
  4. Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
  5. Old Devil Moon (from Finian’s Rainbow) – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  6. Have You Met Miss Jones? (from I’d Rather Be Right) – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

John Coltrane: OM

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In January 1968, “Impulse!” label released “Om”, a posthumously-released John Coltrane album. It was recorded in October 1965, at “Camelot Sound Studios” in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Rafael Garrett – clarinet, double bass
  • Joe Brazil – flute
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Jan Kurtis – engineer
  • Robert and Barbara Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bill Levy – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Om, Part 1
  2. Om, Part 2

Gábor Szabó: Jazz Raga

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Jazz Raga”, the fourth Gábor Szabó studio album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – vocals, guitar, sitar, cover painting
  • Bob Bushnell – guitar
  • Johnny Gregg – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Shabacon – front cover photography
  • Charles Stewart – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gábor Szabó, except where noted.

  1. Walking on Nails
  2. Mizrab
  3. Search for Nirvana
  4. Krishna
  5. Raga Doll – Gary McFarland
  6. Comin’ Back
  7. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  8. Sophisticated Wheels
  9. Ravi
  10. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  11. Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland: The October Suite

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “The October Suite”, album by Steve Kuhn and Gary McFarland (twelve Gary McFarland album). It was recorded October – November 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • Isadore Cohen, Matthew Raimondi – violin
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Don Ashworth, Joe Firrantello (aka Joe Farrell), Irving Horowitz, Gerald Sanfino – woodwinds
  • Corky Hale – harp
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Marty Morell – drums
  • Phile Ramone – engineer
  • Sam Feldman – lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography
  • Jack Bradley – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland.

  1. Remember When
  2. St. Tropez Shuffle
  3. One I Could Have Loved
  4. Traffic Patterns
  5. Childhood Dreams
  6. Open Highway