In December 1969, “Warner Bros” label released “Fat Albert Rotunda”, the eighth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded October, November and December 1969, at Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Herbie Hancock. The album music was originally recorded for the TV special “Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert”.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
Eric Gale – guitar
Billy Butler — guitar
Jerry Jemmott – electric bass
Buster Williams — acoustic and electric bass
Albert “Tootie” Heath — drums
Bernard Purdie – drums
Joe Farrell — alto and tenor saxophone
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
In December 1962, “Philips” label released “Woody Herman–1963”, the 30th Woody Herman album. It was recorded in October 1962, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
Woody Herman – vocal, clarinet, conductor
Sal Nistico, Gordon Brisker, Larry Cavelli – tenor saxophone
Gene Allen – baritone saxophone
Bill Chase – lead trumpet, arrangements
Paul Fontaine, Dave Gale, Ziggy Harrell, Gerald Lamy – trumpet
Phil Wilson, Eddie Morgan – trombone
Jack Gale – trombone, arrangements
Nat Pierce – piano, arrangements
Chuck Andrus – double bass
Jake Hanna – drums
Jeff Willens – mastering
Hollis King – art direction
Isabelle Wong – design
Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes
Ken Druker – executive producer
Track listing:
Mo-Lasses – Joe Newman
Blues for J.P. – Horace Parlan
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
Tunin’ In – Nat Pierce
Sister Sadie – Horace Silver
Sig Ep – Jack Gale
It’s a Lonesome Old Town (When You’re Not Around) – Charles Kisco, Harry Tobias, Egbert Van Alstyne
In December 1961, “Verve” label released “Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments”, the 19th Bob Brookmeyer album. It was recorded in November 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, arrangements
Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute
Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
Gene Quill, Eddie Wasserman – alto saxophone
Phil Bodner – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn
Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Gene Allen – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis – trumpet
Wayne Andre, Billy Byers, Bill Elton, Alan Raph – trombone
Wally Kane – bassoon
Eddie Costa – vibraphone, percussion
Hank Jones – piano
George Duvivier – bass
Mel Lewis – drums
Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Gary McFarland, Eddie Sauter – arrangements
Olga Albizu – cover painting
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
Caravan – Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Why Are You Blue – Gary McFarland
Some of My Best Friends – Al Cohn
Gloomy Sunday – Rezső Seress
Ho Hum – Bob Brookmeyer
Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter
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 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
On January 7, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “20/20”, the 22nd George Benson studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Amigo Studios”, “Devonshire Sound Studios”, “Bill Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Atlantic Studios”, “A&R Recording”, “Automated Sound Studios”, “Rosebud Recording”, “The Hit Factory”, “the Review Room”, “Avatar Studios”, “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, “Grand Slam Studios” in New Jersey, “House of Music” in Orange, NJ, “Bossa Nova Hotel”, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russ Titelman, Michael Masser, Daniel Sembello and Michael Sembello.
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
Michael Sembello – guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
Dann Huff – guitar
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
Cecil Womack – guitar, backing vocals
David Williams – rhythm guitar
Freddie Green – rhythm guitar
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Wells Christie – Synclavier programming
Randy Waldman – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
James Newton Howard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, string arrangements
Clifford Carter – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
Rob Mounsey – Synclavier, vocoder, synthesizer bass
Steve Kipner – Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DSX sequencer
Rick Shlosser – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Errol “Crusher” Bennett – finger cymbals
Ralph MacDonald – triangle, percussion
Gary Herbig – saxophone
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Robin Eubanks – trombone
Slide Hampton – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Dave Taylor – trombone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Felix Vega – trumpet
George Young – flute
Frank Foster – horn arrangements, conductor
Ralph Burns – string arrangements, conductor
Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
Gene Page – rhythm track and string arrangements
Roberta Flack – lead vocals
Patti Austin – backing and harmony vocals
Gordon Grody – backing vocals
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Richard Marx – backing vocals
Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
James Taylor – backing and harmony vocals
Linda Womack – backing vocals
David Cochrane – backing vocals
Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
Russ Titelman – executive producer
Mary Melia – production coordinator
Jim Boyer, Lee Herschberg, Gary Ladinsky, Michael Mancini, Elliot Scheiner, Russell Schmitt, Thom Wilson – engineer
Dick Bogart, Kendal Brown, Dean Burt, John Convertino, Jim Gallagher, Josiah Gluck, Cliff Hodson, John Rollo, Nicholas Spigel – additional engineering
Michael Abbott, Mike Allaire, Nelson Ayers, Mike Birnholz, Paul Brown, Ollie Cotton, Nick Delre, Paul Higgins, Steve Hirsch, Cliff Jones, Barbara Ivone, Leslie Klein, Robin Laine, Bruce Lampcov, James Nichols, Bobby Warner, Jay Willis – engineer assistant
Jim Boyer, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner, Russ Titelman – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Simon Levy – art direction
Kav DeLuxe – design
Richard Bomersheim – photography
Track listing:
No One Emotion – Cliff Magness, Mark Mueller, Tom Keane
Please Don’t Walk Away – James Newton Howard, Steve Lukather
I Just Wanna Hang Around You – Chuz Sembello, Daniel Sembello, Jon Sembello, Michael Sembello
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You – Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin
Beyond the Sea (la Mer) – Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
20/20 – Randy Goodrum, Steve Kipner
New Day – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
Hold Me – Michael Sembello, Daniel Sembello
Stand Up – Neil Larsen
You Are the Love of My Love – Linda Creed, Michael Masser
In May 1962, “Verve” label released “Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith”, the 20th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Cred Taylor.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
Bob Ashton, Babe Clarke – tenor saxophone
George Barrow – baritone saxophone
Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Quentin Warren – guitar
George Duvivier – bass
Ed Shaughnessy – drums
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Walk on the Wild Side – Elmer Bernstein, Mack David
Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
Step Right Up – Oliver Nelson
Beggar for the Blues – Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne
Bashin’ – Jimmy Smith
I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) – Johnny Mercer
In December 1961, “Prestige” label released “Twisting the Jug”, the 15th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Personnel:
Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Joe Newman – trumpet
Jack McDuff – organ
Wendell Marshall – bass
Walter Perkins – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
Track listing:
All tracks by Gene Ammons except where noted
Twistin’ the Jug
Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
Moten Swing – Bennie Moten, Buster Moten
Stormy Monday – Bob Crowder, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines
In December 1961, “Verve” label released “Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments”, the 16th Bob Brookmeyer album. It was recorded in November 1961, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, arranger
Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis – trumpet
Wayne Andre, Billy Byers, Bill Elton, Alan Raph – trombone
Wally Kane – bassoon
Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute
Phil Woods – alto saxophone, clarinet
Gene Quill, Eddie Wasserman – alto saxophone
Phil Bodner – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn
Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Gene Allen – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Eddie Costa – vibraphone, percussion
Hank Jones – piano
George Duvivier – bass
Mel Lewis – drums
Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Gary McFarland, Eddie Sauter – arrangements
Track listing:
Caravan – Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Why Are You Blue – Gary McFarland
Some of My Best Friends – Al Cohn
Gloomy Sunday – Rezső Seress
Ho Hum – Bob Brookmeyer
Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter
In November 1957, “Bethlehem” label released “Clean Head’s Back in Town”, the debut Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson album. It was recorded in August 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson – vocals, alto saxophone
Bill Graham − alto saxophone
Charlie Rouse, Frank Foster, Paul Quinichette − tenor saxophone
Charles Fowlkes − baritone saxophone
Joe Newman − trumpet
Henry Coker − trombone
Nat Pierce − piano
Freddie Green, Turk Van Lake – guitar
Ed Jones − bass
Ed Thigpen, Gus Johnson − drums
Ernie Wilkins, Harry Tubbs, Manny Albam − arranger
Track listing:
All tracks by Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Dossie Terry and William Gray except where noted
Cleanhead’s Back in Town
That’s the Way to Treat Your Woman
Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones
Kidney Stew Blues – Eddie Vinson, Leona Blackman
Sweet Lovin’ Baby – Charles Darwin
Caldonia – Fleecie Moore
It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Cherry Red – Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Louis Jordan, Bill Austin
I Just Can’t Keep the Tears from Tumblin’ Down – Charles Darwin
Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine
Hold It Right There
Trouble in Mind (alternate take) – Richard M. Jones
Kidney Stew Blues (alternate take) – Eddie Vinson, Leona Blackman
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