On October 1, 1969, “Columbia Masterworks Records” label released the self-titled, sixth Moondog album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Old Church” in New York City, and was produced by James William Guercio and Al Brown.
Personnel:
Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) – conductor
Wally Kane – baritone saxophone
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Danny Repole – bass trumpet
Tony Studd, Charles Small, Buddy Morrow – tenor trombone
Paul Faulise – bass trombone
Don Butterfield, Bill Stanley – tuba
Bill Stanley, Bill Elton, John Swallow, Phil Giardina – tenor tuba
Harold Bennet, Andrew Lolya, Harold Jones, Hubert Laws – flute
Henry Shuman, Irving Horowitz – English horn
James Buffington, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
Jimmy Abato, George Silfies, Phil Bodner – clarinet
Ernie Bright – bass clarinet
Jack Knitzer, Don Macourt, Ryohei Nakagawa, George Berg, Wally Kane, Joyce Kelly – bassoon
Paul Gershman, Aaron Rosand – violin
Emanuel Vardi, David Schwartz, Eugene Becker, Raoul Poliakin – viola
George Ricci, Charles McCracken – cello
Joe Tekula – contrabass cello
George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Alfred Brown, Louis Hardin – bass
Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Elayne Jones, Bob Rosengarden – percussion
Raoul Poliakin, Eugene Becker – tenor
Track listing:
All tracks by Louis Thomas Hardin (Moondog)
Theme
Stamping Ground
Symphonique #3 (Ode to Venus)
Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie)
Minisym #1 I. Allegro II. Andante Adagio III. Vivace
Lament 1 (Bird’s Lament)
Witch of Endor I. Dance II. Trio: A. Adagio (The Prophecy), B. Andante (The Battle), C. Agitato (Saul’s Death) III. Dance (reprise)
In January 1972, “Columbia” label released “Let My Children Hear Music”, the 30th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded September – November 1971, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Track listing:
Charles Mingus – bass
Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
James Moody – tenor saxophone
Bobby Jones – tenor saxophone
Snooky Young – lead trumpet
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
Julius Watkins – French horn
Charles McCracken – cello
Sir Roland Hanna – piano
Dannie Richmond – drums
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers
In January 1954, “Clef” label released “Dance Session”, the 20th Count Basie Orchestra album. It was recorded August – December 1953, in Los Angeles, and “Fine Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
In December 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Shades of Green”, the 18th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1971, at “United Artists Studios” in Hollywood, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Billy Wooten – vibraphone
Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano, clavinet
Wilton Felder – electric bass
Nesbert “Stix” Hooper – drums
King Errisson – conga
Harold Cardwell – percussion
Wade Marcus -orchestra arrangements
Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, James Sedlar – trumpet
Harry DiVito – trombone
Dick Hickson – bass trombone
Jim Buffington – French horn
Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone – woodwinds
Christina Hersch – engineer
Rudy Van Gelder – remix
Norman Seeff – art direction
Track listing:
Medley: I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself), Cold Sweat – James Brown
Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Never My Love – Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi
Got to Be There – Elliot Willensky
California Green – Grant Green
If You Really Love Me – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
In October 1974, “United Artists” label released “Homeless Brother”, the fifth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, “Clack Studios”, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
Hugh McCracken – guitars
David Spinozza – guitars
Arthur Jenkins, Jr. – keyboards
Richard Tee – keyboards
Willie Weeks – bass guitar
George Duvivier – bass
Andrew Smith – drums
David Carey – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Yusef Lateef – flute
Joe Wilder, Garnett Brown, Wally King, James Buffington, Jonathan Dorn, Billy Slapin, Seldon Powell, George Barrow, Charles Williams, Dany Moore, Peter Gordon, Ray Alonge, George Marge, Brooks Tillotson – horns
William Eaton – arrangements, conductor
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Emanuel Vardi, Sanford Allen, Joseph Malignaggi, Avram Weiss, Diana Halprin, Charles Libove, Harry Cykman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Kermit Moore, Charles McCracken, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Gene Orloff, David Nadien, Kathryn Kienke, Julius Schachter, Harold Kohon, Julius Held, Guy Lumia – strings
Gerry Teifer – whistling
The Persuasions – backing vocals
Pete Seeger – backing vocals
Kenny Vance, Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford, Ned Albright, Steven Soles, Deidre Tuck, Linda November, Joel Dorn, Helene Miles, Arlene Martell, Marlene VerPlanck, Norma Holes – backing vocals
Bob Liftin – recording, remix
Joe Ferla – additional recording
Marcote – cover painting
Track listing:
All tracks by Don McLean, except where noted.
Winter Has Me in Its Grip
La La Love You
Homeless Brother
Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
In September 1957, “EmArcy” label released “The Swingin’ Miss D”, the sixth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in December 1956, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Dinah Washington – vocals
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Benny Golson – arrangements
Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, clarinet
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Don Elliott – trumpet, mellophonium, vibraphone, bongos; xylophone
Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
Doc Severinsen – trumpet
Charlie Shavers – trumpet
Clark Terry – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Nick Travis – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
Hal McKusick – flute, alto saxophone
Danny Bank – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson – piano, celeste
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Milt Hinton – double bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Jimmy Crawford – drums
Murray Garrett, Gene Howard – photography
John S. Wilson – liner notes
Track listing:
They Didn’t Believe Me – Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
You’re Crying – Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones
Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
Perdido – Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol
Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? – Billy Austin, Louis Jordan
I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
Somebody Loves Me – Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald
In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Afro/American Sketches”, the ninth Oliver Nelson album. It was recorded September – November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Personnel:
Oliver Nelson – arranger, alto and tenor saxophone, liner notes
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
Joe Newman, Clyde Reasinger, Jerry Kail, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Melba Liston – trombone
Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins – French horn
In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men Play the Music Man” (The Music Man), the fifth Jimmy Giuffre album. It was recorded December 1957 – February 1958, at “Coastal Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman – tenor saxophone
Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder – trumpet