In July 1970, “Impulse!” label released “The Awakening”, the 27th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Ahmad Jamal – piano
Jamil Nasser – bass
Frank Gant – drums
Track listing:
The Awakening – Ahmad Jamal
I Love Music – Emil Boyd, Hale Smith
Patterns – Ahmad Jamal
Dolphin Dance – Herbie Hancock
You’re My Everything – Harry Warren, Joe Young, Mort Dixon
In May 1959, “Roulette” label released “Strike Up the Band”, album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Tony Bennett – vocals
Ralph Sharon – piano, arrangements
The Count Basie Orchestra:
Count Basie – piano
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey – trombone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Track listing:
Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Chicago – Fred Fisher
With Plenty of Money and You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Anything Goes – Cole Porter
Life Is a Song – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In December 1955, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra”, the seventh Georgie Auld album. It was recorded September – November 1955, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone, bandleader
Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz – alto saxophone
Ted Nash, Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
Chuck Gentry – baritone saxophone
Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Ray Linn – trumpet
Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino, Si Zentner – trombone
Arnold Ross – piano
Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel – guitar
Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller, Irv Kottler – drums
Track listing:
In the Land of Hi-Fi – George Auld, Billy May
For You – Al Dubin, Joe Burke
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman
Tippin’ In – Raymond Leveen, Maria Grever
Sunday Kind of Love – Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima
I May Be Wrong – Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin
Swingin’ in the Moore Park – Billy May
If I Loved You – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Dinah – Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Love Is Just Around the Corner – Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin
In May 1957, “Judson” label released “A Harry Warren Showcase”, the fifth Kenny Drew album. It was recorded in February 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer Jr. and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Kenny Drew – piano
Wilbur Ware – bass
Track listing:
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
Lullaby of Broadway – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Remember Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
I Only Have Eyes for You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
You’re My Everything – Mort Dixon, Joe Young, Harry Warren
You’ll Never Know – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
On February 21, 1969, “Apple” label released “Post Card”, the debut Mary Hopkin studio album. It was recorded October – November 1968, at “EMI Studios”, “Trident” and “Morgan” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney.
Personnel:
Mary Hopkin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – acoustic guitar, bass
Donovan – acoustic guitar
Derek Griffiths – guitar
George Martin – piano
Jim Rodford – bass
Bernie Higginson – drums
Nick Newell – saxophone
Mike Cotton – trumpet
John Beecham – trombone
London Welsh Choir – choir
Richard Hewson – arrangements
Ken Scott – engineer, mixing
Malcolm Toft – engineer
Gordon House – graphics
Linda Eastman – photography
Track listing:
Lord of the Reedy River – Donovan
Happiness Runs (Pebble and the Man) – Donovan
Love Is the Sweetest Thing – Ray Noble
Y Blodyn Gwyn – Richard H. Jones, Edward John Hughes
The Honeymoon Song – William Sansom, Mikis Theodorakis
The Puppy Song – Harry Nilsson
Inchworm – Frank Loesser
Voyage of the Moon – Donovan
Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
Young Love – Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Prince en Avignon – Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
The Game – George Martin
There’s No Business Like Show Business – Irving Berlin
In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hampton Hawes – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Victor Feldman – vibes
Track listing:
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
In April 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Structurally Sound”, the 16th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in December 1966, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Charles Tolliver – trumpet
John Hicks – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Lenny McBrowne – drums
Dino Lappas – engineer
Woody Woodward – art direction
Gabor Halmos – design
Fred Seligo – photography
Leroy Robinson – liner notes
Track listing:
Berkshire Blues – Randy Weston
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
Franess – Charles Tolliver
Boo’s Blues – Booker Ervin
You’re My Everything – Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young
In March 1963, “Philips” label released “New Wave!”, the 37th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded May – July 1962, in New York City and Juan-les-Pins, France, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, arrangements
Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute
Charlie Ventura – tenor and bass saxophone
Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements
Bola Sete – guitar
Elek Bacsik – guitar
Jose Paula – vocal, guitar, tamboura, percussion
Chris White – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Carmen Costa – vocal, maracas, cabasa, güiro
Pepito Riestra – percussion
Fred Schnell – photography
Track listing:
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town – Joe Young, John Siras, Little Jack Little
Careless Love – Dizzy Gillespie
Chega de Saudade – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes
Taboo – Sidney Keith Russell
One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
Manhã de Carnaval – Antonio Naria, Luiz Bonfa
Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
In February 1957, “Dawn” label released “Cohn on the Saxophone”, the tenth Al Cohn album. It was recorded in September 1956, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Chuck Darwin.
Personnel:
Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Hank Jones – piano
Milt Hinton – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Fran Scott Studio – design
Gary Kramer – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Al Cohn except where noted.
We Three – Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson
Idaho – Jesse Stone
The Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
Singing The Blues – J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
Be Loose
When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
Good Old Blues
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
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