In November 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi”, the 13th Patti Page album. It was recorded in May 1956, in Hollywood, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra
Pete Rugolo – arrangements, conductor
Al Hendrickson – guitar
Rocky Coluccio – piano
Jack Costanzo – percussion
Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Pete Candoli – trumpet
Harry Klee – flute
Bob Cooper – oboe
Track listing:
Nevertheless – Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
Out of Nowhere – Edward Heyman, John Green
The Lady Is a Tramp – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
The Thrill Is Gone – Les Brown, Ray Henderson
A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Mountain Greenery – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I’ve Got My Eyes on You – Cole Porter
My Kind of Love – Louis Alter, Jo Trent
I Didn’t Know About You – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
My Sin – Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter
On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.
In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra”, the 22nd Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Billy Strayhorn – arrangements, conductor
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, reeds, clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, reeds
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone, reeds
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, reeds, bass clarinet
Bill Berry – trumpet
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Ed Mullens – trumpet
Shorty Baker – trumpet
Howard McGhee – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
Jimmy Jones – piano
Aaron Bell – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Charles Stewart – cover photography
Track listing:
Don’t Get Around Much Any More – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
Gal from Joe’s – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Your Love has Faded – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
I’m Just a Lucky So and So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Jeep’s Blues – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
Day Dream – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John Latouche
In April 1959, “Verve” label released “Pres and Teddy”, album by Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet (The). It was recorded in January 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Teddy Wilson – piano
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Gene Ramey – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Sheldon Marks – art direction
Herman Leonard – cover photography
Bill Simon – liner notes
Track listing:
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
Louise – Leo Robin, Richard Whiting
Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In December 1972, “Atlantic” label released “A Meeting of the Times”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Hibbler (the 21st Rahsaan Roland Kirk album overtall). It was recorded in March 1972, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
On December 18, 1984, “Columbia” label released “Hot House Flowers”, the third Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in May 1984, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist” in 1985.
Personnel:
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
Branford Marsalis – soprano and tenor saxophone
Kent Jordan – alto flute
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
Andrew Schwartz – bassoon
Peter Gordon – French horn
Tony Price – tuba
Kenny Kirkland – piano
Ron Carter – double bass
Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
Charles Libove (concertmaster), Ingrid Arden, Peter Dimitriades, Gayle Dixon, Guillermo Figueroa, Winterton Garvey, Harry Glickman, Regis Iandiorio, Ray Kunicki, Patmore Lewis, Diane Monroe, Louann Montesi – violin
Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Mitsue Takayama, Harry Zaratzian – viola
Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Alvin McCall, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
Bob Freedman – arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Track listing:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Lazy Afternoon – Jerome Moross, John Latouche
For All We Know – John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis
When You Wish upon a Star – Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
Django – John Lewis
Melancholia – Duke Ellington
Hot House Flowers – Wynton Marsalis
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds
In June 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata”, the 19th Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. It was recorded January – February 1971, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, black mystery pipes, harmonium, piccolo, bass drum, thundersheet, cymbals, bells, music box, palms, timpani, gong, bird sounds
Maurice McKinley – drums, congas
Joe Habad Texidor – tambourine, triangle, washboard, thundersheet
Sonelius Smith – piano
Bob Liftin – engineer
Lewis Hahn – engineer, mixing
Prince Givens – artwork
Loring Eutemey – design
Joel Dorn – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk except where noted.
Something for Trane That Trane Could Have Said
Island Cry
Runnin’ from the Trash
Day Dream – Duke Ellington, John Latouche, Billy Strayhorn
The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried
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