In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In December 1971, “Rare Earth” label released “Rare Earth in Concert”, the first Rare Earth live album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Jacksonville Coliseum” in Miami Florida, “Marine Stadium” in Ithaca, “New York Cornell University”, “The Pharmacy”, “Motown Studios”.
Personnel:
Ray Monette – guitars, backing vocals
Mark Olson – keyboards, backing vocals
John Persh – bass guitar, backing vocals
Gil Bridges – woodwinds, percussion, flute, backing vocals
Pete Rivera (Hoorelbeke) – lead vocals, drums, percussion
Ed Guzman – conga, percussion
Cal Harris, Nate Jennings, John Lewis, Ken Sands, Bob Olhsson, Orson Lewis, Criteria Recording Company – recording
Don Boehrat, Gurdev Sandhu, Michael Grace, Don Fostie – engineer
Russ Terrana – mastering
Tom Schlesinger – graphic supervision
Curtis McNair – art direction
Joel Brodsky – photography
Track listing:
I Just Want to Celebrate – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
Hey, Big Brother – Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
Born to Wander – Tom Baird
Get Ready – William “Smokey” Robinson
What’d I Say – Ray Charles
Thoughts – Gilbert Bridges, Peter Hoorelbeke, Edward Guzman, John Persh, Mark Olson, Raymond Monette
(I Know) I’m Losing You – Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield
Nice to Be with You – Mark Olson, Raymond Monette, Peter Hoorelbeke
On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.
Personnel:
Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
Ray Brown – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Track listing:
Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
Chano – Lalo Schifrin
Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
Django – John Lewis
Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
On May 24, 2024, “Loma Vista” label released “Sunday Morning Put-On”, the 20th Andrew Bird album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Valentine Studios” in California, and was produced by Andrew Bird.
Personnel:
Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, art direction
Alan Hampton – bass guitar, upright bass
Ted Poor – drums, vibraphone
Jeff Parker – electric guitar
Larry Goldings – piano
Travis Pavur – engineer
David Boucher – engineer, mixing
Jeff Lipton – mastering
MariaRice – mastering
Sage Lamonica – package design
Christopher Leckie – art direction, package design
Alexa Viscius – art direction, photography
Track listing:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
My Ideal – Leo Robin, Newell Chase, Richard A. Whiting
Django – John Lewis
I Cover the Waterfront – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In March 1965, “limelight” label released “I Talk with the Spirits”, the tenth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bobby Scott.
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – vocal, flute, alto flute, amplified flute, African wood flute, interjections, cuckoo clock, music box
Horace Parlan – piano, celeste
Bobby Moses – vibraphone
Michael Fleming – bass
Walter Perkins – drums, percussion
Crystal-Joy Albert: vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.
Serenade to a Cuckoo
Medley: We’ll Be Together Again / People – Carl Fisher, Frankie Laine / Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
In February 1973, “Motown” label released the self-titled, fourth David Ruffin album. It was recorded 1972 – 1973, at “The Sound Suite” in Detroit, and was produced by Robert Eugene Miller.
Personnel:
David Ruffin – vocals
The Andantes – backing vocals
Eddie Kendricks – backing vocals
David Van De Pitte – arrangements
John Lewis – recording
Michael Grace – technical assistant
Jim Britt – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Eugene Miller, except where noted.
The Rovin’ Kind
Common Man
I’m Just a Mortal Man
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson
There Will Always Be Another Song To Sing
I Miss You (Part 1) – Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)
A Little More Trust
Go On With Your Bad Self
A Day in the Life of a Working Man – Robert Miller, David Ruffin
In December 1958, “United Artists” label released “Benny Golson and the Philadelphians”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.
In November 1959, “Capitol” label released “This Must Be the Plas”, the fourth Plas Johnson album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Plas Johnson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Paul Smith – piano
Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman – guitar
Red Callender – double bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Track listing:
Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
In October 1967, “Cadet” label released “Dancing in the Street”, album by Ramsey Lewis Trio (the 27th Ramsey Lewis album). It was recorded in July 1967, at “Basin Street West” in San Francisco, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Ramsey Lewis – piano, keyboards
Cleveland Eaton – bass
Maurice White – drums
Wally Heider – engineer
Jerry Griffith – design
Gene Anthony – photography
Herb Wong – liner notes
Track listing:
Dancing in the Street – Marvin Gaye, William “Mickey” Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter
Mood for Mendes – Billy Taylor
Struttin’ Lightly – Cleveland Eaton
You Don’t Know Me – Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold
Django – John Lewis
Black Orpheus Medley: Manha Da Carnaval/Felicidade/Samba de Orfeu – Luiz Bonfá
What Now My Love – Gilbert Bécaud
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) – Antônio Carlos Jobim
In October 1964, “Pacific” label released “For Django”, the fifth Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1964, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.
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