In April 1960, “Riverside” label released “The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery”, the second Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in January 1960, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – electric guitar
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Albert Heath – drums
Jack Higgins – engineer
Paul Bacon, Ken Braren, Harris Lewine – design
Lawrence N. Shustak – photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
Airegin – Sonny Rollins
D-Natural Blues – Wes Montgomery
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Four on Six – Wes Montgomery
West Coast Blues – Wes Montgomery, Granville Sascha Burland
In March 1960, “Blue Note” label released “Swing, Swang, Swingin’, the 16th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Reid Miles – design
Ira Gitler – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jackie McLean, except where noted.
What’s New? – Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Stablemates – Benny Golson
I Remember You – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
I Love You – Cole Porter
I’ll Take Romance – Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland
On September 17, 2002, “High Note” label released “Cedars of Avalon”, the 59th Larry Coryell album. It was recorded in December 2001, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Sickler.
Personnel:
Larry Coryell – guitar
Cedar Walton – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Billy Drummond – drums
Maureen Sickler – engineer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Keiji Obata – design
Ted Panken – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Larry Coryell except where noted.
Cedars of Avalon
Bemsha Swing – Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk
Fantasy in D – Cedar Walton
Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
D-Natural Blues – Wes Montgomery
What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Newest Blues – Cedar Walton
It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
In June 1961, “Warwick” label released “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone”, the eleventh Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Mercury Sound Studio” in New York City.
In April 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Curtis Fuller with Red Garland”, the thirteenth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Red Garland – piano
Sonny Red – alto saxophone
Paul Chambers – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Track listing:
Seeing Red – Sonny Red, Barry Harris
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Cashmere – Curtis Fuller
Slenderella – Sonny Red
Moonlight Becomes You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
In December 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Tough Tenors”, an album by Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
On December 22, 2004, “Venus” label released “Super Standard”, the 41st Kenny Barron album. It was recorded in September 2004, at “Avatar Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan.
Personnel:
Kenny Barron – piano
Jay Leonhart – bass
Al Foster – drums
Taz (48) – design
John Abbott – photography
Track listing:
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
Cherokee – Ray Noble
Cleopatra’s Dream – Bud Powell
Doxy – Sonny Rollins
Misty – Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke
Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
Summer Night – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Sunset and the Mockingbird – Duke Ellington
Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare
On December 2, 2011, “Jazzland Recordings” label released “Songs”, the tenth Bugge Wesseltoft album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Bugge’s Room” in Oslo, Norway.
Personnel:
Bugge Wesseltoft – piano
Atle Aamodt – mixing, mastering
Rune Mortensen – design
Egil Hansen – photography
Track listing:
Darn That Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen
My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis
Moon River – Henry Mancini
Chicken Feathers – Steve Kuhn
Lament – J.J. Johnson
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
Like Someone in Love – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
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