In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Ramsey Lewis – piano
Cleveland Eaton – bass
Maurice White – drums
Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted
Track listing:
Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
Keter Betts – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Head Start – Keter Betts
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Blue Mance – Junior Mance
Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
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.
On October 17, 1957, ”ABC” label released “Go West, Man!”, the second Quincy Jones studio album. It was recorded in February 1957, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Herb Geller – alto saxophone
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Art Pepper – alto saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone
Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Pete Candoli – trumpet
Harry Edison – trumpet
Jack Sheldon – trumpet
Lou Levy – piano
Carl Perkins – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Mel Lewis – drums
Track listing:
Dancin’ Pants – Jimmy Giuffre
Blues Day – Jimmy Giuffre
Bright Moon – Jimmy Giuffre
No Bones at All – Johnny Mandel
The Oom Is Blues – Charlie Mariano
Be My Guest – Lennie Niehaus
Medley: What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke / We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine / Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans / You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie / Laura – David Raksin / Johnny Mercer
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On August 12, 2003, “Milestone” label released “Getting Sentimental”, 71st Bill Evans album. It was recorded in January 1978, at the “Village Vanguard” in New York City.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Michael Moore – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Mike Harris – recording
Joe Tarantino – digital mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Evans, except where noted.
I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Gary’s Theme – Gary McFarland
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
Quiet Now – Denny Zeitlin
Re: Person I Knew
The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) – Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel
On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.
Personnel:
James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Herb Ellis – guitar
Monty Budwig – bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Adam Ross – liner notes
Track listing:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
In July 1966, “Cadet” label released “Rhapsody”, the 21st Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in December 1965, at “Nola Studios” in New York, and was produced by Dick LaPalm and Ahmad Jamal.
Personnel:
Ahmad Jamal – piano, arrangements
Jamil Nasser – bass
Vernel Fournier – drums
Unnamed fifteen-piece orchestra
Joe Kennedy – string arrangements
Track listing:
I Hear a Rhapsody – Dick Gasparre, George Fragos, Jack Baker
This Could Be the Start of Something – Steve Allen
Then I’ll Be Tired Of You – Arthur Schwartz, E. Y. Harburg
Effendi – McCoy Tyner
Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
On May 14, 1968, “Philly Groove Records” label released “La La Means I Love You”, the debut Delfonics (The) album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Stan Watson and Thom Bell.
Personnel:
Wilbert Hart – vocal
William Hart – vocal
Randy Cain – vocal
Norman Harris – guitar
Robert DiNardo – guitar
Cliff Jackson – piano
Ron Baker – bass
Vincent Montana Jr, – percussion
George Harper – saxophone
Anthony Sinagoga, Carter Daviel, Dane Coll, Dave Barnett, Don Renalde, Floyd Snyder, Igor Seyrvec, Joseph Delengllis, Renard Edwards, Ralph Malizia – strings
Thom Bell – conductor, arrangements
Joe Tarsia – engineer
Forlenza Venosa Associates – design
Track listing:
I’m Sorry – Thom Bell, William Hart
Break Your Promise – Thom Bell, William Hart
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Hurt So Bad – Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Hart, Bobby Weinstein
Losing You – Thom Bell, William Hart
Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
La La (Means I Love You) – Thom Bell, William Hart
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