In December 1961, “Prestige” label released “Twisting the Jug”, the 15th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Personnel:
Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Joe Newman – trumpet
Jack McDuff – organ
Wendell Marshall – bass
Walter Perkins – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
Track listing:
All tracks by Gene Ammons except where noted
Twistin’ the Jug
Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
Moten Swing – Bennie Moten, Buster Moten
Stormy Monday – Bob Crowder, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines
On December 16, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Quiet Nights”, the 36th Miles Davis album, and his fourth and final album collaboration with Gil Evans. It was recorded July – November 1962, April 1963, at “Columbia’s 30th Street Studios” in Manhattan, and was produced by Teo Macero and Irving Townsend.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
Gil Evans – arranger, conductor
Shorty Baker, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal – trumpets
J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak – trombones
Ray Alonge, Don Corrado, Julius Watkins – french horns
Bill Barber – tuba
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Albert Block – flute
Ray Beckenstein, Jerome Richardson – woodwinds
Garvin Bushell, Bob Tricarico – bassoons
Janet Putnam – harp
Victor Feldman – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Frank Butler – drums
Willie Bobo – bongos
Elvin Jones – percussion
Fred Plaut – engineer
Dan Hunstein – photography
Track listing:
Song No. 2 (a.k.a. Prenda Minha, Brazilian folk song) – Gil Evans, Miles Davis
Once Upon a Summertime – Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand
Aos Pés da Cruz – Marino Pinto, José Gonçalves
Song No. 1 (a.k.a. Adelita by Francisco Tárrega) – Gil Evans, Miles Davis
Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In December 1957, “Riverside” label released “That’s Him!”, the second Abbey Lincoln album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Abbey Lincoln – vocals
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano, bass
Paul Chambers – bass
Max Roach – drums
Track listing:
Strong Man – Oscar Brown, Jr.
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
My Man – Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain
Tender as a Rose – Phil Moore
That’s Him – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
I Must Have That Man! – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Porgy – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
When a Woman Loves a Man – Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
In December 1957, “Andex” label released “Mucho Calor”, an album by Conte Candoli and Art Pepper. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Forum Theatre” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Conte Candoli – trumpet, arranger
Art Pepper – alto saxophone, arranger
Bill Perkins – tenor saxophone
Russ Freeman – piano
Ben Tucker – bass
Chuck Flores – drums
Jack Costanzo, Mike Pacheko – bongos, congas
Benny Carter – arranger
Bill Holman – arranger
Johnny Mandel – arranger
Track listing:
Mucho Calor – Bill Holman
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert
Mambo de la Pinta – Art Pepper
I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
Vaya Hombre Vaya – Bill Holman
I Love You – Cole Porter
Mambo Jumbo – Conte Candoli
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
Pernod – Johnny Mandel
That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
In December 1957, “Prestige” label released “New Trombone”, the debut Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
In November 1958, “Riverside” label released “This Is the Moment!”, the seventh Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in May 1957, and August 1958, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Kenny Dorham – vocals, trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Cedar Walton – piano
Sam Jones – bass
G.T. Hogan, Charlie Persip – drums
Jack Higgins – recording
Track listing:
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks
Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
I Understand – Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne
From This Moment On – Cole Porter
This Is the Moment – Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin
Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Golden Earrings – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young
On November 12, 1964, “Tamla” label released “Hello Broadway”, the fourth Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded in 1964, at “Graystone Ballroom” in Detroit, and was produced by Hal Davis and Marc Gordon.
Personnel:
Marvin Gaye – vocals
Jerry Long – arrangements
Track listing:
Hello Broadway – Ronald Miller, William O’Malley
People – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
The Party’s Over – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
On the Street Where You Live – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
What Kind of Fool Am I? – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
My Kind of Town – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
This Is the Life – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
My Way – Richard Jacques, Ronald Miller
Hello Dolly! – Jerry Herman
Walk on the Wild Side – Mack David, Elmer Bernstein
On October 31, 1995, “Acoustic Music” label released “Tone Poems 2”, an album by David Grisman and Martin Taylor. It was recorded in January 1995, at “Dawg Studios”, and was produced by David Grisman.
Personnel:
David Grisman – mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, tenor guitar
Martin Taylor – guitar
David Dennison – recording
Paul Stubblebine – mastering
D. Brent Hauseman – design, photography
Craig Miller – production coordinator
Personnel:
Swanee – George Gershwin, Irving Caesar
Teasin’ the Frets – Nick Lucas
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
Anything Goes – Cole Porter
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Lulu’s Back In Town – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Tears – Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
Jeepers Creepers – Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
Musette for a Magpie – Martin Taylor
Mairzy Doats – Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar
Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
In October 1959, “Atlantic” label released “The Genius of Ray Charles”, the seventh Ray Charles album. It was recorded May – June 1959, at “6 West Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano
Allen Hanlon – guitar
Wendell Marshall – bass guitar
Ted Sommer – drums
Clark Terry – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Snooky Young – trumpet
Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet
Melba Liston – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Thomas Mitchell – trombone
Al Grey – trombone
Frank Wess – flute
Clark Terry – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Snooky Young – trumpet
Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet
Melba Liston – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Thomas Mitchell – trombone
Al Grey – trombone
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Frank Wess – flute, alto and tenor saxophone
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Ralph Burns – arrangements
Ralph Burns – arrangements
Johnny Acea – arrangements
Al Cohn – arrangements
Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
Bill Schwartau, Tom Dowd – recording
Marvin Israel – cover design
Lee Friedlander – cover photography
Nat Hentoff – sleeve notes
Track listing:
Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
It Had to Be You – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
Two Years of Torture – Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris
When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
You Won’t Let Me Go – Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson
Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me – Charles Brown, Oscar Moore
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Joe Greene
Am I Blue? – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
On October 12, 1971, “CTI” label released “First Light”, the 23rd Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in September 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Ron Carter – bass
Richard Wyands – piano
George Benson – guitar
Airto Moreira – percussion
Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes piano
Phil Kraus – vibraphone
Hubert Laws – flute
Wally Kane – flute, bassoon
George Marge – flute, clarinet
Romeo Penque – flute, English horn, oboe, clarinet
Jane Taylor – bassoon
Ray Alonge – French horn
James Buffington – French horn
Margaret Ross – harp
David Nadien – violin
Paul Gershman – violin
Emanuel Green – violin
Harold Kohon – violin
Joe Malin – violin
Gene Orloff – violin
Matthew Raimondi – violin
Tosha Samaroff – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Alfred Brown – viola
Emanuel Vardi – viola
Charles McCracken – cello
George Ricci – cello
Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor
Track listing:
First Light – Freddie Hubbard
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey – Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Moment to Moment – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Yesterday’s Dreams – Norman Martin, Don Sebesky
Lonely Town (from On the Town) – Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Asolph Green
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