In June 1965, “Verve” label released “Trio ’65”, the 27th Bill Evans album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Chuck Israels – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy R. Lehman – design
Fred Seligo – liner notes
Don Nelsen – liner notes
Track listing:
Israel – John Carisi
Elsa – Earl Zindars
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Who Can I Turn To? – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
In May 1966, “Capitol” label released “Great Love Themes”, the 35th Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley album. It was recorded in April 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Tom Morgan.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Unidentified strings
Ray Ellis – conductor, arranger
Track listing:
Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer
I Concentrate on You – Cole Porter
This Can´t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Stella By Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
Morning of the Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luis Bonfá, Antônio Maria
In May 1961, “Savoy” label released “Cookin’”, the second Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in November 1960, in Newark, New Jersey, and was produced by Herman Lubinsky.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Richard Williams – trumpet
Horace Parlan – piano
George Tucker – bass
Dannie Richmond – drums
Paul Cady – engineer
Lee Jack Morton – design
Tom Wilson – recording supervisor, liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Booker Ervin, except where noted.
Dee Da Do
Mr. Wiggles
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
Down In the Dumps
Well, Well
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
In May 1960, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook”, album by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded July – August 1959, at “Universal Recorders” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
Merle Shore – design
Track listing:
As Long as I Live – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
I’ve Got the World on a String – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
Happiness is a Thing Called Joe – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
The Man that Got Away – Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
In April 1969, “Columbia” label released “Soft and Beautiful”, the fifteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Clyde Otis.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocal
Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
Stan Tonkel – engineer
Stan Weiss – engineer
Thomas B. Allen – painting
Linda Solomon – liner notes
Track listing:
Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
I Wish I Didn’t Love You So – Frank Loesser
(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young – Johnny Mercer, M. Philippe-Gérard
Shangri-La – Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell, Matty Malneck
A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
My Coloring Book – John Kander, Fred Ebb
Jim – Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Rose
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) – Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin
But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
People (from Funny Girl) – Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
In April 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Out of This World”, the twelve Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded February – March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
Reid Miles – design, photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Gene Harris except where noted.
Girl of My Dreams – Sunny Clapp
Out of the Past – Benny Golson
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder
My Silent Love – Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse
Sanctified Sue
Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
On April 15, 2014, “Greenleaf” label released “Riverside”, the 39th Dave Douglas album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Humber College Recording Studio” in Toronto, and was produced by Chet Doxas and Dave Douglas.
Personnel:
Dave Douglas – trumpet
Chet Doxas – clarinet, saxophone
Steve Swallow – electric bass
Jim Doxas – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Douglas, except where noted.
Thrush
The Train and the River – Jimmy Giuffre
Old Church, New Paint (Intro) – Chet Doxas
Old Church, New Paint – Chet Doxas
Handwritten Letter
Big Shorty – Chet Doxas
Front Yard
Backyard
No Good Without You
Travelin’ Light – Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer
Sing on the Mountain High/Northern Miner – Chet Doxas
In April 1960, “Blue Note” label released “The Time Is Right”, the eleventh Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded October – November 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Horace Parlan – piano
Laymon Jackson – bass
Sam Jones – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Al Harewood – drums
Ray Barretto – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Ira Gitler – technical personnel
Track listing:
Lou’s Blues – Lou Donaldson
Be My Love – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
Idaho – Jesse Stone
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Camichael, Ned Washington
Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
In March 1966, “Verve” label released “Soft Samba”, the fourth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded June, September and October 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gary McFarland – arranger, vibraphone
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Seldon Powell, Spencer Sinatra – flute
Patty Bowen – piano
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kenny Burrell – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Arnie Wise, Sol Gubin, Willie Bobo – percussion
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Michael J. Malatak – design
Lester Bookbinder – cover photography
Wally King – liner notes
Track listing:
Ringo, Won’t You Marry Me – Linda Laurie, Jerry Mack
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
She Loves You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
A Hard Day’s Night – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Love Goddess – Percy Faith, Mack David
I Want to Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, McCartney
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
California, Here I Come – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer
La Vie en Rose – Pierre Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David
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