Tag Archives: June 1963

Roland Kirk: Reeds & Deeds

In June 1963, “Mercury” label released “Reeds & Deeds”, the sixth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in February 1963, in New York.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee – trombone
  • Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Land of Peace – Leonard Feather
  2. Lonesome August Child
  3. Limbo Boat
  4. Hay Ro
  5. Waltz of the Friends
  6. This Is Always – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. Reeds and Deeds
  8. Song of the Countrymen

The Three Sounds: It Just Got To Be

In June 1963, “Blue Note” label released “It Just Got to Be”, the tenth Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Gene Harris – piano
  • Andrew Simpkins – double bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Les David – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Harris, except where noted.

  • One for Renee
  • Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  • It Just Got to Be
  • If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  • Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  • The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  • Real Gene
  • South of the Border – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr

Bill Evans: Interplay

In June 1963, “Riverside” label released “Interplay”, the thirteenth Bill Evans album. It was recorded in July 1962, at “Sound Makers Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. You and the Night and the Music – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  2. When You Wish upon a Star – Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
  3. I’ll Never Smile Again (take 7; original take) – Ruth Lowe
  4. Interplay – Bill Evans
  5. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  6. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll