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Red Holloway: The Burner

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “The Burner”, the debut Red Holloway album. It was recorded August – October 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Red Holloway – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Serrano, Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • “Big” John Patton, George Butcher – organ
  • Eric Gale, Charles Lindsay – guitar
  • Leonard Gaskin, Thomas Palmer – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle, Bobby Durham – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Red Holloway except where noted.

  1. Monkey Sho’ Can Talk
  2. Brethren
  3. Crib Theme – Ozzie Cadena
  4. The Burner
  5. Miss Judie Mae
  6. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf

Maynard Ferguson: Boy With Lots Of Brass

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In July 1957, “EmArcy” label released “Boy with Lots of Brass”, the sixth Maynard Ferguson album.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Irene Kral – vocals
  • Al Cohn – arrangements
  • Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Bill Holman – saxophone
  • Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone
  • Tate Houston – baritone saxophone
  • John Bello – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Joe Burnett – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Richard Evans – bass
  • Larry Bunker – drums

Track listing:

  1. Give Me the Simple Life – Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby
  2. My Funny Valentine – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. The Lamp Is Low – Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter
  4. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Jeepers Creepers – Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
  7. Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  9. Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  10. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  11. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
  12. I Never Knew – Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn

Sarah Vaughn: No Count Sarah

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In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.

Track listing:                                                                     

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra

  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
  • Hal Mooney – recording
  • Emmett McBain – design

Track listing:

  1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
  3. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  5. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  6. No ‘Count Blues – Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan
  7. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. Missing You – Ronnell Bright

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis

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In October 1956, “Verve” label released “Ella and Louis”, a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Ella Fitzgerald– vocals
  • Louis Armstrong– vocals, trumpet
  • Oscar Peterson– piano
  • Herb Ellis– guitar
  • Ray Brown– bass
  • Buddy Rich– drums
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Phil Stern – photography

Track listing:

  1. Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
  2. Isn’t This a Lovely Day? – Irving Berlin
  3. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  4. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
  5. Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
  6. Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
  7. A Foggy Day – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
  8. Stars Fell on Alabama – Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins
  9. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  10. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  11. April in Paris – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg

Maceo Parker: Made by Maceo

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On February 25, 2003, “What Are” label released “Made by Maceo”, the twelve Maceo Parker album. It was recorded October – November 2002, and was produced by Joachim Becker and Maceo Parker.

Personnel:

  • Maceo Parker – vocals, percussion, alto saxophone
  • Candy Dulfer- alto saxophone
  • Vincent Henry – tenor saxophone
  • Will Boulware – keyboards
  • Greg Boyer – trombone
  • Rodney Curtis – bass
  • Bruno Speight – guitar
  • James “Son” Thomas – drums
  • Ron Tooley – trumpet
  • Corey Parker – vocals
  • Cynthia Johnson, Giorge Pettus, Carrie Harrington – backging vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Maceo Parker; except where noted.

  1. Come By and See
  2. Off the Hook
  3. Hats Off to Harry
  4. Quick Step
  5. Those Girls – lyrics by Corey Parker, music by Maceo Parker
  6. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  7. Lady Luck – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  8. Don’t Say Goodnight
  9. Once You get Started
  10. Those Girls
  11. Lady Luck Reprise – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan