In January 1997, “Verve” label released “I’m Yours, You’re Mine”, the 23rd and the final Betty Carter album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Betty Crater.
In January 1982, “Concord Jazz” label released “Heat Wave”, album by Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album (the 68 Cal Tjader album overall, and his final recording). It was recording in 1981, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Carl Jefferson.
Personnel:
Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Carmen McRae – vocals
Marshall Otwell – piano, arrangements
Mark Levine – piano, arrangements
Rob Fisher – bass
Vince Lateano – drums
Poncho Sanchez – congas, percussion
Ramon Banda – percussion, timbales
Al Bent – trombone
Mike Heathman – trombone
Phil Edwards – engineer
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Heat Wave – Irving Berlin
All in Love Is Fair – Stevie Wonder
Besame Mucho – Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez
Evil Ways – Sonny Henry
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
Love – Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
Upside Down (Flor de Lis) – Djavan, Regina Wernech
The Visit – Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Regina Wernech
In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Waiting Game”, the 44th Zoot Sims album. It was recorded in November 1966, in London, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Gary McFarland.
Personnel:
Zoot Sims – vocals, tenor saxophone
David Snell – harp
Gary McFarland – arranger
Kenny Napper, Jack Parnell – conductor
Unknown Orchestra
Robert Flynn – design
Arthur Halpern – cover photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.
Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon
Once We Loved
It’s a Blue World – George Forrest, Robert Wright
September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
One I Could Have Loved
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
In November 1961, “Verve” label released “In a Latin Bag”, the 26th Cal Tjader album. It was recorded in August 1961, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Cal Tjader – vibraphone, piano
Paul Horn – flute, alto saxophone
Lonnie Hewitt – piano
Al McKibbon – bass
Johnny Rae – drums
Wilfredo Vicente – congas
Armando Peraza – bongos
Pete Turner – photography
Dick Hadlock – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Cal Tjader, except where noted.
Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In May 1966, “Blue Note” label released “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, the 21st Grant Green album. It was recorded in March, 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Larry Young – organ
Elvin Jones – drums
Reid Miles – design, photography
Ira Gitler – liner notes
Track listing:
I Want to Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
Corcovado (Quiet Nights) – Antônio Carlos Jobim
This Could Be the Start of Something – Steve Allen
In March 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny’s Crib”, the third Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Sonny Clark – piano
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Track listing:
With a Song in My Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
In March 1962, “Columbia” label released “André Previn and J. J. Johnson” (subtitled Play Kurt Weill’s Mack the Knife & Bilbao-Song and Other Music from The Three Penny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny), album by André Previn and J. J. Johnson.It was recorded in December 1961, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Irving Townsend.
Personnel:
André Previn – piano
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Red Mitchell – bass
Frank Capp – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Kurt Weill.
Bilbao Song – (from Happy End)
Barbara Song – (from The Three Penny Opera)
Overture – (from The Three Penny Opera)
Seeräuberjenny – (from The Three Penny Opera)
Mack the Knife (Moritat)
Surabaya Johnny – (from Happy End)
Wie man sich bettet – (Meine Herren, meine Mutter prägte from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
In December 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Peckin’ Time”, the 14th Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On October 3, 1981, “Warner Music Group” released “Law and Order”, the debut Lindsey Buckingham album. It was recorded 1980 – 1981, at “Larrabee Sound Studio” and “Wally Heider’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut.
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