In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
John Williams – piano
Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
Rolly Bundock – bass
Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums
On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.
Personnel:
Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Cracklin’ Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
On June 4, 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Uniquely Mancini: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini”, album by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra. It was recorded in 1963, at “RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Joe Reisman.
Personnel:
Conrad Gozzo (lead), Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli (soloist), Conte Candoli (soloist), Don Fagerquist (flugelhorn soloist) – trumpet
Dick Nash (soloist), Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, George Roberts (bass trombone) – trombone
Vincent DeRosa (soloist), Richard Perissi, John Cave, Art Maebe – French horn
Ted Nash (alto saxophone and alto flute solo), Ronny Lang (alto flute soloist), Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone soloist) – woodwind
Bob Bain – guitar
Larry Bunker – vibraphone, marimba
Rolly Bundock – bass
Jack Sperling – drums
Bobby Helfer – orchestra manager
Track listing:
Green Onions – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Lewie Steinberg
Stairway to the Stars – Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
Night Train – Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing, B.Y. Forster
Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington
Banzai Pipeline – Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Cheers! – Henry Mancini
Lonesome – Henry Mancini
The Hot Canary – Paul Nero
Moonlight Serenade – Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller
On February 1, 1971, “Bell” label released “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes”, the sixth 5th Dimension (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.
Personnel:
Marilyn McCoo – lead and backing vocals
Florence LaRue – lead and backing vocals
Billy Davis Jr. – lead and backing vocals
Lamonte McLemore – backing vocals
Ron Townson – backing vocals
Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Michael Anthony – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards
Joe Osborn, Max Bennett – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion
Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombone
Catherine Gothoffer – harp
The Sid Sharp String Section – strings
Track listing:
Time and Love – Laura Nyro
Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes – Dorothea Joyce
What Does It Take – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
In November 1959, “Capitol” label released “This Must Be the Plas”, the fourth Plas Johnson album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Plas Johnson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Paul Smith – piano
Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman – guitar
Red Callender – double bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Track listing:
Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
In August 1969, “Reprise” label released “A Man Alone” (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen), the 55th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in March 1969, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Don Costa – arrangements, conductor
Jerry Whitman – vocal
Nancy Adams, Tom Bahler, Betty Baker, James Bryant, Jan Gassman, Bill Lee, Diana Lee, Susan Tallman, Marie Vernon – vocals
Al Viola – guitar
Bill Miller – piano
Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Gilbert – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Larry Bunker – percussion
Gene Cipriano, Norman Herzberg, Bill Hood, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Ted Nash, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo – saxophone
John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, James McGee, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi – French horn
Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure – violin
Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn – viola
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher. Nino Rosso – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Jacqueline Lustgarten – vielle
In July 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Catch Me!”, the third Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Clare Fischer – piano, organ
Ralph Peña – double bass
Albert Stinson – double bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Larry Bunker – drums
Dino Lappas – engineer
Woody Woodward – design, photography
John William Hardy – liner notes
Track listing:
Catch Me – Joe Pass
No Cover, No Minimum – Bill Evans
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Walkin’ Up – Bill Evans
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard
But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Hausen
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
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
In December 1966, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bud Shank & the Sax Section”, the 34th Bud Shank album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Bud Shank – soprano and alto saxophone
Bill Perkins – alto saxophone
Bob Cooper, Bob Hardaway – tenor saxophone
John Lowe, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Bob Florence – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Summer Samba (So Nice) – Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle, Norman Gimbel
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
Sidewinder – Lee Morgan
Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Grass Is Greener – Howlett Smith, Spence Maxwell
Work Song – Nat Adderley
Reza – Edu Lobo, Ruy Guerra
Take Five – Paul Desmond
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
A Time for Love – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
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