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Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: 1958 – Paris Olympia

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In December 1958, “Fontana” label released “1958 – Paris Olympia”, the fourth Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers live album. It was recorded November – December 1958, at “L’Olympia” in Paris, France.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. Just by Myself
  2. I Remember Clifford
  3. Are You Real
  4. Moanin’ – Bobby Timmons
  5. Justice – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blues March
  7. Whisper Not

Lee Morgan: Expoobident

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In August 1961, “Vee-Jay” label released “Expoobident”, the 13the Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Universal Recorders” in Chicago, and was produced by Sid McCoy.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Higgins – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Expoobident – Eddie Higgins
  2. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  3. Triple Track – Lee Morgan
  4. Fire – Wayne Shorter
  5. Just in Time – Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
  6. The Hearing – Clifford Jordan
  7. Lost and Found – Clifford Jordan

Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder

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On July 21, 1964, “Blue Note” label released “The Sidewinder”, the 15th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – double bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Morgan.

  1. The Sidewinder
  2. Totem Pole
  3. Gary’s Notebook
  4. Boy, What a Night
  5. Hocus-Pocus

Clifford Jordan: Cliff Jordan

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In July 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Cliff Jordan”, the second Clifford Jordan studio album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • John Jenkins – alto saxophone
  • Cliff Jordan – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Not Guilty – Clifford Jordan
  2. St. John – John Jenkins
  3. Blue Shoes – Curtis Fuller
  4. Beyond the Blue Horizon – W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
  5. Ju-Ba – Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan: City Lights

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In June 1958, “Blue Note” label released “City Lights”, the sixth Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in August 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • George Coleman – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. City Lights – Benny Golson
  2. Tempo de Waltz – Benny Golson
  3.  You’re Mine You – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  4. Just by Myself – Benny Golson
  5. Kin Folks – Gigi Gryce

Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw: Double Take

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In December 1985, “Blue Note” label released “Double Take”, album by Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. It was recorded in November 1985, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone, flute
  • Mulgrew Miller – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Carl Allen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sandu – Clifford Brown
  2. Boperation – Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro
  3. Lament for Booker – Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson
  4. Hub-Tones – Freddie Hubbard
  5. Desert Moonlight – Lee Morgan
  6. Just a Ballad for Woody – Woody Shaw
  7. Lotus Blossom – Kenny Dorham

Benny Golson: Benny Golson And The Philadelphians

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In December 1958, “United Artists” label released “Benny Golson and the Philadelphians”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Ray Bryant — piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. You’re Not the Kind – Gigi Gryce
  2. Blues on My Mind
  3. Stablemates
  4. Thursday’s Theme
  5. Afternoon in Paris – John Lewis
  6. Calgary – Ray Bryant

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messemgers: Golden Boy

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In November 1964, “Colpix” label released “Golden Boy” (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections from the New Musical Golden Boy), the 21st Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in 1963 in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone, arrangements
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Taylor – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

  1. Theme from Golden Boy
  2. Yes I Can
  3. Lorna’s Here
  4. This Is the Life
  5. There’s a Party
  6. I Want to Be with You

Curtis Fuller: Sliding Easy

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In October 1959, “United Artists” label released “Sliding Easy”, the sixth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in March 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements 
  • Gigi Gryce – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.

  1. Bit of Heaven
  2. Down Home
  3. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  4. Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
  5. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath

Lee Morgan: Introducing Lee Morgan

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In December 1956, “Savoy” label released “Introducing Lee Morgan”, the second Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • H. Alan Stein – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Hank’s Shout – Hank Mobley
  2. Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
  3. Bet – Doug Watkins
  4. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  5. P.S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  7. That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes