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Joe Pass: Catch Me

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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:

  1. Catch Me – Joe Pass
  2. No Cover, No Minimum – Bill Evans
  3. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  4. Walkin’ Up – Bill Evans
  5. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  6. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  7. Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
  8. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard
  9. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Hausen
  10. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn

Julian Cannonball Adderley: In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley

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In July 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley”, the fourth Julian Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bobby Byrne, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Charles “Specs” Wright – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – conductor, arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Dog My Cats – Ernie Wilkins
  2. I’m Glad There Is You – Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz
  3. Blues for Bohemia – Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley
  4. Junior’s Tune – Junior Mance
  5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. Casa de Marcel – Marcel Daniels
  7. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. T’s Tune – Tommy Turrentine
  9. Broadway at Basin Street – Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
  10. Just Norman – Charles “Specs” Wright
  11. I Don’t Care – Ray Bryant

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

Frank Sinatra: Strangers In The Night

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On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
  • Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
  • Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
  • Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
  • George Roberts – bass trombone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
  • Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
  • Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
  • Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
  • Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
  • Ernie Freeman – arrangements
  • Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor

Track listing:

  1. Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  2. Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
  3. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  4. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  5. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  6. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
  7. My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  9. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  10. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley: Great Love Themes

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In May 1966, “Capitol” label released “Great Love Themes”, the 35th Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley album. It was recorded in April 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Tom Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Unidentified strings
  • Ray Ellis – conductor, arranger

Track listing:

  1. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
  2. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer
  4. I Concentrate on You – Cole Porter
  5. This Can´t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Stella By Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  7. Morning of the Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luis Bonfá, Antônio Maria
  8. The End of a Love Affair – Edward C. Redding
  9. So In Love – Cole Porter

Paul Motian And The Electric Bebop Band: Flight Of The Blue Jay

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On May 9, 1997, “Winter & Winter” label released “Flight of the Blue Jay”, the third Paul Motian with the Electric Bebop Band album (the 22nd Paul Motian album overall). It was recorded in August 1996, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Stefan W. Winter.

Personnel:

  • Paul Motian – drums
  • Chris Potter – tenor saxophone
  • Chris Cheek – tenor saxophone
  • Brad Shepik – electric guitar
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel – electric guitar
  • Steve Swallow – electric bass

Track listing:

  1. Flight of the Blue Jay – Paul Motian
  2. Pannonica – Thelonious Monk
  3. Brad’s Bag – Kurt Rosenwinkel
  4. Celia – Bud Powell
  5. The Blue Room – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Milestones – Miles Davis
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Conception – George Shearing
  9. East Coast – Kurt Rosenwinkel
  10. Barbados – Charlie Parker
  11. Work – Thelonious Monk

Sonny Clark: Sonny Clark Trio

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In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Clark Trio”, the fourth Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in October 1957, and “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Be-Bop – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. I Didn’t Knew What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
  4. Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
  5. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  6. I’ll Remember Aprill – Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye

Charlie Byrd: Blue Byrd

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On April 30, 1979, “Concord Jazz” label released “Blue Byrd”, the 45th Charlie Byrd album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and was produced by Carl E. Jefferson.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Byrd – guitar
  • Gene “Joe” Byrd – vocals, bass
  • Wayne Phillips – drums
  • Phil Edwards – recording
  • Judy O’Rourke – design, illustration

Track listing:

  1. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t That Thing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  2. Vou Vivendo – Alfredo Vianna
  3. Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gesrhwin
  4. Jitterbug Walts – Thomas “Fats” Walter
  5. Soft Lights and Sweet Music – Irving Berlin
  6. It Ain’t Nothing But the Blues – Duke Ellington, Larry Fotine, Don George
  7. This Can’t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Carinhoso – Alfredo Vianna
  9. Mama, I’ll Be Home Someday – Charlie Byrd
  10. Isn’t This a Lovely Day – Irving Berlin
  11. Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan

Chat Baker: Chat Baker & Strings

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On April 14, 1954, “Columbia” label released “Chet Baker & Strings”, album by Chet Baker. It was recorded December 1953 – February 1954, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Chet Baker – trumpet
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Russ Freeman – piano
  • Joe Mondragon – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Sam Cytron, Jack Gasselin, George Kast, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin – violin
  • Lou Kievman, Paul Robyn – viola
  • Victor Gottlieb – cello
  • Jack Montrose, Johnny Mandel, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
  2. I’m Thru With Love – Fud Livingston, Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck
  3. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. You Better Go Now – Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner
  5. I Married An Angel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Love – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  7. I Love You – Cole Porter
  8. What a Diff’rence a Day Made – María Grever, Stanley Adams
  9. Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
  10. A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet – Jack Montrose
  11. The Wind – Russ Freeman
  12. Trickleydidlier – Shorty Rogers

Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist

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On March 21, 1957, “Regent” label released “The Jazz Harpist”, the debut Dorothy Ashby studio album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Eddie Jones – bass 
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Dorothy Ashby, except as noted.

  1. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  4. Aeolian Groove
  5. Quietude
  6. Spicy
  7. Lamentation