In June 1958, “Blue Note” label released the self-titled, eleventh Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Curtis Porter – alto and tenor saxophone
Bill Hardman – trumpet
Sonny Clark – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Track listing:
Mighty Moe and Joe – Curtis Porter
Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
In April 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Heaven on Earth”, the eight Larry Young album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Rudy Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In February 1969, “Charles Tangerine Records” label released “I’m All Yours Baby!”, the 28th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Joe Adams.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
Sid Feller – arrangements
Mark Taylor – engineer
Daniel Pezza, Henry Epstein – design
Track listing:
Yours – Jack Sherr
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Love Is Here to Stay – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
Till the End of Time – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman
I Had the Craziest Dream – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Someday – Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml
Indian Love Call – Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml
I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) – Edna Osser, Marjorie Goetschius
On July 19, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Moonlight Serenade”, the fourth Carly Simon album of standards (19th album overall). It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Fox Force Five” in Hollywood, “Reagan’s Garage” and “Westlake Recorders” in Los Angeles, “The Cutting Room” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
In June 1958, “Columbia” label released “Lady in Satin”, the eleventh Billie Holiday album. It was the final album completed by Holiday and last released in her lifetime. The album was recorded in February 1959, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Irving Townsend.
Personnel:
Billie Holiday – lead vocals
Mal Waldron – piano
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Milt Hinton – double bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Danny Bank – flute
Phil Bodner – flute
Romeo Penque – flute
Tom Parshley – flute
Mel Davis – trumpet
Billy Butterfield – trumpet
Jimmy Ochner – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Jack Green – trombone
Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
Ray Ellis – conductor
Claus Ogerman – arranger
George Ockner – violin, concertmaster
Emmanual Green – violin
Harry Hoffman – violin
Harry Katzmann – violin
Leo Kruczek – violin
Milton Lomask – violin
Harry Meinikoff – violin
David Newman – violin
Samuel Rand – violin
David Sarcer – violin
Sid Brecher – viola
Richard Dichler – viola
David Soyer – cello
Maurice Brown – cello
Janet Putman – harp
Elise Bretton – backing vocals
Miriam Workman – backing vocals
Fred Plaut – engineer
Track listing:
I’m a Fool to Want You – Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf
For Heaven’s Sake -Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene DePaul, Don Raye
I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
Violets for Your Furs – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer
It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
But Beautiful – lyrics by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen
In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Clark Trio”, the fourth Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “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 – engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Track listing:
Be-Bop – Dizzy Gillespie
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
I’ll Remember April – Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
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
On March 6, 2001, “Arabesque” label released “Sometimes the Magic”, the ninth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded June – July 2000, at “Current Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.
Personnel:
Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
Vincent Bourgeyx – piano
Mark Dresser – double bass
Bobby Previte – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted
Denver Snap
Now You See It
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Blue Poles
Pacific
Truth in Timbre
Without Words
In Everything
Varo
Many Landscapes
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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