In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.
Personnel:
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Lou Levy – piano
Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Lawrence Marable – drums
Track listing:
Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
Gene Bertoncini – guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
David Spinozza – guitar
Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
Richard Tee – organ
Gordon Edwards – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – congas
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Brass and Woodwind Section
George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
String Section
Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
String Trio
David Nadien – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
George Ricci – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Pete Turner – photography
Track listing:
No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
In February 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Introducing Johnny Griffin”, the debut Johnny Griffin album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Wynton Kelly – piano
Curly Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Track listing:
Mil Dew – Johnny Griffin
Chicago Calling – Johnny Griffin
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, John Strachey
The Boy Next Door – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Nice and Easy – Johnny Griffin
It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
In September 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Out of This World”, the debut and the only Walter Benton album. It was recorded in September 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb, Albert Heath – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Benton except where noted,
Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Walter’s Altar
Iris
Night Movements
A Blues Mood
Azil
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In May 1968, “Cadet” label released “The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful”, the 24th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Fine Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Richard Evans.
Personnel:
Ahmad Jamal – piano
Jamil Sulieman – bass
Frank Gant – drums
The Howard Roberts Choir – vocals
Hale Smith – conductor
Track listing:
Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Ballad for Beverly – Bob Williams
Of Bass I Love – Ahmad Jamal, Jamil Sulieman
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
At Long Last Love – Cole Porter
Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Gypsies in the Wind – Bob Williams
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “The Young Bloods”, the fifth Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Al Haig – piano
Teddy Kotick – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Phil Woods except where noted.
Dewey Square – Charlie Parker
Dupeltook
Once More
House of Chan
In Walked George
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
On March 15, 2005, “Savant” label released “Keep It Simple”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in September 2003, at “Rocky Mountain Studios” in Hilton Head, Carolina, and was produced by Jacey Falk.
Personnel:
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
Doug Carn – piano
Rodney Jordan – bass
Fritz Wise – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Curtis Fuller except where noted
Spoken Intro
The Court
Maze
Girl Talk – Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup
A La Mode
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
Western Sunrise – Doug Carn
Arabia
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On August 19, 1997, “Mapleshade” label released “When Alto Was King”, the fifth and the final C. I. Williams album. It was recorded May 1995 – March 1996 and was produced by Hamiet Bluiett.
Personnel:
I. Williams- alto saxophone
Larry Willis- piano
Don Blackman- piano
Ed Cherry- guitar
Keter Betts- bass
Jimmy Cobb- drums
Track listing:
All tracks by C. I. Williams except where noted.
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
Punkin Juice
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Catfish Sammich
Misty – Erroll Garner
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
Because of You – Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson
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