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Gary McFarland: Tijuana Jazz

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In December 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Tijuana Jazz”, the sixth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded in December 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gary McFarland – marimba, electric piano
  • Joe Newman, Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica, guitar
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Bob Bushnell – electric bass
  • Mel Lewis, Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.

  1. South of the Border – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr
  2. Acapulco at Night
  3. Fantastic, That’s You – George Cates, George Douglas
  4. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
  5. Tijuana – George Cates, George Douglas
  6. Marcheta – Victor Schertzinger
  7. Granny’s Samba
  8. Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo) – Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo
  9. Mexicali Rose – Jack Tenney, Helen Stone
  10. Ira Schwartz’s Golden Dream
  11. Mary Jane
  12. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard

Joe Pass: Joe’s Blues

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On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Monty Budwig – bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Adam Ross – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
  2. Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
  3. Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
  4. Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
  6. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  7. What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
  8. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
  9. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey

Dave Brubeck: In Their Own Sweet Way

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On April 29, 1997, “Telarc” label released “In Their Own Sweet Way”, the 95th Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded in January 1994, in New York City, September 1995, at “Russian Hall Recording” in San Francisco.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • Matthew Brubeck – cello
  • Darius Brubeck – electric piano
  • Chris Brubeck – electric bass, bass trombone
  • Dan Brubeck – drums
  • Bruce Leek, Jack Renner – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Brubeck, except where noted.

  1. In Your Own Sweet Way
  2. Bifocal Blues
  3. Sermon on the Mount
  4. Michael, My Second Son
  5. Ode to a Cowboy
  6. Dave ‘N Darius
  7. We Will Remember Paul
  8. Sixth Sense
  9. My One Bad Habit – Dave Brubeck, Lola Brubeck
  10. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard

Junior Mance: I Believe To My Soul

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In February 1968, “Atlantic” label released “I Believe to My Soul”, the twelve Junior Mance album. It was recorded in September 1966 – August 1967, in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • David Newman, Frank Wess – tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bobby Capers, Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
  • Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • Bob Cunningham, Richard Davis – bass
  • Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass
  • Alan Dawson, Ray Lucas, Freddie Waits – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Sylvia Shemwell – vocals
  • Arif Mardin – arrangements
  • Gene Orloff – strings conductor
  • Bruce Tergesen – engineer
  • Phil Lehle – engineer
  • Rob Grenell – mastering
  • Marvin Israel – front cover design
  • Lee Friedlander – photography
  • Ray Spaulding – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Junior Mance, except where noted.

  1. I Believe to My Soul – Ray Charles
  2. A Time and a Place – Jimmy Heath
  3. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
  4. Golden Spur
  5. Don’t Worry ‘Bout It
  6. Home on the Range – traditional
  7. Sweets for My Sweet – Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
  8. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Ray Charles: Dedicated to You

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In January 1961, “ABC Paramount” label released “Dedicated to You”, the 13th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in August 1960, and was produced by Sid Feller.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Betty Carter – vocals, performer
  • Marty Paich – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Hardhearted Hannah – Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow
  2. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen
  3. Margie – Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis
  4. Ruby – Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld
  5. Rosetta – Earl Hines, Henri Woode
  6. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  7. Cherry – Ray Gilbert, Don Redman
  8. Josephine – Burke Bivens, Kahn, Wayne King
  9. Candy – Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney
  10. Marie – Irving Berlin
  11. Diane – Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee
  12. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard

Arnett Cobb: Sizzlin’

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In December 1960, “Prestige” label released “Sizzlin’”, the seventh Arnett Cobb album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Track listing:

  • Arnett Cobb – tenor saxophone
  • Red Garland – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • J. C. Heard – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Arnett Cobb except where noted.

  1. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
  2. Black Velvet – Illinois Jacquet
  3. Blue Sermon
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Sizzlin’
  6. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern

Bud Powell: The Lonely One…

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On September 3, 1955, “Verve” label released “The Lonely One…”, the tenth Bud Powell studio album. It was recorded January – April 1955, at “Fine Sound Studios” in New York and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Bud Powell– piano
  • George Duvivier– bass
  • Art Taylor– drums
  • Percy Heath– bass
  • Kenny Clarke– drums
  • Sheldon Marks – art director
  • Howard Morehead – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  2. Star Eyes – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  3. Lullaby in Rhythm – Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch
  4. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronnell
  5. Mediocre
  6. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke
  8. Dance of the Infidels
  9. Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
  10. Hey George (Sweet Georgia Brown) – Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey

Chaka Khan: Echoes Of The Era

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On January 14, 1982, “Elektra” label released “Echoes of an Era”, the fifth Chaka Khan album. It was recorded 1981 -1982, at “Mad Hatter Studios”, Los Angeles, and was produced by Lenny White.

Personnel:

  • Chaka Khan- vocals
  • Joe Henderson- tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard- trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Chick Corea- piano
  • Stanley Clarke- acoustic bass
  • Lenny White- drums
  • Bernie Kirsch – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
  2. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  3. I Mean You – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
  4. I Loves You Porgy – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  5. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  6. I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
  7. High Wire – The Aerialist – Chick Corea, Tony Cohen
  8. All of Me (Alternate take) – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  9. Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf

Ella Fitzgerald And Count Basie: Ella And Basie!

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In September 1963, “Verve” label released “Ella and Basie!”, studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie and his orchestra. It was recorded in July 1963, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Ganz.

Personnel:

  • Ella Fitzgerald– vocals
  • The Count Basie Orchestra:
  • Count Basie– piano
  • Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader– trumpet
  • Eric Dixon– flute, tenor saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Frank Wess– flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes– baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green– guitar
  • Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell– trombone
  • Flip Ricard– trombone, trumpet
  • Marshal Royal– clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Buddy Catlett– double bass
  • Sonny Payne– drums
  • Quincy Jones– arranger
  • Val Valentin – recording
  • Jay Thompson – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  2. Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
  3. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall – Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
  4. Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
  5. Dream a Little Dream of Me – Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt
  6. Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  7. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
  8. I’m Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
  9. Shiny Stockings – Frank Foster, Ella Fitzgerald
  10. This Is My Last Affair – Haven Johnson
  11. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller
  12. On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh