In June 1959, “Verve” label released “A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra”, album by The Oscar Peterson Trio. It was recorded in May 1959, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
Come Dance with Me – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
All of Me – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
The Birth of the Blues – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown
In June 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Roll Call”, the 13th Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In May 1956, “Riverside” label released “With These Hands…”, the fourth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Wilbert Hogan – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.
The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Serenade in Blue – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
This Can’t Be Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
Lifetime
Do Nothing till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
In May 1957, “Judson” label released “A Harry Warren Showcase”, the fifth Kenny Drew album. It was recorded in February 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer Jr. and Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Kenny Drew – piano
Wilbur Ware – bass
Track listing:
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
Lullaby of Broadway – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Remember Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
I Only Have Eyes for You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
You’re My Everything – Mort Dixon, Joe Young, Harry Warren
You’ll Never Know – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
In November 1969, “Prestige” label released “Night Letter”, the 74th Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Porter.
Personnel:
Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone, varitone
Gene Ludwig – organ
Pat Martino – guitar
Randy Gelispie – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Sonny Stitt, except where noted.
Night Letter
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René
On October 2, 2001, “Milestone” label released “Keep That Groove Going!”, album by Plas Johnson and Red Holloway. It was recorded in April 2001, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Porter.
Personnel:
Red Holloway – tenor saxophone
Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
Gene Ludwig – organ
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Kenny Washington − drums
Track listing:
Keep That Groove Going! – Red Holloway
Stuffy – Coleman Hawkins
Serenade in Blue – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Go Red Go – Arnett Cobb
Bretheren! – Red Holloway
Pass the Gravy – Plas Johnson
Jammin’ for Mr. Lee – Plas Johnson
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In September 1966, “ABC Paramount” label released “Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman”, the 13th Johnny Hartman album. It was recorded in February 1966, at “United Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Johnny Hartman – vocals
Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
Curtis Amy – tenor saxophone
Anthony Ortega – saxophone
Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Al Porcino – trumpet
Bud Brisbois – trumpet
Jules Chaikin – trumpet
Frederick Hill – trumpet
Melvin Moore – trumpet
John Ewing – trombone
Michael Barone – trombone
Lester Robertson – trombone
Ernie Tack – trombone
Mike Melvoin – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Dennis Budimir – guitar
John Gray – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Jimmy Bond Jr. – bass
Stan Levey – drums
Gerald Wilson – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
Fools Rush In – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
Bidin’ My Time – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Down in the Depths – Cole Porter
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
Isn’t It Romantic? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
The More I See You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
What Do I Owe Her? – Fred E. Ahlert, Benny Goodman
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In August 1956, “Debut” label released “Mingus at the Bohemia”, the seventh Charles Mingus album (his first live album). It was recorded in December 1955, at “Café Bohemia” in New York City.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – double bass, bass, cello
George Barrow – tenor saxophone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Mal Waldron – piano
Willie Jones – drums
Max Roach – drums
Robert Parent – design
Track listing:
Jump Monk – Charles Mingus
Serenade in Blue – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
Percussion Discussion – Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Work Song – Charles Mingus
Septemberly – Al Dubin, Harry Warren, Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
All The Things You C – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II / Sergei Rachmaninoff
