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Jimmy Witherspoon: Evenin’ Blues

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In March 1964, “Prestige” label released “Evenin’ Blues”, the 19th Jimmy Witherspoon album. It was recorded in August 1963, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
  • T-Bone Walker – guitar
  • Bert Kendrix – piano, organ
  • Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Clarence Jones – bass
  • Wayne Robertson – drums
  • Francis Squibb – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Witherspoon, except where noted.

  1. Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper
  2. Grab Me a Freight – Larraine Walton
  3. Don’t Let Go – Jesse Stone
  4. I’ve Been Treated Wrong – Robert Brown
  5. Evenin’ – Royce Swain
  6. Cane River
  7. Baby, How Long – Brownie McGhee
  8. Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown
  9. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  10. Drinkin’ Beer

Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book

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In March 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Freedom Book”, the sixth Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Don Schlitten – design photography
  • David Himmelstein – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Booker Ervin, except where noted.

  1. A Lunar Tune
  2. Cry Me Not – Randy Weston
  3. Grant’s Stand
  4. A Day to Mourn
  5. Al’s In

Ray Charles: Sweet & Sour Tears

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In March 1964, “ABC” label released “Sweet & Sour Tears”, the 20th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Sid Feller and Ray Charles.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
  • Billy Preston – electric organ
  • Gene Lowell Singers – backing vocals
  • Calvin Jackson, Sid Feller – arrangements
  • Bill Putnam, Phil Macy – engineer
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Howard Morehead – photography

Track listing:

  1. Cry – Churchill Kohlman
  2. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. A Tear Fell – Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton
  4. No One to Cry To – Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing
  5. You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
  6. After My Laughter Came Tears – Charles Tobias, Roy Turk
  7. Teardrops from My Eyes – Rudolph Toombs
  8. Don’t Cry Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
  9. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
  10. Baby, Don’t You Cry – Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington
  11. Willow, Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  12. I Cried for You – Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim

The Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over

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In March 1964, “Epic” label released “Glad All Over”, the debut Dave Clark Five (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Dave Clark.

Personnel:

  • Dave Clark – drums, backing vocals
  • Lenny Davidson – guitars, backing vocals
  • Mike Smith – lead vocals, organ, piano
  • Rick Huxley – bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Bobby Graham – drums
  • Denis Payton – saxophone, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, except where noted.

  1. Glad All Over
  2. All of the Time
  3. Stay – Maurice Williams
  4. Chaquita
  5. Do You Love Me – Berry Gordy Jr.
  6. Bits and Pieces
  7. I Know You – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  8. No Time to Lose
  9. Doo Dah – Dave Clark
  10. Time – Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
  11. She’s All Mine – Dave Clark

Stan Getz & João Gilberto: Getz / Gilberto

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In March 1964, “Verve” label released “Getz / Gilberto”, album by Stan Getz and João Gilberto. It was recorded in March 1963, at “A&R Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor. The artwork was by artist Olga Albizu. In 1965, “Getz/Gilberto” received “Grammy Awards” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album”, “Individual or Group and Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical;” and “Album of the Year”. It is considered to be the album that popularized bossa nova worldwide. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 447 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz– tenor saxophone
  • João Gilberto– vocals, guitar
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim– piano
  • Astrud Gilberto – vocals
  • Sebastião Neto – double bass
  • Milton Banana– drums, pandeiro

Track listing:

  1. The Girl from Ipanema – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel
  2. Doralice – Antônio Almeida, Dorival Caymmi
  3. Para Machucar Meu Coração – Ary Barroso
  4. Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
  5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  6. Só Danço Samba – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  7. O Grande Amor – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
  8. Vivo Sonhando – Antônio Carlos Jobim

Jimmy Smith: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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In March 1964, “Verve” label released “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in January 1974,at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs NJ, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith– organ
  • Oliver Nelson– arranger
  • Claus Ogerman– arranger, conductor
  • Val Valentin, Rudy Van Gelder– engineer
  • Acy Lehman – design
  • Roy De Carava – photography
  • Daddio Daylie – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue – Richard Rodgers
  2. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Pt. 1 – Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox
  3. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Pt. 2 – Don Kirkpatrick, Keith Knox
  4. John Brown’s Body – traditional
  5. Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  6. Women of the World – Riziero Ortolani
  7. Bluesette – Toots Thielemans