Tag Archives: May 1962

Ike & Tina Turner: Dynamite!

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In May 1962, “Sue” label released “Dynamite!”, the second Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, and was produced by Ike Turner and Juggy Murray.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Juggy Murray – directed
  • Bob King – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner, except where noted.

  1. You Should’a Treated Me Right
  2. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Joe Seneca, James Lee
  3. A Fool in Love
  4. Poor Fool
  5. I Idolize You
  6. Tra La La La La
  7. Sleepless
  8. I’m Jealous – Ike Turner, Jane Bussong
  9. Won’t You Forgive Me
  10. The Way You Love Me
  11. I Dig You – Joe Seneca, Maynor Steward
  12. Letter from Tina

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy On The French Riviera

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In May 1962, “Phillips” label released “Dizzy on the French Riviera”, the 36th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – vocals, trumpet
  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements
  • Charlie Ventura – tenor and bass saxophone
  • Leo Wright – vocals, flute, alto saxophone, vocals
  • Elek Bacsik – guitar
  • Chris White – double bass
  • Rudy Collins – drums
  • Pepito Riestria – percussion

Track listing:

  1. No More Blues – Antonio Carlos Jobim-Vinicius de Moraes
  2. Long, Long Summer – Lalo Schifrin
  3. I Waited for You – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
  4. Desafinado – Jobim-Mendonça
  5. Here It Is – Dizzy Gillespie
  6. Pau de Arara – Luiz Gonzaga, Guio de Morais
  7. For the Gypsies – Dizzy Gillespie

Oliver Nelson, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest: Soul Battle

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In May 1962, “Prestige” label released “Soul Battle”, album by Oliver Nelson, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest. It was recorded in 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Casey – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Tom Wilson – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Oliver Nelson, except where noted.

  1. Blues at the Five Spot
  2. Blues for M.F. – Mort Fega
  3. Anacruses – Juan Tizol
  4. Perdido
  5. In Passing

Peter, Paul And Mary: Same

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In May 1962, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Peter, Paul and Mary album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Albert Grossman. In 1963 “Grammy Awards”, the recording of “If I Had a Hammer” won the “Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group Grammies”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Paul Stookey – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Mary Travers – vocals
  • Bill Schwartau – recording
  • Milton Glaser – design
  • Bernard Cole – cover photography
  • Milton Okun – musical director

Track listing:

All tracks are traditional American folk songs, except where noted.

  1. Early in the Morning – Noel “Paul” Stookey
  2. 500 Miles – Hedy West
  3. Sorrow
  4. This Train
  5. Bamboo – Dave Van Ronk
  6. It’s Raining
  7. If I Had My Way – Rev. Gary Davis
  8. Cruel War – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  9. Lemon Tree – Will Holt
  10. If I Had a Hammer – Pete Seeger, Lee Hays
  11. Autumn to May – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – Pete Seeger

Jimmy Smith: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

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In May 1962, “Verve” label released “Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith”, the 20th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Cred Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
  • Bob Ashton, Babe Clarke – tenor saxophone
  • George Barrow – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Del Shields – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Walk on the Wild Side – Elmer Bernstein, Mack David
  2. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  3. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  4. Step Right Up – Oliver Nelson
  5. Beggar for the Blues – Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne
  6. Bashin’ – Jimmy Smith
  7. I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) – Johnny Mercer