On December 20, 1962, “Mercury” label released “Big Band Bossa Nova”, the twelve Quincy Jones album. It was recorded June – September 1962, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Roland Kirk – flute, alto flute
Jerome Richardson – flute, alto flute, woodwinds
Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Julius Watkins – French horn
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Lalo Schifrin – piano
Jim Hall – guitar
Chris White – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Jack Del Rio – percussion
Carlos Gomez – percussion
Jose Paula – percussion
Phil Ramone – recording
Track listing:
Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
Boogie Bossa Nova – Charlie Mingus
Desafinado – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria
Se É Tarde Me Perdoa – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra
On the Street Where You Live – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
One Note Samba – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
Lato Bossa Nova – Lalo Schifrin
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
On June 4, 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Uniquely Mancini: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini”, album by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra. It was recorded in 1963, at “RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Joe Reisman.
Personnel:
Conrad Gozzo (lead), Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli (soloist), Conte Candoli (soloist), Don Fagerquist (flugelhorn soloist) – trumpet
Dick Nash (soloist), Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, George Roberts (bass trombone) – trombone
Vincent DeRosa (soloist), Richard Perissi, John Cave, Art Maebe – French horn
Ted Nash (alto saxophone and alto flute solo), Ronny Lang (alto flute soloist), Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone soloist) – woodwind
Bob Bain – guitar
Larry Bunker – vibraphone, marimba
Rolly Bundock – bass
Jack Sperling – drums
Bobby Helfer – orchestra manager
Track listing:
Green Onions – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Lewie Steinberg
Stairway to the Stars – Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
Night Train – Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing, B.Y. Forster
Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington
Banzai Pipeline – Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Cheers! – Henry Mancini
Lonesome – Henry Mancini
The Hot Canary – Paul Nero
Moonlight Serenade – Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller
On May 21, 1956, “Columbia” label released “Blue Rose”, the debut Rosemary Clooney studio album. It was recorded January – February 1956, and was produced by Irwing Townsend.
Personnel:
Rosemary Clooney – vocals
Duke Ellington – piano
Billy Strayhorn – arranger, conductor
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpets
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombones
John Sanders – valve trombone
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Track listing:
Hey Baby – Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
Me and You – Duke Ellington
Passion Flower – Billy Strayhorn, Milton Raskin
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Grievin’ – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Blue Rose – Duke Ellington
I’m Checkin’ Out – Goombye – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
In March 1958, “Capitol” label released “Latin Lace”, the 15th George Shearing album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
George Shearing – piano
Toots Thielemans – guitar
Al McKibbon – double bass
Percy Brice – drums
Armando Peraza – congas
Emil Richards – vibraphone
Track listing:
The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
Rondo – Carlos Federico
To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In December 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Our Man in Paris”, the 20th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in May 1963, at “CBS Studios” in Paris, France, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Bud Powell – piano
Pierre Michelot – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Claude Ermelin – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – cover photography
Track listing:
Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Broadway – Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
On November 20, 1968, “Gordy” label released “Eivets Rednow”, the ninth Stevie Wonder album (Eivets Rednow is Stevie Wonder spelled backwards, Wonder’s name does not appear on the cover of the original releases). It was recorded 1967 – 1968, at “Hitsville USA” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby.
In October 1977, “Concord” label released “Windflower”, album by Herb Ellis and Remo Palmier (23rd Herb Ellis album overall). It was recorded in 1977, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Herb Ellis – guitar
Remo Palmier – guitar
George Duvivier – bass
Ron Traxler – drums
Track listing:
Windflower – Sara Cassey
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier
On October 19, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “A Man with a Horn”, the 16th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in September 1961 – June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Irvin Stokes – trumpet
Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Big John Patton – organ
Grant Green – guitar
Grant Green – guitar
Joe Dukes – drums
Ben Dixon – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Hippity Hop
Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
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
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