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
In August 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Roll ‘Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands”, the 30th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Shirley Scott – organ
Oliver Nelson – arrangements, conductor
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry – trumpet
Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Tom McIntosh – trombone
Paul Faulise – bass trombone
Attila Zoller – guitar
Richard Davis, George Duvivier – double bass
Ed Shaughnessy, Grady Tate – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Roll ‘Em – Mary Lou Williams
For Dancers Only – Don Raye, Sy Oliver, Vic Schoen
Sophisticated Swing – William Hudson, Mitchell Parish
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Little Brown Jug – Joseph Winner
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Thomas “Fats” Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington
On August 16, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Money in the Pocket”, album by Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded in March 1966, at “The Club” in Chicago, and was produced by Tom Morgan and Michael Cuscuna.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.
Money in the Pocket – Joe Zawinul
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Introduction to a Samba
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Nat Adderley
In July 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Song Book”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
Personnel:
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Alan Dawson – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Don Schlitten – design, photography
Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
Track listing:
The Lamp Is Low – Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter
Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra”, the 22nd Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Billy Strayhorn – arrangements, conductor
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, reeds, clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, reeds
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone, reeds
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, reeds, bass clarinet
Bill Berry – trumpet
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Ed Mullens – trumpet
Shorty Baker – trumpet
Howard McGhee – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
Jimmy Jones – piano
Aaron Bell – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Charles Stewart – cover photography
Track listing:
Don’t Get Around Much Any More – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
Gal from Joe’s – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Your Love has Faded – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
I’m Just a Lucky So and So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Jeep’s Blues – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
Day Dream – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John Latouche
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