In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Let It Go”, the 20th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded September 1064 – April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Shirley Scott – organ
Ron Carter – bass
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mack Simpkins – drums
Otis Finch – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Joe Lebow – design
Robert Flynn – design
Charles Stewart – photography
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Stanley Turrentine, except where noted.
Let It Go
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
Ciao, Ciao
T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
In February 1960, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song”, the 70th Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded July – August 1959, at “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
John Altoon – artwork
Track listing:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – lyrics by Bob Russell, music by Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady – lyrics by Mitchell Parish, music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Rockin’ in Rhythm – music by Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills
Prelude to a Kiss – lyrics by Mack Gordon, Music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In a Mellow Tone – lyrics by Milt Gabler, music by Duke Ellington
Cotton Tail – lyrics and music by Duke Ellington
Just A-sittin’ and A-Rockin’ – lyrics by Lee Gaines, music by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – lyrics by Ted Persons, music by Mercer Ellington
Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, music by Duke Ellington
Do Nothing till You Hear from Me – lyrics by Bob Russell, music by Duke Ellington
In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson”, album by Benny Carter and Oscar Peterson (the 27 Benny Carter album overall).It was recorded in November 1986, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Benny Carter – alto saxophone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Dave Young – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Allen Sides – engineer
Sheldon Marks – design
Norman Granz – layout
Track listing:
Just Friends – John Klemmer, Sam M. Lewis
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert C. Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin
It’s a Wonderful World – Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
Whispering – Richard H. Coburn, Vincent Rose, John Schoenberger
In December 1966, “World Pacific” label released “Into My Life”, album by Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings (the 26th Chat Baker album overall). It was recorded in October 1966, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Chet Baker – flugelhorn
The Carmel Strings
Harry Betts – arangements, conductor
Dick Bogert – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Woody Woodward – art direction
Bernard Yeszin – design
George Jerman- cover photography
Burt Nelson – liner notes
Track listing:
A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme) – Francis Lai
Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
The Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Jay Landesman, Fran Landesman, Thomas Wolf
Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi, Mack David
Serenata – Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson
More and More Amor – Sol Lake
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If He Walked into My Life – Jerry Herman
Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Got to Get You into My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
In December 1952, “Clef Records” label released “Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington”, the sixth Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded in December 1952, and was produced by Norman Granz. This is the first of two Oscar Petersons Duke Ellington songbook albums (released in the 50’s as 10”).
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
David Stone Martin – artwork
Norman Granz – liner notes, supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.
John Hardy’s Wife – Mercer Ellington
Sophisticated Lady – Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons
Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ – Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn
In a Mellow Tone
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Paul Francis Webster
Prelude to a Kiss – Mack Gordon, Irving Mills
Cotton Tail
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
Rockin’ in Rhythm – Irving Mills
Never No Lament (Do Nothin’ Til You Hear from Me) – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.
Track listing:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
Hal Mooney – recording
Emmett McBain – design
Track listing:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
In November 1968, “Impulse!” label released “The Way Ahead”, the twelve Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in January – February 1968, at “RCA Studios” and “National Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Dave Burrell – piano
Walter Booker – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Beaver Harris – drums
Bob Simpson – engineer
Robert & Barbara Flynn – design
Chuck Stewart – photography
Frank Kofsky – photography
Track listing:
Damn If I Know (The Stroller) – Walter Davis Jr.
Frankenstein – Grachan Moncur III
Fiesta – Archie Shepp
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
In October 1956, “Norgan” label released “Used to Be Duke”, the eight Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded July – August 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Shorty Baker – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Call Cobbs Jr., Richie Powell – piano
John “Buddy” Williams – double bass
Louie Bellson – drums
Herman Leonard – photography
Norman Granz – supervision
Track listing:
Used to Be Duke – Johnny Hodges
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Sweet as Bear Meat – Johnny Hodges
Madam Butterfly – Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges
Warm Valley – Duke Ellington
Ballad medley: Autumn In New York / Sweet Lorraine / Time On My Hands / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / If You Were Mine / Poor Butterfly – Vernon Duke / Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish / Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon / Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach / Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer / Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
In July 1963, “Prestige” label released “Stardust”, the tenth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Arthur Taylor – drums
Track listing:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
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