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
In June 1962, “Columbia” label released “Hollywood Jazz Beat”, the tenth Ray Bryant album. It was recorded March – April 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by John Hammond.
Personnel:
Ray Bryant – piano
Richard Wess – arrangements, conductor
John Hammond – liner notes
Henry Parker – photography
Track listing:
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
Ruby – Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish
Invitation – Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
Secret Love – Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) – Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey
The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Exodus (Main Theme) – Ernest Gold
Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
Three Coins in the Fountain – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
In April 1968, “Mercury” label released “Like to Get to Know You”, the second Spanky and Our Gang studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Hollywood, “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, “Impact Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Dorough and Stuart Scharf.
Personnel:
Spanky McFarlane – vocals
Malcolm Hale – vocals, lead guitar, trombone
Lefty Baker – vocals, lead guitar, banjo
Nigel Pickering – vocals, rhythm guitar
Kenny Hodges – vocals, bass
John Seiter – vocals, drums
Mike Deasy – guitar
Walter Raim – 12-string guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Schroeck – organ, piano
Chet Amsterdam, Larry Knechtel, Richard Davis – bass
Bill LaVorgna, Donald MacDonald, Hal Blaine – drums
Lee Katzman – trumpet
Track listing:
The Swingin’ Gate – John Ferrell, Geoffrey Meyers
Prescription for the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders
Three Ways from Tomorrow – Lefty Baker
My Bill – Bob Dorough, Daniel Greenburg, Monte Ghertler
Sunday Mornin’ – Margo Guryan
Echoes (Everybody’s Talkin’) – Fred Neil
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Stuperflabbergasted – Bruce Summers, Carlos Bernal
In January 1961, “ABC Paramount” label released “Dedicated to You”, the 13th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in August 1960, and was produced by Sid Feller.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, keyboards
Betty Carter – vocals, performer
Marty Paich – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Hardhearted Hannah – Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen
Margie – Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis
Ruby – Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld
Rosetta – Earl Hines, Henri Woode
Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
Cherry – Ray Gilbert, Don Redman
Josephine – Burke Bivens, Kahn, Wayne King
Candy – Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney
Marie – Irving Berlin
Diane – Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
On July 19, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Moonlight Serenade”, the fourth Carly Simon album of standards (19th album overall). It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Fox Force Five” in Hollywood, “Reagan’s Garage” and “Westlake Recorders” in Los Angeles, “The Cutting Room” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
In July 1964. “Prestige” label released “Soul Shoutin’”, the 21st Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
