In January 1995, “Verve” label released “Gettin’ to It”, the debut Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded August – September 1994, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.
Personnel:
Christian McBride – bass
Roy Hargrove – trumpet, flugelhorn
Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
Steve Turre – trombone
Cyrus Chestnut – piano
Lewis Nash – drums
Ray Brown, Milt Hinton – bass
Jim Anderson – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.
In a Hurry
The Shade of the Cedar Tree
Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
Sitting on a Cloud
Splanky – Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish
Black Moon
King Freddie of Hubbard
Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington
On December 18, 1984, “Columbia” label released “Hot House Flowers”, the third Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in May 1984, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist” in 1985.
Personnel:
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
Branford Marsalis – soprano and tenor saxophone
Kent Jordan – alto flute
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
Andrew Schwartz – bassoon
Peter Gordon – French horn
Tony Price – tuba
Kenny Kirkland – piano
Ron Carter – double bass
Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
Charles Libove (concertmaster), Ingrid Arden, Peter Dimitriades, Gayle Dixon, Guillermo Figueroa, Winterton Garvey, Harry Glickman, Regis Iandiorio, Ray Kunicki, Patmore Lewis, Diane Monroe, Louann Montesi – violin
Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Mitsue Takayama, Harry Zaratzian – viola
Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Alvin McCall, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
Bob Freedman – arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Track listing:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Lazy Afternoon – Jerome Moross, John Latouche
For All We Know – John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis
When You Wish upon a Star – Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
Django – John Lewis
Melancholia – Duke Ellington
Hot House Flowers – Wynton Marsalis
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds
On April 17, 2012, “Uptown Records” label released “Newark 1953”, album by Hank Mobley. It was recorded in September 1953, at “The Picadilly Club” in New Jersey, and was produced by Robert E. Sunenblick.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Bennie Green – trombone
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Jimmy Schenck – bass
Charli Persip – drums
Ozzie Cadena – recording
Track listing:
Ow – John Birks Gillespie
There’s a Small Hotel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Ballad Medley: Damn That Dream / Where or When / In Love in Vain / Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie DeLange, Lorenz Hart, James Van Heusen, Jerome Kern, Mitchell Parish, Leo Robin, Richard Rodgers
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Lester Young
Announcement
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Keen and Peachy – Ralph Burns, Shorty Rogers
Pennies from Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
On March 8, 2005, “Koch” label released “Silver Rain”, the sixth Marcus Miller studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Absolut Beats” in Dallas, TX, “Camel Island Studios” in Los Angeles, “Hannibal Studios” in Santa Monica, CA, “HIt Factory”, “The Dormitory” in New York City, “Vertical Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.
On January 11, 2005, “High Note” label released “I Remember Brother Ray”, the 34th David “Fathead” Newman album. It was recorded in August 2004, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by David “Fathead” Newman and Houston Person. The album was paying tribute to his bandleader and mentor Ray Charles.
Personnel:
David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Steve Nelson – vibraphone
John Menegon – bass
Winard Harper – drums
Track listing:
Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield
Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
Drown in My Tears – Henry Glover
‘Deed I Do – Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Ruby – Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld
Them That Got (I Ain’t Got Nothing Yet) – Ray Charles, Ricci Harper
In December 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Cliff Craft”, the fourth Clifford Jordan album. It was recorded in November 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
Art Farmer – trumpet
Sonny Clark – piano
George Tucker – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Cliff Jordan, except where noted.
Laconia
Soul-Lo Blues
Cliff Craft
Confirmation – Charlie Parker
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
In October 1956, “Verve” label released “Ella and Louis”, a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald– vocals
Louis Armstrong– vocals, trumpet
Oscar Peterson– piano
Herb Ellis– guitar
Ray Brown– bass
Buddy Rich– drums
Val Valentin – engineer
Phil Stern – photography
Track listing:
Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? – Irving Berlin
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
A Foggy Day – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Stars Fell on Alabama – Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins
Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
September 24, 2013, “High Note” label released “One for Rudy”, the 32ndJoey DeFrancesco album. It was recorded in June 2013, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Joey DeFrancesco.
Personnel:
Joey DeFrancesco– Hammond B3
Steve Cotter – guitar
Ramond Banda – drums
Track listing;
I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed – Jack Elliot, Harold Spina
On July 28, 1992, “Verve” label released “Haunted Heart”, the fourth Charlie Haden’s Quartet West album. It was recorded in October 1991, at “Studio Plateforme” in Sète, and was produced by Charlie Haden and Hans Wendl.
Personnel:
Charlie Haden– bass
Ernie Watts- tenor saxophone
Alan Broadbent- piano
Larance Marable- drums
Billie Holiday, Jo Stafford, Jeri Southern – vocals
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