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Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina: Sound Project

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On June 16, 1987, “Polytone” label released “Sound Project”, album Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina. It was recorded in 1987, at “Amigo Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Tommy Gumina – polycorus (accordion)
  • Jimmie Smith – drums

Track listing:

  1. My Shining Hour – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  2. My Ship – Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
  3. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  4. Cavaquino
  5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
  6. Secret Love – Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
  7. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – Ned Washington, George Bassman
  8. When You Wish upon a Star – Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
  9. About Time
  10. Will You Give Me These
  11. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn

Roland Kirk: I Talk with the Spirits

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In March 1965, “limelight” label released “I Talk with the Spirits”, the tenth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in September 1964, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bobby Scott.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – vocal, flute, alto flute, amplified flute, African wood flute, interjections, cuckoo clock, music box
  • Horace Parlan – piano, celeste
  • Bobby Moses – vibraphone
  • Michael Fleming – bass
  • Walter Perkins – drums, percussion
  • Crystal-Joy Albert: vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Serenade to a Cuckoo
  2. Medley: We’ll Be Together Again / People – Carl Fisher, Frankie Laine / Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  3. A Quote from Clifford Brown
  4. Trees – Joyce Kilmer, Oscar Rasbach
  5. Fugue’n and Alludin’
  6. The Business Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
  7. I Talk with the Spirits
  8. Ruined Castles – Rentarō Taki
  9. Django – John Lewis
  10. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill

Ron Carter: It’s The Time

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On December 15, 2007, “Somethin’ Else” label released “It’s the Time”, the 52nd Ron Carter album. It was recorded April – June 2007, at “EMI Music Japan Inc. Studios” in Tokyo, and was produced by Retrac Productions and Ron Carter.

Personnel:

  • Ron Carter – bass, piccolo bass
  • Mitsuaki Kishi – piano 
  • Mulgrew Miller − piano
  • Russell Malone − guitar
  • Makoto Rikitake − drums
  • Motoya Hamaguchi − percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron Carter, except where noted.

  1. It’s the Time
  2. Eddie’s Theme
  3. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  4. Candle Light
  5. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  7. Super Strings
  8. My Ship – Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
  9. Laverne Walk – Oscar Pettiford
  10. It’s the Time (TVCM Version)

Oscar Peterson And Nelson Riddle: Oscar Peterson & Oscar Riddle

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In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle”, album by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle. It was recorded in November 1963, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Davis.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  2. Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  5. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  6. Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
  7. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  8. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  9. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
  10. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins

Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Hot House

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On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton — vibraphone
  • Chick Corea — piano
  • Ilmar Gavilan — violin
  • Melissa White — violin
  • Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
  • Paul Wiancko — cello
  • Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
  • Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
  • Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
  • Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Steve Fallone — mastering
  • Glenn Suyker — piano technician
  • Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
  • Marc Bessant — graphics
  • Ernest Gregory — photography
  • Dan Muse — liner note coordination
  • Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
  • Bill Rooney — executive producer
  • Andrew Elliott — personal assistant

Track listing:

  1. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  2. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  4. Time Remembered – Bill Evans
  5. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  6. Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  9. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  10. Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea

Sonny Rollins: The Standard Sonny Rollins

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In August 1964, “RCA Victor” label released “The Standard Sonny Rollins”, the 23rd Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded June – July 1064, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins– tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock- piano
  • Jim Hall- guitar
  • David Izenzon- bass
  • Teddy Smith– bass
  • Bob Cranshaw– bass
  • Stu Martin- drums
  • Mickey Roker– drums

Track listing:

  1. Autumn Nocturne – Kim Gannon, Josef Myrow
  2. Night and Day- Cole Porter
  3. Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  4. My One and Only Love – Robert Mellin, Guy Wood
  5. Three Little Words – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
  6. Trav’lin’ Light – Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young
  7. I’ll Be Seeing You – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal
  8. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  9. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  10. Long Ago (and Far Away) – George Gershwin, Jerome Kern

Keith Jarrett And Charlie Haden: Last Dance

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On June 13, 2014, “ECM” label released “Last Dance”, an album by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden. It was recorded in March 2007, at “Cavelight Studio” in Oxford, New Jersey, and was produced by Keith Jarrett.

Personnel:

  • Keith Jarrett – piano
  • Charlie Haden – double bass

Track listing:

  1. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  2. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  3. Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
  4. Dance of the Infidels – Bud Powell
  5. It Might As Well Be Spring – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  6. Everything Happens to Me – Thomas Adair, Matt Dennis
  7. Where Can I Go Without You, Peggy Lee, Victor Young
  8. Every Time We Say Goodbye, Cole Porter
  9. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins

Dee Dee Bridgewater: This Is New

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On May 21, 2002, “Verve” label released “This is New”, the 14th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded November – December 2001, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Plus XXX Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater. The album was dedicated to Kurt Weill’s music.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
  • Louis Winsberg – guitar
  • Thierry Eliez – piano, Hammond organ
  • Juan José Mosalini – bandoneon
  • Ira Coleman- double bass
  • André Ceccarelli – drums
  • Minino Garay – percussion
  • Antonio Hart- alto saxophone, flute
  • Daniele Scannapieco – saxophone
  • Denis Leloup – trombone
  • Bernie Arcadio – string arrangements
  • Cecil Bridgewater – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

All music by Kurt Weill.

  1. This Is New – lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  2. Lost in the Stars – lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
  3. The Bilbao Song – lyrics by Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness
  4. My Ship – lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  5. Alabama Song – lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
  6. The Saga of Jenny – lyrics by Ogden Nash
  7. Youkali – lyrics by Roger Fernay
  8. I’m a Stranger Here Myself – lyrics by Ogden Nash
  9. Speak Low – lyrics by Ogden Nash
  10. September Song – lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
  11. Here I’ll Stay – lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Miles Davis: Miles Ahead

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On October 21, 1957, “Columbia” label released “Miles Ahead”, the second Miles Davis album for this label. It was recorded May 6, 10, 23, 27 – August 22, 1957, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian and Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – flugelhorn
  • Gil Evans– arrangements, conductor
  • Bernie Glow– lead trumpet
  • Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi– trumpet
  • Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Bill Barber– tuba
  • Lee Konitz– alto sax
  • Danny Bank– bass clarinet
  • Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper – flute, clarinet
  • Wynton Kelly- piano
  • Paul Chambers– double bass
  • Art Taylor– drums

Track listing:

  1. Springsville – John Carisi
  2. The Maids of Cadiz – Léo Delibes
  3. The Duke – Dave Brubeck
  4. My Ship – Kurt Weill
  5. Miles Ahead – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  6. Blues for Pablo – Gil Evans
  7. New Rhumba – Ahmad Jamal
  8. Medley Pt. 1: The Meaning of the Blues – Bobby Troup, Leah Worth
  9. Medley Pt. 2: Lament – J. Johnson
  10. I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone but You) – Jack Elliot, Harold Spina