In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In February 1960, “Capitol” label released “Road Show”, live album by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Elliot Hall” in Purdue University, Lafayette, In, and was produced by Lee Gillette, John Palladino and Bill Wagner.
Personnel:
Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
June Christy – vocals
The Four Freshmen (Ken Albers, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, Bob Flanigan) – vocal group
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo – tenor saxophone
Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Mathieu, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith – trumpet
Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky – trombone
Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Castro – piano
Pete Chivily – bass
Jimmy Campbell – drums
Mike Pacheco – Cuban drums
Track listing:
Artistry in Rhythm – Stan Kenton
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
The Big Chase – Marty Paich
I Want to Be Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
It’s a Most Unusual Day – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
Kissing Bug – Billy Strayhorn, Rex Stewart, Joya Sherrill
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy
Paper Doll – Johnny S. Black
Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Hampton Hawes – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums
Victor Feldman – vibes
Track listing:
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
On March 22, 2005, “Delmark” label released “It’s Magic”, album by Sonny Stitt. It was recorded in 1969, at “P.S. Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.
Personnel:
Sonny Stitt- alto and tenor saxophone, varitone
Don Patterson- organ
Billy James – drums
Track listing:
Four – Miles Davis
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
Parker’s Mood – Charlie Parker
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Shake Your Head – Bob Gerow, Sammy Cahn
It’s Magic – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In July 1964, “Verve” label released “Hello, Dolly!”, the 40th Ella Fitzgerald album. It was recorded March – April 1964, in New York City and London, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald- vocals
Hank Jones – piano
Zoot Sims- tenor saxophone
Frank DeVol- arrangements, conductor
Henri René- arrangements
Johnnie Spence– conductor
Track listing:
Hello Dolly! – Jerry Herman
People – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
Can’t Buy Me Love – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Sweetest Sounds – Richard Rodgers
Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
My Man – Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain
In December 1973, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso”, the twenty-eight Joe Pass album. It was recorded on August 28, 1973, at “MGM Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Track listing:
Night and Day – Cole Porter
Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Cherokee – Ray Noble
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Round Midnight – Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Blues for Alican – Joe Pass
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
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