In December 1960, “Impulse!” label released “The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones”, the tenth Kai Winding album. It was recorded November – December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Kai Winding – trombone
Jimmy Knepper, Johnny Messner, Ephie Resnick – trombone
Paul Faulise, Dick Lieb, Tony Studd – bass trombone
In December 1958, “Roulette” label released “Sing Along with Basie”, album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was recorded May – October 1958, at “Capitol” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Annie Ross, Joe Williams – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Wess – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Track listing:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Count Basie
Goin’ to Chicago Blues – Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing
On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.
Personnel:
Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
André Previn – piano
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Track listing:
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On January 6, 2023, “Palmetto” label released “Alive at the Village Vanguard”, album by Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in October 2018, at “Village Vanguard” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding.
In January 1954, “Clef” label released “Dance Session”, the 20th Count Basie Orchestra album. It was recorded August – December 1953, in Los Angeles, and “Fine Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
In December 1959, “Status” label released “Lil’ Darlin’”, the 16th Red Garland album. It was recorded in October 1959, at “The Prelude Club” in New York City.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Jimmy Rowser – bass
Charles “Specs” Wright – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Don Schlitten – design
Esmond Edwards – photography
Track listing:
Li’l Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
We Kiss in a Shadow – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Blues in the Closet – Oscar Pettiford
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On November 11, 1966, “Reaction” label released “Ready Steady Who”, the first Who (The) EP. It was recorded February – October 1966, at “IBC”, “Olympic” and “Pye” in London, and was produced by Kit Lambert, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Roger Daltrey.
Personnel:
Roger Daltrey – vocals
Pete Townshend – vocals, electric guitar
John Entwistle – vocals, bass
Keith Moon – vocals, drums
Track listing:
Disguises – Pete Townshend
Circles – Pete Townshend
Batman – Neal Hefti (erroneously credited to Jan Berry, Don Altfeld, Fred Weider)
Bucket ‘T’ – Don Altfeld, Roger Christian, Dean Torrence
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In April 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Black Orchid”, the eleventh Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded February – June 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In February 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Moods”, the sixth Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in June 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
Hugh Bell – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Ruth Mason – model
Track listing:
Love for Sale – Cole Porter
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
Loose Walk – Sonny Stitt
Li’l Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
I’m Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
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