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Lem Winchester: Winchester Special

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In November 1959, “New Jazz” label released “Winchester Special”, the third Lem Winchester studio album. It was recorded in September 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Lem Winchester – vibraphone
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Down Fuzz – Lem Winchester
  2. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  3. Will You Still Be Mine? – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  4. Mysticism – Len Foster
  5. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
  6. The Dude – Lem Winchester

Art Taylor: Taylor’s Tenors

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In July 1959, “New Jazz” label released “Taylor’s Tenors”, the second Art Taylor studio album. It was recorded in June 1959, at Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Frank Foster, Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass

Track listing:

  1. Rhythm-A-Ning – Thelonious Monk
  2. Little Chico – Charlie Rouse
  3. Cape Millie – Walter Davis Jr.
  4. Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  5. Fidel – Jackie McLean
  6. Dacor – Art Taylor

Mal Waldron: The Quest

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In July 1962, “New Jazz” label released “The Quest”, the 15th Mal Waldron album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Ron Carter – cello
  • Joe Benjamin – double bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Mal Waldron.

  1. Status Seeking
  2. Duquility
  3. Thirteen
  4. We Diddit
  5. Warm Canto
  6. Warp and Woof
  7. Fire Waltz

Roy Haynes: We Three

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In May 1959, “New Jazz” label released “We Three”, the fourth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Esmond Edwards – design
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Reflection – Ray Bryant
  2. Sugar Ray – Phineas Newborn, Jr.
  3. Solitaire – King Guion, Carl Nutter, Renee Borek
  4. After Hours – Avery Parrish
  5. Sneakin’ Around – Ray Bryant
  6. Our Delight – Tadd Dameron

Dave Pike: Limbo Carnival

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In February 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Limbo Carnival”, the fourth Dave Pike album. It was recorded in December 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pike – vibraphone, marimba, arrangements
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jimmy Raney – guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik, George Duvivier – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Juliet Lorca – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
  2. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  3. Matilda – Norman Span
  4. Mambo Bounce – Sonny Rollins
  5. Limbo Rock – Jon Sheldon, Billy Strange
  6. Calypso Blues – Nat King Cole, Don George
  7. Catin’ Latin’ – Pony Poindexter
  8. St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
  9. Jamaica Farewell – Lord Burgess

Latin Jazz Quintet & Eric Dolphy: Caribé

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In February 1961, “New Jazz” label released “Caribé”, album by Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy (the second Eric Dolphy album overall album). It was recorded in August 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Gene Casey – piano
  • Bill Ellington – bass
  • Manny Ramos – drums, timbales
  • Juan Amalbert – congas
  • Charlie Simons – vibraphone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Casey except where noted

  1. Caribé
  2. Blues in 6/8 – Juan Amalbert, Jose Ricci
  3. First Bass Line
  4. Mambo Ricci – Juan Amalbert, Jose Ricci
  5. Spring Is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Sunday Go Meetin’

Ken McIntyre: Looking Ahead

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In January 1961, “New Jazz” label released “Looking Ahead”, the debut Ken McIntyre album. It was recorded in June 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone, flute
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ken McIntyre, except where noted.

  1. Lautir
  2. Curtsy
  3. Geo’s Tune
  4. They All Laughed – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. Head Shakin’
  6. Dianna

Curtis Fuller: Curtis Fuller with Red Garland

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In April 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Curtis Fuller with Red Garland”, the thirteenth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Sonny Red – alto saxophone
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums


Track listing:

  1. Seeing Red – Sonny Red, Barry Harris
  2. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  3. Cashmere – Curtis Fuller
  4. Slenderella – Sonny Red
  5. Moonlight Becomes You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Roc and Troll – Teddy Charles

Jackie McLean: Makin’ the Changes

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In August 1960, “New Jazz” label released “Makin’ the Changes”, the sixteen Jackie Mclean album. It was recorded February – August 1957, at “van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto sax
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Webster Young – trumpet
  • Arthur Phipps – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Bean and the Boys – Coleman Hawkins 
  2. What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  3. I Never Knew – Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito
  4. I Hear a Rhapsody – Dick Gasparre, George Fragos, Jack Baker
  5. Jackie’s Ghost – Ray Draper
  6. Chasin’ the Bird – Charlie Parker

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane: Same

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In April 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane”, album Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane. It was recorded in March 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

Track listing:

  1. Freight Trane -Tommy Flanagan
  2. I Never Knew – Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn
  3. Lyresto – Kenny Burrell
  4. Why Was I Born? – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  5. Big Paul – Tommy Flanagan