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Donald Byrd: Electric Byrd

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In November 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Electric Byrd”, the 35th Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in May 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto sax, soprano sax, and flute
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone and alto clarinet
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone and clarinet
  • Bill Campbell – trombone
  • Hermeto Pascoal – flute
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Duke Pearson – electric piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Donald Byrd, except where noted.

  1. Estavanico
  2. Essence
  3. Xibaba – Airto Moreira
  4. The Dude

Lee Morgan: Delightfulee

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In November 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Delightfulee”, the 22nd Lee Morgan album. It was recorded April – May 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Morgan, except where noted

  1. Ca-Lee-So
  2. Zambia
  3. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  4. Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
  5. Nite Flite
  6. The Delightful Deggie

Jimmy Smith: Christmas ’64

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In November 1964, “Verve” label released “Christmas ’64”, album by Jimmy Smith. It was recorded April – September 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ, arrangements
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Billy Hart – drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles, Joe Wilder, Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Joe Newman – flugelhorn
  • Paul Faulise, Tommy Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Chauncey Welsch, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Donald Corrado, Morris Secon – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Billy Byers – arrangements, conductor
  • Al Cohn – arrangements
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Bob Irwin – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Sherniece Smith – art producer
  • Acy Lehman – design
  • Howell Conent – photography

Track listing:

  1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
  2. Jingle Bells – James Pierpont
  3. We Three Kings of Orient Are – John Henry Hopkins Jr.
  4. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
  5. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  7. Silent Night – Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr
  8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles

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In November 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Empyrean Isles”, the fourth Herbie Hancock studio album. It was recorded in June 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Freddie Hubbard – cornet
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nora Kelly – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock.

  1. One Finger Snap
  2. Oliloqui Valley
  3. Cantaloupe Island
  4. The Egg

Coleman Hawkins: At Ease With Coleman Hawkins

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In November 1960, “Moodsville” label released “At Ease with Coleman Hawkins”, the 32nd Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in January 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. For You, for Me, for Evermore – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. While We’re Young – William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder
  3. Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
  4. Mighty Like a Rose – Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Lebby Stanton
  5. At Dawning – Charles Wakefield Cadman
  6. Trouble Is a Man – Alec Wilder
  7. Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
  8. I’ll Get By (As Long as I Have You) – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk

Horace Silver Quintet & Trio: Blowin’ The Blues Away

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In November 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Blowin’ the Blues Away”, album by Horace Silver Quintet & Trio (ninth Horace Silver album overall). It was recorded August (The Quintet) – September (The Trio) 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

August 1959           

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Eugene Taylor – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums

September 1959

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Eugene Taylor – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Paula Donohue – cover art
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver.

  1. Blowin’ the Blues Away
  2. The St. Vitus Dance
  3. Break Citu
  4. Peace
  5. Sister Sadie
  6. The Bagdad Blues
  7. Melancholy Mood

Bud Powell: Time Waits

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In November 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Time Waits”, the eight Bud Powell album. It was recorded in May 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Bud Powell.

  1. Buster Rides Again
  2. Sub City
  3. Time Waits
  4. Marmalade
  5. Monopoly
  6. John’s Abbey
  7. Dry Soul
  8. Sub City (alternate take)

Jackie McLean: 4, 5 And 6

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In November 1956, “Prestige” label released “4, 5 and 6”, the third Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto sax
  • Hank Mobley – tenor sax
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sentimental Journey – Ben Homer, Bud Green, Les Brown
  2. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Contour – Kenny Drew
  4. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  5. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  6. Abstraction – Mal Waldron

Spyro Gyra: Same

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In September 1977, “Crosseyed Bear Productions” label released the self-titled, debut Spyro Gyra album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Mark Studios” in Clarence, New York,  “Blue Rock Studio” in New York City, “House of Music” in West Orange, New Jersey, and was produced by Jay Beckenstein and Richard Calandra.

Personnel:

  • Jay Beckenstein – soprano, alto and tenor  saxophone, percussion, arrangements
  • Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Hammond organ, percussion, arrangements
  • Jim Kurzdorfer – bass guitar
  • Tom Walsh – drums, percussion
  • Umbopha Emile Latimer – congas, percussion
  • Tom Schuman – Minimoog, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Greg Millar – guitars
  • Freddy Rapillo – guitars
  • Rubens Bassini – congas
  • Dave Samuels – marimba, tabla
  • Rick Bell – trombone
  • Fred Marshall – trombone
  • Anthony Gorruso – trumpet
  • Chuck Madden – recording
  • Craig Bishop – mix engineer
  • Lawrence Swist – mixing
  • Jim Bonnefond – mixing assistant
  • Rusty Payne – editing
  • Michael Cobb – design
  • Jeremy Wall – assistant producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeremy Wall, except where noted.

  1. Shaker Song – Jay Beckenstein
  2. Opus D’Opus – Jay Beckenstein
  3. Mallet Ballet
  4. Pygmy Funk
  5. Cascade
  6. Leticia
  7. Mead – Jay Beckenstein
  8. Paula / Paw Prints – Jay Beckenstein
  9. Galadriel

Larry Young: Of Love And Peace

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In September 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Of Love and Peace”, the seventh Larry Young album. It was recorded in July 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Larry Young – organ
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Herbert Morgan – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Gale – trumpet
  • Wilson Moorman III – drums
  • Jerry Thomas – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Pavanne – Morton Gould
  2. Of Love and Peace – Larry Young
  3. Seven Steps to Heaven – Miles Davis, Victor Feldman
  4. Falaq – Larry Young