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Booker Ervin: The Song Book

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In July 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Song Book”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Lamp Is Low – Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter
  2. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  3. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  4. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Buhaina’s Delight

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In July 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Buhaina’s Delight”, the 19th Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Backstage Sally – Wayne Shorter
  2. Contemplation – Wayne Shorter
  3. Bu’s Delight – Curtis Fuller
  4. Reincarnation Blues – Wayne Shorter
  5. Shaky Jake – Cedar Walton
  6. Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Antônio Carlos Jobim: Stone Flower

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On July 7, 1970, “CTI” label released “Stone Flower”, the sixth Antônio Carlos Jobim studio album. It was recorded March – May 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Eumir Deodato – guitar, arrangements
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • João Palma – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Everaldo Ferreira – percussion
  • Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Harry Lookofsky – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Antônio Carlos Jobim, except where noted.

  1. Tereza My Love
  2. Children’s Games
  3. Choro
  4. Brazil – Ary Barroso
  5. Stone Flower
  6. Amparo
  7. Andorinha
  8. God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun
  9. Sabiá – lyrics by Chico Buarque

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

McCoy Tyner: Nights Of Ballads And Blues

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In July 1963, “Impulse” label released “Nights of Ballads & Blues”, the third McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Steve Davis – double bass
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – recordings

Track listing:

  1. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
  2. We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
  5. Star Eyes – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  6. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  7. Groove Waltz McCoy Tyner
  8. Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Sonny Stitt: Now

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In July 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Now!”, the 45th Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt, except where noted.

  1. Surfin’
  2. Lester Leaps In – Lester Young
  3. Estrellita – Manuel Ponce
  4. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone – Sam Stept, Sidney Clare
  5. Touchy
  6. Never —SH!
  7. My Mother’s Eyes – Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert
  8. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington

Roy Haynes Quartet: Out Of The Afternoon

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In July 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Out of the Afternoon”, the sixth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, C flute, nose flute
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Moon Ray – Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer
  2. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – Bart Howard
  3. Raoul – Roy Haynes
  4. Snap Crackle – Roy Haynes
  5. If I Should Lose You – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
  6. Long Wharf – Roy Haynes
  7. Some Other Spring – Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings

Sonny Rollins: Rollins Plays For Bird

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In July 1957, “Prestige” label released “Rollins Plays for Bird”, the seventh Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Wade Legge – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can’t Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger/Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton/Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis/Charlie Parker/Gene DePaul, Don Raye
  2. Kids Know
  3. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

Guided By Voices: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank

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On July 1, 2022, “Guided by Voices, Inc.” label released “Tremblers and Goggles by Rank”, the 36th Guided by Voices studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Magic Door” in Montclair, New Jersey, and was produced by Travis Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar, cover art, layout
  • Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin March – drums, backing vocals
  • Ray Ketchem – drums engineering
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Jamal Ruhe – mastering
  • Vince Williams – artwork
  • Joe Patterson – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pollard.

  1. Lizard on the Red Brick Wall
  2. Alex Bell
  3. Unproductive Funk
  4. Roosevelt’s Marching Band
  5. Goggles by Rank
  6. Cartoon Fashion (Bongo Lake)
  7. All Sick Again
  8. Bongo Lake
  9. Letter Man, Better Man
  10. Bring on the Fobs
  11. Boomerang
  12. . Focus on the Flock
  13. Puzzle Two
  14. Who Wants to Go Hunting

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

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On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell