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Kenny Clarke Ernie Wilkins Septet: Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins

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In May 1955, “Savoy” label released “Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins”, album by the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet. It was recorded in March 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – alto and tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • George Barrow – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Ernie Wilkins, except where noted.

  1. Pru’s Bloose – Ozzie Cadena
  2. I Dig You the Most
  3. Cute Tomato
  4. Summer Evening – Ozzie Cadena
  5. Oz – the Wizard
  6. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
  7. Plenty for Kenny – Ozzie Cadena

Prestige All Stars: Olio

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Olio”, album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeter Thad Jones. It was recorded in 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Teddy Charles.

Personnel:

  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Frank Wess – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Teddy Charles – vibraphone, supervisor
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Teddy Charles, except where noted.

  1. Potpourri – Mal Waldron
  2. Blues Without Woe
  3. Touché – Mal Waldron
  4. Dakar
  5. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Hello Frisco

Frank Wess: North, South, East….Wess

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In May 1956, “Savoy” label released “North, South, East….Wess”, the second Frank Wess album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Henry Coker, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Wess, except where noted.

  1. What’d Ya Say – Ozzie Cadena
  2. Dill Pickles – Frank Foster
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Hard Sock Dance
  5. Salvation
  6. Lazy Sal – Henry Coker

Junior Mance: Blue Mance

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On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Jackie Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Head Start – Keter Betts
  3. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blue Mance – Junior Mance
  7. Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
  8. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
  10. Jazzspeak

Cloud Nothings: Here And Nowhere Else

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On April 1, 2014, “Carpark” label released “Here and Nowhere Else”, the third Cloud Nothings studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Water Music” in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Dylan Baldi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • TJ Duke – bass, backing vocals
  • Jayson Gerycz – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dylan Baldi, TJ Duke and Jayson Gerycz.

  1. Now Hear In
  2. Quieter Today
  3. Psychic Trauma
  4. Just See Fear
  5. Giving Into Seeing
  6. No Thoughts
  7. Pattern Walks
  8. I’m Not Part of Me

Lou Donaldson: The Natural Soul

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In March 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Natural Soul”, the 17th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Big John Patton – organ
  • Ben Dixon – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. Funky Mama – Big John Patton
  2. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Spaceman Twist
  4. Sow Belly Blues
  5. That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
  6. Nice ‘n’ Greasy – John Adriano Acea

Nada Surf: You Know Who You Are

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On March 4,2016, “Barsuk” label released “You Know Who You Are”, the eighth Nada Surf studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Nuthouse Recording” in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was produced by Tom Beaujour, Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, Ira Elliot and Doug Gillard.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Caws – vocals, guitar
  • Doug Gillard – guitar
  • Daniel Lorca – bass guitar
  • Ira Elliot – drums, percussion
  • Joe McGinty – keyboards
  • Martin Wenk – trumpet
  • Ken Stringfellow – backing vocals
  • Dan Wilson – backing vocals
  • Chris Shaw – mixing
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • John Goodmanson – mixing
  • Gabriel Bento – mixing assistant
  • Chris Atkens – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Cold to See Clear
  2. Believe You’re Mine
  3. Friend Hospital
  4. New Bird
  5. Out of the Dark
  6. Rushing
  7. Animal
  8. You Know Who You Are
  9. Gold Sounds
  10. Victory’s Yours

Bob James: BJ4

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On February 24, 1977, “CTI” label released “BJ4”, the fourth Bob James studio album. It was recorded November – December 1976, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Bob James – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, arrangements
  • Eric Gale – guitars
  • Gary King – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Romeo Penque – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor recorder
  • Art Farmer – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Frosk – trumpet
  • John Gatchell – trumpet
  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute
  • George Marge – alto recorder
  • Sidney Weinberg – oboe, English horn
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Harry Glickman – violin
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • Charles Libove – violin
  • David Nadien – violin
  • Matthew Raimondi – violin
  • Lamar Alsop – viola
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Alan Shulman – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Sib Chalawick – design
  • Carole Kowalchuck – design
  • Wendie Lombardi – cover photography
  • White Gate Art Company – liner photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob James, except where noted.

  1. Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
  2. Where the Wind Blows Free
  3. Tappan Zee
  4. Nights Are Forever Without You – Parker McGee
  5. Treasure Island
  6. El Verano

Elvin Jones: Coalition

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In February 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Coalition”, the 13th Elvin Jones album. It was recorded July 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Wilbur Little – bass
  • Candido Camero – conga, tambourine

Track listing:

  1. Shinjitu – Elvin Jones
  2. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. 5/4 Thing – George Coleman
  4. Ural Stradania – Frank Foster
  5. Simone – Frank Foster

Jutta Hipp: Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims

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In February 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims”, the seventh Jutta Hipp album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jutta Hipp – piano
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Jerry Lloyd – trumpet
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Just Blues – Zoot Sims
  2. Violets for Your Furs – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  3. Down Home – Jerry Lloyd
  4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  5. Wee Dot – J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker
  6. Too Close for Comfort – George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener