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Junior Cook: Pressure Cooker

In December 1977, “Catalyst” label released “Pressure Cooker”, the third Junior Cook album. It was recorded in November 1977, at “Blank Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Cedar Walton.

Personnel:

  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Mickey Tucker – piano
  • Juini Booth – bass
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Leroy Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Lotus Lips – Mickey Tucker
  2. The Crucifier – Mickey Tucker
  3. The 8th Cat – Tex Allen
  4. Not Quite That – Garnett Brown
  5. Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker
  6. Moment to Moment (Part One) – Henry Mancini
  7. Moment to Moment (Part Two) – Henry Mancini

Black Ivory: Won’t You Change Your Mind

In December 1972, “Today/Perception” label released “Baby Won’t You Change Your Mind”, the second Black Ivory studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Blue Rock Studio” in New York City, and was produced by David Jordan and Patrick Adams.

Personnel:

  • Leroy Burgess – vocals
  • Stuart Bascombe – vocals
  • Russell Patterson – vocals
  • Patrick Adams – arrangements, mixing
  • Eddie Korvin – engineer, mixing
  • David Jordan – mixing
  • Fred Stark – design
  • Pressure provided by Boo Frazier and Terry Philips

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Patrick Adams and David Jordan, except where noted.

  1. Baby, Won’t You Change Your Mind
  2. Just Leave Me Some
  3. Push Come to Shove
  4. Time is Love
  5. Spinning Around – David Jordan, June Anderson
  6. If I Could Be a Mirror
  7. It’s Time to Say Goodbye
  8. One Way Ticket to Loveland
  9. No If’s And’s, or But’s
  10. Wishful Thinking

John Cale: Sabotage / Live

On December 20, 1979, “SPY Records” label released “Sabotage/Live”, the second John Cale live album. It was recorded in June 1979, at “CBGB” in New York City, and was produced by John Cale.

Personnel:

  • John Cale – vocals, piano, guitar, fretless bass, viola, mixing
  • Marc Aaron – lead guitar
  • Joe Bidewell – vocals, keyboards
  • Doug Bowne – vocals, drums
  • Deerfrance – vocals, percussion
  • George Scott – vocals, bass
  • Charlie Martin – recording
  • Warren Frank – mixing
  • John Vogel – art direction
  • Hugh Brown – photography
  • Jane Friedman – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Cale, except where noted.

  1. Mercenaries (Ready for War)
  2. Baby You Know
  3. Evidence
  4. Dr. Mudd
  5. Walkin’ the Dog – Rufus Thomas Jr.
  6. Captain Hook
  7. Only Time Will Tell
  8. Sabotage
  9. Chorale

Bola Sete: Bossa Nova

In December 1962, “Fantasy” label released “Bossa Nova”, the ninth Bola Sete album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “RCA Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Bola Sete – guitar
  • Ben Tucker – bass guitar
  • Dave Bailey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bola Sete, except where noted.

  1. Up the Creek
  2. My Different World
  3. Dilemma
  4. Sweet Thing
  5. If You Return – Lupicínio Rodrigues
  6. Samba in the Perrotquei – Djalma Ferreira
  7. Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creatore, Antônio Maria, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss
  8. Brazilian Bossa Galore
  9. You’re the Reason – Dolores Duran, Antônio Carlos Jobim
  10. Wagging Along
  11. Ash Wednesday – Armando Marçal
  12. Without You

The Tony Williams Lifetime: Turn It Over

In December 1970, “Polydor” label released “Turn It Over”, the second Tony Williams Lifetime (The) studio album. It was recorded in July 1970, at “Olmstead Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Williams, Monte Kay and Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Tony Williams – vocals, drums
  • John McLaughlin – vocals, guitar
  • Larry Young – organ
  • Jack Bruce – lead vocals, bass
  • Ray Hall – engineer
  • Sid Maurer – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. To Whom It May Concern – Them – Chick Corea
  2. To Whom It May Concern – Us – Chick Corea
  3. This Night This Song – Tony Williams
  4. Bog Nick – John Coltrane
  5. Right On – Tony Williams
  6. Once I Loved – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert
  7. Vuelta Abajo – Tony Williams
  8. A Famous Blues – John McLauglin
  9. Allah Be Praised – Larry Young

John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again

In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Live at The Village Vanguard Again!”, album by John Coltrane (the 15th album for “Impulse!). It was recorded in May 1966, at the “Village Vanguard” jazz club in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Alice Coltrane – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Emanuel Rahim – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Naima – John Coltrane
  2. Introduction to My Favorite Things – Jimmy Garrison
  3. My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein

Red Vox: Another Light

On December 14, 2017, Red Vox self-released the album Another Light. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Red Room” in New York City, and was produced by Joseph Pecora.

Personnel:

  • Vincent Palmieri – vocals, guitar
  • Joseph Pecora – bass, guitar
  • Bill Gagliardi – keyboards
  • Mike – percussion
  • Andrea Serrano, B.G., Joyo, Ramey, Same, Stridingcrab – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Another Light
  2. Settle for Less
  3. Memories Lie
  4. Tell Me
  5. I’m So Happy
  6. I’m So Sad
  7. Memento Mori
  8. From the Stars
  9. Rub Your Eyes
  10. Reno
  11. In the Garden
  12. Forgive and Forget
  13. Burn a Picture

Maynard Ferguson: Swingin’ My Way Through College

In December 1958, “Roulette” label released “Swingin’ My Way Through College”, the ninth Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in December 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone
  • Jimmy Ford – alto saxophone
  • Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden – tenor saxophone
  • John Lanni – baritone saxophone
  • Bill Chase, Larry Moser, Jerry Tyree – trumpet
  • Slide Hampton, Don Sebesky – trombone
  • Bob Dogan – piano
  • Jimmy Rowser – bass
  • Frankie Dunlop – drums
  • Bill Holman, Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad – Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman
  2. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  3. What’s New? – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  4. Dancing in the Dark – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  5. Bittersweet – Willie Maiden
  6. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight – Billy Reid
  8. B. J.’s Back in Town – Willie Maiden
  9. Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
  10. Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
  11. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Blue Mitchell: Blue Soul

In December 1959, “Riverside” label released “Blue Soul”, the fourth Blue Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in September 1959, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Blue Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Minor Vamp – Benny Golson
  2. The Head
  3. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  4. Park Avenue Petite – Benny Golson
  5. Top Shelf – Jimmy Heath
  6. Waverly Street – Jimmy Heath
  7. Blue Soul
  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  9. Nica’s Dream – Horace Silver

Red Garland: Lil’ Darlin’

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:

  1. Li’l Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
  2. We Kiss in a Shadow – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  3. Blues in the Closet – Oscar Pettiford
  4. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen