In February 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Journey in Satchidananda”, the fourth Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded July – November 1970, at “Village Gate”, and Coltrane’s home studio in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel and Alice Coltrane.
In February 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Here Comes the Whistleman”, album by Roland Kirk. It was recorded in March 1965, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York, and was produced by Joel Dorn and Roland Kirk.
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet
Jaki Byard – piano
Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
Major Holley – bass
Charles Crosby – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.
Roots
Here Comes the Whistleman
I Wished on the Moon – Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger
On February 7, 1064, “Philips” label released “Born to Wander”, the fifth 4 Seasons (The) album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Stea Philips Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bob Crewe.
Personnel:
Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio) – vocals
Gaetano “Tommy” DeVito – vocals, lead guitar
Bob Gaudio – vocals, piano, keyboards
Nick Massi (Nicholas E. Macioci) – vocal, bass, vocal arrangements
Charles Calello – arrangements, conductor
Gordon Clark – engineer
Pete Mayers – liner notes
Track listing:
Born to Wander – Al Peterson
Don’t Cry, Elena – Bob Gaudio
Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Pete Seeger
Cry Myself to Sleep – Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
A Ballad for Our Time – Lou Stallman, Sid Jacobson
In February 1956, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, eight Lennie Tristano album. It was recorded 1954 – 1955, at Tristano’s home studio in New York, “The Sing-Song Room”, Confucius Restaurant in New York. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings” included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.
Personnel:
Lennie Tristano – piano
Peter Ind – bass
Gene Ramey – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Jeff Morton – drums
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Jay Maisel – artwork
Barry Ulanov – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Lennie Tristano, except where noted.
Line Up
Requiem
Turkish Mambo
East Thirty-Second
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
On January 17, 1966, “Columbia” label released “’Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded in February 1964, at the “Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center” in New York, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – double bass
Tony Williams – drums
Fred Plaut – recording
Jim Marshall – photography
Billy Taylor, Mort Fega – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.
So What
Walkin’ – Richard HenryCarpenter
Joshua / Go-Go (theme and Announcement) – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
Four
Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
There Is No Greater Love / G0-Go (Theme and Announcement) – Marty Symes, Isham Jones, Miles Davis
On January 15, 1976, “A&M” label released “Frampton Comes Alive!”, the fifth Peter Frampton album. It was recorded Jun, August – November 1975, at “Martin Veterans Memorial Auditorium” in San Rafael, California, “SUNY Plattsburgh” in Plattsburgh, New York, Long Island Arena” in Commack, New York, “Winterland Ballroom” in San Francisco, and was produced by Peter Frampton.“Frampton Comes Alive!” was voted “Album of the Year” in a 1976 “Rolling Stone” readers’ poll. It was ranked No. 41 on “Rolling Stone’s 50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time” list. In 2012 poll “Rolling Stone” readers ranked it No. 3 of “All-Time Favorite Live Albums”. In 2020, “Frampton Comes Alive!” was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Peter Frampton – lead vocals, lead guitar, talk box
Bob Mayo – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ
Stanley Sheldon – vocals, bass
John Siomos – drums, percussion
Ray Thompson – engineer
Mike Reese – mastering
Mike Zagaris – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Peter Frampton, except where noted.
Introduction / Something’s Happening
Doobie Walk – Peter Frampton, John Headley-Down, Rick Wills
Show Me the Way
It’s a Plain Shame
All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side)
Wind of Change
Baby, I Love Your Way
I Wanna Go to the Sun
Penny for Your Thoughts
(I’ll Give You) Money
Sine On
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Lines on My Face
Do You Feel Like We Do – Peter Frampton, Mick Gallagher, John Siomos, Rick Wills
On January 15, 1952, “Colpix” label released “Nina Simone at the Village Gate”, the sixth Nina Simone album. It was recorded in March 1961, at “The Village Gate” in Greenwich Village in New York, and was produced by Cal Lampey.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Al Schackman – guitar
Chris White – bass
Bobby Hamilton – drums
Richard Alderson – recording
Track listing:
Just in Time – Adolph Gree, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
He Was Too Good to Me – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
House of the Rising Sun – Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes, Nicholas Ray
Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
Brown Baby – Oscar Brown
Zungo – Babatunde Olatunji
If He Changed My Name – Robert MacGinsey
Children Go Where I Send You – traditional, arranged by Nina Simone
In January 1962, “Mercury” label released “We Free Kings”, the fourth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Nola Recording Studios” in New York.
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – tenor and stritch saxophone, manzello, flute
In December 1978, “Bee Hive” label released “Neo/Nistico”, the fifth Sal Nistico album. It was recorded in November 1978, at “Master Sound Productions” in Franklin Square, New York, and was produced by Jim Neumann and Fred Norsworthy.
Personnel:
Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone
Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone
Ted Curson – trumpet
Ronnie Mathews – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
Anthropology – Charlie Parker
You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
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