Tag Archives: October 1964

Joe Pass: For Django

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In October 1964, “Pacific” label released “For Django”, the fifth Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1964, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • John Pisano – guitar
  • Jim Hughart – bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Django – John Lewis
  2. Rosetta – Earl Hines, Henri Woode
  3. Nuages – Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue
  4. For Django – Joe Pass
  5. Night and Day – Cole Porter
  6. Fleur d’Ennui – Django Reinhardt
  7. Insensiblement – Paul Misraki
  8. Cavalerie – Django Reinhardt
  9. Django’s Castle – Django Reinhardt
  10. Limehouse Blues – Douglas Furber, Philip Braham

Dexter Gordon: A Swingin’ Affair

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In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Mils – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Barbara Long – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
  2. Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
  3. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
  4. The Backbone – Butch Warren
  5. Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
  6. McSplivens – Dexter Gordon