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Sarah Vaughn: I Love Brazil

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In December 1977, “Pablo” label released “I Love Brazil!”, the 39th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded October – November 1977, and was produced by Aloisio de Oliveira.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Dorival Caymmi – vocals
  • Milton Nascimento – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dori Caymmi – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Nelson Angelo – electric guitar
  • Hélio Delmiro – electric guitar
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
  • Edson Frederico – piano, orchestration, piano
  • José Roberto Bertrami – electric piano, organ
  • Mauricio Einhorn – harmonica
  • Sergio Barroso – acoustic bass
  • Claudio Bertrami – acoustic bass
  • Novelli – electric bass
  • Wilson das Neves – drums
  • Robertinho Silva – drums
  • Ariovaldo – percussion 
  • Chico Batera – percussion
  • Luna – percussion
  • Marçal – percussion
  • Danilo Caymmi – flute
  • Paulo Jobim – flute
  • Mário Jorge Bruno – engineer
  • Tamaki Beck – mastering
  • Durval Ferreira – creative director
  • Sheldon Marks – design, layout design
  • Norman Granz – design, layout design, liner notes

Track listing:

  1. If You Went Away (Preciso Aprender a Ser Só) – Ray Gilbert, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle
  2. Triste – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  3. Roses and Roses (Das Rosas) – Dorival Caymmi, Ray Gilbert
  4. Empty Faces (Vera Cruz) – Lani Hall, Milton Nascimento
  5. I Live to Love You (Morrer de Amor) – Oscar Castro-Neves, Luverci Fiorini, Gilbert
  6. The Face I Love (Seu Encanto) – Ray Gilbert, Carlos Pingarilho, Marcos Valle
  7. Courage (Coragem) – Milton Nascimento, Cootie Williams
  8. The Day It Rained (Chuva) – Pedro Camargo, Durval Ferreira, Ray Gilbert
  9. A Little Tear (Razão de Viver) – Deodato, Gilbert, P.S. Valle
  10. Like a Lover (Cantador) – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta

Cannanball Adderley Quintet: The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free

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In December 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free”, album by Cannonball Adderley Quintet album (the 49th Cannonball Adderley album overall). Live material was recorded in September 1970, at the 1970 “Monterey Jazz Festival”, and studio material was recorded in October 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocals, cornet
  • Nat Adderley Jr. – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano, ring modulator
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except where noted.

  1. Soul Virgo – George Duke, Mike Deasy, Rick Holmes
  2. Rumplestiltskin – Joe Zawinul
  3. Inquisition – Nat Adderley
  4. Devastatement – Nat Adderley
  5. Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – Edú Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall
  6. The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free – Nat Adderley Jr.
  7. Sometime Ago – Sergio Mihanovich
  8. Exquisition – Nat Adderley
  9. Painted Desert – Joe Zawinul
  10. Directions – Joe Zawinul
  11. Down in Black Bottom – Nat Adderley
  12. 1-2-3-Go-O-O-O! – Joe Zawinul, Roy McCurdy, Walter Booker, Nat Adderley
  13. Lonesome Stranger – Nat Adderley
  14. Get Up Off Your Knees
  15. Wild-Cat Pee
  16. Alto Sex
  17. Bridges – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees
  18. Out and In
  19. Together – Nat Adderley Jr.
  20. The Scene – Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul

Stan Getz: Didn’t We

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In December 1969, “Verve” label released “Didn’t We”, the 58th Stan Getz album. It was recorded September – October 1969, and was produced by Johnny Pate.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Unidentified orchestra
  • Johnny Pate – arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Sid Maurer – art direction
  • Michael Mendel – design
  • Dom Cerulli – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Didn’t We – Jimmy Webb
  2. The Shining Sea – Johnny Mandel
  3. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
  4. Go Away, Little Girl – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  5. Heartstrings – Milt Jackson
  6. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  7. Try to Understand – Johnny Pate
  8. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  9. Mandy Is Two – Fulton McGrath, Johhny Mercer
  10. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke

The Everly Brothers: Roots

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In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • John Neil – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Frank Bez – photography
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
  • Lenny Waronker – concept

Track listing:

  1. The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
  2. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
  5. I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  6. Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
  7. Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
  8. Illinois – Randy Newman
  9. Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
  10. You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
  11. Turn Around – Ron Elliott
  12. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  13. Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis

Herbie Hancock: Fat Albert Rotunda

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In December 1969, “Warner Bros” label released “Fat Albert Rotunda”, the eighth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded October, November and December 1969, at Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Herbie Hancock. The album music was originally recorded for the TV special “Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert”. 

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Billy Butler — guitar
  • Jerry Jemmott – electric bass
  • Buster Williams — acoustic and electric bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath — drums
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Joe Farrell — alto and tenor saxophone
  • Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
  • Art Clarke – baritone saxophone
  • Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal — trumpet
  • Garnett Brown — trombone
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, engineer
  • Ed Trasher – art direction
  • Syrell Sapoznick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock.

  1. Wiggle-Waggle
  2. Fat Mama
  3. Tell Me a Bad Time Story
  4. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
  5. Jessica
  6. Fat Albert Rotunda
  7. Lil’ Brother

Groundhogs: Scratching The Surface

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In December 1968, “Liberty” label released “Scratching the Surface”, the debut Groundhogs album. It was recorded in October 1968, at “Marquee Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Batt.

Personnel:

  • Tony McPhee – vocals, guitar, coordination
  • Steve Rye – vocals, harmonica
  • Peter Cruickshank – bass
  • Ken Pustelnik – drums
  • Gerry Collins – engineer
  • Michael Hasted – art direction, design, cover photography
  • Andrew Lauder, Roy Fisher – coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony McPhee, except where noted.

  1. Rocking Chair
  2. Early in the Morning – John Lee Williamson
  3. Waking Blues
  4. Married Men
  5. No More Doggin’ – Rosco Gordon
  6. Man Trouble
  7. Come Back Baby
  8. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  9. Still a Fool – McKinley Morganfield

Illimois Jacquet: Swing’s The Thing

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In December 1956, “Clef” label released “Swing’s the Thing”, the twelve Illinois Jacquet album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Phil Stern – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Las Vegas Blues – Roy Eldridge
  2. Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rodgers
  3. Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
  4. Achtung – Illinois Jacquet
  5. Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young

Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings: Into My Life

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In December 1966, “World Pacific” label released “Into My Life”, album by Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings (the 26th Chat Baker album overall). It was recorded in October 1966, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Chet Baker – flugelhorn
  • The Carmel Strings
  • Harry Betts – arangements, conductor
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Dave Hassinger – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Bernard Yeszin – design
  • George Jerman- cover photography
  • Burt Nelson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme) – Francis Lai
  2. Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
  3. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
  4. The Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Jay Landesman, Fran Landesman, Thomas Wolf
  5. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi, Mack David
  7. Serenata – Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson
  8. More and More Amor – Sol Lake
  9. All
  10. If He Walked into My Life – Jerry Herman
  11. Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  12. Got to Get You into My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Status Quo: Piledriver

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On December 15, 1972, “Vertigo” label released “Piledriver”, the fifth Status Quo studio album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “IBC Studios” in London, and was produced by Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan.

Personnel:

  • Francis Rossi – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Rick Parfitt – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, arrangements
  • Alan Lancaster – vocals, bass, 12 string acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • John Coghlan – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Jimmy Horowitz – piano
  • Bob Young – harmonica 
  • Damon Lyon-Shaw – engineer
  • Richard Manwaring – engineer
  • Paul Robert Lodge – technician
  • Malcolm George Kingsnorth – technician

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Waste My Time – Francis Rossi, Bob Young
  2. Oh Baby – Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt
  3. A Year – Alan Lancaster, Bernie Frost
  4. Unspoken Words – Francis Rossi, Bob Young
  5. Big Fat Mama – Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt
  6. Paper Plane – Francis Rossi, Bob Young
  7. All the Reasons – Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster
  8. Roadhouse Blues – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek

Gil Fuller: Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie

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In December 1965, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie”, album by Gil Fuller featuring Dizzy Gillespie (second Gil Fuller album overall). It was recorded in October 1965, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Gil Fuller – conductor, arrangements 
  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • Gabe Baltazar, Buddy Collette – alto saxophone
  • Bill Green, Carrington Visor – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • John Audino, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Freddie Hill, Melvin Moore – trumpet
  • Sam Cassano, David Duke, Herman Lebow, Alan Robinson – French horn
  • Jim Amlotte, Bob Fitzpatrick, Lester Robinson – trombone
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Phil Moore – piano
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Richard Bock – recording
  • Ron McMaster – mastering
  • Achille Perilli – painting
  • Arthur Adams – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gil Fuller except where notes.

  1. Man from Monterey – Phil Moore
  2. Angel City
  3. Love Theme from the Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  4. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Be’s That Way
  6. Big Sur
  7. Moontide
  8. Things Are Here – Dizzy Gillespie