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Gil Evans: Into the Hot

In January 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Into the Hot”, the fifth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio”, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – conductor, supervision

The John Carisi Orchestra:

  • John Carisi – trumpet, arrangements
  • John Glasel – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eddie Costa – piano, vibes
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arnold Newman – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

The Cecil Taylor Unit:

  • Cecil Taylor = piano
  • Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Sunny Murray – drums

Track listing:

  1. Moon Taj – John Carisi
  2. Pots – Cecil Taylor
  3. Angkor Wat – John Carisi
  4. Bulbs – Cecil Taylor
  5. Barry’s Tune – Jogn Carisi
  6. Mixed – Cecil Taylor

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

In January 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Mosaic”, the 18th Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  2. Down Under – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
  4. Arabia – Curtis Fuller
  5. Crisis – Freddie Hubbard

Stan Getz & Eddie Sauter: Focus

In January 1962, “Verve” label released “Focus”, album by Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter (the 38th Stan Getz album overall). It was recorded in July 1961, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, September – October 1961, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • John Neves – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Alan Martin – violin
  • Norman Carr – violin
  • Gerald Tarack – violin
  • Jacob Glick – viola
  • Bruce Rogers – cello
  • Eddie Sauter – arrangements
  • Hershy Kay – conductor
  • Ray Hall – recording, mastering
  • Pete Turner – photography
  • Dom Cerulli – liner notes

Track listing:

 All tracks by Eddie Sauter.

  1. I’m Late, I’m Late
  2. Her
  3. Pan
  4. I Remember When
  5. Night Rider
  6. Once Upon a Time
  7. A Summer Afternoon

Miles Davis: Dig

In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
  • Tommy Potter – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dig – Jackie McLean
  2. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  3. Denial – Miles Davis
  4. Bluing – Miles Davis
  5. Out of the Blue – Miles Davis

Sarah Vaughn: I Love Brazil

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

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

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

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

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

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