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Ray Bryant: Take A Bryant Step

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In December 1967, “Cadet” label released “Take a Bryant Step”, the 19th Ray Bryant album. It was recorded August – November 1967, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Ray Bryant – piano, arrangements
  • The Richard Evans Orchestra
  • Richard Evans – arrangements
  • Doug Brand – engineer

Track listing:

  1. To Sir with Love – Mark London. Don Black
  2. Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
  3. Natural Woman – Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler
  4. Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
  5. Up-Up and Away – Jimmy Webb
  6. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  7. Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy
  8. Poochie – Richard Evans
  9. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Paper Cup – Jimmy Webb
  11. Doing My Thing – Richard Evans
  12. Dinner On the Grounds – Loonis McGlohon

Ornette Coleman: Ornette On Tenor

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In December 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Ornette on Tenor”, the eighth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in March 1961, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman — tenor saxophone
  • Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
  • Jimmy Garrison — bass
  • Ed Blackwell — drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording
  • Phil Lehle – recording
  • Bob Slutzky – design
  • Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr. – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Cross Breeding
  2. Mapa
  3. Enfant
  4. Eos
  5. Ecars

Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole

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In December 1966, “Blue Note” label released “The Empty Foxhole”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in September 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin, cover painting, liner notes
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Denardo Coleman – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Bob Fuentes – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Good Old Days
  2. The Empty Foxhole
  3. Sound Gravitation
  4. Freeway Express
  5. Faithful
  6. Zig Zag

Art Pepper: Smack Up

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In December 1960, “Contemporary / OJC” label released “Smack Up”, the eleventh Art Pepper album. It was recorded in October 1960, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Art Pepper — alto saxophone
  • Jack Sheldon — trumpet
  • Pete Jolly — piano
  • Jimmy Bond — bass
  • Frank Butler — drums


Track listing:

  1. Smack Up – Harold Land
  2. Las Cuevas De Mario – Art Pepper
  3. A Bit of Basie – Buddy Collette
  4. How Can You Lose – Benny Carter
  5. Maybe Next Year – Duane Tatro
  6. Tears Inside – Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman: Tomorrow Is The Question!

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In November 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Tomorrow Is the Question!, the second Ornette Coleman studio album. It was recorded January – March 1959, at “Contemporary’s Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Don Cherry – trumpet
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Roy DuNann – engineer
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Tomorrow Is the Question!
  2. Tears Inside
  3. Mind and Time
  4. Compassion
  5. Giggin’
  6. Rejoicing
  7. Lorraine
  8. Turnaround
  9. Endless

Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation

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In September 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, the sixth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Scott LaFaro – double bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Free Jazz (Part One)
  2. Free Jazz (Part Two)

Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!

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In September 1958, “Contemporary” label released “Something Else!!!!”, (subtitled The Music of Ornette Coleman), the debut Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in February 1958, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Don Cherry – cornet
  • Walter Norris – piano
  • Don Payne – double bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Roy DuNann – engineer
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Invisible
  2. The Blessing
  3. Jayne
  4. Chippie
  5. The Disguise
  6. Angel Voice
  7. Alpha
  8. When Will the Blues Leave?
  9. The Sphinx

Ran Blake: Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano

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On May 1, 1965, “ESP-Disk” label released “Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano”, the second Ran Blake album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Art Crist – engineer
  • Paul Frick – art direction
  • Saul Stollman – design
  • George Klabin – photography
  • Gunther Schuller – liner notes
  • Bob Marius – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  2. Stratusphunk – George Russell
  3. Sleepy Time Gal – Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
  4. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington
  5. Eric – Ran Blake
  6. There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
  7. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  8. Sister Tee – Ran Blake
  9. Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
  10. Birmingham U.S.A. – Ran Blake

The Bad Plus: Give

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On March 9. 2004, “Sony” label released “Give”, the third Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Real World Studios”, in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – double bass
  • David King – drums, art direction, design
  • Tchad Blake – recording, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Claire Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Matt Freisen – illustration
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. 1979 Semi-Finalist – David King
  2. Cheney Piñata – Ethan Iverson
  3. Street Woman – Ornette Coleman
  4. And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation – Reid Anderson
  5. Frog and Toad – David King
  6. Velouria – Charles Thompson
  7. Layin’ a Strip for the Higher-Self State Line – David King
  8. Do Your Sums/Die Like a Dog/Play For Home – Ethan Iverson
  9. Dirty Blonde – Reid Anderson
  10. Neptune (The Planet) – Reid Anderson
  11. Iron Man – Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studio E” in New York City and was produced by James Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford, Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals
  • Stan Tonkel – engineer
  • Russ Payne – mixing
  • Ed Lee – cover design
  • Robert Amft – cover photography
  • Bob Palmer – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper