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Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Songbook

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In May 1960, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook”, the 73rd Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded July – August 1959, at “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Merle Shore – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics as noted, all music by Jerome Kern.

  1. I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh
  2. Bill – Oscar Hammerstein
  3. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein
  4. A Fine Romance – Dorothy Fields
  5. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man – Oscar Hammerstein
  6. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein
  7. Long Ago (and Far Away) – Ira Gershwin
  8. Lovely to Look At – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  9. Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields
  10. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Ott Harbach
  11. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields
  12. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach

Mal Waldron: Mal-1

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mal-1”, the debut Mal Waldron album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Julian Euell – bass
  • Arthur Edgehill – drums

Track listing:

  1. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  2. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. Transfiguration – Lee Sears, Gigi Gryce
  4. Bud Study – Mal Waldron
  5. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  6. Shome – Idrees Sulieman

Coleman Hawkins: Good Old Broadway

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In April 1962, “Moodsville” label released “Good Old Broadway”, the 31st Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I Talk to the Trees – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. Wanting You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  4. Strange Music – George Forrest, Robert Wright, Edvard Grieg
  5. The Man That Got Away – Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
  6. Get Out of Town – Cole Porter
  7. Here I’ll Stay – Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill
  8. A Fellow Needs a Girl – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Sonny Stitt: Soul Shack

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In December 1963, “Prestige” label released “Soul Shack”, album by Sonny Stitt and Jack McDuff (the 47th Sonny Stitt album overall). It was recorded in September 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Leonard Gaskin – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Mongerstern – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt except where noted.

  1. Sunday – Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller
  2. Soul Shack
  3. Love Nest – Louis Hirsch, Otto Harbach
  4. Hairy
  5. For You – Joe Burke, Al Dubin
  6. Shadows

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First

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In December 1962, “Reprise” label released “Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First”, the 30th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Count Basie – piano
  • Bill Miller – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Al Aarons – trumpet
  • Sonny Cohn – trumpet
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Fip Ricard – trumpet
  • Henry Coker – trombone
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Rufus Wagner – trombone
  • Buddy Catlett – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Neal Hefti – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
  2. Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
  3. (Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
  5. My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
  6. I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
  7. Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  8. Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
  9. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
  10. I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach

Sarah Vaughn: No Count Sarah

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In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.

Track listing:                                                                     

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra

  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
  • Hal Mooney – recording
  • Emmett McBain – design

Track listing:

  1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
  3. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  5. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  6. No ‘Count Blues – Thad Jones, Sarah Vaughan
  7. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  8. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  9. Missing You – Ronnell Bright

Johnny Hodges: Used To Be Duke

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In October 1956, “Norgan” label released “Used to Be Duke”, the eight Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded July – August 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Shorty Baker – trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown – trombone
  • Call Cobbs Jr., Richie Powell – piano
  • John “Buddy” Williams – double bass
  • Louie Bellson – drums
  • Herman Leonard – photography
  • Norman Granz – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Used to Be Duke – Johnny Hodges
  2. On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  3. Sweet as Bear Meat – Johnny Hodges
  4. Madam Butterfly – Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges
  5. Warm Valley – Duke Ellington
  6. Ballad medley: Autumn In New York / Sweet Lorraine / Time On My Hands / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / If You Were Mine / Poor Butterfly – Vernon Duke / Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish / Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon / Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach / Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer / Raymond Hubbell, John Golden

Wes Montgomery: Wes Montgomery Trio

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In March 1960, “Riverside” label released “The Wes Montgomery Trio”, the debut Wes Montgomery studio album. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Track listing:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Melvin Rhyne – organ
  • Paul Parker – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Harris Lewine – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Paul Bacon – design

Track listing:

  1. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
  2. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. The End of a Love Affair – Edward Redding
  4. Whisper Not – Benny Golson
  5. Ecaroh – Horace Silver
  6. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
  7. Missile Blues – Wes Montgomery
  8. Too Late Now – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
  9. Jingles – Wes Montgomery

Ray Charles: I’m All Yours Baby

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In February 1969, “Charles Tangerine Records” label released “I’m All Yours Baby!”, the 28th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Joe Adams.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
  • Sid Feller – arrangements
  • Mark Taylor – engineer
  • Daniel Pezza, Henry Epstein – design

Track listing:

  1. Yours – Jack Sherr
  2. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Love Is Here to Stay – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
  4. Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
  5. Till the End of Time – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman
  6. I Had the Craziest Dream – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. Someday – Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml
  8. Indian Love Call – Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml
  9. I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) – Edna Osser, Marjorie Goetschius
  10. Gloomy Sunday – Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis

Ahmad Jamal: The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful

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In May 1968, “Cadet” label released “The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful”, the 24th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Fine Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano
  • Jamil Sulieman – bass
  • Frank Gant – drums
  • The Howard Roberts Choir – vocals
  • Hale Smith – conductor

Track listing:

  1. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  2. Ballad for Beverly – Bob Williams
  3. Of Bass I Love – Ahmad Jamal, Jamil Sulieman
  4. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  5. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
  6. At Long Last Love – Cole Porter
  7. Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  8. Gypsies in the Wind – Bob Williams
  9. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
  10. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz