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Gene Ammons: Got My Own

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In December 1972, “Prestige” label released “Got My Own”, the 35th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Hayes – organ
  • Hank Jones – electric piano
  • Sonny Phillips – piano, organ
  • Joe Beck, Maynard Parker – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
  • Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad, Mickey Roker – drums
  • Ed Bogas – arranger
  • Unidentified strings
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
  2. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
  3. Strange Fruit – Abel Meeropol
  4. Fine and Mellow – Billie Holiday
  5. Play Me – Neil Diamond
  6. Ben – Don Black, Walter Scharf
  7. The Shack Out Back – Gene Ammons

Red Holloway: The Burner

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “The Burner”, the debut Red Holloway album. It was recorded August – October 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Red Holloway – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Serrano, Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • “Big” John Patton, George Butcher – organ
  • Eric Gale, Charles Lindsay – guitar
  • Leonard Gaskin, Thomas Palmer – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle, Bobby Durham – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Red Holloway except where noted.

  1. Monkey Sho’ Can Talk
  2. Brethren
  3. Crib Theme – Ozzie Cadena
  4. The Burner
  5. Miss Judie Mae
  6. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf

Kenny Clarke Ernie Wilkins Septet: Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins

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In May 1955, “Savoy” label released “Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins”, album by the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet. It was recorded in March 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – alto and tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • George Barrow – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Ernie Wilkins, except where noted.

  1. Pru’s Bloose – Ozzie Cadena
  2. I Dig You the Most
  3. Cute Tomato
  4. Summer Evening – Ozzie Cadena
  5. Oz – the Wizard
  6. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
  7. Plenty for Kenny – Ozzie Cadena

Frank Wess: North, South, East….Wess

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In May 1956, “Savoy” label released “North, South, East….Wess”, the second Frank Wess album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Henry Coker, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Wess, except where noted.

  1. What’d Ya Say – Ozzie Cadena
  2. Dill Pickles – Frank Foster
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Hard Sock Dance
  5. Salvation
  6. Lazy Sal – Henry Coker

Frank Wess: Opus De Blues

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In December 1959, “Savoy” label released “Opus de Blues”, the sixth Frank Wess album. It was recorded in December 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Frank Wess – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Gus Johnson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Thad Jones, except where noted.

  1. I Hear Ya Talkin’ – Frank Wess
  2. Liz
  3. Boop-Pe-Doop – Curtis Fuller
  4. Opus de Blues
  5. Struttin’ Down Broadway

Jack McDuff: Screamin’

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In December 1962, “Prestige” label released “Screamin’”, the eight Jack McDuff album.It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Jack McDuff – organ
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by Jack McDuff, except where noted.

  1. He’s a Real Gone Guy – Nellie Lutcher
  2. Soulful Drums – Jack McDuff, Joe Dukes
  3. After Hours – Avery Parrish
  4. Screamin’
  5. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  6. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie

Gigi Gryce Orchestra And Quartet: Nica’s Tempo

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In December 1955, “Signal” label released “Nica’s Tempo”, album by Gigi Gryce Orchestra and Quartet (the second Gigi Gryce album overall). It was recorded in October 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

Gigi Gryce Orchestra

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Gunther Schuller – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Ernestine Anderson – vocals

Gigi Gryce Quartet

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

Gigi Gryce Orchestra

  1. Speculation – Horace Silver
  2. In a Meditating Mood – Gigi Gryce
  3. Social Call – Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks
  4. Smoke Signal – Gigi Gryce
  5. (You’ll Always Be) The One I Love – Gigi Gryce
  6. Kerry Dance – traditional

Gigi Gryce Quartet

  1. Shuffle Boil – Thelonious Monk
  2. Brake’s Sake – Thelonious Monk
  3. Gallop’s Gallop – Thelonious Monk
  4. Nica’s Tempo – Gigi Gryce

Shirley Scott: The Soul Is Willing

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In August 1963, “Prestige” label released “The Soul Is Willing”, the 18th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Grassella Oliphant – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. I Feel All Right – Stanley Turrentine
  2. Secret Love – Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
  3. Remember – Irving Berlin
  4. Stolen Sweets – Wild Bill Davis, Dickie Thompson
  5. The Soul Is Willing – Stanley Turrentine
  6. Yes Indeed – Sy Oliver

Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist

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On March 21, 1957, “Regent” label released “The Jazz Harpist”, the debut Dorothy Ashby studio album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Eddie Jones – bass 
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Dorothy Ashby, except as noted.

  1. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  4. Aeolian Groove
  5. Quietude
  6. Spicy
  7. Lamentation

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Child’s Dance

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In March 1973, “Prestige” label released “Child’s Dance”, the 27th Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded May – July 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Buddy Terry – soprano saxophone
  • Ramon Morris – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Manny Boyd – flute
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • John Hicks – electric piano
  • Mickey Bass – bass
  • Stanley Clarke – bass
  • Ray Mantilla – congas
  • Emanuel Rahim – congas
  • Nathaniel Bettis, Richie “Pablo” Landrum, Sonny Morgan – percussion 

Track listing:

All tracks by Stanley Clarke except where noted.

  1. C.C.
  2. Child’s Dance (Christian’s Song) – Ramon Morris
  3. Song for a Lonely Woman
  4. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin