On February 14, 1955, “Columbia” label released “Brubeck Time”, album by Dave Brubeck Quartet (the 16th Dave Brubeck album overall). It was recorded October – November 1954, at “Columbia 30the Street” in New York City , and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Dave Brubeck – piano
Paul Desmond – alto sax
Bob Bates – double bass
Joe Dodge – drums
Howard Fritzson – art direction
Randall Martin – design
John Jackson – production assistant
Track listing:
Audrey – Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond
Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
Pennies From Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
Why Do I Love You? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Stompin’ for Mili – Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond
Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
A Fine Romance – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? – Edgar Yipsel Harburg, Jay Gorney
On March 5, 1956, “Capitol” label released “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”, the tenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded October 1955 – January 1956, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Bill Miller – piano
George Van Eps – guitar
Mahlon Clark, Justin Gordon, Champ Webb, Robert Lawson – saxophone
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison – trumpet
Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Juan Tizol – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee – alto clarinet
Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Victor Bay, Paul Nero, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Dan Lube, Harry Bluestone, Emo Neufeld, Samuel Cytron, Robert Gross, Alex Murray – violin
Maxine Johnson, Milton Thomas, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin, Paul Robyn – viola
Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Cy Bernard – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Frank Flynn – percussion
Clark Yocum, Allan Davies, Charles Schrouder, Lee Gotch – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
It Happened in Monterey – Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman
Too Marvelous for Words – Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
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:
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
On April 17, 2012, “Uptown Records” label released “Newark 1953”, album by Hank Mobley. It was recorded in September 1953, at “The Picadilly Club” in New Jersey, and was produced by Robert E. Sunenblick.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley – tenor sax
Bennie Green – trombone
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Jimmy Schenck – bass
Charli Persip – drums
Ozzie Cadena – recording
Track listing:
Ow – John Birks Gillespie
There’s a Small Hotel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Ballad Medley: Damn That Dream / Where or When / In Love in Vain / Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie DeLange, Lorenz Hart, James Van Heusen, Jerome Kern, Mitchell Parish, Leo Robin, Richard Rodgers
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid – Lester Young
Announcement
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Keen and Peachy – Ralph Burns, Shorty Rogers
Pennies from Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
In December 1955, “Norgran” label released “Pres and Sweets”, an album by Lester Young and Harry Edison, It was recorded in November 1955, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Harry Edison – trumpet
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Buddy Rich – drums
Track listing:
Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Red Boy Blues – Lester Young
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
On February 28, 2011, “Barking Moondog” label relased “Electronic Church Muzik”, the fourth Ant-Bee studio album. It was recorded over the course of several years, and was produced by Billy James.
Personnel:
Billy James (The Ant-Bee) – vocals, tape, percussion, Mellotron, vibraphone, guitar, keyboards, harp, cuica, washboard, violin, choir
Jan Akkerman– guitar
Peter Banks– guitar
Daevid Allen– vocals
Artemiy Artemiev– keyboards
Mark Boston(as Rockette Morton) – bass guitar
Michael Bruce– guitar, bass guitar, sitar, vocala, keyboards
Bruce Cameron– guitar, bass guitar, sitar
Jack Dougherty – pedal steel guitar
Bill Harkleroad(Zoot Horn Rollo) – guitar
Moogy Klingman– keyboards
Alessandro Pizzin – keyboards
Don Preston– Moog synthesizer, keyboards, electronics
Peter Frohmader– keyboards, electronics
Mike Logiovino – bass guitar
Bunk Gardner– saxophone, flute
Buzz Gardner– trumpet
Cor Gout – vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock– vocals
Jimmy Carl Black– spoken word
Gilli Smyth– vocals, spoken word
Zad McGough – backing vocals
Rod Martin – trumpet
Groucho Marx– vocals
George Scala – recorder
Jim Sherwood(as Motorhead) – snorks
Track listing:
Birth – Billy James, Gilli Smyth
Living – Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
The Language of the Body – Billy James, Daevid Allen
Eye of Agamoto – Don Preston
The Guff (Hall of Souls) – Peter Banks, Billy James, Gilli Smyth
Mallard Flies Towards Heaven – Bill Harkleroad
Ant-Bee’s Sunday Supper
Flutter-Bye, Butter-Flye – Michael Bruce, Billy James
Endless Journey – Peter Banks
The Light – Billy James, Alessandro Pizzin
Mannah – Jan Akkerman
Psalm 23
Hallelujah – Peter Frohmader, Billy James
The Wrath – Part One (The Flood) – Billy James
Secrets of the Dead – Bruce Cameron, Billy James
Pennies From Heaven – Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
The Wrath – Part Two (Baptism Through Fire) – Billy James
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