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The Prestige All Stars: All Day Long

In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “All Day Long”, the fifth Prestige All Stars (The) album. It was recorded in January 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Heckensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Frank Foster – tenor sax
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. All Day Long – Kenny Burrell
  2. Slim Jim – Donald Byrd
  3. Say Listen – Donald Byrd
  4. A.T. – Frank Foster

Honi Gordon: Honi Gordon Sings

On March 23, 1962, “Prestige” label released “Honi Gordon Sings’, the only Honi Gordon album.

Personnel:

  • Honi Gordon – vocals
  • Ken McIntyre – alto sax, flute
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Track listing:

  1. Strollin’
  2. Ill Wind
  3. My Kokomo
  4. Why Try to Change Me Now?
  5. Cupid
  6. Walkin’ (Out the Door)
  7. Why
  8. Love Affair
  9. Lament of the Lonely

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Child’s Dance

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

Jimmy Witherspoon: Evenin’ Blues

In March 1964, “Prestige” label released “Evenin’ Blues”, the 19th Jimmy Witherspoon album. It was recorded in August 1963, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
  • T-Bone Walker – guitar
  • Bert Kendrix – piano, organ
  • Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Clarence Jones – bass
  • Wayne Robertson – drums
  • Francis Squibb – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Witherspoon, except where noted.

  1. Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper
  2. Grab Me a Freight – Larraine Walton
  3. Don’t Let Go – Jesse Stone
  4. I’ve Been Treated Wrong – Robert Brown
  5. Evenin’ – Royce Swain
  6. Cane River
  7. Baby, How Long – Brownie McGhee
  8. Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown
  9. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  10. Drinkin’ Beer

Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book

In March 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Freedom Book”, the sixth Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Don Schlitten – design photography
  • David Himmelstein – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Booker Ervin, except where noted.

  1. A Lunar Tune
  2. Cry Me Not – Randy Weston
  3. Grant’s Stand
  4. A Day to Mourn
  5. Al’s In

Gil Evans: Gil Evans & Ten

In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Gil Evans & Ten”, the debut Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Jack Koven – trumpet
  • John Carisi – trumpet
  • Louis Mucci – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Bart Varsalona – bass trombone
  • Willie Ruff – French horn
  • Dave Kurtzer – bassoon
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Nick Stabulas – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Mark Rice – design
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Remember – Irving Berlin
  2. Ella Speed – Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), Alan Lomax
  3. Big Stuff – Leonard Bernstein
  4. Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  6. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  7. Jambangle – Gil Evans

Yusef Lateef: The Sounds of Yusef

In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “The Sounds of Yusef”, the seventh Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in October 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, argol
  • Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, balloon
  • Hugh Lawson – piano, Turkish finger cymbals, 7 Up bottle, balloon, bells
  • Ernie Farrow – bass, rabat
  • Oliver Jackson – drums, gong, earth board
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recoding
  • Mark Rice – design
  • Ed Edwards – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Playful Flute – Wilbur Harden
  3. Love and Humor
  4. Buckingham
  5. Meditation

Sonny Rollins: Tour De Force

In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Tour de Force”, the eight Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in December 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Earl Coleman – vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Ee-Ah
  2. B. Quick
  3. Two Different Worlds – Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
  4. B. Swift
  5. My Ideal – Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting

Oliver Nelson: Afro/American Sketches

In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Afro/American Sketches”, the ninth Oliver Nelson album. It was recorded September – November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, alto and tenor saxophone, liner notes
  • Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
  • Joe Newman, Clyde Reasinger, Jerry Kail, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Melba Liston – trombone
  • Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Peter Makas, Charles McCracken – violoncello
  • Patti Bown – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas, bongos
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Edmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Oliver Nelson.

  1. Message
  2. Jungleaire
  3. Emancipation Blues
  4. There’s a Yearnin’
  5. Going Up North
  6. Disillusioned
  7. Freedom Dance

Mose Allison: Ramblin’ With Mose

In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Ramblin’ with Mose”, the fourth Mose Allison album. It was recorded in April 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Mose Allison – vocals, piano
  • Addison Farmer – bass
  • Ronnie Free – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Joe Goldberg – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Mose Allison, except where noted.

  1. I Got a Right to Cry – Joe Liggins
  2. Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
  3. The Minstrels
  4. You Belong to Me – Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart
  5. Stranger in Paradise – Robert Wright, George Forrest
  6. The Kissin’ Bug – Bill Eisenhauer, Diane Lampert, Horace Linsley
  7. Ramble
  8. Saritha
  9. Old Man John
  10. Ingenue