In January 1958, “Blue Note” label released “The Cooker”, the seventh Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Robert Levin – liner notes
Track listing:
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Happy Dipper – Lee Morgan
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
In April 1957, “Verve” label released the self-titled, second Blossom Dearie studio album. It was recorded in September 1956, and was produced by Norman Granz and Blossom Dearie.
Personnel:
Blossom Dearie – vocals, piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Jo Jones – drums
Track listing:
Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
Ev’rything I’ve Got – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Comment allez-vous – Murray Grand
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans
Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Tout doucement – Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier
You for Me – Bob Haymes
Now at Last – Bob Haymes
I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
In February 1958, “Atlantic” label released “West Coast Wailers”, album Conte Candoli and Lou Levy. It was recorded in August 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun.
Personnel:
Conte Candoli – trumpet
Lou Levy – piano
Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Lawrence Marable – drums
Track listing:
Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Comes Love – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In November 1968, “Campi” label released “European Episode”, album by Lee Konitz and Martial Solal, (the 23rd Lee Konitz album overall). It was recorded in October 1968m in Rome, Italy.
Personnel:
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Martial Solal – piano
Henri Texier – bass
Daniel Humair – drums
Track listing:
Collage on Standards – Johnny Dinamo
Duet for Saxophone and Drums and Piano – Johnny Dinamo
Anthropology (Version 1) – Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
Lover Man (Version 2) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
Gene Bertoncini – guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
David Spinozza – guitar
Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
Richard Tee – organ
Gordon Edwards – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – congas
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Brass and Woodwind Section
George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
String Section
Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
String Trio
David Nadien – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
George Ricci – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Pete Turner – photography
Track listing:
No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
In February 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Introducing Johnny Griffin”, the debut Johnny Griffin album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Wynton Kelly – piano
Curly Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums
Track listing:
Mil Dew – Johnny Griffin
Chicago Calling – Johnny Griffin
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, John Strachey
The Boy Next Door – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Nice and Easy – Johnny Griffin
It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
In September 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Out of This World”, the debut and the only Walter Benton album. It was recorded in September 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb, Albert Heath – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Benton except where noted,
Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Walter’s Altar
Iris
Night Movements
A Blues Mood
Azil
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
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:
Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Ballad for Beverly – Bob Williams
Of Bass I Love – Ahmad Jamal, Jamil Sulieman
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) – Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
At Long Last Love – Cole Porter
Never Let Me Go – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Gypsies in the Wind – Bob Williams
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “The Young Bloods”, the fifth Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Al Haig – piano
Teddy Kotick – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Phil Woods except where noted.
Dewey Square – Charlie Parker
Dupeltook
Once More
House of Chan
In Walked George
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
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