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Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

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In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Only the Blues”, the 14th Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in October 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Stan Levey – drums

Track listing:

  1. The String (The Eternal Triangle) – Sonny Stitt
  2. Cleveland Blues – Sonny Stitt
  3. B.W. Blues (Boogie Woogie Blues) – Sonny Stitt
  4. Blues for Bags – Sonny Stitt

Ben Webster: Soulville

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In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Soulville”, the sixth Ben Webster album. It was recorded in October 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Stan Levey – drums
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes
  • Ellie Hughes – design
  • Tom Hughes – design
  • Phil Stern – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soulville – Ben Webster
  2. Late Date – Ben Webster
  3. Time on My Hands – Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans
  4. Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  5. Where Are You? – Lew Pollack, Lou Davis
  6. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  7. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

Jack Wilson: Something Personal

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In August 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Something Personal”, the sixth Jack Wilson album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Annex Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Jack Wilson – piano
  • Roy Ayers – vibes
  • Ray Brown – bass, cello
  • Charles ‘Buster’ Williams – bass
  • Varney Barlow – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Most Unsoulful Woman
  2. The Sphinx – Ornette Coleman
  3. Shosh – (Blues in F)
  4. Serenata – Leroy Anderson
  5. Harbor Freeway 5 P.M.
  6. C.F.D.

Lalo Schifrin: More Jazz Meets the Symphony

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On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.

Personnel:

  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
  2. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Chano – Lalo Schifrin
  4. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
  7. Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

The Oscar Peterson Trio: A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra

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In June 1959, “Verve” label released “A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra”, album by The Oscar Peterson Trio. It was recorded in May 1959, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

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

Track listing:

  1. You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
  2. Come Dance with Me – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  3. Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
  4. Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  8. It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
  9. I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
  10. All of Me – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
  11. The Birth of the Blues – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown
  12. How About You? – Ralph Freed, Burton Lane

Judy Henske and Jerry Yester:

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On June 16, 1969, “Stright” label released “Farewell Aldebaran”, album by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester. It was recorded in 1969, at “Sunwest” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky.

Personnel:

  • Judy Henske – vocals
  • Jerry Yester – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, toy zither, Marxophone, harpsichord, Chamberlin tape organ, orchestration, banjo, harmonica, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ
  • John Forsha – 12 string guitar, backing vocals
  • Dick Rosmini – guitar
  • Zal Yanovsky – electric guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – banjo
  • Paul Beaver – Moog synthesizer programming
  • Solomon Feldthouse – hammered dulcimer
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Jerry Scheff – bass
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Toxie French – drums
  • Eddie Hoh – drums
  • Larry Beckett – drums, backing vocals
  • Gail Levant – harp
  • Roger Dollarhide – backing vocals
  • Uncredited string, brass and reed orchestras
  • Gary Brandt – recording, mixing
  • John Boylan – mixing
  • Litholab – special effects
  • John Williams – design
  • Ed Caraeff – photography
  • Herb Cohen – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Judy Henske, all music by Jerry Yester, except where noted.

  1. Snowblind – Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky
  2. Horses on a Stick
  3. Lullaby
  4. St. Nicholas Hall
  5. Three Ravens
  6. Raider
  7. Mrs. Connor
  8. Rapture
  9. Charity
  10. Farewell Aldebaran

Kiri Te Kanawa: Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album

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On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.

Personnel:

  • Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
  • André Previn – piano
  • Mundell Lowe – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass

Track listing:

  1. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  2. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  3. Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
  4. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
  7. It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
  9. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
  10. Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
  11. Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
  12. The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  13. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
  14. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  15. It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Maynard Ferguson: The New Sounds Of Maynard Ferguson

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In April 1963, “Cameo” label released “The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson”, the 21st Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Fine Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
  • Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
  • Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Dusan Goykovitch, Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
  • Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Linc Milliman – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums
  • Mike Abene, Willie Maiden, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Bossa Nova de Funk – Willie Maiden
  3. Gravy Waltz – Steve Allen, Ray Brown
  4. Cherokee (Indian Love Song) – Ray Noble
  5. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  6. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
  7. At the Sound of the Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson, Willi Maiden
  8. Maine Bone – Mike Abene
  9. Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
  10. Danny Boy – traditional

Blossom Dearie: Same

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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:

  1. Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
  2. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
  3. Ev’rything I’ve Got – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Comment allez-vous – Murray Grand
  5. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans
  6. Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  7. It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Tout doucement – Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier
  9. You for Me – Bob Haymes
  10. Now at Last – Bob Haymes
  11. I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
  12. Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  13. I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
  14. A Fine Spring Morning – Bob Haymes

Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six: Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris

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On February 15, 1964, “Phillips” label released “Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris”, album by Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six (the 41st Dizzy Gillespie album overall). It was recorded July – September 1963, at “Europosanor Studios” in Paris, and in Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals
  • Christiane Legrand – vocals
  • Eddy Louiss – vocals
  • Mimi Perrin – vocals
  • Bob Smart – vocals
  • Ward Swingle – vocals
  • Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
  • James Moody – alto saxophone
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Pierre Michelot – bass
  • Chris White – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Rudy Collins – drums
  • Lalo Schifrin – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Emanon – Dizzy Gillespie, Milton Shaw
  2. Anthropology – Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
  3. Tin Tin Deo – Gil Fuller, Luciano Pozo
  4. One Bass Hit – Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
  6. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  7. Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee – Joe Carroll, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Graham
  8. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  9. Con Alma – Dizzy Gillespie
  10. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  11. The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
  12. Ow! – Dizzy Gillespie