In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
On February 5, 1968, “Capitol” label released “The Delta Sweete”, the second Bobbie Gentry studio album. It was recorded July – December 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kelly Gordon.
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.
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.
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:
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
Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
Chano – Lalo Schifrin
Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
Django – John Lewis
Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
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
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:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow
Come Dance with Me – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Just in Time – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
It Happened in Monterey – Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
All of Me – Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
The Birth of the Blues – Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown
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.
Snowblind – Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky
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:
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
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:
Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
Bossa Nova de Funk – Willie Maiden
Gravy Waltz – Steve Allen, Ray Brown
Cherokee (Indian Love Song) – Ray Noble
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie
At the Sound of the Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson, Willi Maiden
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