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Junior Mance: I Believe To My Soul

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In February 1968, “Atlantic” label released “I Believe to My Soul”, the twelve Junior Mance album. It was recorded in September 1966 – August 1967, in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • David Newman, Frank Wess – tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bobby Capers, Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
  • Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • Bob Cunningham, Richard Davis – bass
  • Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass
  • Alan Dawson, Ray Lucas, Freddie Waits – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Sylvia Shemwell – vocals
  • Arif Mardin – arrangements
  • Gene Orloff – strings conductor
  • Bruce Tergesen – engineer
  • Phil Lehle – engineer
  • Rob Grenell – mastering
  • Marvin Israel – front cover design
  • Lee Friedlander – photography
  • Ray Spaulding – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Junior Mance, except where noted.

  1. I Believe to My Soul – Ray Charles
  2. A Time and a Place – Jimmy Heath
  3. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
  4. Golden Spur
  5. Don’t Worry ‘Bout It
  6. Home on the Range – traditional
  7. Sweets for My Sweet – Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
  8. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

McCoy Tyner: Reaching Fourth

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In February 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Reaching Fourth”, the second McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Bob Ghiraldini – photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Reaching Fourth – McCoy Tyner
  2. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
  4. Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
  5. Old Devil Moon (from Finian’s Rainbow) – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  6. Have You Met Miss Jones? (from I’d Rather Be Right) – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley

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In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album  by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Sam Jones – double bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ren Grevatt – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
  2. Teaneck – Nat Adderley
  3. Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
  4. Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  5. The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
  6. One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
  7. Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
  9. The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
  10. Unit 7 – Sam Jones 
  11. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote

Latin Jazz Quintet & Eric Dolphy: Caribé

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In February 1961, “New Jazz” label released “Caribé”, album by Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy (the second Eric Dolphy album overall album). It was recorded in August 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Gene Casey – piano
  • Bill Ellington – bass
  • Manny Ramos – drums, timbales
  • Juan Amalbert – congas
  • Charlie Simons – vibraphone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Casey except where noted

  1. Caribé
  2. Blues in 6/8 – Juan Amalbert, Jose Ricci
  3. First Bass Line
  4. Mambo Ricci – Juan Amalbert, Jose Ricci
  5. Spring Is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Sunday Go Meetin’

Ben Webster: The Warm Moods

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In February 1961, “Reprise” label released “The Warm Moods”, the twelve Ben Webster album. 

Personnel:

  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Donn Trenner – piano
  • Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti – violin
  • Cecil Figelski – viola
  • Armond Kaproff – cello
  • Don Bagley – bass
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • Merle Shore – art direction
  • Phil Stern – design

Track listing:

  1. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi – Bryan Stokes, Dudley Vernor
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. With Every Breath I Take – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. Accent on Youth – Vee Lawnhurst, Tot Seymour
  5. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Van Heusen, Phil Silvers
  8. I’m Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
  9. It Was So Beautiful – Harry Barris, Arthur Freed
  10. The Whiffenpoof Song – Tod Galloway, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy
  11. It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  12. There’s No You – Tom Adair, Hal Hopper

Herb Ellis: Ellis In Wonderland

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In February 1956, “Norgran” label released “Ellis in Wonderland”, the debut Herb Ellis album. It was recorded December 1955 – January 1956, in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Druker.

Personnel:

  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Giuffre – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Alvin Stoller – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sweetheart Blues – Herb Ellis
  2. Somebody Loves Me – Buddy SeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard McDonald
  3. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Pogo – Herb Ellis
  5. Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Lou Carter, Johnny Frigo
  6. Elis in Wonderland – Herb Ellis
  7. Have You Met Miss Jones – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. A Simple Tune – Jimmy Giuffre

Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila

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In January 1963, Blue Note” label released “Portrait of Sheila”, the debut Sheila Jordan album. It was recorded September – October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. In the 1963 “Down Beat” magazine “Critics Poll”, Sheila Jordan was ranked first in the vocal category for “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition”.

Personnel:

  • Sheila Jordan – vocal
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Steve Swallow – bass
  • Denzil Best – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ziggy Willmann – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  3. Am I Blue – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
  4. Dat Dere – Bobby Timmons
  5. When the World Was Young – M. Philippe-Gérard, Johnny Mercer
  6. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  7. Laugh, Clown, Laugh – Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Ted Fiorito
  8. Who Can I Turn To Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
  9. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  10. I’m a Fool to Want You – Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra
  11. Hum Drum Blues – Oscar Brown Jr.
  12. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell

John Coltrane: The Last Trane

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In January 1966, “Prestige” label released “The Last Trane”, album by John Coltrane. It was assembled from unissued material from three separate recording sessions at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. The album was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Earl May – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design
  • Gai Terell – photography
  • Jack McKinney – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Lover – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Slowtrane – John Coltrane
  3. By the Numbers – John Coltrane
  4. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads

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In January 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Ballads”, album by John Coltrane Quartet. It was recorded December 1961, September – November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Jim Marshall – photography

Track listing:

  1. Say It (Over and Over Again) – Jimmy McHugh
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene DePaul
  3. Too Young to Go Steady – Jimmy McHugh
  4. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman
  5. I Wish I Knew – Harry Warren
  6. What’s New? – Bob Haggart
  7. It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers
  8. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Jimmy Van Heusen

Red Garland: A Garland Of Red

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In December 1957, “Prestige” label released “A Garland of Red”, the debut Red Garland album. It was recorded in August 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Tom Hannan – design
  • Esmond Edwards – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1. A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. My Romance – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  4. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  5. September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  6. Little Girl Blue – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Constellation – Charlie Parker
  8. Blue Red – Red Garland