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Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball Takes Charge

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In August 1959, “Riverside” label released “Cannonball Takes Charge”, the 14th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1959, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. If This Isn’t Love – Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
  2. I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  3. Serenata – Leroy Anderson
  4. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Barefoot Sunday Blues
  6. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  7. I Remember You – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer

Dave Douglas: Riverside

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On April 15, 2014, “Greenleaf” label released “Riverside”, the 39th Dave Douglas album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Humber College Recording Studio” in Toronto, and was produced by Chet Doxas and Dave Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Dave Douglas – trumpet
  • Chet Doxas – clarinet, saxophone
  • Steve Swallow – electric bass
  • Jim Doxas – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Douglas, except where noted.

  1. Thrush
  2. The Train and the River – Jimmy Giuffre
  3. Old Church, New Paint (Intro) – Chet Doxas
  4. Old Church, New Paint – Chet Doxas
  5. Handwritten Letter
  6. Big Shorty – Chet Doxas
  7. Front Yard
  8. Backyard
  9. No Good Without You
  10. Travelin’ Light – Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer
  11. Sing on the Mountain High/Northern Miner – Chet Doxas

Wynton Kelly: Kelly Blue

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In April 1959, “Riverside” label released “Kelly Blue”, the third Wynton Kelly album. It was recorded February – March 1959, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Bobby Jaspar – flute
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Jack Higgins – recording
  • Harris Lewine, Paul Bacon, Ken Braren – design
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Kelly Blue – Wynton Kelly
  2. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  3. (On) Green Dolphin Street – Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington
  4. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  5. Keep It Moving – Wynton Kelly
  6. Old Clothes – Wynton Kelly

Cannonball Adderley: Things Are Getting Better

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In February 1959, “Riverside” label released “Things Are Getting Better”, the 11th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Harris Levine – design
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography
  • Lawrence N. Shustak – liner photography
  • Orin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

 All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. Blues Oriental – Milt Jackson
  2. Things Are Getting Better
  3. Serves Me Right (Take 5) – Buddy Johnson
  4. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. The Sidewalks of New York (Take 5) – James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor
  6. Sounds for Sid
  7. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter

Riverside: ID. Entity

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On January 20, 2023, “Inside Out Music” label released “ID.Entity”, the eighth Riverside studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “The Boogie Town Studio” in Otwock , Poland, “Serakos Studio” in Warsaw, Poland, and was produced by Mariusz Duda.

Personnel:

  • Mariusz Duda – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Maciej Meller – guitar
  • Michał Łapaj – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, organ
  • Piotr Kozieradzki – drums
  • Jarek Kubicki – cover design

Track listing:

All tracks by Mariusz Duda, except where noted.

  1. Friend of Foe – Mariusz Duda, Michal Lapaj
  2. Landmine Blast
  3. Big Tech Brother
  4. Post-Truth
  5. The Place Where I Belong
  6. I’m Done with You
  7. Self-Aware

Trigger Alpert: Trigger Happy

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In December 1956, “Riverside” label released “Trigger Happy!” the only Trigger Alpert album. It was recorded October – November 1956, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Trigger Alpert – bass
  • Zoot Sims – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Al Cohn – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Tony Scott – clarinet, tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Dick Hyman, Marty Paich – arrangements
  • Jack Higgins – recording

Track listing:

  1. Treat Me Rough – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. Looking at You – Cole Porter
  3. Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today) – Vernon Duke, John La Touche
  4. Trigger Happy – Tony Scott
  5. Tranquilizer – Dick Hyman
  6. I Like the Likes of You – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
  7. I Wish I Were in Love Again – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  8. I Don’t Want to Be Alone Again – Johnny Mercer, Jimmie Smith
  9. Trigger Fantasy – Trigger Alpert
  10. Where’s That Rainbow? – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Wes Montgomery: Full House

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In November 1962, “Riverside” label released “Full House”, the sixth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in June 1962, at Tsubo, Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Full House – Wes Montgomery
  2. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  3. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  4. Cariba – Wes Montgomery
  5. Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
  6. S.O.S. – Wes Montgomery

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Plus

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In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “Plus”, the 21st Cannonball Adderley album (credited to Cannonball Adderley Quintet). It was recorded in May 1961, at “Plaza Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Victor Feldman – piano, vibes
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Don Bronstein – cover photography
  • Steve Schapiro – photography
  • Ed Sherman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Arriving Soon – Eddie Vinson
  2. Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
  3. New Delhi – Victor Feldman
  4. Winetone – Wynton Kelly
  5. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  6. Lisa (take 8) – Victor Feldman, Phil Zito

Johnny Griffin: Way Out!

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In November 1958, “Riverside” label released “Way Out!”, the sixth Johnny Griffin album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • Wilbur Ware – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Where’s Your Overcoat, Boy? – Richard Evans
  2. Hot Sausage – Jody Christian
  3. Sunny Monday – John Hines
  4. Cherokee – Ray Noble
  5. Teri’s Tune – Teri Thornton
  6. Little John – John Hines

Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Music

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In November 1957, “Riverside” label released “Monk’s Music”, an album by Thelonious Monk Septet. It was recorded in June 1957, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. In 2001, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, arrangements
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Copeland – trumpet
  • Wilbur Ware – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jack Higgins – recording
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Abide with Me – Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk
  2. Well, You Needn’t
  3. Ruby, My Dear
  4. Off Minor
  5. Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke
  6. Crepuscule With Nellie