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The Red Garland Quartet: Dig It!

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In August 1962, “Prestige” label released “Dig It!”, album by The Red Garland Quartet (the ninth Red Garland album overall). It was recorded March – December 1957, February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone 
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Jamil Nasser – bass 
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  3. CTA – Jimmy Heath
  4. Lazy Mae – Red Garland

Stephane Grappelli: Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark

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On July 6, 1980, “Pablo” label released “Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark”, the 23rd Stéphane Grappelli album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Tivoli Gardens” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Stéphane Grappelli – violin
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

Track listing:

  1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  5. How Deep is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
  6. I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
  7. I Can’t Get Started – Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke
  8. I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter

Benny Carter And His Orchestra: Further Definitions

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In March 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Further Definitions”, album by Benny Carter and His Orchestra (14th Benny Carter album overall). It was recorded in November 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Benny Carter – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Johnny Cue – engineer
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf–Fats Waller
  2. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set – Quincy Jones, Dorcas Cochran, Henri Salvador
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  4. Blue Star – Benny Carter
  5. Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
  6. Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton
  7. Cherry – Don Redman, Ray Gilbert
  8. Doozy – Benny Carter

The Red Garland Quintet: Dig It!

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In August 1962, “Prestige” label released “Dig It!”, album by The Red Garland Quintet (the ninth Red Garland album overall). It was recorded March – December 1957, February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Jamil Nasser – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  3. CTA – Jimmy Heath
  4. Lazy Mae – Red Garland

The Red Garland Trio: It’s a Blue World

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In December 1970, “Prestige” label released “It’s a Blue World”, the tenth Red Garland album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – double bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Personnel:

  1. This Can’t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. It’s a Blue World – Robert Wright, George Forrest