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V.A.: Miles from India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis

On April 15, 2008, “Time Square Records” label released “Miles from India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis”, album by various artists. It was recorded November 2006 – July 2007, and was produced by Bob Belden. Album tracks were performed in new arrangements by American jazz musicians and performers from India.

Track listing:

  1. Spanish Key – Gino Banks, Louis Banks, Rakesh Chaurasia, Selva Ganesh, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Shankar Mahadevan, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Sridhar Parthasarthy, Taufiq Qureshi, Benny Rietveld, Wallace Roney, Mike Stern, Lenny White
  2. All Blues – Louis Banks, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Ravi Chary, Jimmy Cobb, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vikku Vinayakram
  3. Ife (fast) – Gino Banks, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Kala Ramnath, A. Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram
  4. In a Silent Way (Intro) – Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Pandit Brij Narayan
  5. It’s About That Time – Gary Bartz, Ndugu Chancler, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Kala Ramnath
  6. Jean Pierre – Ranjit Barot, Rakesh Chaurasia, Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Benny Rietveld, Mike Stern, Vince Wilburn Jr.
  7. So What – Louis Banks, Ron Carter, Ndugu Chancler, Chick Corea, Selva Ganesh, Sridhar Parthasarthy, Taufiq Qureshi
  8. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down – Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Wallace Roney, A. Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram, Lenny White
  9. Blue in Green – Louis Banks, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Dilshad Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Wallace Roney, Mike Stern
  10. Great Expectations (Orange Lady) – Ravi Chary, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Marcus Miller, Taufiq Qureshi, Wallace Roney, Vince Wilburn Jr., Vikku Vinayakram
  11. Ife (Slow) – Gary Bartz, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Wallace Roney, Badal Roy
  12. Miles from India – Louis Banks, Sikkil Gurucharan, John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas

Roy Ayers Ubiquity: He’s Coming

In March 1972, “Polydor” label released “He’s Coming”, album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity (the ninth Roy Ayers album overall). It was recorded in 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Myrnaleah Williams.

Personnel:

  • Roy Ayers – vocals, organ, vibraphone, arrangements
  • Sandy Hewitt – vocal
  • Bob Fusco – guitar
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Harry Whitaker – vocals, organ, electric piano, arrangements
  • John Williams – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • David Lee, Jr. – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
  • Juma Santos – congas
  • Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone
  • Selwart Clarke – strings
  • Carol Smiley, Gloria Jones, Victoria Hospedale – backing vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kats Abe – art direction, design
  • Kinji Nakamura – design
  • Minoru Aoki – photography

Track listing:

  1. He’s a Superstar
  2. He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
  3. Ain’t Got Time
  4. I Don’t Know How To Love Him
  5. He’s Coming
  6. We Live In Brooklyn Baby
  7. Sweet Butterfly Of Love
  8. Sweet Tears
  9. Fire Weaver

Hermeto Pascoal: Slaves Mass

In February 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Slaves Mass”, the seventh Hermeto Pascoal album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Airto Moreira and Flora Purim.

Personnel:

  • Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, piano, keyboards, clavinet, melodica, soprano sax, flutes, acoustic guitar, twelve strings guitar, live pigs
  • David Amaro – acoustic, electric and twelve strings guitar.
  • Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
  • Ron Carter – acoustic bass
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, drums, percussion.
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Raul de Souza – vocals, trombone
  • Flora Purim – vocals
  • Hugo Fattoruso – vocals
  • Laudir de Oliveira – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Hermeto Pascoal.

  1. Tacho
  2. Missa Dos Escravos
  3. Chorinho Para Ele
  4. Cannon (Dedicated To Cannonball Adderley)
  5. Escuta Meu Piano
  6. Aquela Valsa
  7. Geléia De Cereja

Tony Williams: Life Time

In January 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Life Time”, is the debut Tony Williams studio album. It was recorded in August 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in it’s suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Personnel:

  • Tony Williams – drums, timpani, woodblocks, maracas, triangle
  • Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Gary Peacock – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Williams.

  1. Two Pieces of One: Red
  2. Two Pieces of One: Green
  3. Tomorrow Afternoon
  4. Memory
  5. Barb’s Song to the Wizard

Kai Winding: The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones

In December 1960, “Impulse!” label released “The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones”, the tenth Kai Winding album. It was recorded November – December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Kai Winding – trombone
  • Jimmy Knepper, Johnny Messner, Ephie Resnick – trombone
  • Paul Faulise, Dick Lieb, Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Bill Evans, Ross Tompkins – piano
  • Ray Starling – mellophone
  • Bob Cranshaw, Ron Carter – bass
  • Al Beldini, Sticks Evans – drums
  • Olatunji – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Speak Low – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
  2. Lil Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
  3. Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
  4. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. Mangos – Dee Libby, Sid Wayne
  6. Impulse – Kai Winding
  7. Black Coffee – Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster
  8. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  9. Michie (Slow) – Kai Winding
  10. Michie (Fast) – Kai Winding

Gene Ammons: Got My Own

In December 1972, “Prestige” label released “Got My Own”, the 35th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Ernie Hayes – organ
  • Hank Jones – electric piano
  • Sonny Phillips – piano, organ
  • Joe Beck, Maynard Parker – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass, electric bass
  • Billy Cobham, Idris Muhammad, Mickey Roker – drums
  • Ed Bogas – arranger
  • Unidentified strings
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Lady Sings the Blues – Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
  2. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
  3. Strange Fruit – Abel Meeropol
  4. Fine and Mellow – Billie Holiday
  5. Play Me – Neil Diamond
  6. Ben – Don Black, Walter Scharf
  7. The Shack Out Back – Gene Ammons

The Bobby Timmons Trio: In Person

In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “In Person”, album by Bobby Timmons Trio (fifth Bobby Timmons album overall). It was recorded in October 1961, at “Village Vanguard” in New York, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Bobby Timmons except where noted.

  1. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
  2. So Tired
  3. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  4. Dat Dere (Theme)
  5. Popsy
  6. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  8. Dat Dere (Theme)

Charles Lloyd: Of Course, Of Course

In November 1965, “Columbia” label released “Of Course, Of Course”, the third Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded May 1964, March – October 1965, at “Columbia 7th Ave” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian and John Simon.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Gábor Szabó – guitar
  • Robbie Robertson – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass 
  • Albert Stinson – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums 
  • Pete LaRoca – drums
  • Roy Halee, Stan Tonkel – recording
  • Richard Mantel – art direction, design
  • Bob Cato – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd except where noted.

  1. Of Course, Of Course
  2. The Song My Lady Sings
  3. The Best Thing for You – Irving Berlin
  4. The Things We Did Last Summer – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  5. Apex
  6. One for Joan
  7. Goin’ to Memphis
  8. Voice in the Night
  9. Third Floor Richard

Moondog: Same

On October 1, 1969, “Columbia Masterworks Records” label released the self-titled, sixth Moondog album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Old Church” in New York City, and was produced by James William Guercio and Al Brown.

Personnel:

  • Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) – conductor
  • Wally Kane – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Danny Repole – bass trumpet
  • Tony Studd, Charles Small, Buddy Morrow – tenor trombone
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • Don Butterfield, Bill Stanley – tuba
  • Bill Stanley, Bill Elton, John Swallow, Phil Giardina – tenor tuba
  • Harold Bennet, Andrew Lolya, Harold Jones, Hubert Laws – flute
  • Henry Shuman, Irving Horowitz – English horn
  • James Buffington, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
  • Jimmy Abato, George Silfies, Phil Bodner – clarinet
  • Ernie Bright – bass clarinet
  • Jack Knitzer, Don Macourt, Ryohei Nakagawa, George Berg, Wally Kane, Joyce Kelly – bassoon
  • Paul Gershman, Aaron Rosand – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi, David Schwartz, Eugene Becker, Raoul Poliakin – viola
  • George Ricci, Charles McCracken – cello
  • Joe Tekula – contrabass cello
  • George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Alfred Brown, Louis Hardin – bass
  • Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Elayne Jones, Bob Rosengarden – percussion
  • Raoul Poliakin, Eugene Becker – tenor

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Thomas Hardin (Moondog)

  1. Theme
  2. Stamping Ground
  3. Symphonique #3 (Ode to Venus)
  4. Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie)
  5. Minisym #1
    I. Allegro
    II. Andante Adagio
    III. Vivace
  6. Lament 1 (Bird’s Lament)
  7. Witch of Endor
    I. Dance
    II. Trio: A. Adagio (The Prophecy), B. Andante (The Battle), C. Agitato (Saul’s Death)
    III. Dance (reprise)
  8. Symphonique #1 (Portrait of a Monarch)

McCoy Tyner: Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo

On September 24, 2004, “Milestone” label released “Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo”, a live album by McCoy Tyner. It was recorded in July 1978 at the “Live Under the Sky Festival” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.

  1. The Greeting
  2. Aisha
  3. Sama Layuca
  4. Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
  5. Iki Masho (Let’s Go)