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The Rascals: Peaceful World

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On May 5, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Peaceful World”, the eighth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1970 – March 1971, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey, William Salter – bass guitar
  • Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
  • Jon Robert Smith , Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Annie Sutton – backing vocals
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Buddy Buono – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals
  • James Green, Jerry Lee Smith – recording
  • Bob Irwin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Sky Trane
  2. In and Out of Love – Buzzy Feiten
  3. Bit of Heaven
  4. Love Me
  5. Mother Nature Land
  6. Icy Water – Buzzy Feiten
  7. Happy Song
  8. Love Letter
  9. Little Dove
  10. Visit to Mother Nature Land
  11. Getting Nearer
  12. Peaceful World

Wes Montgomery: Down Here On The Ground

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In April 1968, “A&M” label released “Down Here on the Ground”, the 21st Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded December 1967 – January 1968, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Hubert Laws – flute, oboe
  • George Marge – flute, oboe
  • Romeo Penque – flute, oboe
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Raoul Poliakin – violin
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Eumir Deodato – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Isabelle Wong – design
  • Sam Antupit – design
  • Pete Turner – photography
  • Andy Kman – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Wind Song – Herb Alpert, Nick Ceroli, Neil Larsen, John Pisano, Paul Francis Webster
  2. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  3. The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener – Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
  4. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin, Gale Garnett
  5. Up and at It – Wes Montgomery
  6. Goin’ on to Detroit – Wes Montgomery
  7. I Say a Little Prayer for You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  8. When I Look in Your Eyes – Leslie Bricusse
  9. Know It All (Quem Diz Que Sabe) – João Donato, Paulo Valle
  10. The Fox – Lalo Schifrin

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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