In October 1961, “Riverside” label released “So Much Guitar!”, the fourth Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Hank Jones – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Lex Humphries – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
Ray Fowler – engineer
Ken Deardoff – design
Track listing:
Twisted Blues – Wes Montgomery
Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Repetition – Neal Hefti
Somethin’ Like Bags – Wes Montgomery
While We’re Young – Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
On September 21, 1977, “CBS/Sony” label released “Herbie Hancock Trio”, the 18th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in July 1977, at “The Automat” in San Francisco, and was produced by David Rubinson.
In September 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata”, the twelve Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in June 1974, at “Generation Sound Studios” in New Yok City, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker, Bob McCoy, Victor Paz – trumpet, flugelhorn
Buddy Morrow – trombone
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington – French horn
Howard Johnson – tuba, flugelhorn, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
In September 1973, “Blue Note” label released “From the Depths of My Soul”, the fourth Marlena Shaw album. It was recorded May – June 1973, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Marlena Shaw – vocals
Gene Bertoncini, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch, Hugh McCracken – guitar
Derek Smith – piano, electric piano, clavinet
Eugene Bianco – harp
Ron Carter – double bass
Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. – electric bass
Charles Collins, Herbie Lovelle, Grady Tate – drums
Arthur Jenkins – congas
George Devens, George Jenkins – percussion
Wade Marcus – arrangements, conductor
Uncredited horns and strings musicians
Track listing:
Prelude / I Know I Love Him – Bodie Chandler, Wade Marcus
Hum This Song – Carl Davis
But For Now – Bob Dorough
Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
The Laughter and the Tears – Randy Edelman
The Feeling’s Good – Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
Wildflower – David Richardson, Doug Edwards
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely – Bobby Eli, John C. Freeman, Jr., Vinnie Barrett
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In September 1970, “Impulse!” label released “Ptah, the El Daoud”, the third Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded in January 1970, in Coltrane’s house in Long Island, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.
In June 1960, “Riverside” label released “The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef”, the 13th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in May 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, oboe, flute
Hugh Lawson – piano, celeste
Ron Carter – cello
Herman Wright – bass
Lex Humphries – drums, timpani
Track listing:
All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.
Goin’ Home – Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Quarantine – Abe Woodley
From Within
Salt Water Blues
Lateef Minor 7th – Joe Zawinul
Adoration
Ma (He’s Making Eyes at Me) – Sidney Clare, Con Conrad
On March 10, 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Schizophrenia”, the eleventh Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in March 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Fred Seligo – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
On November 7, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “The Divine Miss M”, the debut Bette Midler studio album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun, Barry Manilow. Geoffrey Haslam and Joel Dorn. The album was certified Platinum in US and Canada.
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