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Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina: Sound Project

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On June 16, 1987, “Polytone” label released “Sound Project”, album Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina. It was recorded in 1987, at “Amigo Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Tommy Gumina – polycorus (accordion)
  • Jimmie Smith – drums

Track listing:

  1. My Shining Hour – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  2. My Ship – Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
  3. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  4. Cavaquino
  5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
  6. Secret Love – Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
  7. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – Ned Washington, George Bassman
  8. When You Wish upon a Star – Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
  9. About Time
  10. Will You Give Me These
  11. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn

Louis Armstrong And His All Stars: Hello, Dolly!

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In May 1964, “Kapp” label released “Hello Dolly!”, album by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars (29th Louis Armstrong album overall). It was recorded December 1963, April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Michael Kapp.

Personnel:

  • Lousi Armstrong – trumpet
  • Big Chief Russell Moore – trombone
  • Trummy Young – trombone
  • Joe Darensbourg – clarinet
  • Glen Thompson – guitar, banjo
  • Tony Gottuso – guitar, banjo
  • Billy Kyle – piano
  • Arvell Shaw – bass
  • Danny Barcelona – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hello, Dolly – Jerry Herman
  2. It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. A Lot of Livin’ to Do – Lee Adams, Charlie Strouse
  4. A Kiss to Build a Dream On – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Someday – Louis Armstrong
  6. Hey, Look Me Over – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
  7. I Still Get Jealous – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  8. Moon River – Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
  9. Be My Life’s Companion – Bob Hilliard, Milton De Lugg
  10. Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Lary Stock, Vincent Rose
  11. You Are Woman, I Am Man – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
  12. Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren

Andrew Bird: Sunday Morning Put-On

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On May 24, 2024, “Loma Vista” label released “Sunday Morning Put-On”, the 20th Andrew Bird album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Valentine Studios” in California, and was produced by Andrew Bird.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, art direction
  • Alan Hampton – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Ted Poor – drums, vibraphone
  • Jeff Parker – electric guitar
  • Larry Goldings – piano
  • Travis Pavur – engineer
  • David Boucher – engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • MariaRice – mastering
  • Sage Lamonica – package design
  • Christopher Leckie – art direction, package design
  • Alexa Viscius – art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
  3. I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  4. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  5. My Ideal – Leo Robin, Newell Chase, Richard A. Whiting
  6. Django – John Lewis
  7. I Cover the Waterfront – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  8. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  9. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  10. Ballon de peut‐être – Andrew Bird

Kiri Te Kanawa: Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album

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On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.

Personnel:

  • Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
  • André Previn – piano
  • Mundell Lowe – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass

Track listing:

  1. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  2. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  3. Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
  4. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
  7. It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
  9. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
  10. Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
  11. Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
  12. The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  13. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
  14. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  15. It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Stevie Wonder: Up-Tight

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On May 4, 1966, “Motown” label released “Up-Tight”, the fifth Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded 1962 – 1966, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby, Willam “Mickey” Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Wonder – lead and harmony vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion
  • Clarence Paul – co-lead vocals
  • Levi Stubbs – co-lead vocals
  • Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Renaldo “Obie” Benson – backing vocals
  • The Andantes – backing vocals
  • Pat Lewis – backing vocals
  • The Originals – backing vocals
  • The Temptations – backing vocals
  • The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation

Track listing:

  1. Love a Go Go – Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby
  2. Hold Me – Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder
  3. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
  4. Nothing’s Too Good for My Baby – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson
  5. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul
  6. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder (as Stevie Judkins), Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby
  7. Ain’t That Asking for Trouble – Sylvia Moy, Gene De Paul, Stevie Wonder
  8. I Want My Baby Back – Harvey Fuqua, Cornelius Grant, Eddie Kendricks, Norman Whitfield
  9. Pretty Little Angel – Gene De Paul, Mike Valvano, Stevie Wonder
  10. Music Talk – Ted Hull, Gene De Paul, Stevie Wonder
  11. Contract on Love – Janie Bradford, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland
  12. With a Child’s Heart – Vicki Basemore, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy

Junior Mance: Blue Mance

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On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Jackie Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Head Start – Keter Betts
  3. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blue Mance – Junior Mance
  7. Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
  8. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
  10. Jazzspeak

Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians: America, I Hear You Singing

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In April 1964, “Reprise” label released “America, I Hear You Singing”, album Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. It was recorded January – February 1964, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sonny Burke.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Bing Crosby – vocals
  • Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians – vocals
  • Tom Scott – arrangements
  • Dick Reynolds – arrangements
  • Jack Halloran – arrangements
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements
  • Roy Ringwald – arrangements
  • Hawley Ades – arrangements
  • Harry Simeone – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. America, I Hear You Singing – Tom Scott
  2. This Is a Great Country – Irving Berlin
  3. The House I Live In – Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson
  4. The Hills of Home – Floride Calhoun, Oscar Fox
  5. This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
  6. Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor – Emma Lazarus, Irving Berlin
  7. You’re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith – Francis Burke, Hughie Prince, Don Raye
  8. A Home in the Meadow – Robert Emmett Dolan, Sammy Cahn
  9. Early American – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  10. You Never Had It So Good – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  11. Let Us Break Bread Together – traditional
  12. The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Sarah Vaughan: You’re Mine You

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In March 1962, “Roulette” label released “You’re Mine You”, the 19th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Universal Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Perso0nnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocal
  • Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. You’re Mine You – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  2. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  3. Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  4. So Long – Remus Harris, Irving Melsher, Russ Morgan
  5. The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Maria – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  8. Baubles, Bangles and Beads – George Forrest, Robert C. Wright
  9. Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
  10. Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
  11. Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
  12. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington

Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding: Alive At The Village Vanguard

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On January 6, 2023, “Palmetto” label released “Alive at the Village Vanguard”, album by  Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in October 2018, at “Village Vanguard” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding.

Personnel:

  • Fred Hersch – piano
  • Esperanza Spalding – voices
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Geoff Countryman – engineer assistant
  • Tyler McDiarmid – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Nate Wood – mastering
  • Douglas Heusser – design
  • Erika Kapin – photography
  • Missi Callazzo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. Dream of Monk – Fred Hersch
  3. Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  4. Girl Talk – Bobbt Troup, Neal Hefti
  5. Evidence – Thelonious Monk
  6. Some Other Time – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  7. Loro – Egberto Gismonti
  8. A Wish – Fred Hersch, Norma Winstone

Sal Nistico: Neo/Nistico

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In December 1978, “Bee Hive” label released “Neo/Nistico”, the fifth Sal Nistico album. It was recorded in November 1978, at “Master Sound Productions” in Franklin Square, New York, and was produced by Jim Neumann and Fred Norsworthy.

Personnel:

  • Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone
  • Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Ronnie Mathews – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. Anthropology – Charlie Parker
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  3. Be My Love – Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn
  4. Blues for K. D. – Sal Nistico
  5. Bambu – Sal Nistico
  6. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum – Wayne Shorter