In November 1954, “Blue Note” label released “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2”, the tenth J. J. Johnson album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Sabu Martinez – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.
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Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Old Devil Moon – E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
On November 1, 1970, “RCA” label released “The New Birth”, the debut New Birth album. It was recorded in 1970, at “RCA’s Mid America Recording Center” in Chicago, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.
Personnel:
Alan Frye – vocal
The Mint Juleps – female singers
The New Sound – male singers
The Nite Liters – backing band
Harvey Fugua – arrangements, conductor
Vernon Bullock – arrangements, conductor
John Janus – recording
David Cheppa – lacquer cut
John Sposato – painting
Mary Goodman – liner notes
Track listing:
What’ll Do – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua, Robert Wilson
UNH Song – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, James Van Huesen
It’s All in the Game – Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman
Pretty Words Don’t Mean a Thing (Lie to Me) – Harvey Fugua, Kenny Hawkins, The Nite Liters
Do the Funky Chicken – Rufus Thomas
Brand New Lover – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
You Don’t Have to Be Alone – Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fugua
One way Bus – Tex Bristow, Harvey Fugua, Harold Sparks
In October 1977, “Atlantic” label released “True to Life”, album by Ray Charles. It was recorded in 1977, at “R. P. M. International” in Los Angeles, and was produced by ray Charles.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, piano, keyboards, arrangements, engineer
Larry Muhoberac, Roger Newman, Sid Feller – arrangements
Bob Gratts – engineer
Robert Gratts – engineer
Track listing:
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
The Jealous Kind – Robert Guidry
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On October 13, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Christmas in the Heart”, the thirty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Groove Masters Studio” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan’s pseudonym).
Personnel:
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, electric piano, harmonica, arrangements
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In September 1963, “Cameo” label released “Come Blow Your Horn”, the 25th Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded August – September 1963, at “Fire Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.
Personnel:
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
Dusan Goykovitch – trumpet
Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
Mike Abene – piano
Linc Milliman – bass
Rufus Jones – drums
Mike Abene, Al Cohn, Bill Holman, Willie Maiden, Don Raider, Don Sebesky – arrangements
Track listing:
Groove – Oliver Nelson
Country Boy – Bill Holman
Blues for a Four String Guitar – Elmer Bernstein
Whisper Not – Benny Golson, Leonard Feather
We’ve Got a World That Swings – Lil Mattis, Lois Yule Brown
Chicago That Toddling Town – Fred Fisher
Naked City Theme – Billy May
New Hope – Don Raider
Antony and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
Come Blow Your Horn – Jimmy van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.
In August 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Doin’ Allright”, the 15th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Horace Parlan – piano
George Tucker – bass
Al Harewood – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Dexter Gordon except where noted.
I Was Doing All Right – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On August 12, 2003, “Milestone” label released “Getting Sentimental”, 71st Bill Evans album. It was recorded in January 1978, at the “Village Vanguard” in New York City.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Michael Moore – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Mike Harris – recording
Joe Tarantino – digital mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Evans, except where noted.
I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Gary’s Theme – Gary McFarland
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
Quiet Now – Denny Zeitlin
Re: Person I Knew
The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) – Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel
In August 1959, “Riverside” label released “Cannonball Takes Charge”, the 14th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1959, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Percy Heath – bass
Albert “Tootie” Heath – drums
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.
If This Isn’t Love – Burton Lane, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears out to Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Serenata – Leroy Anderson
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Barefoot Sunday Blues
Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
I Remember You – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer
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