In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Mils – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Barbara Long – liner notes
Track listing:
Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
The Backbone – Butch Warren
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Hank”, the tenth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In July 1963, “Prestige” label released “Stardust”, the tenth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Arthur Taylor – drums
Track listing:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
On June 30, 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “Breakin’ Away”, the fifth Al Jarreau album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Dawnbreaker Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jay Graydon. The album was certified Platinum in US by the RIAA.
Personnel:
Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocals and rhythm arrangements
Steve Lukather – electric guitar
Dean Parks – electric guitar
Jay Graydon – electric guitar, synthesizer programming, vocals and rhythm arrangements
In June 1999, “RCA” label released “Heart of a Woman”, the twenty-third Etta James studio album. It was recorded in March 1999, and was produced by John Snyder and Etta James.
Personnel:
Etta James – vocals, arrangements, art direction, photography, liner notes
Bobby Murray – guitar
Josh Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements, musical director, production assistant
Dave Matthews – electric piano, piano, arrangements
Mike Finnigan – organ
Sametto James – bass, drum programming, production assistant
Donto Metto James – drums, drum programming, production assistant
In June 1962, “Columbia” label released “Hollywood Jazz Beat”, the tenth Ray Bryant album. It was recorded March – April 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by John Hammond.
Personnel:
Ray Bryant – piano
Richard Wess – arrangements, conductor
John Hammond – liner notes
Henry Parker – photography
Track listing:
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
Ruby – Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish
Invitation – Bronislaw Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
Secret Love – Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) – Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey
The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Exodus (Main Theme) – Ernest Gold
Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
Three Coins in the Fountain – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
On April 15, 1962, “Wand” label released “Twist & Shout”, the second Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Berns.
On March 24, 1972, “RCA” label released “Coming Together”, the third New Birth (The) studio album. It was recorded 1970 – 1971, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.
Personnel:
Bert De Coteaux – arrangements, conductor
Harvey Fuqua – arrangements, conductor
Vernon Bullock – arrangements, conductor
Jim Crotty – engineer
Acy Lehman – art direction
Frank Mulvey – design
George Adams – photography
Vince Aletti – liner notes
Track listing:
Two Kinds of People (I Am) – Vernon Bullock
Oh Baby, I Love the Way – Harvey Fugua
Yesterday I Heard the Rain – Armando Manzanero, Gene Lees
African City – Ann Bogan, Harvey Fugua, Leslie Wilson, Melvin Wilson
I Don’t Want to Do Wrong – Bibba Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner, William Guest
Don’t Knock My Love – Brad Shapiro, Wilson Pickett
If I Can’t have You – Brook Benton, Etta James, Harvey Fugua
On March 14, 2006, “RCA Victor” label released “All the Way”, the 28th Etta James album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sametto James, Donto James and Joshua Sklair.
Personnel:
Etta James – lead and backing vocals, executive producer
Joshua Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mastering, music director
Bobby Murray – electric guitar
David K. Mathews – keyboards, strings
Sametto James – acoustic and electric bass, backing vocals, recording
Donto James – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
Randy Williams – backing vocals
Tamara Oliver – backing vocals
Ed Cherney – mixing, mastering
Anthony Montes De Oca – photography
Lithofayne Pridgeon – liner notes
Track listing:
All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Stop On By – Thomas Truman, Bobby Womack
Strung Out – Johnny Watson
Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
Holding Back the Years – Michael James Hucknall, Neil Moss
Imagine – John Lennon
I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Newsome
Purple Rain – Prince
What’s Going On – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
In March 1964, “ABC” label released “Sweet & Sour Tears”, the 20th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Sid Feller and Ray Charles.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
Billy Preston – electric organ
Gene Lowell Singers – backing vocals
Calvin Jackson, Sid Feller – arrangements
Bill Putnam, Phil Macy – engineer
Joe Lebow – design
Howard Morehead – photography
Track listing:
Cry – Churchill Kohlman
Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
A Tear Fell – Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton
No One to Cry To – Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing
You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
After My Laughter Came Tears – Charles Tobias, Roy Turk
Teardrops from My Eyes – Rudolph Toombs
Don’t Cry Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Baby, Don’t You Cry – Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington
Willow, Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
I Cried for You – Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim
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