In July 1964, “Verve” label released “Trio 64”, the 23rd Bill Evans album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Gary Peacock – acoustic bass
Paul Motian – drums
Bob Simpson – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Jack Maher – liner notes
Track listing:
Little Lulu – Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, Fred Wise
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Always – Irving Berlin
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
I’ll See You Again – Noel Coward
For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
On August 6, 1992, “Laser Light Digital” label released “Six-String Santa”, the 58th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in February 1992, at “Sage & Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ralph Jungheim.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar, arrangements
John Pisano – rhythm guitar
Jim Hughart – acoustic bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Bill Lightner – editing, mastering
James Mooney – engineer
Jerry Wood – second engineer
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, Al Stilman
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
O Christmas Tree – traditional
Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World – traditional
Happy Holiday Blues – Joe Pass
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Holiday Soul” the eleventh Bobby Timmons album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Personnel:
Bobby Timmons – piano
Butch Warren – double bass
Walter Perkins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Jack McKinney – liner notes
Ozzie Cadena – supervisor
Track listing:
Deck the Halls – traditional
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Auld Lang Syne – Robert Burns, traditional
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
We Three Kings – John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
You’re All I Want for Christmas – Seger Ellis, Glen Moore
In December 1967, “Verve” label released “Further Conversations with Myself”, the 33th Bill Evans album. It was recorded on August 9, 1967, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Helen Keane.
Personnel:
Bill Evans- piano
Ray Hall – engineer
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy R. Lehman – design
Anthony Wolff – cover photography
George Joseph – photography
Roberto Polillo – photography
Track listing:
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Funny Man – Bill Evans
The Shadow of Your Smile(Love Theme from “The Sandpiper”) – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Little Lulu – Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, Fred Wise
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