In September 1964, “RCA Victor” label released “Now’s the Time”, the 23rd Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January, February and April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Thad Jones – cornet
Ron Carter – bass
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Track listing:
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
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 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Judgment!”, the fourth Andrew Hill album. It was recorded in January 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In September 1964, “MGM” label released the self-titled, debut Animals (The) album. It was recorded January – July 1964, and was produced by Mickie Most.
Personnel:
Eric Burdon – vocals
Hilton Valentine – guitar, backing vocals
Alan Price – organ, vibraphone, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Chas Chandler – bass guitar, backing vocals
John Steel – drums
Val Valentin – engineer
Track listing:
The House of the Rising Sun – traditional, arranged by Alan Price
The Girl Can’t Help It – Bobby Troup
Blue Feeling – Jimmy Henshaw
Baby Let Me Take You Home – Wes Farrell, Bert Russell
The Right Time – Lew Herman
Talkin’ Bout You – Ray Charles
Around and Around – Chuck Berry
I’m in Love Again – Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
Gonna Send You Back to Walker – Johnnie Mae Matthews
In September 1964, “Smash Records” label released “Out of Sight”, the ninth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by James Brown.
Personnel:
James Brown – vocals
Bobby Byrd – organ, backing vocals
Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
Les Buie – guitar
Billy Butler – guitar
Wallace Richardson – guitar
Lucas Fats Gonder – organ
Bernard Odum – bass
Sam Thomas – bass
Al Lucas – bass
David “Panama” Francis – drums
Melvin Parker – drums
Nat Kendrick – drums
Nat Jones – alto saxophone
George Dorsey – alto saxophone
Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
Maceo Parker – baritone saxophone
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
Sam “The Man” Taylor – tenor saxophone
Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
Al Brisco Clark – tenor saxophone
Eldde Williams – tenor saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
Joe Dupars – trumpet
McKinley Johnson – trumpet
Ron Tooley – trumpet
Teddy Washington – trumpet
Richard Harris – trombone
Wilmer Milton – trombone
New York Studio Orchestra
New York Studio Chorus
Sammy Lowe – conductor, arranger
Eugen “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Bennett – backing vocals
Track listing:
Out of Sight – Ted Wright
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown
Till Then – Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus
Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
I Wanna be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
I Got You – Ted Wright
Maybe the Last Time – Ted Wright
Mona Lisa – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
I Love You, Porgy – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Cat”, the sixth Jimmy Smith album for the label. It was recorded in April 1964, in Englewood, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith– organ
Kenny Burrell– guitar
George Duvivier– bass
Grady Tate– drums
Phil Kraus – percussion
Snooky Young – trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
Marky Markowitz – trumpet
Bernie Glow– trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland– trombone
Urbie Green – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Ray Alonge – French horn
Earl Chapin – French horn
Bill Correa – French horn
Jimmy Buffington – French horn
Don Butterfield– tuba
Lalo Schifrin– arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Theme from Joy House – Lalo Schifrin
The Cat” (from Joy House) – Lalo Schifrin, Rick Ward
Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
Main Title from The Carpetbaggers – Elmer Bernstein, Ray Colcord