Tag Archives: September 1966

Walter Wanderley: Rain Forest

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In September 1966,”Verve” label released “Rain Forest”, the 18 Walter Wanderley album. It was recorded in May 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Walter Wanderley – electronic organ, piano, arrangements
  • Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
  • Jose Marino – bass
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
  • Claudio Slon – drums
  • Joe Grimm – flute
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Val Valentin – engineer, director of engineering
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering
  • Sung Lee – art direction, design
  • Acy Lehman – cover design
  • Suzanne White – design coordinator
  • Smay Vision – package layout
  • Deborah Hay – editing, text editor
  • Tom Greenwood, Carlos Kase, Bryan Koniarz – production coordination
  • Tony Bennett – liner notes
  • Richard Seidel – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Summer Samba (So Nice) (Samba De Verao) – Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle
  2. It’s Easy to Say Good-Bye (E Fazil Dizer Adeus) – Tito Madi
  3. Cried, Cried (Chorou, Chorou) – Luiz Antonio
  4. Rain (Chuva) – Durval Ferreira
  5. The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) – Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  6. Beloved Melancholy (Saudade Querida) – Tito Madi
  7. Taste of Sadness (Cheiro de Saudades) – Luiz Antonio, Durval Ferreira
  8. Beach Samba (Bossa na Praia) – Geraldo Cunha, Pery Ribeiro
  9. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  10. Cry out Your Sadness (Chora tua Tristeza) – Oscar Castro-Neves
  11. The Great Love (O Grande Amor) – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  12. Samba do Avião (Song of the Jet) – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees

Johnny Hartman: Unforgettable Songs By Johnny Hartman

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In September 1966, “ABC Paramount” label released “Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman”, the 13th Johnny Hartman album. It was recorded in February 1966, at “United Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Hartman – vocals
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Amy – tenor saxophone
  • Anthony Ortega – saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Bud Brisbois – trumpet
  • Jules Chaikin – trumpet
  • Frederick Hill – trumpet
  • Melvin Moore – trumpet
  • John Ewing – trombone
  • Michael Barone – trombone
  • Lester Robertson – trombone
  • Ernie Tack – trombone
  • Mike Melvoin – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • John Gray – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Jimmy Bond Jr. – bass
  • Stan Levey – drums
  • Gerald Wilson – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. The Very Thought of You – Ray Noble
  2. Fools Rush In – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  3. Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  5. Bidin’ My Time – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Down in the Depths – Cole Porter
  7. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
  8. Isn’t It Romantic? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  9. Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
  10. The More I See You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  11. What Do I Owe Her? – Fred E. Ahlert, Benny Goodman
  12. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

Marianne Faithfull: Forever Faithfull

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In September 1966, “London” label released “Faithfull Forever”, the fifth Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Mike Leander.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocal
  • Mike Leander – arrangements
  • Gus Dudgeon – engineer 
  • Vic Smith – engineer
  • Jean-Marie Perrier – photography

Track listing:

  1. Counting – Bob Lind
  2. Tomorrow’s Calling – Eric Woolfson
  3. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
  4. With You in Mind – Jackie DeShannon
  5. In the Night Time – Donovan
  6. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Love theme from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) – Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
  7. Monday, Monday – John Phillips
  8. Some Other Spring – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings
  9. That’s Right Baby – Michael Farr
  10. Lucky Girl – Barry Mason, Les Reedrtists
  11. I’m the Sky – Norma Tanega
  12. I Have a Love – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim

Nina Simone: Wild is the Wind

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In September 1966, “Phillips” label released “Wild Is the Wind”, the sixth Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney. In 2020, it was ranked 212 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arranger
  • Horace Ott – arranger
  • Sid Mark – liner notes
  1. I Love Your Lovin’ Ways – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  2. Four Woman – Nina Simone
  3. What More Can I Say – Horace Ott, Wade Brown Jr.
  4. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  5. That’s All I Ask – Horace Ott
  6. Break Down and Let It All Out – Van McCoy
  7. Why keep On Breaking My Heart – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  8. Wild is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  9. Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – traditional
  10. If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  11. Either Way I Lose – Van McCoy

Bert Jansch: Jack Orion

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In September 1966, “Transatlantic” label released “Jack Orion”, the third Bert Jansch studio album. It was recorded in 1966, at “5 North Villas” in Camden, London, and was produced by Bill Leader.

Track listing:

  • Bert Jansch – vocal, guitar, banjo, illustration, arrangements
  • John Renbourn – guitar
  • Bill Leader – recording
  • Jules Halfant – design

Track listing:

  1. The Waggoner’s Lad – traditional
  2. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan McColl
  3. Jack Orion – traditional
  4. The Gardener – traditional
  5. Nottamun Town – traditional
  6. Henry Martin – traditional
  7. Blackwaterside – traditional
  8. Pretty Polly – traditional

John Coltrane: Meditations

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In September 1966, “Impulse” label released “Meditations”, the twenty-third John Coltrane album. It was recorded on November 23, 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in  Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane– tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders– tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner– piano
  • Jimmy Garrison– double bass
  • Elvin Jones– drums
  • Rashied Ali– drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Shabacon – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
  2. Compassion
  3. Love
  4. Consequences
  5. Serenity