In October 1955, “Norgran” label released “Buddy and Sweets”, album by Harry “Sweets” Edison and Buddy Rich. It was recorded in September 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Harry Sweets Edison – trumpet
Barney Kessel – guitar
Jimmy Rowles – piano
John Simmons – bass
Buddy Rich – drums
Track listing:
Yellow Rose of Brooklyn – Harry “Sweets” Edison
Easy Does It – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
All Sweets – Harry “Sweets” Edison
Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Barney’s Bugle – Buddy Rich
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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 September 13, 1977, “Muse” label released “Something in Common” the eighth Sam Jones album. It was recorded April 1974 – September 1977, at “C.I. Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Cedar Walton and Bob Porter.
On August 30, 2005, “Milestone” label released “Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert”, the eleventh Sonny Rollins live album. It was recorded in September 2001, in Boston, and was produced by Sonny Rollins and Lucille Rollins.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifton Anderson – trombone
Stephen Scott – piano
Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
Perry Wilson – drums
Kimati Dinizulu – percussion
Track listing:
Without a Song – lyrics by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, music by Vincent Youmans
Global Warming – Sonny Rollins
Introductions
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin
Why Was I Born? – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern
On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.
Personnel:
Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
Mike Campbell – electric guitar
Joe Walsh – electric guitar
James Raymond – piano
Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
Steve Gorman – drums
Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
Gil Bernal – saxophone
Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
John Waite – backing vocals
Jackson Browne – backing vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
Tom Petty – backing vocals
Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
Steve Churchyard – engineer
Greg Hayes – engineer
James Mitchell – engineer
Joe West – engineer
Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Hugh Brown – art direction
Matthew Rolston – cover photography
Bridgette Barr – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.
On August 22, 2000, “Telarc” label released “One Alone”, the 103rd Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded September 1997 – April 2000, and was produced by Russell Gloyd and John Snyder.
Personnel:
Dave Brubeck – piano
John Snyder, Michael Bishop, Jack Renner – engineer
Robert Friedrich – engineer assistant
Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, cover design
James Salzano – cover photo
Elaine Martone – production supervisor
Mark Conese, Simon James, Mark Nixdorf – technical assistant
Track listing:
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
One Alone – Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
Someone to Watch over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me) – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
Harbor Lights – Hugh Williams
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons
Summer Song – Dave Brubeck
Red Sails in the Sunset – Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy
Weep No More – Dave Brubeck
Bye Bye Blues – Dave Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown
On August 21, 2007, “Pi Recordings” label released “Vision Towards Essence”, the 24th Muhal Richard Abrams album. It was recorded in September 1998, at the “Guelph Jazz Festival” in Guelph, Canada and was produced by Yulun Wang and Muhal Richard Abrams.
On August 10, 1964, “Workshop Jazz” label released “Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charles Mingus”, the ninth Pepper Adams album. It was recorded in September 1963, in New York City.
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