In November 1965, “Verve” label released “Smokin’ at the Half Note”, album by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (the 14th Wes Montgomery album overall). It was recorded in June 1965 at the “Half Note Club” in New York City and September 1965 at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – engineering director
Track listing:
No Blues – Miles Davis
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In November 1962, “Mercury” label released “Domino”, the fifth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
Roland Kirk – flute, tenor sax, vocals, stritch, manzello, nose flute, siren
On November 14, 1983, “Neutron” label released “Beauty Stab”, the second ABC studio album. It was recorded August – September 1983, at “Sarm Studios East and West”, “Townhouse Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Langan, Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.
Personnel:
Martin Fry – lead and backing vocals, string arrangements, design
Mark White – pianos, Roland Juno-6, E-mu Emulator, synthesizers, guitars, string arrangements, design
Stephen Singleton – alto saxophone, string arrangements, design
Alan Spenner – bass guitar
Andy Newmark – drums
Louis Jordan (Luís Jardim) – percussion
Howie Casey – tenor and baritone saxophone
David Theodore – oboe
David Bedford – string arrangements
Gary Langan – engineer
John Kurlander – engineer assistant
Bob Kraushaar – engineer assistant
Keith Nixon – engineer assistant
Keith Breeden – design assistant
Gered Mankowitz – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.
On November 13, 2000, “Epic” label released “Lovers Rock”, the fifth Sade studio album. It was recorded September 1999 – August 2000, at “Sarm Hook End” and “Deliverance” in London, “El Cortijo” in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain, and was produced by Mike Pela, Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman. In 2002, “Lovers Rock” earned Sade the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album”.
Personnel:
Sade Adu – vocals, arrangements
Stuart Matthewman – guitars, woodwinds, programming, arrangements
Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming, arrangements
Paul S. Denman – bass, arrangements
Leroy Osbourne – vocals
Janusz Podrazik – keyboards
Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
Andy Nice – cello
Nick Ingman – string arrangements
Mike Pela – recording
Andy “Nipper” Davies – engineer assistant
Tom Coyne – mastering
Intro – design
Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photographs
Sophie Muller – cover photography
Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.
By Your Side
Flow
King of Sorrow
Somebody Already Broke My Heart
All About Our Love
Slave Song
The Sweetest Gift
Every Word
Immigrant – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik
Lovers Rock
It’s Only Love That Gets You Through – Sade Adu, Janusz Podrazik
On November 11, 2003, “Elektra” label released “Train of Thought”, the seventh Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded March – September, at “Cove City Sound Studios”, “Pie Studios” and “Beat Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Portnoy and Mike Petrucci.
Personnel:
James LaBrie – lead vocals
John Petrucci – guitars
Jordan Rudess – keyboards
John Myung – bass
Mike Portnoy – drums
Eugene Friesen – cello
Doug Oberkircher – engineer
Kieran Pardias, Brian Harding – engineer assistant
On November 6, 1968, “Motown” label released “Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations”, album by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations. It was recorded May – September 1968, and was produced by Frank Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland, Henry Cosby, Terry “Buzzy” Johnson, Nickolas Ashford and Deke Richards.
Personnel:
Diana Ross & The Supremes – vocals
The Temptations – vocals
Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams, The Andantes – backing vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – horns, strings
Los Angeles area session musicians – instrumentation
Track listing:
Try It Baby – Berry Gordy
I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Ross
This Guy’s in Love With You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House”, album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. It was recorded September – October 1957, in Chicago and Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz. “Verve” released two different versions of the same material, recorded by the same musicians, one recording was mono and the other was stereo.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Mono recording
Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Blues In the Closet – Oscar Pettiford
Stereo recording
Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Wolfe Kahn
It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On November 4, 1991, “Creation” label released “Loveless”, the second My Bloody Valentine studio album. It was recorded in February 1989 – September 1991, and was produced by Kevin Shields and Col Ó Cíosóig. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Loveless” at number 73, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Kevin Shields – vocals, guitar, bass, sampling keyboard, cover concept
Bilinda Butcher – vocals, guitar, cover concept
Debbie Googe – bass, cover concept
Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums, sampling keyboard, cover concept
Angus Cameron – photography
Ann Marie Shields – coordination
Track listing:
All tracks are written by Kevin Shields, except where noted.
Only Shallow – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
Loomer – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
Touched – Colm Ó Cíosóig
To Here Knows When – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, music by Kevin Shields
When You Sleep
I Only Said
Come in Alone
Sometimes
Blown’s a Wish – lyrics by Bilinda Butcher, music by Kevin Shields
On November 3, 1976, “CBS” label released “Efter endnu en dag”, the sixth Gasolin’ studio album. It was recorded August – September 1976, at “Sweet Silence Studios” in Copenhagen, “Trente Mølle” in Funen, Denmark, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker.
Personnel:
Kim Larsen – vocals
Franz Beckerlee – guitar
Wili Jønsson – bass guitar
Søren Berlev – drums
Fessors Big City Band: Finn Otto Hansen, Steen Vig, Elith “Nulle” Nykjær, Ole “Fessor” Linggreen, Torben “Plys” Petersen, Ole Skipper Mosgaard, Thorkild Møller & “Bageren”
Birgitte Lindhardt – vocal solo
Anne Linnet, Lis Sørensen – backing vocals
Freddy Hansson – engineer
Flemming Rasmussen – engineer assistant
Track listing:
All lyrics by Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, M. Mogensen, D. Beck and M. Moloney, all music by Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson and Kim Larsen, except where noted.
Pilli Villi – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, Wendorf-Mogensen
Mamma CuCu – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, Beck-Moloney
Bella Donna
Kloden drejer stille rundt
De gule enker
Sirenesangen
Twilight Birds – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, Moloney
Tantes foto
De fem årstider
Pas på svinget i Solrød – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, Steensted-Mogensen
Stenalderjazz – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen
This Is My Life – Søren Berlev, Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, Kim Larsen, Beck, Moloney
In November 1954, “Blue Note” label released “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2”, the tenth J. J. Johnson album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Sabu Martinez – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.
Jay
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Old Devil Moon – E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
musicalphabet 