On October 23, 2001, “Telarc” label released “The Crossing”, album by Dave Brubeck Quartet (104th Dave Brubeck album overall). It was recorded September – November 2000, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was produced by Russell Gloyd.
On October 19, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “A Man with a Horn”, the 16th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in September 1961 – June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Irvin Stokes – trumpet
Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Big John Patton – organ
Grant Green – guitar
Grant Green – guitar
Joe Dukes – drums
Ben Dixon – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Hippity Hop
Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
On October 9, 1973, “Buddah” label released “Imagination”, the eleventh Gladys Knight & the Pips studio album. It was recorded June – September 1973, at “Venture Sound” in Somerville, New Jersey, “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest and Edward Patten.
Personnel:
Gladys Knight – lead vocals
Merald “Bubba” Knight – backing vocals
William Guest – backing vocals
Edward Patten – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Jim Weatherly, except where noted.
Midnight Train to Georgia
I’ve Got My Imagination – Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg
Storms of Troubled Times
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
Once in a Lifetime Thing
Where Peaceful Waters Flow
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Cash
Perfect Love – Paul Williams
Window raisin Granny – William Guest, Gladys Knight, Merald Knight, Edward Patten
In October 1955, “Norgran” label released “Creamy”, the tenth Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in September 1955, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
Clark Terry – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sonny Greer – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny Hodges, except where noted.
The Ballad Medley: Whispering/Tenderly/Don’t Take Your Love from Me/Prelude to a Kiss/Polka Dots and Moonbeams/Passion Flower – Vincent Rose, John Schonberger, Richard Coburn/Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence/Henry Nemo/Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills/Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke/Billy Strayhorn
In October 1954, “Prestige” label released “Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey)”, the sixth Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey. It was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Art Blakey – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
Work
Nutty
Blue Monk
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
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.
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