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Gil Evans: Into the Hot

In January 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Into the Hot”, the fifth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio”, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – conductor, supervision

The John Carisi Orchestra:

  • John Carisi – trumpet, arrangements
  • John Glasel – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eddie Costa – piano, vibes
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arnold Newman – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

The Cecil Taylor Unit:

  • Cecil Taylor = piano
  • Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Sunny Murray – drums

Track listing:

  1. Moon Taj – John Carisi
  2. Pots – Cecil Taylor
  3. Angkor Wat – John Carisi
  4. Bulbs – Cecil Taylor
  5. Barry’s Tune – Jogn Carisi
  6. Mixed – Cecil Taylor

Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus”, the 31st Charles Mingus album. It was recorded January – September 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass, piano, narration
  • Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
  • Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Preston – trumpet
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Jay Berliner – guitar
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Bob Hammer – arrangements, orchestration
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – mastering
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Joe Alper – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus, except where note.

  1. II B.S.
  2. IX Love
  3. Celia
  4. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
  5. Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul
  6. Theme for Lester Young
  7. Hora Decubitus

John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads

In January 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Ballads”, album by John Coltrane Quartet. It was recorded December 1961, September – November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Jim Marshall – photography

Track listing:

  1. Say It (Over and Over Again) – Jimmy McHugh
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene DePaul
  3. Too Young to Go Steady – Jimmy McHugh
  4. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman
  5. I Wish I Knew – Harry Warren
  6. What’s New? – Bob Haggart
  7. It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers
  8. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Jimmy Van Heusen

Stan Getz & Eddie Sauter: Focus

In January 1962, “Verve” label released “Focus”, album by Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter (the 38th Stan Getz album overall). It was recorded in July 1961, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, September – October 1961, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • John Neves – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Alan Martin – violin
  • Norman Carr – violin
  • Gerald Tarack – violin
  • Jacob Glick – viola
  • Bruce Rogers – cello
  • Eddie Sauter – arrangements
  • Hershy Kay – conductor
  • Ray Hall – recording, mastering
  • Pete Turner – photography
  • Dom Cerulli – liner notes

Track listing:

 All tracks by Eddie Sauter.

  1. I’m Late, I’m Late
  2. Her
  3. Pan
  4. I Remember When
  5. Night Rider
  6. Once Upon a Time
  7. A Summer Afternoon

Curtis Fuller: Jazz…It’s Magic!

In January 1958, “Regent” label released “Jazz …It’s Magic!”, the fourth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersy.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Sonny Red – alto saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • H. Alan Stein – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.

  1. Two Ton
  2. Medley: It’s Magic/My One and Only Love/They Didn’t Believe Me – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn/ Guy Wood, Robert Mellin/Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
  3. Soul Station
  4. Club Car
  5. Upper Berth – Frank Foster

Azteca: Same

In December 1972, “Columbia” label released “Azteca”, the debut Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo with their band Azteca. It was recorded in September 1972, and was produced by Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, Ween Haas, Errol Knowles, Neal Schon, Tom Harrell, Paul Jackson, Lenny White and Victor Pantoja.

Personnel:

  • Coke Escovedo – timbales, sleeve notes
  • Pete Escovedo – vocals, arrangements
  • Errol Knowles – vocals
  • Wendy Haas – vocals
  • Neal Schon – guitar
  • Paul Jackson – acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Lenny White III – vocals, drums
  • Victor Pantoja – vocals, congas
  • Tom Harrell – trumpet, arrangements
  • Rico Reyes – vocals
  • James Vincent (Dondelinger) – guitar
  • Flip Nuñez – organ
  • George Moribus – electric piano
  • George DiQuattro – piano, clavinet
  • Melvyn Martin – soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
  • Bob Ferreira – tenor saxophone, piccolo
  • Jules Rowell – valve trombone
  • George Engfer – recording
  • Glen Kolotkin – engineer
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Bruce Steinberg – artwork, design, photography

Track listing:

  1. La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell
  2. Mamita Linda – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Tom Dondelinger
  3. Ain’t Got No Special Woman – Mike Pearson, Rico Reyes, Tom Harrell
  4. Empty Prophet – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Rick Canoff
  5. Can’t Take the Funk Out of Me – Paul Jackson
  6. Oeace Everybody – Pete Escovedo, George DiQuattro
  7. Non Pacem – Flip Núnez
  8. Ah! Ah! – Pete Escovedo, Tito Puente
  9. Love Not Then – Flip Núnez
  10. Azteca – Al Bent
  11. Theme: La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell

Cannanball Adderley Quintet: The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free

In December 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free”, album by Cannonball Adderley Quintet album (the 49th Cannonball Adderley album overall). Live material was recorded in September 1970, at the 1970 “Monterey Jazz Festival”, and studio material was recorded in October 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocals, cornet
  • Nat Adderley Jr. – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano, ring modulator
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except where noted.

  1. Soul Virgo – George Duke, Mike Deasy, Rick Holmes
  2. Rumplestiltskin – Joe Zawinul
  3. Inquisition – Nat Adderley
  4. Devastatement – Nat Adderley
  5. Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – Edú Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall
  6. The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free – Nat Adderley Jr.
  7. Sometime Ago – Sergio Mihanovich
  8. Exquisition – Nat Adderley
  9. Painted Desert – Joe Zawinul
  10. Directions – Joe Zawinul
  11. Down in Black Bottom – Nat Adderley
  12. 1-2-3-Go-O-O-O! – Joe Zawinul, Roy McCurdy, Walter Booker, Nat Adderley
  13. Lonesome Stranger – Nat Adderley
  14. Get Up Off Your Knees
  15. Wild-Cat Pee
  16. Alto Sex
  17. Bridges – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees
  18. Out and In
  19. Together – Nat Adderley Jr.
  20. The Scene – Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul

Stan Getz: Didn’t We

In December 1969, “Verve” label released “Didn’t We”, the 58th Stan Getz album. It was recorded September – October 1969, and was produced by Johnny Pate.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Unidentified orchestra
  • Johnny Pate – arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Sid Maurer – art direction
  • Michael Mendel – design
  • Dom Cerulli – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Didn’t We – Jimmy Webb
  2. The Shining Sea – Johnny Mandel
  3. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
  4. Go Away, Little Girl – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  5. Heartstrings – Milt Jackson
  6. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  7. Try to Understand – Johnny Pate
  8. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  9. Mandy Is Two – Fulton McGrath, Johhny Mercer
  10. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke

Miles Davis: Filles De Kilimanjaro

In December 1968, “Columbia” label released “Filles de Kilimanjaro”, the 40th Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – September 1968, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Mecero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – piano, RMI electra-piano
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Dave Holland – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Frank Laico, Arthur Kendy – engineer
  • Hiro – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis.

  1. Frelon Brun
  2. Tout de Suite
  3. Petits Machins
  4. Filles de Kilimanjaro
  5. Mademoiselle Mabry

Sonny Stitt: Soul Shack

In December 1963, “Prestige” label released “Soul Shack”, album by Sonny Stitt and Jack McDuff (the 47th Sonny Stitt album overall). It was recorded in September 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Leonard Gaskin – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Mongerstern – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt except where noted.

  1. Sunday – Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller
  2. Soul Shack
  3. Love Nest – Louis Hirsch, Otto Harbach
  4. Hairy
  5. For You – Joe Burke, Al Dubin
  6. Shadows