In December 1962, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Bossa Nova Jazz Samba”, an album by Bud Shank and Clare Fischer. It was recorded in September 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by Albert Marx.
Personnel:
Bud Shank – alto saxophone
Clare Fischer – piano
Ralph Pena – bass
Larry Bunker, Frank Guerrero, Milt Holland, Bob Neel – percussion
In December 1958, “King” label released “Please Please Please”, the debut James Brown and His Famous Flames studio album. It was recorded February 1956 – September 1958, and was produced by Ralph Bass.
Personnel:
James Brown – lead vocals
Bobby Byrd – piano, backing vocals
Nafloyd Scott – guitar
Johnny Terry – backing vocals
Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
Bill Hollings – backing vocals
Louis Madison – backing vocals
Kenny Burrell – guitar
John Faire – guitar
Eddie Freeman – guitar
Alvin “Fats” Gonder – piano
Ernie Hayes – piano
Clarence Mack – bass
Carl Pruitt – bass
Edwyn Conley – bass
David “Panama” Francis – drums
Reginald Hall – drums
Edison Gore – drums
George Dorsey – alto saxophone
Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone
Ray Felder – tenor saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.
Please, Please, Please – James Brown, John Terry
Chonnie-On-Chon – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith
Hold My Baby’s Hand – James Brown, Trevor Smith
I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
In November 1973, “Impulse!” label released “Village of the Pharoahs”, the eleventh Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1971, November 1972, September 1973, at “Wally Heider Sound Studios” in San Francisco, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “A&R Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Pharoah Sanders – vocals, soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, bells
Sedatrius Brown – vocals
Joe Bonner – vocals, piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
On November 21, 2006, “Tzadik” label released “Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6’, the 20th Uri Caine album. It was recorded in September 2006, at “Avatar Studios”, in new York City, and was produced by John Zorn.
On November 12, 1984, “4AD” label released “Treasure”, the third Cocteau Twins studio album. It was recorded August – September 1984, at “Palladium Studios” in Edinburgh, “Rooster” in London, and was produced by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.
Personnel:
Elizabeth Fraser – vocals
Robin Guthrie – guitar
Simon Raymonde – bass guitar
Droston J. Madden – engineer
Jon Turner – engineer
23 Envelope – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.
In November 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Blowin’ the Blues Away”, the ninth Horace Silver album. It was recorded August – September 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In October 1957, “Riverside” label released “Duke with a Difference”, the fourth Clark Terry album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Clark Terry – trumpet, arrangements
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone
Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Luther Henderson – celeste
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Marian Bruce – vocals
Mercer Ellington – arrangements
Jack Higgins – engineer
Jack Matthewes – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.
C Jam Blues – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
In October 1956, “Norgran” label released “The Blues”, the fifth Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded July 1952 – September 1953 – July 1954, at “Radio Recorders” in Los Angeles, in San Francisco and New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Emmett Berry, Shorty Baker – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Arthur Clarke, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Rudy Williams – tenor saxophone
Ted Brannon, Call Cobbs, Leroy Lovett – piano
Ray Brown, Red Callender, Barney Richmond, John Williams – bass
Louis Bellson, J. C. Heard, Al Walker – drums
Alex De Paola – cover photography
Phil Stern – photography
Norman Granz – supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny Hodges, except where noted.
Rosanne – Glenn Osser, Edna Osser, Dick Manning
Hodge-Podge – Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington
Jappa
Through for the Night – Trummy Young
The Sheik of Araby – Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler
In September 1980, “Polydor” label released “Change of Address”, the thirteenth Shadows (The) album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett.
Personnel:
Hank Marvin – lead guitar
Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
Cliff Hall – piano, electric piano
Dave Lawson – synthesizer
Alan Jones – bass
Peter Vince – enginer
Track listing:
All tracks by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett, except where noted.
Mozart Forte – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; arranged by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett
Midnight Creepin’
Change of Address
Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
Indigo – Dieter Geike, Michael Topolov
Arty’s Party
Outdigo
Hello Mr. W.A.M. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Giorgio Moroder
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