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Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

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In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Victor Feldman – vibes

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
  3. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  4. You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
  5. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
  8. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins Plus 4

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In August 1956, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins Plus 4”, the fourth Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Clifford Brown – trumpet
  • Richie Powell – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Valse Hot – Sonny Rollins
  2. Kiss and Run – Sam Coslow
  3. I Feel a Song Coming On – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer
  4. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) – Irving Berlin
  5. Pent-Up House – Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins: Rollins Plays For Bird

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In July 1957, “Prestige” label released “Rollins Plays for Bird”, the seventh Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Wade Legge – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can’t Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger/Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton/Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis/Charlie Parker/Gene DePaul, Don Raye
  2. Kids Know
  3. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

Shirley Scott: Blue Seven

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In May 1966, “Prestige” label released “Blue Seven”, the 14th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Newman – trumpet
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Don Schlitten – design
  • Bob Porter – sleeve notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Blue Seven – Sonny Rollins
  2. Don’t Worry About It Baby, Here I Am – Shirley Scott
  3. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Wagon Wheels – Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  5. Give Me the Simple Life – Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby

Sonny Rollins: Tour De Force

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In March 1958, “Prestige” label released “Tour de Force”, the eight Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in December 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Earl Coleman – vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Ee-Ah
  2. B. Quick
  3. Two Different Worlds – Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
  4. B. Swift
  5. My Ideal – Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting

Dizzy Gillespie: Duets

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In March 1958, “Verve” label released “Duets”, the 26th Dizzy Gillespie album. It was recorded in December 1957, at “Nola Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone 
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone 
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Tommy Bryant – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Norman Granz – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Dizzy Gillespie

  1. Wheatleigh Hall
  2. Sumphin’
  3. Con Alma
  4. Haute Mon’

Dave Pike: Limbo Carnival

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In February 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Limbo Carnival”, the fourth Dave Pike album. It was recorded in December 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pike – vibraphone, marimba, arrangements
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jimmy Raney – guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik, George Duvivier – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Juliet Lorca – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
  2. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  3. Matilda – Norman Span
  4. Mambo Bounce – Sonny Rollins
  5. Limbo Rock – Jon Sheldon, Billy Strange
  6. Calypso Blues – Nat King Cole, Don George
  7. Catin’ Latin’ – Pony Poindexter
  8. St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
  9. Jamaica Farewell – Lord Burgess

The Three Sounds: Here We Come

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In February 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Here We Come”, the eight Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Track listing:

  • Gene Harris – piano
  • Andrew Simpkins – bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Ronnie Brathwaite – photography
  • Del Shields – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
  2. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  3. Here We Come – Gene Harris
  4. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  5. Broadway – Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
  6. Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin
  7. Poinciana – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
  8. Sonnymoon for Two – Sonny Rollins

Miles Davis: Dig

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In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
  • Tommy Potter – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dig – Jackie McLean
  2. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  3. Denial – Miles Davis
  4. Bluing – Miles Davis
  5. Out of the Blue – Miles Davis

Miles Davis: Collectors Items

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In December 1956, “Prestige” label released “Collectors’ Items”, the 20th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in January 1953, at “WOR Studios” in New York City, March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ira Gitler and Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

January 1953 session:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Parker (as Charlie Chan) – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

March 1956 session:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. The Serpent’s Tooth (Take 1)
  2. The Serpent’s Tooth (Take 2)
  3. Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Compulsion
  5. No Line
  6. Vierd Blues
  7. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck