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Roy Eldridge And Dizzy Gillespie: Roy And Diz

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In October 1954, “Clef” label released “Roy and Diz”, album by Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded in October 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie – vocals, trumpet
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Louis Bellson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  2. Algo Bueno – Woody ‘n’ You) – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Trumpet Blues – Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
  4. Ballad Medley – I’m Through with Love/Can’t We Be Friends/Don’t You Know?/I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You – Fud Livingston, Paul James, Kay Swift, Bobby Worth, Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk, Irving King, Ted Shapiro
  5. Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  7. Pretty Eyed Baby – Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson
  8. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  9. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber

Kenny Davern And Ken Peplowski: The Jazz KENnection

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On October 30, 2001, “Arbors” label released “The Jazz KENnection”, album by Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski. It was recorded in October 2000, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Rachel Domber and Mat Domber.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Davern – clarinet
  • Ken Peplowski – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Howard Alden – guitar
  • John Bunch – piano
  • Greg Cohen – double-bass
  • Tony DeNicola – drums

Track listing:

  1. I’m Satisfied with My Gal – Sharkey Bonano
  2. Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Peter Bocage
  3. I’ll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)  – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Careless Love  – W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams
  6. Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
  7. Chicago Rhythm (Transvestite Dance from the Apex Club) – Ben Kanter
  8. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  9. A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid – James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf

Curtis Fuller: Sliding Easy

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In October 1959, “United Artists” label released “Sliding Easy”, the sixth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in March 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements 
  • Gigi Gryce – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.

  1. Bit of Heaven
  2. Down Home
  3. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  4. Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
  5. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Three Blind Mice

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In August 1962, “United Artists Jazz” label released “Three Blind Mice”, album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, at “Village Gate” in New York City and “Club Renaissance” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording


Track listing:

Three Blind Mice

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams


Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
  7. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  8. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter

Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2

  1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
  2. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  3. Ping Pong – Wayne Shorter
  4. The Promised Land – Cedar Walton
  5. Arabia – Curtis Fuller

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

Red Garland: Bright And Breezy

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In October 1961, “Jazzland” label released “Bright and Breezy”, the 26th Red Garland album. It was recorded in July 1961, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Ray Fowler – recording
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Steve Schapiro – photography

Track listing:

  1. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
  2. I Ain’t Got Nobody – Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham
  3. You’ll Never Know – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  4. Blues in the Closet – Oscar Pettiford
  5. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  6. Lil’ Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
  7. What Is There to Say? – E. Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke
  8. So Sorry Please – Bud Powell

Dr. John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans

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On June 12, 1992, “Warner Bros” label released “Goin’ Back to New Orleans”, the 17th Dr. John album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Ultrasonic Studios” in New Orleans, and was produced by Stewart Levine.

Personnel:

  • Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) – lead vocal, piano, electric piano, organ, guitar
  • Tommy Moran – guitar
  • Chief “Smiley” Ricks, Alfred “Uganda” Roberts, Charles Neville, Cyril Neville – percussion
  • Al Schmitt – engineer
  • Chris Rich, David Farrell, Steve Reynolds – engineer assistant
  • Tom Recchion – art direction, design
  • Lyn Bradley – design
  • Jason Jones – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Mac Rebennack, except where noted.

  1. Litanie des Saints
  2. Careless Love – Martha Koenig, Spencer Williams, W. C. Handy
  3. My Indian Red
  4. Mineburg Joys – Charles Melrose, Jellyroll Morton, Leon Roppola, Paul Mayers
  5. I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say – Ferdinand Morton
  6. Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
  7. Didn’t He Ramble – Hattie Bolten
  8. Do You Call That a Buddy? – Don Raye, Wesley Wilson
  9. How Come My Dog Don’t Bark (When You Come Around) – Prince Partridge
  10. Goodnight Irene – Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax
  11. Fess Up
  12. Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
  13. I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You – Sam Theard
  14. Cabbage Head – Henry Roeland Byrd, Mac Rebennack
  15. Goin’ Home Tomorrow – Alvin Young, Fats Domino
  16. Blue Monday – Dave Bartholomew
  17. Scald Dog Medley / I Can’t Go On – Huey “Piano” Smith, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
  18. Goin’ Back to New Orleans – Joe Liggins

Red Garland: When There Are Grey Skies

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In March 1963, “Prestige” label released “When There Are Grey Skies”, the 31st Red Garland album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – double bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sonny Boy – Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson
  2. My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms – Joseph Meyer, Herman Ruby
  3. St. James Infirmary – Joe Primrose (Irving Mills)
  4. I Ain’t Got Nobody – Roger Graham, Spencer Williams
  5. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams
  6. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See – traditional

Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven

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On July 15, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Seven Steps to Heaven”, the eighth Miles Davis studio album. It was recorded April – May 1963, at “Columbia Studios” in Los Angeles, “CBS 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Victor Feldman – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Frank Butler – drums
  • Tony Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
  2. Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  3. I Fall in Love Too Easy – Jule Styne
  4. So Near, So Far – Tony Crombie, Benny Green
  5. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield
  6. Joshua – Victor Feldman

Oscar Peterson and Benny Green: Oscar and Benny

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On April 28, 1998, “Telarc” label released “Oscar and Benny”, album by Oscar Peterson and Benny Green. It was recorded in September 1997, and was produced by Robert Woods and Elaine Marlone.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson– piano
  • Benny Green– piano
  • Ray Brown– double bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson– drums

Track listing:

  1. For All We Know – Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
  2. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  3. Yours Is My Heart Alone – Ludwig Herzer, Franz Lehár, Beda Fritz Loehner
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. The More I See You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  6. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
  7. Easy Does It – Sy Oliver, Trummy Young
  8. Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  9. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  10. Jitterbug Waltz – Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller
  11. Barbara’s Blues – Oscar Peterson