In July 1957, “Prestige” label released “Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”, album by the Miles Davis Quintet. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet, bandleader
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers
Blues by Five – Miles Davis
Airegin – Sonny Rollins
Tune Up/When Lights Are Low – Miles Davis/Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
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:
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Algo Bueno – Woody ‘n’ You) – Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet Blues – Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
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
Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Pretty Eyed Baby – Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson
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:
I’m Satisfied with My Gal – Sharkey Bonano
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Peter Bocage
I’ll See You in My Dreams (1924 song) – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
Careless Love – W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams
Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
Chicago Rhythm (Transvestite Dance from the Apex Club) – Ben Kanter
All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid – James P. Johnson, Andy Razaf
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.
Bit of Heaven
Down Home
I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
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
Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
Plexis – Cedar Walton
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1
Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
Plexis – Cedar Walton
Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
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:
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
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:
On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham
You’ll Never Know – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Blues in the Closet – Oscar Pettiford
What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Lil’ Darlin’ – Neal Hefti
What Is There to Say? – E. Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke
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.
Litanie des Saints
Careless Love – Martha Koenig, Spencer Williams, W. C. Handy
My Indian Red
Mineburg Joys – Charles Melrose, Jellyroll Morton, Leon Roppola, Paul Mayers
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say – Ferdinand Morton
Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
Didn’t He Ramble – Hattie Bolten
Do You Call That a Buddy? – Don Raye, Wesley Wilson
How Come My Dog Don’t Bark (When You Come Around) – Prince Partridge
Goodnight Irene – Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax
Fess Up
Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You – Sam Theard
Cabbage Head – Henry Roeland Byrd, Mac Rebennack
Goin’ Home Tomorrow – Alvin Young, Fats Domino
Blue Monday – Dave Bartholomew
Scald Dog Medley / I Can’t Go On – Huey “Piano” Smith, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
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:
Sonny Boy – Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms – Joseph Meyer, Herman Ruby
St. James Infirmary – Joe Primrose (Irving Mills)
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Roger Graham, Spencer Williams
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams
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:
Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
I Fall in Love Too Easy – Jule Styne
So Near, So Far – Tony Crombie, Benny Green
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield
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