On June 21, 2024, “Virgin” label released “D”, the sixth Daryl Hall album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Stardust” in Harbour Island, Bahamas, and was produced by Dave Stewart and Daryll Hall.
Personnel:
Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, package design
Dave Stewart – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, percussion, hand claps, mixing, package design
In October 1977, “Concord” label released “Windflower”, album by Herb Ellis and Remo Palmier (23rd Herb Ellis album overall). It was recorded in 1977, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Herb Ellis – guitar
Remo Palmier – guitar
George Duvivier – bass
Ron Traxler – drums
Track listing:
Windflower – Sara Cassey
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Jerry Brainin, Buddy Bernier
On October 24, 1995, “Laurel/London” label released “Nuisance”, the debut Menswear studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Neill King.
Personnel:
Johnny Dean – vocals
Chris Gentry – guitar
Simon White – guitar
Stuart Black – bass
Matt Everitt – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black.
On October 19, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “A Man with a Horn”, the 16th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in September 1961 – June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Irvin Stokes – trumpet
Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Big John Patton – organ
Grant Green – guitar
Grant Green – guitar
Joe Dukes – drums
Ben Dixon – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Hippity Hop
Please – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
The Man With The Horn – Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi
Prisoner of Love – Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On August 16, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Money in the Pocket”, album by Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded in March 1966, at “The Club” in Chicago, and was produced by Tom Morgan and Michael Cuscuna.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.
Money in the Pocket – Joe Zawinul
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Introduction to a Samba
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Nat Adderley
In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra”, the 22nd Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in December 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Billy Strayhorn – arrangements, conductor
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, reeds, clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, reeds
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone, reeds
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, reeds, bass clarinet
Bill Berry – trumpet
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Ed Mullens – trumpet
Shorty Baker – trumpet
Howard McGhee – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
Jimmy Jones – piano
Aaron Bell – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Stanley Dance – liner notes
Charles Stewart – cover photography
Track listing:
Don’t Get Around Much Any More – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
Gal from Joe’s – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Your Love has Faded – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
I’m Just a Lucky So and So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Jeep’s Blues – Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges
Day Dream – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John Latouche
In June 1954, “Norgran” label released “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1” and “Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2”, the debut Lester Young albums. They were recorded in November 1952, in New York City, and were produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Lester Young – vocal, tenor saxophone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
J. C. Heard – drums
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing
Ad Lib Blues – Oscar Peterson, Lester Young
I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Tea for Two – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
(Back Home Again In) Indiana – James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
(I’m) Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
In May 1964, “Verve” label released “Breeze from the East”, the 37th Cal Tjader album. It was recorded November – December 1963, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Lonnie Hewitt – piano
Dick Hyman – electronic organ
Stan Applebaum – celesta, arrangements
Jerry Dodgion – flute
George Duvivier – double bass
Johnny Rae – drums
Willie Bobo – percussion
Phil Ramone – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
John Murello – design
Al “Jazzbo” Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes
Track listing:
Sake and Greens – Stan Applebaum
Cha – Stan Applebaum
Leyte – Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt
Shoji – Stan Applebaum
China Nights – Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo
Fuji – Cal Tjader
Black Orchid – Cal Tjader
Theme from Burke’s Law – Herschel Burke Gilbert
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Poinciana – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Here Comes Louis Smith”, the debut Louis Smith studio album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Audio Sonic Sound” in Brill Building, New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.
Personnel:
Louis Smith – trumpet
Buckshot La Funke (Cannonball Adderley) – alto saxophone
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