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Nat King Cole And His Trio: After Midnight

In January 1957, “Capitol” label released “After Midnight”, album by Nat King Cole and His Trio (15th Nat King Cole album overall). It was recorded August – September 1956, at “Capitol” in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Nat King Cole – vocals, piano
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Charlie Harris – bass
  • Lee Young – drums
  • Willie Smith – alto saxophone
  • Harry Edison – trumpet
  • Juan Tizol – trombone
  • Stuff Smith – violin
  • Jack Costanzo – bongos

Track listing:

  1. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
  2. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  3. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  4. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
  5. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
  6. You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
  7. Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
  8. Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
  9. I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
  10. Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
  11. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  12. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 – Bobby Troup

Wilbur Ware: The Chicago Sound

In December 1957, “Riverside” label released “The Chicago Sound”, the only Wilbur Ware album. It was recorded in October – November 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Wilbur Ware – bass
  • Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
  • John Jenkins – alto saxophone
  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Wilbur Campbell, Frankie Dunlop – drums

Track listing:

All tracks Wilbur Ware except where noted.

  1. Mamma-Daddy
  2. Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour
  3. Desert Sands – Paul Dunlap, Edward Heyman, Stuff Smith
  4. 31st and State
  5. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
  6. Latin Quarters – John Jenkins
  7. Be-Ware – John Jenkins
  8. The Man I Love – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Shirley Horn

On October 20, 2005, Shirley Valerie Horn died aged 71. She was singer and musician (piano),  became one of the best known and most successful female singers in the jazz history. Horn performed and recorded with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis, Stuff Smith, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charlie Haden, Oscar Peterson,  Joe Williams, Jeffery Smith, Clark Terry, Bill Charlap and others. For her work she had received many awards including: “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance”; “National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award”, and “Honorary Doctor of Music Degree” from the “Berklee College of Music”.