In December 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Herbie Mann at the Village Gate”, the 25th Herbie Mann album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “The Village Gate” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Herbie Mann – flute
Hagood Hardy – vibraharp
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Ray Mantilla – conga, percussion
Chief Bey – African drum, percussion
Ben Tucker – additional bass
Willis Conover – liner notes
Track listing:
Comin’ Home, Baby – Ben Tucker
Summertime – DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
In April 1972, “Cobblestone” label released “Breakthrough!”, album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet. It was recorded in February 1972, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
Personnel:
Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton — piano, electric piano
Charles Davis – soprano and baritone saxophone
Sam Jones — double bass
Billy Higgins — drums
Track listing:
Breakthrough – Hank Mobley
Sabiá – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque
House on Maple Street – Cedar Walton
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Francis Lai, Carl Sigman
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
In October 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Sonny Meets Hawk!”, album by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins (the 23rd Sonny Rollins album overall). It was recorded in July 1963, at “RCA Victor Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Paul Bley – piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Henry Grimes – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, James Sherman
On September 27, 1994, “Verve” label released “Nobody Else but Me”, studio album by Stan Getz. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Gene Cherico – bass
Joe Hunt – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
6-Nix-Quix-Flix – Gary Burton
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Waltz for a Lovely Wife – Phil Woods
Out of Focus – Gary Burton
Nobody Else but Me – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
In July 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Catch Me!”, the third Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Clare Fischer – piano, organ
Ralph Peña – double bass
Albert Stinson – double bass
Colin Bailey – drums
Larry Bunker – drums
Dino Lappas – engineer
Woody Woodward – design, photography
John William Hardy – liner notes
Track listing:
Catch Me – Joe Pass
No Cover, No Minimum – Bill Evans
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
Walkin’ Up – Bill Evans
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard
But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Hausen
You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
In June 1962, “Verve” label released “Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin”, the 16th Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in November 1958, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Horst Jankowski – piano
Russ Garcia – string arrangements
Wolfram Röhrig – conductror
Sheldon Marks – art direction
Bill Rotsler – photography
Lawrence D. Stewart – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by George and Ira Gershwin, except where noted.
Love Is Here to Stay
Nice Work If You Can Get It
‘S Wonderful
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Soon
But Not for Me
Somebody Loves Me – George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva
In June 1961, “Prestige” label released “Shirley’s Sounds”, the fifth Shirley Scott album. It was recorded May – October 1958, April 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Shirley Scott – organ
George Tucker – bass
George Duvivier – bass
Arthur Edgehill – drums
Track listing:
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
S’Posin’ – Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams
Indiana – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley
I Can’t See for Lookin’ – Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford
In April 1959, “Prestige” label released “All Kinds of Weather”, the 15th Red Garland album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut
Track listing:
Rain – Eugene Ford, Brian Alexander Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year – Frank Loesser
On April 2, 2015, “High Note” label released “The Real Thing”, the 38th Eric Alexander album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Eric Alexander.
Personnel:
Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
Pat Martino – guitar
Harold Mabern – piano
John Webber – bass
Joe Farnsworth – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing, mastering
Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
Christopher Drukker – design, session photography
Jimmy Katz – Eric Alexander photography
Joe Fields – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Eric Alexander except where noted.
The Real Thing
Pure Pat
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
Little Boat – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal
For George and Trane
Sleep Warm – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
On March 17, 2008, “Fiction” label released “The Seldom Seen Kid”, the fourth Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2008, at “Blueprint Studios” in Manchester, England, and was produced by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.
Personnel:
Guy Garvey – vocals, string and brass arrangements
Mark Potter – guitars
Craig Potter – keyboards, trumpet, mixing
Pete Turner – bass
Richard Jupp – drums
Richard Hawley – vocals
Tim Barber – trumpet
Matt Ball – trombone
Sheona White – E-flat horn
Ben Parsons – cornet
Nick Smart – cornet, flugel
Prabjote Osahn – violin, backing vocals
Stella Page – violin, viola, backing vocals
Ian Burdge – cello, backing vocals
Elbow Choir – backing vocals
Angela Thwaite – backing vocals
Louise Turner – backing vocals
Danny Evans – additional engineering
Danny McTague – additional engineering
Tim Young – mastering
Mazen Murad – mastering
Oliver East – artwork
Red Design – design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Guy Garvey except where noted, all music by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.
Starlings
The Bones of You (contains elements of “Summertime” by George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin
Mirrorball
Grounds for Divorce
An Audience with the Pope
Weather to Fly
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
The Fix – Richard Hawley, Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp.
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