On February 15, 1964, “Phillips” label released “Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris”, album by Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six (the 41st Dizzy Gillespie album overall). It was recorded July – September 1963, at “Europosanor Studios” in Paris, and in Chicago.
Personnel:
Jean-Claude Briodin – vocals
Christiane Legrand – vocals
Eddy Louiss – vocals
Mimi Perrin – vocals
Bob Smart – vocals
Ward Swingle – vocals
Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
James Moody – alto saxophone
Kenny Barron – piano
Bud Powell – piano
Pierre Michelot – bass
Chris White – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Rudy Collins – drums
Lalo Schifrin – arrangements
Track listing:
Emanon – Dizzy Gillespie, Milton Shaw
Anthropology – Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
Tin Tin Deo – Gil Fuller, Luciano Pozo
One Bass Hit – Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee – Joe Carroll, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Graham
Hot House – Tadd Dameron
Con Alma – Dizzy Gillespie
Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
In December 1986, “Pablo” label released “If You Could See Me Now”, album by Oscar Peterson Quartet. It was recorded in November 1983, and was produced by Norman Granz. In 1987, the album won “Juno Award” for “Best Jazz Album”.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Joe Pass – guitar
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
Martin Drew – drums
Track listing:
Weird Blues – Miles Davis
If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
On Danish Shore – Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
L’ Impossible – Oscar Peterson
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Bebop Revisited!”, the debut Charles McPherson studio album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
In December 1953, “Debut” label released “Jazz at Massey Hall”, album by The Quintet. It was recorded in May 1953, at “Massey Hall” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Charles Mingus. The album was released as two 10” LP’s.
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Bud Powell – piano
Charles Mingus – double bass
Max Roach – drums
Track listing:
Vol. 1 (Debut DLP-2)
Perdido – Juan Tizol
Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern / 52nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk
Vol. 3 (Debut DLP-4)
Wee (Allen’s Alley) – Denzil Best
Hot House – Tadd Dameron
A Night in Tunisia – Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
Vol. 2 consists of the trio recordings of Powell, Mingus and Roach from the same date: all but “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, and one track by Billy Taylor with Mingus and Roach from a later date.
In November 1965, “Verve” label released “Smokin’ at the Half Note”, album by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (the 14th Wes Montgomery album overall). It was recorded in June 1965 at the “Half Note Club” in New York City and September 1965 at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – engineering director
Track listing:
No Blues – Miles Davis
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In October 1958, “Prestige” label released “Soultrane”, the fourth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock and Del Costello.
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
In June 1965, “Verve” label released “Trio ’65”, the 27th Bill Evans album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Chuck Israels – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy R. Lehman – design
Fred Seligo – liner notes
Don Nelsen – liner notes
Track listing:
Israel – John Carisi
Elsa – Earl Zindars
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Who Can I Turn To? – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In May 1959, “New Jazz” label released “We Three”, the fourth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Clark Trio”, the fourth Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in October 1957, and “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Sonny Clark – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Be-Bop – Dizzy Gillespie
I Didn’t Knew What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
I’ll Remember Aprill – Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
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