On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.
Personnel:
Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
André Previn – piano
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Track listing:
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On May 4, 1966, “Motown” label released “Up-Tight”, the fifth Stevie Wonder album. It was recorded 1962 – 1966, at “Hitsville U.S.A.” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Henry Cosby, Willam “Mickey” Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Personnel:
Stevie Wonder – lead and harmony vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion
Clarence Paul – co-lead vocals
Levi Stubbs – co-lead vocals
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Renaldo “Obie” Benson – backing vocals
The Andantes – backing vocals
Pat Lewis – backing vocals
The Originals – backing vocals
The Temptations – backing vocals
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
Track listing:
Love a Go Go – Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby
Hold Me – Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder
Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Nothing’s Too Good for My Baby – Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson
On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
Keter Betts – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Head Start – Keter Betts
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Blue Mance – Junior Mance
Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
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 1955, “Bethlehem” label released “Joe Roland Quintette”, the second Joe Roland studio album. It was recorded in March 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Joe Roland – vibraphone
Fredie Redd – piano
Dick Garcia – guitar
Dante Martucci – bass
Ron Jefferson – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Burt Goldblatt – design
Track listing:
Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
Stairway to the Steinway – Fredie Redd
Soft Winds – Benny Goodman
Teach Me Tonight – Gene De Paul, Sammy Cahn
Robin – Ismael Ugarte
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Goodbye Bird – Joe Roland
After You’ve Gone – Turner Layton, Henry Creamer
Anticipation – Dick Garcia
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
The Moon Got in My Eyes – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
On June 30, 1981, “Warner Bros” label released “Breakin’ Away”, the fifth Al Jarreau album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Dawnbreaker Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jay Graydon. The album was certified Platinum in US by the RIAA.
Personnel:
Al Jarreau – lead and backing vocals, vocals and rhythm arrangements
Steve Lukather – electric guitar
Dean Parks – electric guitar
Jay Graydon – electric guitar, synthesizer programming, vocals and rhythm arrangements
On May 9, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Time After Time”, the 20th Etta James album. It was recorded in 1995, at ”Conway Studios”, and was produced by John Snyder.
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
In December 1970, “Prestige” label released “It’s a Blue World”, the tenth Red Garland album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Art Taylor – drums
Personnel:
This Can’t Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Since I Fell for You – Buddy Johnson
Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
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