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Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly

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In December 1958, “Verve” label released “Ella Swings Lightly”, album by Ella Fitzgerald. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz. This album won Ella Fitzgerald the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

Personnel:

  • Ella Fitzgerald – vocal
  • Marty Paich’s Dek-Tette: Bud Shank – alto saxophone 
  • Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
  • Med Flory – baritone saxophone 
  • Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Bob Enevoldsen – valve trombone, tenor saxophone 
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  • Lou Levy  – piano
  • Joe Mondragon – bass 
  • Mel Lewis – drums 

Track listing:

  1. Little White Lies – Walter Donaldson
  2. You Hit the Spot – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
  3. What’s Your Story, Morning Glory? – Jack Lawrence, Paul Francis Webster, Mary Lou Williams
  4. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
  5. As Long as I Live – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. Teardrops from My Eyes – Rudy Toombs
  7. Gotta Be This or That – Sunny Skylar
  8. Moonlight on the Ganges – Sherman Myers, Chester Wallace
  9. My Kinda Love – Louis Alter, Jo Trent
  10. Blues in the Night – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  11. If I Were a Bell – Frank Loesser
  12. You’re an Old Smoothie – Nacio Herb Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Richard A. Whiting
  13. Little Jazz – Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding
  14. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Peter Norman
  15. Knock Me a Kiss – Mike Jackson
  16. 720 in the Books – Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Leo Watson

Ben Webster: Soulville

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In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Soulville”, the sixth Ben Webster album. It was recorded in October 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Stan Levey – drums
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes
  • Ellie Hughes – design
  • Tom Hughes – design
  • Phil Stern – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soulville – Ben Webster
  2. Late Date – Ben Webster
  3. Time on My Hands – Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans
  4. Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  5. Where Are You? – Lew Pollack, Lou Davis
  6. Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  7. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

George Benson: Tell It Like It Is

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In July 1969, “A&M” label released “Tell It Like It Is”, the seventh George Benson album. It was recorded April – May 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Rodgers Grant, Richard Tee – piano
  • Bob Bushnell, Jerry Jemmott, Jim Fielder – bass guitar
  • Leo Morris – drums
  • Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
  • Arthur Clarke, Bob Porcelli, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Sonny Fortune – saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Marty Sheller – arrangements, conductor
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soul Limbo – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
  2. Are You Happy – Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble
  3. Tell It Like It Is – George Davis, Lee Diamond
  4. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  5. Jackie, All – Eumir Deodato
  6. Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya – Rudy Stevenson
  7. Water Brother – Don Sebesky
  8. My Woman’s Good to Me – Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
  9. Jama Joe – George Benson
  10. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  11. Out in the Cold Again – Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom

Lou Donaldson: Good Gracious!

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In June 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Good Gracious!”, the 18th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Big John Patton – organ
  • Ben Dixon – drums

All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. Bad John
  2. The Holy Ghost
  3. Cherry – Don Redman
  4. Caracas
  5. Good Gracious
  6. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler

Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance

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In June 1957, “Verve” label released “Personal Appearance”, the twelve Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in May 1957, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Edgar Willis – bass
  • Kenny Dennis – drums

Track listing:

  1. You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  2. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  3. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  4. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  5. For Some Friends – Sonny Stitt
  6. I Never Knew – Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn
  7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  8. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
  9. Original? – Sonny Stitt
  10. Avalon – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose
  11. Blues Greasy – Sonny Stitt

Kenny Drew: A Harold Arlen Showcase

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In May 1957, “Judson” label released “A Harold Arlen Showcase”, the sixth Kenny Drew album. It was recorded in February 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer Jr.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • Wilbur Ware – bass

Track listing:

  1. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  2. That Old Black Magic – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  3. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
  4. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  5. As Long as I Live – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
  7. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  8. I’ve Got the World on a String – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  9. Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  10. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  11. Blues in the Night – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
  12. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours

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On April 25, 1955, “Capitol” label released “In the Wee Small Hours”, the ninth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March 1954 – February 1955, at “KHJ” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
  • John Palladino – engineer

Track listing:

  1. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
  2. Most Indigo – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  3. Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. Deep in a Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Hausen
  6. I See You Face Before Me – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
  9. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  10. Last Night When We Were Young – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  11. I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder
  12. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  13. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  14. Dancing on the Celling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  15. I’ll Never Be the Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
  16. This Love of Mine – Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Frank Sinatra

Erroll Garner: Contrasts

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In December 1954, “EmArcy” label released “Contrasts”, the 16th Erroll Garner album. It was recorded in July 1954, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Erroll Garner – piano
  • Wyatt Ruther – double bass
  • Fats Heard – drums
  • Candido Camero – percussion, congas

Track listing:

  1. You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
  2. I’ve Got the World on a String – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  3. 7-11 Jump – Erroll Garner
  4. Part Time Blues – Erroll Garner
  5. Rosalie – Cole Porter
  6. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  7. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
  8. (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings – Jean Marie Blanvillain, Henri Herpin, Harold Rome
  9. There’s a Small Hotel – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  10. Misty – Erroll Garner
  11. I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter – Duke Ellington

Charles Mingus: Mingus

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In October 1961, “Candid” label released “Mingus”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded October – November 1960, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Nico Bunink, Paul Bley – piano
  • Dannie Richmond – drums

Track listing:

  1. M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me) – Charles Mingus
  2. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  3. Lock ‘Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue) – Charles Mingus

Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown: The Poll Winners

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In October 1957, “Contemporary” label released “The Poll Winners”, album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne and Ray Brown. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums

Track listing:

  1. Jordu – Duke Jordan
  2. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer
  3. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Mean to Me – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
  5. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
  6. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington
  7. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  8. Minor Mood – Barney Kessel
  9. Nagasaki – Harry Warren, Mort Dixon