In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
John Williams – piano
Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
Rolly Bundock – bass
Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums
In December 1955, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra”, the seventh Georgie Auld album. It was recorded September – November 1955, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone, bandleader
Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz – alto saxophone
Ted Nash, Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
Chuck Gentry – baritone saxophone
Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Ray Linn – trumpet
Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino, Si Zentner – trombone
Arnold Ross – piano
Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel – guitar
Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller, Irv Kottler – drums
Track listing:
In the Land of Hi-Fi – George Auld, Billy May
For You – Al Dubin, Joe Burke
Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman
Tippin’ In – Raymond Leveen, Maria Grever
Sunday Kind of Love – Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima
I May Be Wrong – Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin
Swingin’ in the Moore Park – Billy May
If I Loved You – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Dinah – Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Love Is Just Around the Corner – Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin
On June 4, 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Uniquely Mancini: The Big Band Sound of Henry Mancini”, album by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra. It was recorded in 1963, at “RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World”, and was produced by Joe Reisman.
Personnel:
Conrad Gozzo (lead), Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Pete Candoli (soloist), Conte Candoli (soloist), Don Fagerquist (flugelhorn soloist) – trumpet
Dick Nash (soloist), Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, George Roberts (bass trombone) – trombone
Vincent DeRosa (soloist), Richard Perissi, John Cave, Art Maebe – French horn
Ted Nash (alto saxophone and alto flute solo), Ronny Lang (alto flute soloist), Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone soloist) – woodwind
Bob Bain – guitar
Larry Bunker – vibraphone, marimba
Rolly Bundock – bass
Jack Sperling – drums
Bobby Helfer – orchestra manager
Track listing:
Green Onions – Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Lewie Steinberg
Stairway to the Stars – Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
Night Train – Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest
Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing, B.Y. Forster
Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington
Banzai Pipeline – Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Cheers! – Henry Mancini
Lonesome – Henry Mancini
The Hot Canary – Paul Nero
Moonlight Serenade – Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller
On November 6, 1967, “Colgems” label released “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”, the fourth Monkees (The) album. It was recorded April – October 1967, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 1” in Hollywood, “American Recording Company” in Studio City, “United Recorders A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Chip Douglas.
Personnel:
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, guitar, shaker, acoustic and electric guitar, tremolo electric guitar, percussion
Micky Dolenz – lead and backing vocals, harmony vocals, percussion, drums, Moog synthesizer, intro chatter
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals, percussion, tambourine, intro chatter
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, organ, keyboards, piano
In August 1969, “Reprise” label released “A Man Alone” (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen), the 55th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in March 1969, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Don Costa – arrangements, conductor
Jerry Whitman – vocal
Nancy Adams, Tom Bahler, Betty Baker, James Bryant, Jan Gassman, Bill Lee, Diana Lee, Susan Tallman, Marie Vernon – vocals
Al Viola – guitar
Bill Miller – piano
Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Gilbert – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Larry Bunker – percussion
Gene Cipriano, Norman Herzberg, Bill Hood, Ronny Lang, Don Lodice, Ted Nash, Bud Shank, Nino Tempo – saxophone
John Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, James McGee, Arthur Maebe, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi – French horn
Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, William Kurasch, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure – violin
Alvin Dinkin, Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn – viola
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher. Nino Rosso – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer, Jacqueline Lustgarten – vielle
On March 5, 1956, “Capitol” label released “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”, the tenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded October 1955 – January 1956, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocal
Bill Miller – piano
George Van Eps – guitar
Mahlon Clark, Justin Gordon, Champ Webb, Robert Lawson – saxophone
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison – trumpet
Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Dick Noel, Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Juan Tizol – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee – alto clarinet
Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Victor Bay, Paul Nero, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Dan Lube, Harry Bluestone, Emo Neufeld, Samuel Cytron, Robert Gross, Alex Murray – violin
Maxine Johnson, Milton Thomas, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin, Paul Robyn – viola
Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Cy Bernard – cello
Kathryn Julye – harp
Joe Comfort – bass
Alvin Stoller – drums
Irving Cottler – drums
Frank Flynn – percussion
Clark Yocum, Allan Davies, Charles Schrouder, Lee Gotch – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements
John Palladino – engineer
Track listing:
You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon
It Happened in Monterey – Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman
Too Marvelous for Words – Richard Whiting, Johnny Mercer
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine
On April 24, 2001, “Hip Hop Essence” label released “New Colors”, the 62nd Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded October – December 2000, and was produced by Yusuf Gandhi, Reynold da Silva and Freddie Hubbard.
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard: flugelhorn
Chris Karlic: baritone saxophone
Craig Handy: tenor and soprano saxophone
Myron Walden: alto saxophone
Ted Nash: alto saxophone
Kenny Garrett: alto saxophone
Javon Jackson: tenor saxophone
David Weiss: trumpet
Luis Bonilla: trombone
Steve Davis: trombone
Xavier Davis: piano
Dwayne Burno: bass
Joe Chambers: drums
Idris Muhammad: drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Freddie Hubbard, except where noted.
In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Song Cycle”, the debut Van Dyke Parks album. It, was recorded in 1967 at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
Van Dyke Parks – vocal
Ron Elliott, Dick Rosmini – guitar
Nicolai Bolin, Vasil Crlenica, William Nadel, Alan Reuss, Leon Stewart, Thomas Tedesco– balalaika
Carl Fortina – accordion
Misha Goodatieff – violin
Virginia Majewski – viola
Don Bagley, Gregory Bemko, Chuck Berghofer, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Boghossian, Dennis Budimir, Joseph Ditullio, Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Philip Goldberg, Armand Kaproff, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Orville Rhodes, Trefoni Rizzi, Lyle Ritz, Joseph Saxon, Ralph Schaffer, Leonard Selic, Frederick Seykora, Darrel Terwilliger, Bob West – strings
Gayle Levant – harp
Norman Benno, Arthur Briegleb, Vincent DeRosa, George Fields, William Green, James Horn, Richard Hyde, Jay Migliori, Thomas Morgan, Ted Nash, Richard Perissi, Thomas Scott, Thomas Shepard– woodwind
Billie J. Barnum, Gerri Engeman, Karen Gunderson, James and Vanessa Hendricks, Durrie and Gaile Parks, Julia E. Rinker, Paul Jay Robbins, Nik Woods – choir
Hal Blaine, Gary Coleman, James Gordon, Earl Palmer– percussion
In June 1968, “Reprise” label released the debut, self-titled Randy Newman album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks.
On August 7, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Lumpy Gravy”, the debut Frank Zappa album. It was recorded in February 1967, and was produced by Nick Venet. “Lumpy Gravy” is an album of orchestral, electric and concrete sound, performed by a group of session players Zappa dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.
Personnel:
Frank Zappa – conductor
Glenn Phillips – vocals
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Al Viola – guitar
Dennis Budimir – guitar
Jimmy “Senyah” Haynes – guitar
Tony Rizzi – guitar
Michael Lang – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Lincoln Mayorga – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Paul Smith – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Pete Jolly – piano, celeste, harpsichord
Bob West – bass
Jimmy Bond– bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Roy Estrada– bass, chorus
Frank Capp – drums
John Guerin – drums
Shelly Manne – drums
Alan Estes – percussion, drums
Victor Feldman– percussion, drums
John Rotella – percussion, woodwind
Emil Richards – percussion
Gene Estes – percussion
Jimmy Zito – trumpet
Kenny Shroyer – trombone
Richard Parissi – French horn
Vincent DeRosa– French horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Arnold Belnick – strings
Harold Bemko – strings
Joseph DiFiore – strings
Jesse Ehrlich – strings
Ray Kelly – strings
Jerome Kessler – strings
Alexander Koltun – strings
Bernard Kundell – strings
William Kurasch – strings
Harry Hyams – strings
Leonard Malarsky – strings
Jerome Reisler – strings
Joseph Saxon – strings
Ralph Schaeffer – strings
Leonard Selic – strings
Tibor Zelig – strings
James Getzoff – strings
Philip Goldberg – strings
Bunk Gardner – woodwind
Jules Jacob – woodwind
Ted Nash – woodwind
Donald Christlieb – woodwind
Gene Cipriano – woodwind
Harold Kelling – vocals
Larry Fanoga (Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood) – vocals, chorus
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