In June 1959, “Atlantic” label released “Yusef Lateef’s Detroit”, the 26th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Century Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Thad Jones, Danny Moore, Jimmy Owens, Snooky Young – trumpet
Eric Gale – guitar
Hugh Lawson – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Roy Brooks – drums
Ray Barretto, Norman Pride – congas
Albert Heath – percussion
Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin
Alfred Brown – viola
Kermit Moore – cello
Track listing:
All compositions by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.
Bishop School
Livingston Playground
Eastern Market
Belle Isle
Russell and Elliot
Raymond Winchester
Woodward Avenue
That Lucky Old Sun – Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith
On June 4, 1974, “CTI” label released “One”, the third Bob James studio album. It was recorded February – April 1974, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bob James – keyboards, arrangements, conductor
Richie Resnicoff – guitar
Eric Weissberg – pedal steel guitar
Gary King – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Idris Muhammad – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
David Friedman – vibraphone
Hugh McCracken – harmonica
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone
Jon Faddis – trumpet, flugelhorn
Thad Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn
Victor Paz – trumpet
Alan Rubin – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Wayne Andre – trombone
Paul Faulise – bass trombone
Jack Gale – bass trombone
Alan Raph – bass trombone
George Marge – alto flute, recorder
Romeo Penque – alto flute, recorder
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff – violin
Seymour Barab, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, Anthony Sophos – cello
In February 1962, “Impulse!” label released “The Quintessence”, album by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra album (the eleventh Quincy Jones album overall). It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Al Derisi, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Clark Terry – trumpet
Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller, Thomas Mitchell, Melba Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt – trombone
Julius Watkins, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge – French horn
Harvey Phillips – tuba
Gloria Agostini – harp
Patricia Bown – piano
Bobby Scott – piano
George Catlett – bass
Milt Hinton – bass
James Johnson – drums
Bill English – drums
Stu Martin – drums
Frank Abbey – engineer
Bob Arnold – engineer
Robert Flynn – design
Pete Turner – cover photography
Jack Bradley – liner photography
Lena Horn – liner notes
Lennie Hayton – liner notes
Track listing:
The Quintessence – Quincy Jones
Robot Portrait – Billy Byers
Little Karen – Benny Golson
Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
For Lena and Lennie – Quincy Jones
Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
In December 1962, “Verve” label released “On My Way & Shoutin’ Again!”, album by Count Basie. It was recorded in November 1962, in New York City, and was produced by Jim Davis.
Personnel:
Count Basie – piano
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Wess – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone, flute
Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard, Ernie Royal – trumpet
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell – trombone
In December 1962, “Reprise” label released “Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First”, the 30th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded in 1962, in Hollywood, and was produced by
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bill Miller – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
Al Aarons – trumpet
Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Fip Ricard – trumpet
Henry Coker – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Rufus Wagner – trombone
Buddy Catlett – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Neal Hefti – arrangements
Track listing:
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
Please Be Kind – Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn
(Love Is) The Tender Trap – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie
My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Nice Work If You Can Get It – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Learnin’ the Blues – Dolores Vicki Silvers
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
I Won’t Dance – Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach
In December 1958, “EmArcy” label released “No Count Sarah”, the tenth Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in August 1957, and was produced by Jack Tracy. The album title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie.
Track listing:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Ronnell Bright – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Johnny Mandel, Luther Henderson, Thad Jones, Frank Foster – arrangements
Hal Mooney – recording
Emmett McBain – design
Track listing:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Doodlin’ – Horace Silver
Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In January 1973, “Tangerine” label released “Jazz Number II”, the 35th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in “Charles’ Tangerine / RPM Studios” in Los Angeles and was produced by Ray Charles.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – piano, engineer
Ray Charles Big Band
Alf Clausen, Jimmy Heath, Roger Neumann, Teddy Edwards – arrangements
In September 1976, “Pausa” label released “Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica and the Jazz Orchestra”, album by Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica. It was recorded in September 1973 in London and in July 1974 in Perugia, Italy.
On January 22, 2002, “High Note” label released “Davey Blue”, the 31st David “Fathead” Newman album. . It was recorded in May 2001, at “M&I Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David “Fathead” Newman, Houston Person.
Personnel:
David “Fathead” Newman – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
Cedar Walton – piano
Bryan Carrott – vibraphone
David Williams – bass
Kenny Washington – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by David “Fathead” Newman except where noted
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