In January 1971, “ABC” label release “Live in Cook County Jail”, album by B.B. King. It was recorded in September 1970, at “Cook County Jail” in Chicago, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.
Personnel:
B.B. King – vocals, guitar
Ron Levy – piano
Booker Walker – alto saxophone
Louis Hubert – tenor saxophone
John Browning – trumpet
Wilbert Freeman – bass
Sonny Freeman – drums
Aaron Baron – engineer
Woody Woodward – art direction
Chester Sheard – photography
Geoffrey Harding – inner liner photography
Track listing:
Introduction
Everyday I Have the Blues – Memphis Slim
How Blue Can You Get – Jane Feather
Worry, Worry, Worry – Davis Plumber, Jules Taub
Medley: 3 O’ Clock Blues, Darlin You Know I Love You – Jules Taub, B. B. King
In November 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi”, the 13th Patti Page album. It was recorded in May 1956, in Hollywood, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra
Pete Rugolo – arrangements, conductor
Al Hendrickson – guitar
Rocky Coluccio – piano
Jack Costanzo – percussion
Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Pete Candoli – trumpet
Harry Klee – flute
Bob Cooper – oboe
Track listing:
Nevertheless – Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
Out of Nowhere – Edward Heyman, John Green
The Lady Is a Tramp – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
The Thrill Is Gone – Les Brown, Ray Henderson
A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Mountain Greenery – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I’ve Got My Eyes on You – Cole Porter
My Kind of Love – Louis Alter, Jo Trent
I Didn’t Know About You – Bob Russell, Duke Ellington
My Sin – Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter
On September 13, 2005, “Geffen” label released “B. B. King & Friends: 80”, the forty-first B.B. King album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” and “Right Track Recording” in New York City, “Caesar’s Palace Showroom” in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Conway Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “O’Henry Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Olympic Studios” in London. At the 48th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “B. B. King & Friends: 80” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
B. B. King – vocals, guitar
Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
Billy F Gibbons – vocals, guitar
John Mayer – vocals, guitar
Glenn Frey – vocals, guitar
Eric Clapton – guitar
Clem Clempson – guitar
Mark Knopfler – guitar
Davey Johnstone – guitar
Larry Campbell – guitar
Dean Parks – rhythm guitar
Elton John – vocals, piano
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Brian Mitchell – keyboards
Guy Babylon – keyboards
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ
Luke Smith – Hammond organ
Sheryl Crow – vocals
Bob Birch – bass guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
T-Bone Wolk – bass guitar
Yolanda Charles – bass guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Billy Ward – drums
Ian Thomas – drums
Nigel Olsson – drums
John Mahon – percussion
Brandon Fields – saxophone
Jerry Hey – trumpet
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet
Gary Grant – trumpet
Nathaniel Kunkel – shaker
Track listing:
Early in the Morning – Dallas Bartley, Louis Jordan, Leo Hickman
Tired of Your Jive – Janet Despenza, Johnny Pate
The Thrill is Gone – Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
Need Your Love So Bad – Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.
Ain’t Nobody Home – Jerry Ragovou
Hummingbird – Leon Russell
All Over Again – Carl B. Adams
Drivin’ Wheel – Roosevelt Sykes
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack
Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Stix Hooper, Will Jennings
In March 1959, “Mercury” label released “Vaughan and Violins”, the eleventh Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in July 1958, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Marcel Hrasko – alto saxophone
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
Jo Hrasko – baritone saxophone
William Boucya – baritone saxophone
Pierre Culaz – guitar
Ronnell Bright – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Pierre Michelot – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Michel Hausser – vibraphone
Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Please Be Kind – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set – Dorcas Cochran, Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador
Live for Love – Paul Misraki, Carl Sigman
Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
I’m Lost – Otis René
Love Me – John Lehmann, John Lewis
That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
Day by Day – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
Gone with the Wind – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
In November 1960, “Verve” label released “Cool Velvet”, the 35th Stan Getz album. It was recorded in March 1960, in Baden-Baden, Germany, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Russell Garcia – conductor, arrangements
Jan Johansson – piano
Blanchie Birdsong – harp
Dave Hildinger – vibes
Freddy Dutton – bass
Sperie Karas – drums
Merle Shore – cover art
Benny Green – sleeve notes
Track listing:
The Thrill Is Gone – Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
It Never Entered My Mind – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Early Autumn – Ralph Burns, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer
When I Go, I Go All the Way – Russell Garcia, Bob Russell
A New Town Is a Blue Town – Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
Round Midnight – Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
On December 5, 1969, “Blues Way” label released “Completely Well”, the 17th B.B. King album. It was recorded in June 1969, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Szymczyk.
Personnel:
B.B. King – vocals, lead guitar
Hugh McCracken – rhythm guitar
Paul Harris – organ, acoustic and Fender Rhodes electric piano
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Bert “Super Charts” DeCoteaux – string and horn arrangements
Track listing:
So Excited – B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott
No Good – Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King
You’re Losin’ Me – Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King
What Happened – B.B. King
Confessin’ the Blues – Jay McShann, Walter Brown
Key to My Kingdom – Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum
On November 4, 1997, “MCA” label released “Deuces Wild”, the thirty fifth B.B. King studio album. It was recorded in 1997, and was produced by John Porter and Chris Lord-Alge.
Personnel:
B.B. King – vocals, guitar
Keith Richards – guitar
Eric Clapton – guitar
Ronnie Wood – guitar
David Gilmour – guitar
Bonnie Raitt – guitar
Michael Landau – guitar
Marty Stuart – guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Neil Hubbard – guitar
Chris Stainton – piano, keyboards
C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ
Paul Carrack – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
Bill Payne – keyboards
D’Angelo – keyboards
Leon Pendarvis – organ
Jon Cleary – piano
Jools Holland – piano
Tommy Eyre – piano, Wurlitzer
Darryl Jones – bass guitar
Pino Palladino – bass guitar
Reggie McBride – bass guitar
James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Tony Braunagel – drums
Charlie Watts – drums
Steve Jordan – drums
Kenny Aronoff – drums
Andy Newmark – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Lenny Castro – percussion
Jamil Sharif – trumpet
Brian Murray – trumpet
Darrell Leonard – trumpet
Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
Carl Blouin – tenor saxophone
Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
Daniel P. Kelley – French horn
Yvonne S. Moriarty – French horn
Andrea Byers – violin
Sid Page – violin
Armen Garabedian – violin
Berj Garabedian – violin
Norman Hughes – violin
Tamara Hatwan – violin
Bruce Dukov – violin, viola
Larry Colbert – cello
Martin Tillman – cello
Miles Tackett – cello
Dane Little – cello
Marston Smith – cello
Kenneth Yerke – viola
Robert Becker – viola
Paul Waller – programming
Simon Climie – programming
Harry Bowens – backingd vocals
Terence Forsythe – backing vocals
Vincent Bonham – backing vocals
Track listing:
If You Love Me – with Van Morrison
The Thrill Is Gone – with Tracy Chapman
Rock Me Baby – with Eric Clapton
Please Send Me Someone to Love – with Mick Hucknall
Baby I Love You – with Bonnie Raitt
Ain’t Nobody Home – with D’Angelo
Pauly’s Birthday Boogie – with Jools Holland
Confessin’ the Blues – with Marty Stuart
Hummingbird – with Dionne Warwick
Let the Good Times Roll – with Zucchero
Keep It Coming – with Heavy D
Cryin’ Won’t Help You Babe – with David Gilmour and Paul Carrack
On September 15, 2017, “Okeh” label released “Memphis… Yes, I’m Ready”, the 19th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded in September 2016, at “Royal Studios” in Memphis, TN, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski, Kirk Whalum and Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell.
Personnel:
Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals, linear notes
Kirk Whalum– tenor and baritone saxophone
Lannie McMillan, Kirk Smothers – tenor saxophone
Marc Franklin – trumpet
Kameron Whalum – trombone
John Stoddart– keyboards, vocal arrangements
Charles Hodges– Hammond organ
Garry Goin – guitar
Jackie Clark – bass
James Sexton – drums
Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell– cymbals, electric bongos, tambourine
Sharisse Norman, Candise Rayborn-Marshall, Kevin Whalum – backing vocals
Stax Music Academy– backing vocals
Ted Jensen– engineer
Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski – art direction, cover art, photography
Thomas Brodin – design
John Stoddart – associate producer
Track listing:
Yes, I’m Ready – Barbara Mason
Giving Up – Van McCoy
I Can’t Get Next to You – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield
Going Down Slow – Louis Jimmy Oden
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) – Roebuck Staples
B-A-B-Y – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
The Thrill Is Gone – Rick Ravon Darnell, Roy Hawkins
The Sweeter He Is – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
I Can’t Stand the Rain – Donald Maurice Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles
Don’t Be Cruel – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Try a Little Tenderness – James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Thomas A. Dorsey, Sobie Frank Frazier, Jeff Majors
In July 1964, “Verve” label released “Hello, Dolly!”, the 40th Ella Fitzgerald album. It was recorded March – April 1964, in New York City and London, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald- vocals
Hank Jones – piano
Zoot Sims- tenor saxophone
Frank DeVol- arrangements, conductor
Henri René- arrangements
Johnnie Spence– conductor
Track listing:
Hello Dolly! – Jerry Herman
People – Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
Can’t Buy Me Love – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Sweetest Sounds – Richard Rodgers
Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
My Man – Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain
In April 1954, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Chet Baker Sings”, the ninth Chet Baker album and his debut vocal album. It was recorded on February 15, 1954, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
Chet Baker- vocals, trumpet
Russ Freeman- piano, celesta
Carson Smith- double bass
Joe Mondragon- double bass
Bob Neel – drums
Jimmy Bond – double bass
Larance Marable- drums
Peter Littman – drums
Gerald Heard – liner notes
William Claxton– photography
Track listing:
But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Time After Time – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I Fall in Love Too Easily – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) – Hoagy Carmichael
The Thrill is Gone – Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
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