In December 1958, “Fontana” label released “1958 – Paris Olympia”, the fourth Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers live album. It was recorded November – December 1958, at “L’Olympia” in Paris, France.
In July 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Jimmy Smith at the Organ”, the third Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Thornel Schwartz – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.
Judo Mambo
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
Fiddlin’ the Minors
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In July 1959, “New Jazz” label released “Taylor’s Tenors”, the second Art Taylor studio album. It was recorded in June 1959, at Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
On June 29, 2018, “Blue Note” label released “Vanished Gardens”, album by Charles Lloyd, The Marvels and Lucinda Williams. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “EastWest” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Dorothy Darr, Don Was, Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams.
Personnel:
Charles Lloyd – alto flute, tenor saxophone, vocals, band leader
Lucinda Williams – vocals
Bill Frisell – guitar
Greg Leisz – dobro, pedal steel guitar
Reuben Rogers – double bass
Eric Harland – drums
Michael C. Ross – engineer, mixing
Tyler Shields – engineer assistant
Will Delaney – engineer assistant
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Dorothy Darr – art design, photography
Paul Moore – layout
Joe Harley – poetry
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Lloyd, except where noted.
Defiant
Dust – Lucinda Williams
Vanished Gardens
Ventura – Lucinda Williams
Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around – Lucinda Williams
In June 1958, “Riverside” label released “In Orbit”, the sixth Clark Terry album. It was recorded in May 1958, in New York, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Clark Terry – flugelhorn
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
Track listing:
In Orbit – Clark Terry
One Foot in the Gutter – Clark Terry
Trust In Me – Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz, Milton Ager
In June 1960, “Time” label released “Jazz Contemporary”, the twelve Kenny Dorham, album. It was recorded in February 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
Steve Kuhn – piano
Jimmy Garrison, Butch Warren – bass
Buddy Enlow – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Kenny Dorham, except where noted.
A Waltz
Monk’s Mood – Thelonious Monk
In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
Horn Salute
Tonica
This Love of Mine – Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola Jr., Frank Sinatra
In May 1968, “Columbia” label released “Underground”, the 24th Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in December 1967, February – December 1968, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
Larry Gales – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Jon Hendricks – vocals
Tim Geelan – engineer
John Berg, Richard Mantel – art direction
Horn Grinner Studios – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
In May 1956, “Contemporary” label released “This Is Hampton Hawes”, the second Hampton Hawes label. It was recorded June – December 1955, January 1956, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Chavez Ravine, “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.
Personnel:
Hampton Hawes – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Chuck Thompson – drums
Track listing:
You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
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 January 6, 2023, “Palmetto” label released “Alive at the Village Vanguard”, album by Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in October 2018, at “Village Vanguard” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding.
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