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Art Pepper: Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics

In January 1960, “Contemporary” label released “Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics”, the ninth Art Pepper album. It was recorded March – May 1959, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Art Pepper — alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Herb Geller — alto saxophone 
  • Bud Shank — alto saxophone 
  • Charlie Kennedy — alto saxophone 
  • Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone 
  • Richie Kamuca — tenor saxophone 
  • Med Flory — baritone saxophone 
  •  Pete Candoli — trumpet
  • Al Porcino — trumpet
  • Jack Sheldon — trumpet
  • Dick Nash — trombone
  • Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone, tenor saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa — French horn
  • Russ Freeman — piano
  • Joe Mondragon — bass
  • Mel Lewis — drums
  • Marty Paich — arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Move – Denzil Best
  2. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Opus De Funk – Horace Siver
  4. Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  5. Four Brothers – Jimmy Giuffre
  6. Shawnuff – Dizzy Gillespie
  7. Bernie’s Tune – Jerry Leiber, Bernie Miller, Mike Stoller
  8. Walkin’ Shoes – Gerry Mulligan
  9. Anthropology – Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
  10. Airegin – Sonny Rollins
  11. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  12. Donna Lee – Miles Davis

Tommy Flanagan: Alone Too Long

In December 1977, “Nippon Columbia” label released “Alone Too Long”, the tenth Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in December 1977, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Yoshio Ozawa.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Jim McCurdy – engineer
  • Kaoru Yamamoto – engineer
  • Takeaki Anazawa – engineer
  • Reginald Workman – A&R
  • Tsutomu Ueno – program coordinator, cover photography
  • Satoshi Saitoh – design
  • Masataka Hasegawa – lithography
  • Hideki Sato – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell
  2. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck
  3. Like a Butterfly – Tommy Flanagan
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. Alone Too Long – Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith ‘Bob’ Russell
  6. Maybe September – Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston
  7. Strollin’ – Kenny Clarke
  8. Billie Holiday Medley: Glad to Be Unhappy – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / No More – Salvador Camarata  / That Ole Devil Called Love – Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
  9. Bean and Boys / In Walked Bud – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
  10. Ultima Thule – Tommy Flanagan
  11. The Very Thought of You – Tommy Ray Noble
  12. Dignified Appearance – Tommy Flanagan

Oscar Peterson And Nelson Riddle: Oscar Peterson & Oscar Riddle

In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle”, album by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle. It was recorded in November 1963, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Davis.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  2. Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  5. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  6. Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
  7. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  8. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  9. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
  10. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone In San Francisco

In December 1959, “Riverside” label released “Thelonious Alone in San Francisco”, the 16th Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Fugazi Hall” in San Francisco, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Reice Hamel – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Blue Monk
  2. Ruby, My Dear
  3. Round Lights
  4. Everything Happens to Me – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  5. You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  6. Bluehawk
  7. Pannonica
  8. Remember – Irving Berlin
  9. There’s Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie – Jack Meskill, Harry Richman, Pete Wendling
  10. Reflections

Gigi Gryce Orchestra And Quartet: Nica’s Tempo

In December 1955, “Signal” label released “Nica’s Tempo”, album by Gigi Gryce Orchestra and Quartet (the second Gigi Gryce album overall). It was recorded in October 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

Gigi Gryce Orchestra

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Gunther Schuller – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Ernestine Anderson – vocals

Gigi Gryce Quartet

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

Gigi Gryce Orchestra

  1. Speculation – Horace Silver
  2. In a Meditating Mood – Gigi Gryce
  3. Social Call – Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks
  4. Smoke Signal – Gigi Gryce
  5. (You’ll Always Be) The One I Love – Gigi Gryce
  6. Kerry Dance – traditional

Gigi Gryce Quartet

  1. Shuffle Boil – Thelonious Monk
  2. Brake’s Sake – Thelonious Monk
  3. Gallop’s Gallop – Thelonious Monk
  4. Nica’s Tempo – Gigi Gryce

The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall

In December 1953, “Debut” label released “Jazz at Massey Hall”, album by The Quintet. It was recorded in May 1953, at “Massey Hall” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Charles Mingus. The album was released as two 10” LP’s.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
  • Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Charles Mingus – double bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

Vol. 1 (Debut DLP-2)

  1. Perdido – Juan Tizol
  2. Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
  3. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern / 52nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk

Vol. 3 (Debut DLP-4)

  1. Wee (Allen’s Alley) – Denzil Best
  2. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  3. A Night in Tunisia – Gillespie, Frank Paparelli

Vol. 2 consists of the trio recordings of Powell, Mingus and Roach from the same date: all but “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, and one track by Billy Taylor with Mingus and Roach from a later date.

Illinois Jacquet: The Blues; That’s Me!

In November 1969, “Prestige” label released “The Blues; That’s Me!”, the 23rd Illinois Jacquet album. It was recorded in September 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone, bassoon
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Tiny Grimes – guitar
  • Buster Williams – bass
  • Oliver Jackson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Illinois Jacquet, except where noted.

  1. The Blues; That’s Me! – Tiny Grimes
  2. Still King – Frank Foster, Illinois Jacquet
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. The Galloping Latin
  5. For Once in My Life – Ron Miller, Orlando Murden
  6. Every Day I Have the Blues – Peter Chatman

Roy Haynes

On November 12, 2024 Roy Owen Haynes died aged 99. He was musician (drums), regarded as one of best and most influential drummers in the history of jazz music. In his career lasting over 80 years he recorded and performed with the best known and most important jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Lester Young, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Wardell Gray, Sarah Vaughan, Cal Tjader, Eddie Shu, Nat Adderley, Milt Jackson, Red Rodney, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Art Farmer, Art Blakey, Dorothy Ashby, John Handy,  George Shearing, Randy Weston, Kenny Burrell,  Phineas Newborn, Jr,  Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Eric Dolphy, Etta Jones, Booker Little, Betty Roché, Tommy Flanagan,  Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Stitt,  Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, Lem Winchester, Steve Lacy, Ray Charles, Jaki Byard, Ted Curson,  Bob Brookmeyer, Jackie Paris, Roland Kirk, Willis Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Ted Curson, John Coltrane, Frank Wess, Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gary Burton, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Leon Thomas, Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, Dave Brubeck, Duke Jordan, Warne Marsh, Mary Lou Williams, Nick Brignola, Dizzy Reece, Johnny Griffin, Alice Coltrane,  Art Pepper,  Sal Nistico, Red Garland, Hank Jones, Stanley Cowell, Joe Albany, Freddie Hubbard, Toshiyuki Honda, Michel Petrucciani,  Mark Isaacs, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny and Kenny Barron.  Roy Haynes received big number of awards including “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences”, and the award at the “Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception” of the “54th Annual Grammy Awards”. In 2019, Haynes was given the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the “Jazz Foundation of America”. As leader and co-leader, Roy Haynes released 32 albums.

Thelonious MonkQuartet featuring Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet

In November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  2. I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  3. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays

In October 1954, “Prestige” label released “Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey)”, the sixth Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey. It was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Work
  2. Nutty
  3. Blue Monk
  4. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci