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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

Gil Evans Orchestra: Great Jazz Standards

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In September 1959, “World Pacific” label released “Great Jazz Standards”, album by Gil Evans Orchestra (third Gil Evans album overal). It was recorded in 1959, in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – piano, arranger, conductor
  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
  • Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith, Danny Stiles – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller, Bill Elton, Dick Lieb, Jimmy Cleveland, Rod Levitt – trombone
  • Bob Northern, Earl Chapin – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Budd Johnson – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Al Block, Ed Caine – reeds
  • Chuck Wayne, Ray Crawford – guitar
  • Dick Carter, Tommy Potter – bass
  • Denis Charles, Elvin Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. Davenport Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
  2. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  3. Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
  4. Joy Spring – Clifford Brown
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Chant of the Weed – Don Redman
  7. La Nevada (a.k.a. Theme) – Gil Evans

McCoy Tyner: Infinity

In August 1995, “Impulse!” label released “Infinity”, the 63rd McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in April 1995, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna. In 1996, “Infinity” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group)”, while Michael Brecker won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” for the track “Impressions”.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Avery Sharpe – bass
  • Aaron Scott – drums
  • Valtinho Anastacio– congas, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by McCoy Tyner except where noted.

  1. Flying High
  2. I Mean You – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
  3. Where Is Love
  4. Changes
  5. Blues Stride
  6. Happy Days
  7. Impressions – John Coltrane
  8. Mellow Minor
  9. Good Morning Heartache – Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham

Eric Alexander: Up, Over & Out

In August 1993, “Delmark” label released “Up, Over & Out”, the third Eric Alexander album.

Personnel:

  • Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • John Ore – bass
  • Joe Farnsworth – drums

Track listing:

  1. Up, Over & Out – Hank Mobley
  2. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  3. Eronel – Thelonious Monk
  4. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  5. Flying Fish – Cecil Payne
  6. Blues for Mabe – Harold Mabern
  7. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  8. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are – Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk: The Unique Thelonious Monk

In August 1956, “Riverside” label released “The Unique Thelonious Monk”, the tenth Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded March – April 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Orrin Keepnwews.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Gene Gogerty – design
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) – George & Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn
  2. Memories of You – Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf
  3. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  4. Darn That Dream – Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen
  5. Tea for Two – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
  6. You Are Too Beautiful – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  7. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages

McCoy Tyner: Nights Of Ballads And Blues

In July 1963, “Impulse” label released “Nights of Ballads & Blues”, the third McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in March 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Steve Davis – double bass
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – recordings

Track listing:

  1. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn
  2. We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
  5. Star Eyes – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  6. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  7. Groove Waltz McCoy Tyner
  8. Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer