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Clark Terry: Color Changes

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In October 1961, “Candid” label released “Color Changes”, the ninth Clark Terry album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Nat Hentoff.

Personnel:

  • Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe
  • Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Budd Johnson – piano
  • Joe Benjamin – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Clark Terry, except where noted.

  1. Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue) – Bob Wilber
  2. Brother Terry – Yusef Lateef
  3. Flutin’ and Fluglin’
  4. No Problem – Duke Jordan
  5. La Rive Gauche
  6. Nahstye Blues
  7. Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)

Curtis Fuller: Sliding Easy

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In October 1959, “United Artists” label released “Sliding Easy”, the sixth Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in March 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Benny Golson – arrangements 
  • Gigi Gryce – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, except where noted.

  1. Bit of Heaven
  2. Down Home
  3. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone – Buddy Johnson
  4. Bongo Bop – Charlie Parker
  5. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath

Booker Ervin: The Song Book

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In July 1964, “Prestige” label released “The Song Book”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in February 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Morgenstern – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Lamp Is Low – Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter
  2. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  3. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  4. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Coleman Hawkins Quartet: Today And Now

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In July 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Today and Now”, the 37th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Go Li’l Liza – traditional
  2. Quintessence – Quincy Jones
  3. Don’t Love Me – Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts
  4. Love Song from “Apache” – Johnny Mercer, David Raksin
  5. Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett – Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich
  6. Swingin’ Scotch – Coleman Hawkins
  7. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias

Roy Haynes Quartet: Out Of The Afternoon

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In July 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Out of the Afternoon”, the sixth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, C flute, nose flute
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Moon Ray – Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer
  2. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – Bart Howard
  3. Raoul – Roy Haynes
  4. Snap Crackle – Roy Haynes
  5. If I Should Lose You – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
  6. Long Wharf – Roy Haynes
  7. Some Other Spring – Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings

Coleman Hawkins: The Jazz Version Of No Strings

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In June 1962, “Moodsville” label released “The Jazz Version of No Strings”, the 32nd Coleman Hawkins album. It features tracks from the musical drama “No Strings” written by Richard Rodgers. It was recorded March – April 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Rodgers

  1. Look No Further
  2. La La La
  3. Nobody Told Me
  4. Maine
  5. Loads of Love
  6. The Sweetest Sounds
  7. Be My Host
  8. The Man Who Has Everything
  9. No Strings

Coleman Hawkins: Good Old Broadway

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In April 1962, “Moodsville” label released “Good Old Broadway”, the 31st Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I Talk to the Trees – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. Wanting You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  4. Strange Music – George Forrest, Robert Wright, Edvard Grieg
  5. The Man That Got Away – Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
  6. Get Out of Town – Cole Porter
  7. Here I’ll Stay – Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill
  8. A Fellow Needs a Girl – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Louis Smith: Here Comes Louis Smith

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In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Here Comes Louis Smith”, the debut Louis Smith studio album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Audio Sonic Sound” in Brill Building, New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Louis Smith – trumpet
  • Buckshot La Funke (Cannonball Adderley) – alto saxophone
  • Duke Jordan – piano
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Louis Smith, except where noted.

  1. Tribute to Brownie – Duke Pearson
  2. Brill’s Blues
  3. Ande
  4. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. South Side
  6. Val’s Blues

Tommy Flanagan And Jaki Byard: The Magic Of 2

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On April 9, 2013, “Resonance” label released “The Magic of 2”, album Tommy Flanagan and Jaki Byard. It was recorded in February 1982, at “Keystone Korner” in San Francisco, and was produced by Todd Barkan and Zev Feldman.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Frank Gala – mastering
  •  Bill Charlap, Dan Morgenstern, Diane Byard, Howard Mandel, Renee Rosnes, Zev Feldman – liner notes
  • George Klabin – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Introduction by Todd Barkan
  2. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  3. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  4. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
  5. Something to Live For – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Send One Your Love – Stevie Wonder
  7. Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
  8. All Day Long – Billy Strayhorn
  9. Sunday – Bennie Krueger, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller
  10. Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
  11. Land of Make Believe – Chuck Mangione
  12. The Theme – Miles Davis

The Prestige All Stars: All Day Long

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In April 1957, “Prestige” label released “All Day Long”, the fifth Prestige All Stars (The) album. It was recorded in January 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Heckensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Frank Foster – tenor sax
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. All Day Long – Kenny Burrell
  2. Slim Jim – Donald Byrd
  3. Say Listen – Donald Byrd
  4. A.T. – Frank Foster