In December 1960, “Impulse!” label released “The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones”, the tenth Kai Winding album. It was recorded November – December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Kai Winding – trombone
Jimmy Knepper, Johnny Messner, Ephie Resnick – trombone
Paul Faulise, Dick Lieb, Tony Studd – bass trombone
On October 1, 1969, “Columbia Masterworks Records” label released the self-titled, sixth Moondog album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Old Church” in New York City, and was produced by James William Guercio and Al Brown.
Personnel:
Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) – conductor
Wally Kane – baritone saxophone
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Danny Repole – bass trumpet
Tony Studd, Charles Small, Buddy Morrow – tenor trombone
Paul Faulise – bass trombone
Don Butterfield, Bill Stanley – tuba
Bill Stanley, Bill Elton, John Swallow, Phil Giardina – tenor tuba
Harold Bennet, Andrew Lolya, Harold Jones, Hubert Laws – flute
Henry Shuman, Irving Horowitz – English horn
James Buffington, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
Jimmy Abato, George Silfies, Phil Bodner – clarinet
Ernie Bright – bass clarinet
Jack Knitzer, Don Macourt, Ryohei Nakagawa, George Berg, Wally Kane, Joyce Kelly – bassoon
Paul Gershman, Aaron Rosand – violin
Emanuel Vardi, David Schwartz, Eugene Becker, Raoul Poliakin – viola
George Ricci, Charles McCracken – cello
Joe Tekula – contrabass cello
George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Alfred Brown, Louis Hardin – bass
Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Elayne Jones, Bob Rosengarden – percussion
Raoul Poliakin, Eugene Becker – tenor
Track listing:
All tracks by Louis Thomas Hardin (Moondog)
Theme
Stamping Ground
Symphonique #3 (Ode to Venus)
Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie)
Minisym #1 I. Allegro II. Andante Adagio III. Vivace
Lament 1 (Bird’s Lament)
Witch of Endor I. Dance II. Trio: A. Adagio (The Prophecy), B. Andante (The Battle), C. Agitato (Saul’s Death) III. Dance (reprise)
In September 1969, “Columbia” label released “You Never Know Who Your Friends Are”, the second Al Kooper studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Al Kooper.
Personnel:
Al Kooper – vocals, piano, organ, guitar, ondioline, arrangements
The Al Kooper Big Band under the direction of Charlie Calello
Ralph Casale, Stu Scharf, Eric Gale – guitar
Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Frank Owens – piano, organ
Walter Sears – Moog synthesizer
Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, John Miller – electric bass
Bernard Purdie, Al Rogers – drums
George Young, Sol Schlinger, Seldon Powell, Joe Farrell – saxophone
Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Ray Desio, Jimmy Knepper, Bill Watrous, Tony Studd – trombone
Hilda Harris, Connie Zimet, Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Michael Gately, Lou Christie, Robert John, Charlie Calello – backing vocals
Glen Kolotkin, Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer
Ron Coro – cover art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Al Kooper, except where noted.
Magic in My Socks
Lucille
Too Busy Thinkin’ ’bout My Baby – Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford
First Time Around
Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy)
Blues, Part IV
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
The Great American Marriage / Nothing
I Don’t Know Why I Love You – Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder
In July 1975, “CTI” label released “The Rape of El Morro”, the fourth Don Sebesky album. It was recorded April – May 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Don Sebesky – keyboards, arranger, conductor
Joan LaBarbara – vocals
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Wayne Andre, Barry Rogers, Sonny Russo – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Ray Beckenstetein – flute, alto flute, piccolo
Harvey Estrin, Walt Levinsky, George Marge, Al Regni – flute
Joe Beck – guitar
Don Grolnick, Roland Hanna, Pat Rebillot – keyboards
Ron Carter – bass
Will Lee – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
George Devens, Phil Kraus – percussion
Harry Cykman, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, David Rose – violin
Jean R. Dane, Manny Vardi – viola
Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken – cello
Bob Ciano, Richard Mantel – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Don Sebesky, except where noted.
The Rape of El Morro
Moon Dreams – John Chalmers MacGregor, Johnny Mercer
Skyliner – Charlie Barnet, Billy Moore Jr.
The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
Footprints of the Giant – based on themes by Béla Bartók, arranged and adapted by Don Sebesky
On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
Gene Bertoncini – guitar
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
David Spinozza – guitar
Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
Richard Tee – organ
Gordon Edwards – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – congas
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Brass and Woodwind Section
George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn
String Section
Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
String Trio
David Nadien – violin
Emanuel Vardi – viola
George Ricci – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Pete Turner – photography
Track listing:
No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
On June 18, 1973, “Atco” label released “Extension of a Man”, the fourth and final Donny Hathaway studio album. It was recorded October – November 1972, at “A&R”, “Bell Sound”, “Regent Sound” and “Atlantic” in New York City, “Universal” in Chicago, and was produced by Arif Mardin.
Personnel:
Donny Hathaway – lead vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, all pianos, Hammond organ, keyboards, bass, arrangements
Cornell Dupree – acoustic and electric guitar
Hugh McCracken – banjo, guitar
Willie Weeks, Russ Savakus, Stanley Clarke, Gordon Edwards – bass
Grady Tate, Fred White, Rick Marotta, Ray Lucas – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen, Theodore Israel – violin
Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore – cello
Gloria Agostini – harp
David Newman – saxophone
Marvin Stamm, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre, Tony Studd, Garnett Brown – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute
Don Butterfield – tuba
Phil Bodner – clarinet, alto saxophone
Seldon Powell – clarinet, reeds, tenor saxophone
Vincent Abato – clarinet
Romeo Penque, William Slapin – reeds
Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins, Tony Miranda – French horn
Henry Schuman – oboe
Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers – choir
Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Jimmy Douglass, Mario “Big M” Medious, Richard Wells, William “Mac” McCollum – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Donny Hathaway, except where noted.
I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard
On May 29. 1975, “CTI” label released “Two”, the fourth Bob James album. It was recorded December 1974 – January 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taulor.
Personnel:
Bob James – electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha YC-30 combo organ, arrangements, conductor
Richard Resnicoff – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar, bass
Gary King – bass
Andrew Smith – drums
Steve Gadd – drums
Arthur Jenkins – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Patti Austin – vocals, lead vocal
Frank Floyd – vocals
Lani Groves – vocals
Zachary Sanders – vocals
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Frosk – trumpet, flugelhorn
Victor Paz – trumpet, flugelhorn
Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Tom Mitchell – trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute, electric flute
Eddie Daniels – clarinet
James Buffington – French horn
Peter Gordon – French horn
Al Richmond – French horn
Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff and Matthew Raimondi – violin
Seymour Barab, Alla Goldberg, Warren Lash, Jesse Levy, George Ricci, Alan Shulman and Anthony Sophos – cello
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – design
Greg Laurents – cover photography
Track listing:
Take Me to the Mardi Gras – Paul Simon
I Feel a Song (In My Heart) – Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer
In September 1964, “Verve” label released “The Individualism of Gil Evans”, the sixth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September 1963, April, May, July and October 1964, at “A&R Studios” and “Webster Hall” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gil Evans – piano, arrangements, conductor
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Phil Woods – solo alto saxophone
Wayne Shorter – solo tenor saxophone
Johnny Coles – solo trumpet
Thad Jones – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – solo trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Bill Barber – tuba
Eric Dolphy – flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
In November 1968, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Feeling” (Leonard Feather Presents the Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson), the 19th Oliver Nelson album.It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs and in Los Angeles, and was produced by Creed Taylor and Jesse Kaye.
Personnel:
The Sound of Feeling(tracks 1-5)
Oliver Nelson – soprano saxophone, arrangements, conductor
Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece – vocals
Gary David – vocals, piano, marxophone, arranger
Chuck Domanico, Ray Neapolitan – bass
Dick Wilson – drums
The Oliver Nelson Orchestra (tracks 6-9)
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Al Dailey, Hank Jones – piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Grady Tate – drums
Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden – mallets, additional percussion
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods – clarinets, alto saxophones
Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims – tenor saxophones
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Nat Adderley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Nat Adderley – cornet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson – additional trombones
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson – flutes
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Fred Seligo – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Waltz Without Words – Gary David
Who Knows What Love Is? – Gary David
Phrases – Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece
Circe Revisited – Gary David, Bob Fylling
Ricardo’s Dilemma – Roy Ayers
Patterns for Orchestra – Oliver Nelson
The Sidewalks of New York – Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake
In December 1972, “Kudu” label released “The Prophet”, the 28th Johnny Hammond album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Johnny Hammond Smith – organ
John Eckert, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre, Dick Griffin – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Maceo Parker – tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Andrew Primus – steel drum
Pee Wee Ellis – arranger, conductor, electric piano, melodica
Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas – vocals
Buddy Lucas – harmonica
Hubert Laws – flute
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny “Hammond” Smith except where noted
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