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Jutta Hipp: Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims

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In February 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims”, the seventh Jutta Hipp album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jutta Hipp – piano
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Jerry Lloyd – trumpet
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Just Blues – Zoot Sims
  2. Violets for Your Furs – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  3. Down Home – Jerry Lloyd
  4. Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  5. Wee Dot – J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker
  6. Too Close for Comfort – George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener

Plas Johnson: This Must Be The Plas

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In November 1959, “Capitol” label released “This Must Be the Plas”, the fourth Plas Johnson album. It was recorded in 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Plas Johnson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman – vibraphone
  • Paul Smith – piano
  • Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Howard Roberts, Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Red Callender – double bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums

Track listing:

  1. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  2. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You – Ray Noble
  3. Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
  4. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  5. Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
  6. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  7. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
  8. If I Had You – Irving King, Ted Shapiro
  9. My Silent Love – Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse
  10. Day In-Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  11. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnson
  12. S’il vous plait – John Lewis

Warne Marsh: Same

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In November 1958, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, third Warne Marsh album. It was recorded December 1957 – January 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Lennie Tristano.

Personnel:

  • Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones, Paul Motian – drums

Track listing:

  1. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss
  2. Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker
  3. It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
  4. My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
  5. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me) – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  6. Excerpt – Warne Marsh

J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding: Jay & Kai

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In April 1957, “Columbia” label released “Jay and Kai”, album by J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding. It was recorded in November 1955, July – December 17, 1956, and January 1957 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Johnson – trombone, trombonium 
  • Kai Winding – trombone, trombonium
  • Wayne Andre, Carl Fontana – trombone
  • Dick Leib – bass trombone 
  • Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone
  • Roy Frazee, Hank Jones, Dick Katz – piano
  • Bill Crow, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Kenny O’Brien – bass
  • Kenny Clarke, Jack Franklin, Elvin Jones, Shadow Wilson – drums
  • Candido Camero – bongos

Track listing:

  1. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  2. Caribe – Kai Winding
  3. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  4. The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – David Mann, Bob Hilliard
  6. Yes, You – Dick Leib
  7. Tromboniums in Motion – J. J. Johnson
  8. How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
  9. Violets for Your Furs – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  10. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  11. ‘S Wonderful – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  12. I Should Care – Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn

Christian McBride: Gettin’ to It

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In January 1995, “Verve” label released “Gettin’ to It”, the debut Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded August – September 1994, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Roy Hargrove – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Turre – trombone
  • Cyrus Chestnut – piano
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Ray Brown, Milt Hinton – bass
  • Jim Anderson – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. In a Hurry
  2. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
  3. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  4. Sitting on a Cloud
  5. Splanky – Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish
  6. Black Moon
  7. King Freddie of Hubbard
  8. Night Train – Jimmy Forest, Lewis Simpkins, Oscar Washington

Count Basie And His Orchestra: I Told You So

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In June 1976, “Pablo” label released “I Told You So”, album by Count Basie and his Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1976, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Count Basie- piano
  • Sonny Cohn- trumpet
  • Pete Minger- trumpet
  • Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
  • John Thomas – trumpet
  • Jack Feierman – trumpet
  • Al Grey- trombone
  • Curtis Fuller- trombone
  • Bill Hughes- trombone
  • Mel Wanzo- trombone
  • Bobby Plater- alto saxophone
  • Danny Turner – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Forrest- tenor saxophone
  • Eric Dixon- tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes- baritone saxophone
  • John Duke – double bass
  • Freddie Green- guitar
  • Butch Miles- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Holman, except where noted.

  1. Tree Frog
  2. Flirt
  3. Blues for Alfy
  4. Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  5. Plain Brown Wrapper
  6. Swee’Pea
  7. Ticker
  8. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
  9. Told You So
  10. The Git