In July 1970, “A&M” label released “Gula Matari”, the 20th Quincy Jones album. It was recorded March – May 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor
Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Danny Bank – bass and baritone saxophones
Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Gene Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre – trombone
Al Grey – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute
Toots Thielemans – guitar, whistle solo
Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott – keyboards
Ray Brown – bass
Ron Carter – bass
Richard Davis – bass
Major Holley – voice solo, bass
Grady Tate – drums
Don Elliott – bass marimba
Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith – percussion
Milt Jackson – vibes
Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman – cello
Valerie Simpson, Marilyn Jackson, Maretha Stewart, Barbara Massey, Hilda Harris – vocals
In December 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Tijuana Jazz”, the sixth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded in December 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Gary McFarland – marimba, electric piano
Joe Newman, Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
Toots Thielemans – harmonica, guitar
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Bob Bushnell – electric bass
Mel Lewis, Grady Tate – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.
South of the Border – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr
Acapulco at Night
Fantastic, That’s You – George Cates, George Douglas
Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
Tijuana – George Cates, George Douglas
Marcheta – Victor Schertzinger
Granny’s Samba
Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo) – Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo
Mexicali Rose – Jack Tenney, Helen Stone
Ira Schwartz’s Golden Dream
Mary Jane
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
On April 9, 1981, “Atlantic” label released “Songs of the Beatles”, the 45th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Marty Paich and David Paich.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks, Louie Shelton – guitar
Michael Lang – keyboards
Marty Paich, David Paich – keyboards, arranger
Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
David Hungate – bass guitar
Bob Magnusson – string bass
Jeff Porcaro – percussion, drums
Bobbye Hall, Joe Porcaro, Steve Forman – percussion
Jon Smith – tenor saxophone
Marcos Valle – vocals
Bill Thedford, Perry Morgan, Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.
In March 1958, “Capitol” label released “Latin Lace”, the 15th George Shearing album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
George Shearing – piano
Toots Thielemans – guitar
Al McKibbon – double bass
Percy Brice – drums
Armando Peraza – congas
Emil Richards – vibraphone
Track listing:
The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
Rondo – Carlos Federico
To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
In October 1973, “A&M” label released “You’ve Got It Bad Girl”, the 22nd Quincy Jones. It was recorded in 1973, at “A&M Studios”, “Sun West Studios” and “The Record Plant” in Hollywood, “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, “A&R Studios” in New York, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – vocals, trumpet, arranger, conductor, mixing
Quincy Duke – vocals
Valerie Simpson – vocals
Toots Thielemans – guitar, whistle, harmonica
George Duke – piano
Dave Grusin – electric piano
Bob James & Creations – keyboards
Tom Junior Morgan – harmonica
Ray Brown – bass, mixing
Carol Kaye – electric bass
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Grady Tate – drums
Bobbye Porter – percussion
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Ernie Watts – saxophone
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Eddie Louis – soloist
Phil Ramone – engineer
Phil (Boogie) Schier – mixing
Kevin Reeves – mastering
Track listing:
Summer in the City – John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone
Eyes of Love – Quincy Jones, Bob Russell
Tribute to A.F.-Ro’: Daydreaming / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Aretha Franklin / Ewan MacColl
Love Theme from The Getaway – Quincy Jones
You’ve Got It Bad Girl – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Manteca – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo
Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater) – Quincy Jones
On October 17, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Still Crazy After All These Years”, the fourth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “A&R Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon.
Personnel:
Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, string and horn arrangements
Pete Carr – electric guitar
Joe Beck – electric guitar
Jerry Friedman – electric guitar
Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar
John Tropea – electric guitar
Barry Beckett – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
Bob James – woodwind arrangements, string arrangements, Fender Rhodes
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In December 1963, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Jazz Waltz”, album by Less McCan and The Jazz Crusaders (the twelve Less McCan album overall). It was recorded in 1963, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Richard Bock.
In April 1970, “Tangerine” label released “My Kind of Jazz”, the 29th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “RPM Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocal, piano
Ben Martin – guitar
Edgar Willis – bass
Ernest Elly – drums
J. Lloyd Miller – alto saxophone, oboe
Curtis Peagler – alto saxophone
Andy Ennis, Albert McQueen, Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
Bobby Bryant, Bill King, Marshall Hunt, Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Glen Childress, Henry Coker, Joe Randazzo – trombone
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