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George Auld: In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra

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In December 1955, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra”, the seventh Georgie Auld album. It was recorded September – November 1955, at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles.

Personnel:

  • Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone, bandleader
  • Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz – alto saxophone
  • Ted Nash, Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Gentry – baritone saxophone
  • Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Ray Linn – trumpet
  • Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino, Si Zentner – trombone
  • Arnold Ross – piano
  • Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort – bass
  • Alvin Stoller, Irv Kottler – drums

Track listing:

  1. In the Land of Hi-Fi – George Auld, Billy May
  2. For You – Al Dubin, Joe Burke
  3. Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman
  4. Tippin’ In – Raymond Leveen, Maria Grever
  5. Sunday Kind of Love – Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima
  6. I May Be Wrong – Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin
  7. Swingin’ in the Moore Park – Billy May
  8. If I Loved You – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  9. Dinah – Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
  10. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
  12. Love Is Just Around the Corner – Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin

Aretha Franklin: Laughing on the Outside

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On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals
  • Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
  • Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
  • Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
  • C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
  • Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  • Robert Ascher – trombone
  • Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
  • R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
  • Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello

Track listing:

  1. Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
  2. For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
  3. Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  4. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  5. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
  6. Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
  7. Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
  8. Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
  9. If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  10. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  11. Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
  12. I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt

Dexter Gordon: A Swingin’ Affair

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In October 1964, “Blue Note” label released “A Swingin’ Affair”, the 19th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in August 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Mils – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Barbara Long – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Soy Califa – Dexter Gordon
  2. Don’t Explain – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
  3. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
  4. The Backbone – Butch Warren
  5. Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
  6. McSplivens – Dexter Gordon

Coleman Hawkins: Soul

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In March 1959, “Prestige” label released “Soul”, the 20th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Coleman Hawkins except where noted.

  1. Soul Blues
  2. I Hadn’t Anyone till You – Ray Noble
  3. Groovin’ – Kenny Burrell
  4. Greensleeves – traditional
  5. Sunday Mornin – Kenny Burrell
  6. Until the Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols
  7. Sweetnin’