In June 1965, “Verve” label released “Trio ’65”, the 27th Bill Evans album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Chuck Israels – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy R. Lehman – design
Fred Seligo – liner notes
Don Nelsen – liner notes
Track listing:
Israel – John Carisi
Elsa – Earl Zindars
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
Our Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
How My Heart Sings – Earl Zindars
Who Can I Turn To? – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In May 1964, “Verve” label released “Breeze from the East”, the 37th Cal Tjader album. It was recorded November – December 1963, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Cal Tjader – vibraphone
Lonnie Hewitt – piano
Dick Hyman – electronic organ
Stan Applebaum – celesta, arrangements
Jerry Dodgion – flute
George Duvivier – double bass
Johnny Rae – drums
Willie Bobo – percussion
Phil Ramone – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
John Murello – design
Al “Jazzbo” Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes
Track listing:
Sake and Greens – Stan Applebaum
Cha – Stan Applebaum
Leyte – Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt
Shoji – Stan Applebaum
China Nights – Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo
Fuji – Cal Tjader
Black Orchid – Cal Tjader
Theme from Burke’s Law – Herschel Burke Gilbert
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Poinciana – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
In April 1966, “Verve” label released “Soul & Inspiration”, the seventh Righteous Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, at “United Recording”, Hollywood, and was produced by Bill Medley.
Personnel:
Bill Medley – vocal
Bobby Hatfield – vocal
Art Munson – guitar
Michael Patterson – piano
Jim Bond – bass
Drew Johnson – drums
Bill Baker – saxophone, arrangements
Bill King – trumpet
Sandford Skinner – trumpet
Bob Faust – trumpet
Dick Shearer – trombone
Michael Patterson – conductor
Jim Lockert – engineer
Val Valentin – engineer
Acy Lehman – design
Mike Gross – liner notes
Track listing:
Soul and Inspiration – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
He Will Break Your Heart – Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler
Stand By – Bill Medley
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
He – Jack Richards, Richard Mullan
I’m Leaving It Up to You – Dewey Terry, Don Harris
Turn On Your Love Lights – Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott
In April 1970, “Verve” label released “Alone”, the 36th Bill Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1968, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Helen Keane.
Personnel:
Bill Evans – piano
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Roy Hall – engineer
Sid Maurer – art direction
Nancy Reiner – cover art
Mickey Leonard – supervising consultant
Track listing:
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
A Time for Love – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Midnight Mood – Joe Zawinul, Ben Raleigh
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner
In April 1963, “Verve” label released “Hobo Flats”, Jimmy Smith’s second album for the company. It was recorded in March 1963, in New York, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ
Oliver Nelson – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Bob Simpson – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Hobo Flats – Oliver Nelson
Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Larry Stacks, Vincent Rose
Walk Right In – Erik Darling, Willard Svanoe
Trouble in Mind – Larry Jones
The Preacher – Horace Silver
Meditation – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Ferreira de Mendonca, Norman Gimbel
In March 1966, “Verve” label released “Soft Samba”, the fourth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded June, September and October 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Gary McFarland – arranger, vibraphone
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Seldon Powell, Spencer Sinatra – flute
Patty Bowen – piano
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kenny Burrell – guitar
Richard Davis – double bass
Arnie Wise, Sol Gubin, Willie Bobo – percussion
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Michael J. Malatak – design
Lester Bookbinder – cover photography
Wally King – liner notes
Track listing:
Ringo, Won’t You Marry Me – Linda Laurie, Jerry Mack
From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
She Loves You – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
A Hard Day’s Night – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Love Goddess – Percy Faith, Mack David
I Want to Hold Your Hand – John Lennon, McCartney
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
California, Here I Come – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer
La Vie en Rose – Pierre Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David
In December 1969, “Verve” label released “Didn’t We”, the 58th Stan Getz album. It was recorded September – October 1969, and was produced by Johnny Pate.
Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Unidentified orchestra
Johnny Pate – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – engineer
Sid Maurer – art direction
Michael Mendel – design
Dom Cerulli – liner notes
Track listing:
Didn’t We – Jimmy Webb
The Shining Sea – Johnny Mandel
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
In December 1968, “Verve” label released “Willow Weep for Me”, a posthumous Wes Montgomery album. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards. At the “Grammy Awards” of 1970 “Willow Weep for Me” won the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group”.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor
Val Valentin – engineer
Dick Smith – art direction
Gerry Low – artwork
Charles Stewart – photography
Richard Lamb – liner notes
Track listing:
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Impressions – John Coltrane
Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, Russel Robinson
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Oh, You Crazy Moon – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
In December 1962, “Verve” label released “On My Way & Shoutin’ Again!”, album by Count Basie. It was recorded in November 1962, in New York City, and was produced by Jim Davis.
Personnel:
Count Basie – piano
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Wess – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone, flute
Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard, Ernie Royal – trumpet
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell – trombone
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
