In February 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Bluesnik”, the 21st Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in January 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In February 1956, “Riverside” label released “Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio”, the third Randy Weston album. It was recorded in 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Sam Gill – bass
Wilbert Hogan – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.
Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Fire Down There – traditional
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Under Blunder
Dark Eyes – Florian Hermann
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
In January 1968, “Blue Note” label released “New and Old Gospel”, the 36th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in March 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Ornette Coleman – trumpet
LaMont Johnson – piano
Scotty Holt – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Track listing:
Lifeline Medley: Offering/Midway / Vernzone / The Inevitable End – Jackie McLean
In January 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Vibrations”, the 25th Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in October 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Personnel:
Gene Harris – piano, organ
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Kalil Madi – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Reid Miles – design, photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
The Frown – Gene Harris
Fever – Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell
Let’s Go Get Stoned – Joey Armstead, Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Something You Got – Chris Kenner
Yeh Yeh – Rogers Grant, Pat Patrick
It Was a Very Good Year – Ervin Drake
The Lamp Is Low – Peter de Rose, Bert Shefter
Yours Is My Heart Alone – Ludwig Herzer, Franz Lehár, Fritz Löhner-Beda
In December 1955, “Riverside” label released “Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington”, album by Thelonious Monk. It was recorded in July 1957, at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Sophisticated Lady
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
Black and Tan Fantasy – Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington
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
On October 21, 2003, “Blue Note” label released “Passing Ships”, album by Andrew Hill. It was recorded in November 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
Andrew Hill – piano
Dizzy Reece – trumpet
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Joe Farrell – alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone
In October 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Demon’s Dance”, the 38th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in December 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wollf.
In October 1965, “Blue Note” label release “Basra”, the debut Pete La Roca album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In October 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Takin’ Off”, the debut Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
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