In May 1958, “Verve” label released “Blues A-Plenty”, the 14th Johnny Hodges album. It was recorded in April 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge – trumpet
Vic Dickenson – trombone
Billy Strayhorn – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sam Woodyard – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny Hodges, except where noted.
I Didn’t Know About You – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
In April 1999, “Verve” label released “The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra”. a live album by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. It was recorded in 1989 at the “Montreal International Jazz Festival”, and was produced by Ruth Cameron.
Personnel:
Charlie Haden – bass
Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell – trumpet
Ray Anderson – trombone
Sharon Freeman – French horn
Joe Daley – tuba
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Geri Allen – piano
Paul Motian – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Charlie Haden, except as noted.
La Pasionaria
Silence
Sandino
We Shall Overcome – Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger
On April 19, 2024, “Verve” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th T Bone Burnett album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Pinhead Recorders” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden and Mike Piersante.
Personnel:
T Bone Burnett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Colin Linden – dobro, acoustic and electric guitar, Kalamazoo guitar, National guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Steven Soles – hi-strung acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
In April 1957, “Verve” label released the self-titled, second Blossom Dearie studio album. It was recorded in September 1956, and was produced by Norman Granz and Blossom Dearie.
Personnel:
Blossom Dearie – vocals, piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Jo Jones – drums
Track listing:
Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
Ev’rything I’ve Got – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Comment allez-vous – Murray Grand
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans
Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Tout doucement – Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier
You for Me – Bob Haymes
Now at Last – Bob Haymes
I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
In March 1966, “Verve / Folkways” labels, released “Live at the Cafe Au Go Go”, the debut Blues Project (The) album. It was recorded in November 1965, at the “Cafe Au Go Go” in New York City, during the Blues Bag four-day concert, and January 1966, at the same venue, and was produced by Jerry Schoenbaum.
In January 1959, “Verve” label released “Sonny Side Up”, album by Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. It was recorded in December 1957, at “Nola Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Ray Bryant – piano
Tommy Bryant – double bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Burt Goldblatt – cover photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
On the Sunny Side of the Street – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
The Eternal Triangle – Sonny Stit
After Hours – Avery Parrish
I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
In December 1965, “Verve” label released “Ella at Duke’s Place”, album by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. It was recorded in October 1965, at “United Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
Duke Ellington – piano, conductor, arrangements
Jimmy Jones – arrangements
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Russell Procope – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Cat Anderson – trumpet
Mercer Ellington – trumpet
Herb Jones – trumpet
Cootie Williams – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Buster Cooper – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
John Lamb – bass
Louis Bellson – drums
Val Valentin – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.
Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing – Billy Strayhorn
Passion Flower – Billy Strayhorn
I Like the Sunrise
Azure – Irving Mills
Imagine My Frustration – Billy Strayhorn, Gerald Stanley Wilson
Duke’s Place – Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts, Bob Thiele
Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown) – Paul Francis Webster
In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle”, album by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle. It was recorded in November 1963, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Davis.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson – piano
Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
In November 1965, “Verve” label released “Smokin’ at the Half Note”, album by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (the 14th Wes Montgomery album overall). It was recorded in June 1965 at the “Half Note Club” in New York City and September 1965 at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – double bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Val Valentin – engineering director
Track listing:
No Blues – Miles Davis
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
In November 1960, “Verve” label released “Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio”, album by Oscar Peterson Trio (the 86th Oscar Peterson album overal). It was recorded in November 1959, and was produced by Norman Granz.
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