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Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn

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In January 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “The Music from Peter Gunn”, the fourth Henry Mancini album. It was recorded August – September 1958, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Simon Rady. In 1998, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Pete Candoli, Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
  • Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske – trombone
  • John Graas, Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave – French horn
  • Ted Nash, Plas Johnson, Ronny Lang, Paul Horn, Gene Cipriano – reeds
  • John Williams – piano
  • Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson – guitar
  • Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker – vibraphone
  • Rolly Bundock – bass
  • Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling – drums

Track listing:

  1. Peter Gunn
  2. Sorta Blue
  3. The Brothers Go to Mother’s
  4. Dreamsville
  5. Session at Pete’s Pad
  6. Soft Sounds
  7. Fallout!
  8. The Floater
  9. Slow and Easy
  10. A Profound Gass
  11. Brief and Breezy
  12. Not from Dixie

Dusty Springfield: Cameo

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On February 10, 1973, “ABC Dunhill Records” label released “Cameo”, the eighth Dusty Springfield studio album. It was recorded July – October 1972, at “ABC Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Steve Barri, Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Dusty Springfield – vocals
  • Ben Benay – guitar
  • Larry Carlton – guitar
  • David Cohen – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Wilton Felder – bass guitar
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Paul Humphrey – drums
  • Brian Potter – percussion
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements
  • Ruby Mazur – design
  • Joe Black – project coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

  1. Who Gets Your Love
  2. Breakin’ Up a Happy Home
  3. Easy Evil – Alan O’Day
  4. Mama’s Little Girl
  5. The Other Side of Life – David Gates
  6. Comin’ and Goin’
  7. I Just Wanna Be There – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  8. Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? – Willie Hutchinson
  9. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  10. Of All the Things
  11. Learn to Say Goodbye” (from the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) – Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig

The 5th Dimension: Love’s Lines, Angles And Rhymes

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On February 1, 1971, “Bell” label released “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes”, the sixth 5th Dimension (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Wally Heider” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Marilyn McCoo – lead and backing vocals
  • Florence LaRue – lead and backing vocals
  • Billy Davis Jr. – lead and backing vocals
  • Lamonte McLemore – backing vocals
  • Ron Townson – backing vocals
  • Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Michael Anthony – guitar
  • Jimmy Rowles – piano
  • Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards
  • Joe Osborn, Max Bennett – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion
  • Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophone
  • Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombone
  • Catherine Gothoffer – harp
  • The Sid Sharp String Section – strings

Track listing:

  1. Time and Love – Laura Nyro
  2. Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes – Dorothea Joyce
  3. What Does It Take – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock
  4. Guess Who – Jesse Belvin, JoAnne Belvin
  5. Viva Tirado – Gerald Wilson, Norman Gimbel
  6. Light Sings – Gary William Friedman, Will Holt
  7. The Rainmaker – Bill Martin, Harry Nilsson
  8. He’s a Runner – Laura Nyro
  9. The Singer – Elliott Willensky, Lamonte McLemore
  10. Every Night – Paul McCartney n

Miles Davis: Four & More: Recorded Live In Concert

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On January 17, 1966, “Columbia” label released “’Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded in February 1964, at the “Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center” in New York, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Fred Plaut – recording
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Billy Taylor, Mort Fega – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Walkin’ – Richard HenryCarpenter
  3. Joshua / Go-Go (theme and Announcement) – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  4. Four
  5. Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  6. There Is No Greater Love / G0-Go (Theme and Announcement) – Marty Symes, Isham Jones, Miles Davis

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

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In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Victor Feldman – vibes

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
  3. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  4. You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
  5. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
  8. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

John Klemmer: Warefalls

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In July 1972, “Impulse!” label released “Waterfalls”, the seventh John Klemmer album. It was recorded in June 1972, at “Ash Grove” and “The Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • John Klemmer – soprano and tenor saxophone, echoplex
  • Diana Lee – vocals
  • Mike Nock – electric piano
  • Wilton Felder – electric bass
  • Eddie Marshall – drums
  • Victor Feldman – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by John Klemmer

  1. Prelude I
  2. Waterfall I
  3. Utopia: Man’s Dream, Part 1
  4. Utopia: Man’s Dream, Part 2
  5. There’s Some Light Ahead
  6. Centrifugal Force
  7. Prelude II
  8. Waterfall II

Cannonbal Adderley: Domination

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In June 1965, “Capitol” label released “Domination”, the 33rd Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded April – May 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Marshal Royal, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute 
  • Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Nat Adderley – cornet, trumpet
  • Jimmy Maxwell, Jimmy Nottingham, Clark Terry, Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano
  • Richard Davis, Sam Jones, Walter Booker – bass
  • Grady Tate, Louis Hayes, Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Unidentified percussion
  • Unidentified 42-piece orchestra
  • Oliver Nelson, William Fischer – conductor, arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. Domination
  2. Cyclops – Nat Adderley
  3. Introduction to a Samba
  4. Shake a Lady – Ray Bryant
  5. Interlude – Jay Jay Johnson
  6. Mystified (aka Angel Face) – Joe Zawinul
  7. I Worship You – Cole Porter
  8. Gon Gong – Victor Feldman
  9. Experience in E – William Fischer, Joe Zawinul

Gábor Szabó: Wind, Sky And Diamonds

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In February 1968, “Impulse!” label released “Wind, Sky and Diamonds”, the eight Gábor Szabó album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Western Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – guitar, recitation
  • Dennis Budimir, Herb Ellis, Louis Morell, Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Bill Plummer – sitar
  • Mike Melvoin – piano, harpsichord
  • Carol Kaye, Ray Pohlman – electric bass
  • Jimmy Gordon, John Guerin – drums
  • Victor Feldman, Emil Richards – percussion
  • The California Dreamers: Ron Hicklin, Al Capps, Loren Farber, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Sally Stevens, Sue Allen, Jackie Ward – vocals
  • Eddie Bracket – engineer
  • Robert and Barbara Flynn – front cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Jim Marshall – cover photography
  • Irv Glaser – liner photography

 Track listing:

  1. San Franciscan Nights – Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch
  2. A Day in the Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John Phillips
  4. To Sir with Love – Don Black, Mark London
  5. White Rabbit – Grace Slick
  6. Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
  7. Saigon Bride – Joan Baez, Nina Duscheck
  8. The End of Life – John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Gábor Szabó
  9. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Are You There? – Gábor Szabó, Steve Allen
  11. W.C. Fields – John Bahler, Tom Bahler

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Feelin’ Kinda Blues

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In December 1965, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Feelin’ Kinda Blues”, album by Gerald Wilson Orchestra (the sixth Gerald Wilson album overall). It was recorded November – December 1965, at “United Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Gerald Wilson – conductor, arrangements
  • Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
  • Curtis Amy – soprano saxophone
  • Teddy Edwards, Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Bryant, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Nat Meeks, Melvin Moore, Al Porcino – trumpet
  • Bob Edmondson, John Ewing, Lester Robertson – trombone
  • Fred Murell – bass trombone
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Phil Moore III – piano
  • Don Randi – organ
  • Victor Feldman – vibraphone
  • Buddy Woodson – bass
  • Mel Lee – drums
  • Modesto Duran,  Adolfo Valdes – percussion
  • Bones Howe (Daytron Burr Howe) – percussion, engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Jon Nimmo – photography

Track listing:

  1. When I’m Feeling Kinda Blue – Gerald Wilson
  2. Freddie Freeloader – Miles Davis
  3. Do Anything You Wanna – Harold Betters, Carl Ramsey
  4. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
  6. Yeh Yeh – Rodgers Grant, Pat Patrick, Jon Hendricks
  7. One On the House – Harry James, Ernie Wilkins
  8. I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
  9. I Concentrate on You – Cole Porter
  10. Well Son Shuffle – Mike Barone

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Plus

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In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “Plus”, the 21st Cannonball Adderley album (credited to Cannonball Adderley Quintet). It was recorded in May 1961, at “Plaza Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Victor Feldman – piano, vibes
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ken Deardoff – design
  • Don Bronstein – cover photography
  • Steve Schapiro – photography
  • Ed Sherman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Arriving Soon – Eddie Vinson
  2. Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
  3. New Delhi – Victor Feldman
  4. Winetone – Wynton Kelly
  5. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  6. Lisa (take 8) – Victor Feldman, Phil Zito