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Bill Evans: Conversations With Myself

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In August 1963, “Verve” label released “Conversations with Myself”, the 19th Bill Evans album. It was recorded February – May 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor. In 1964, the album earned Bill Evans his first “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album”.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – piano (multi-tracked)

Track listing:

  1. Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  2. How About You – Burton Lane, Ralph Freed
  3. Spartacus Love Theme – Alex North
  4. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  5. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  6. Hey There – Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
  7. N.Y.C.’s No Lark – Bill Evans
  8. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages

Frank Sinatra: No One Cares

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On July 20, 1959, “Capitol” label released “No One Cares”, the seventeenth Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded March – May 1959, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Gordon Jenkins – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. When No One Cares – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. A Cottage for Sale – Larry Conley, Willard Robinson
  3. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Where Did You Go – Arnold Sundgaard, Alec Wilder
  5. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  6. Here’s That Rainy Day – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  7. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  8. Why Try to Change Me Now? – Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy
  9. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  10. I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
  11. None But the Lonely Heart – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Arthur Westbrook

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: Still Blooming

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On April 25, 2025, “Decca” label released “Still Blooming”, the third by Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced Alex Frank and Scott Gilman.

Personnel:

  • John Storie – guitar, arrangements
  • Jeff Goldblum – piano, arrangements
  • Joe Bagg – organ, arrangements
  • Alex Frank – bass, conductor, music direction, arrangements
  • Kenny Elliott – drums, arrangements
  • James King – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements
  • Scott Gilman – tenor saxophone, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Aaron Serfaty – percussion
  • Leah Zeger – violin
  • Ariana Grande – vocals
  • Cynthia Erivo – vocals
  • Scarlett Johansson – vocals
  • Maiya Sykes – vocals
  • Javier Cruces – engineer
  • Ben Burget – engineer
  • Dave Donnelly – mastering
  • John Mastro – executive production

Track listing:

  1. I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) – Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert
  2. The Green Patrol – Plas Johnson
  3. We’ll Meet Again – Hughie Charles, Ross Parker
  4. Blue Minor – Sonny Clark
  5. The Best Is Yet to Come – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
  6. Bye-Ya – Thelonious Monk
  7. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  8. Bouncing with Bud – Earl Rudolph Powell
  9. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter

Booker Ervin: Groovin’ High

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In April 1966, “Prestige” label released “Groovin’ High”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded December 1963 – June / October 1964, at “Van Gelder Sudio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitte.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Jaki Byard – piano 
  • Gildo Mahones – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Second #2 – Booker Ervin
  2. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Bass-IX – Booker Ervin
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young

Roy Eldridge: Swingin’ On The Town

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In August 1960, “Verve” label released “Swingin’ on the Town”, the 18th Roy Eldridge album. It was recorded in June 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Benny Moten – bass
  • Eddie Locke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Bossa Nova – Roy Eldridge
  2. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  3. Sweet Sue, Just You – Victor Young, Will J. Harris
  4. I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  6. Crème de Menthe – Erroll Garner
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
  8. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  9. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  10. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Song of the Islands – Charles E. King
  12. Misty – Eroll Garner, Johnny Burke

MIles Davis: Live At The 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival

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On July 31, 2007, “Monterey Jazz Festival Records” label released “Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival”, a live Miles Davis album. It was recorded in September 1963, at “Monterey Jazz Festival”, and was produced by Tim “T-Bone” Jackson and Glen Barros.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Joe Tarantino – mastering
  • Larissa Collins – art director, design
  • Greg Allen – art director, design
  • Ray Avery – photography
  • Mary Hogan – project assistant
  • Randy Rood – project assistant
  • Ben Conrad – project assistant
  • Stuart Kremsky – project assistant
  • Jesse Nichols – project assistant
  • Chris Clough – production assistant
  • Shawn Anderson – project assistant
  • Rikka Arnold – editor
  • Jason Olaine – A&R, digital editor
  • Simone Giuliani – A&R assistant, digital editor

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. Waiting for Miles
  2. Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
  3. So What
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  5. Walkin’ – Richard Carpenter
  6. The Theme

Ramsey Lewis: The Movie Album

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In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano
  • Cleveland Eaton – bass
  • Maurice White – drums
  • Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted

Track listing:

  1. Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
  2. Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
  3. The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
  4. China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
  5. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  6. Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
  7. From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  9. Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
  10. Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
  11. Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

Hampton Hawes: This Is Hampton Hawes

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In May 1956, “Contemporary” label released “This Is Hampton Hawes”, the second Hampton Hawes label. It was recorded June – December 1955, January 1956, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Chavez Ravine, “Contemporary’s Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Chuck Thompson – drums

Track listing:

  1. You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  2. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  3. Blues for Jacque – Hampton Hawes
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. Steeplechase – Charlie Parker
  6. ‘Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  7. Just Squeeze Me – Duke Ellington
  8. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke
  9. Section Blues – Red Mitchell, Chuck Thompson

Frank Sinatra: The Voice Of Frank Sinatra

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On March 4, 1946, “Columbia” label released “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”, the debut Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded July 1945 in Hollywood, in December 1945, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Richards.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Axel Stordahl – arrangements, conductor

Hollywood session:

  • George Van Eps – guitar
  • Mark McIntyre – piano
  • John Ryan – bass
  • Ray Hagan – drums
  • Jack Mayhew – flute
  • Mischa Russell, David Frisina – violin
  • Sam Freed – viola
  • Fred Goerner – cello

New York City session:

  • Matty Golizio – guitar
  • Bill Clifton – piano
  • Frank Siravo – bass
  • Nat Polen – drums
  • Mitch Miller – oboe
  • Leonard Posner. Raoul Polikian – violin
  • Sidney Brecher – viola
  • Anthony Sophos – cello

Track listing:

10-inch LP release

  1. You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
  2. Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
  4. Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
  5. I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
  6. Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
  7. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  8. Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford

Lennie Tristano: Same

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In February 1956, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, eight Lennie Tristano album. It was recorded 1954 – 1955, at Tristano’s home studio in New York, “The Sing-Song Room”, Confucius Restaurant in New York. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings” included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Personnel:

  • Lennie Tristano – piano
  • Peter Ind – bass
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Jeff Morton – drums
  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Jay Maisel – artwork
  • Barry Ulanov – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lennie Tristano, except where noted.

  1. Line Up
  2. Requiem
  3. Turkish Mambo
  4. East Thirty-Second
  5. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
  6. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  7. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  8. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  9. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern