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Ella Fitzgerald: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!

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In November 1961, “Verve” label released “Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!”, the 26th Ella Fitzgerald album. It was recorded in June 1961, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz. 

Personnel:

  • Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
  • Lou Levy – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Joe Mondragon – bass
  • Gus Johnson – drums
  • Jean Dubuffet – painting
  • Benny Green – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  2. You’re My Thrill – Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney
  3. My Reverie – Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  5. Round Midnight – Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
  6. Jersey Bounce – Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater
  7. Signing Off – Leonard Feather, Jessyca Russell
  8. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
  9. This Year’s Kisses – Irving Berlin
  10. Good Morning Heartache – Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham
  11. (I Was) Born to Be Blue – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
  12. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie! – Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose
  13. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
  14. The Music Goes Round and Round – Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley

Blue Mitchell: Blue’s Moods

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In November 1960, “Riverside” label released “Blue’s Moods”, the fifth Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in August 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet, cornet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Blue Mitchell except where noted.

  1. I’ll Close My Eyes – Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid
  2. Avars – Rocky Boyd
  3. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  4. Kinda Vague – Wynton Kelly, Blue Mitchell
  5. Sir John
  6. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  7. Sweet Pumpkin – Ronnell Bright
  8. I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren

Jackie McLean: 4, 5 And 6

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In November 1956, “Prestige” label released “4, 5 and 6”, the third Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto sax
  • Hank Mobley – tenor sax
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sentimental Journey – Ben Homer, Bud Green, Les Brown
  2. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Contour – Kenny Drew
  4. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  5. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  6. Abstraction – Mal Waldron

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