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:
You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
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
You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
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.
Line Up
Requiem
Turkish Mambo
East Thirty-Second
These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
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 December 1965, “EmArcy” label released “Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings”, the third Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in October 1955, in New York City.
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Richard Hayman – musical director
Bill Russo – arrangements
Unidentified Strings
Track lostong:
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Two Sleepy People – Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
(I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
I’ve Never Been in Love Before – Frank Loesser
Lonely Dreams – Julius Gubenko
Falling in Love With Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Street of Dreams – Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
You Are Too Beautiful – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
On November 13, 1994, “Landmark” label released “In the Mix”, the 36th John Hicks album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Systems Two” in Brooklyn, New York.
In October 1957, “Columbia” label released “Hard Bop”, the second Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers studio album. It was recorded in December 1956, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas.
Personnel:
Art Blakey – drums
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Bill Hardman – trumpet
Sam Dockery – piano
Spanky DeBrest – bass
Track listing:
Cranky Spanky – Bill Hardman
Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
My Heart Stood Still – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Little Melonae – Jackie McLean
Stanley’s Stiff Chicken – Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On August 31, 2004, “Pablo” label released “Virtuoso in New York”, the 70th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in June 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Joe Pass – guitar
Track listing:
I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) – Gus Kahn, Fiorito
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington
We’ll Be Together Again – Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer
Blues for Alagarn – Joe Pass
The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
