In April 1962, “RCA Victor” label released “The Bridge”, the 20th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January – February 1962, at “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Prince.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – cover photography
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
John S. – Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
In February 1960, “Capitol” label released “Road Show”, live album by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1959, at “Elliot Hall” in Purdue University, Lafayette, In, and was produced by Lee Gillette, John Palladino and Bill Wagner.
Personnel:
Stan Kenton – piano, conductor
June Christy – vocals
The Four Freshmen (Ken Albers, Don Barbour, Ross Barbour, Bob Flanigan) – vocal group
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
Ronnie Rubin, Bill Trujillo – tenor saxophone
Marvin Holladay, Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
Bud Brisbois, Rolf Ericson, Bill Mathieu, Roger Middleton, Dalton Smith – trumpet
Kent Larsen, Archie LeCoque, Don Sebesky – trombone
Jim Amlotte, Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Castro – piano
Pete Chivily – bass
Jimmy Campbell – drums
Mike Pacheco – Cuban drums
Track listing:
Artistry in Rhythm – Stan Kenton
Stompin’ at the Savoy – Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf
My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
The Big Chase – Marty Paich
I Want to Be Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
It’s a Most Unusual Day – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
Kissing Bug – Billy Strayhorn, Rex Stewart, Joya Sherrill
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Day In, Day Out – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy
Paper Doll – Johnny S. Black
Them There Eyes – Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
In January 1957, “Capitol” label released “After Midnight”, album by Nat King Cole and His Trio (15th Nat King Cole album overall). It was recorded August – September 1956, at “Capitol” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole – vocals, piano
John Collins – guitar
Charlie Harris – bass
Lee Young – drums
Willie Smith – alto saxophone
Harry Edison – trumpet
Juan Tizol – trombone
Stuff Smith – violin
Jack Costanzo – bongos
Track listing:
Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
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 February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Jimmy Jones – piano
Richard Davis – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
Dream – Johnny Mercer
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
In January 1956, “RCA Victor” label released “I’m Still Swinging”, album by Joe Newman’s Octet (the fifth Joe Newman album overall). It was recorded in October 1955, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.
Personnel:
Joe Newman- trumpet
Gene Quill – alto saxophone
Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Urbie Green – trombone
Dick Katz – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Shadow Wilson – drums
Andy Warhol – artwork
Track listing:
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails – Irving Berlin
You Can Depend on Me – Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
It’s Bad for Me – Cole Porter
Exactly Like You – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
Shameful Roger – Manny Albam
The Daughter of Miss Thing – Ernie Wilkins
Sometimes I’m Happy – Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar
Sweethearts on Parade – Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman
Slats – Joe Newman, Ernie Wilkins
Lament for a Lost Love – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
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 November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.
Personnel:
Thelonious Monk – piano
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Tommy Potter – bass
Art Taylor – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
In October 1954, “Clef” label released “Roy and Diz”, album by Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded in October 1954, and was produced by Norman Granz.
Personnel:
Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie – vocals, trumpet
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Louis Bellson – drums
Track listing:
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Algo Bueno – Woody ‘n’ You) – Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet Blues – Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
Ballad Medley – I’m Through with Love/Can’t We Be Friends/Don’t You Know?/I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You – Fud Livingston, Paul James, Kay Swift, Bobby Worth, Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk, Irving King, Ted Shapiro
Blue Moon – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
Pretty Eyed Baby – Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson
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