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Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going

In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
  • Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
  • George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
  • Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
  • Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
  2. I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
  3. Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
  4. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  5. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  6. Little Tear – Don Sebesky
  7. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  8. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  9. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
  10. Dirt Dobbler – Alfred Ellis
  11. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  12. This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  13. Jazz Bridge – Don Sebesky

Bob Dylan: Christmas In The Heart

On October 13, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Christmas in the Heart”, the thirty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Groove Masters Studio” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan’s pseudonym).

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, electric piano, harmonica, arrangements
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar
  • Donnie Herron – steel guitar, mandolin, trumpet, violin
  • Patrick Warren – piano, organ, celeste
  • David Hidalgo – accordion, guitar, mandolin, violin
  • Tony Garnier – bass guitar
  • George Receli – drums, percussion
  • Amanda Barrett, Bill Cantos, Randy Crenshaw, Abby DeWald, Nicole Eva Emery, Walt Harrah, Robert Joyce – choir
  • David Bianco – recording, mixing
  • Bill Lane – engineer assistant
  • Glen Suravech – engineer assistant
  • David Spreng – additional engineering
  • Rich Tosti – studio support
  • Ed Wong – studio support
  • Coco Shinomiya – design
  • VisualLanguage.com – front cover
  • Olivia De Berandis – inside cover illustration
  • Edwin Fotheringham – back cover illustration
  • Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos – inside photography

Track listing:

  1. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
  2. Do You Hear What I Hear? – Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker
  3. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley
  5. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent
  6. Little Drummer Boy – Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
  7. The Christmas Blues – Sammy Cahn, David Jack Holt
  8. O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) – traditional
  9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  10. Must Be Santa – William Fredericks, Hal Moore
  11. Silver Bells – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  12. The First Noel – traditional
  13. Christmas Island – Lyle Moraine
  14. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
  15. O Little Town of Bethlehem – traditional

Joe Pass: Six-String Santa

On August 6, 1992, “Laser Light Digital” label released “Six-String Santa”, the 58th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in February 1992, at “Sage & Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ralph Jungheim.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar, arrangements
  • John Pisano – rhythm guitar
  • Jim Hughart – acoustic bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Bill Lightner – editing, mastering
  • James Mooney – engineer
  • Jerry Wood – second engineer
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  2. (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, Al Stilman
  3. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – traditional
  5. O Christmas Tree – traditional
  6. Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World – traditional
  7. Happy Holiday Blues – Joe Pass
  8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis
  9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
  11. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard Smith

Red Garland: All Kinds Of Weather

In April 1959, “Prestige” label released “All Kinds of Weather”, the 15th Red Garland album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – engineer, lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. Rain – Eugene Ford, Brian Alexander Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom
  2. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  3. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year – Frank Loesser
  5. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
  6. ‘Tis Autumn – Henry Nemo

V.A.: A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records

On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
  • The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
  • Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)  
  • The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
  • Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Bill Pitman – guitar
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Nino Tempo – guitar
  • Irv Rubins – guitar
  • Leon Russell – piano
  • Al De Lory – piano
  • Don Randi – piano
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Jimmy Bond – bass
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Sonny Bono – percussion
  • Frank Capp – percussion
  • Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
  • Roy Caton – trumpet
  • Lou Blackburn – horns
  • Johnny Vidor – strings
  • Larry Levine – engineer

Track listing:

  1. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  2. Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
  3. The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
  4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  5. Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
  6. Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
  7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
  9. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
  10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
  11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
  12. Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
  13. Silent Night – Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber

Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul

In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Holiday Soul” the eleventh Bobby Timmons album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Butch Warren – double bass
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Jack McKinney – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Deck the Halls – traditional
  2. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  3. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  4. Auld Lang Syne – Robert Burns, traditional
  5. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  6. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  7. We Three Kings – John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
  8. You’re All I Want for Christmas – Seger Ellis, Glen Moore