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Yusef Lateef: Cry! Tender

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In August 1960, “New Jazz” label released “Cry! Tender”, the 12 Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded October 1959 – October 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
  • Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Ernie Farrow, Herman Wright – bass
  • Frank Gant, Oliver Jackson – drums, percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Sea Breeze – Al Hoffman, Dick Manning
  2. Dopolous
  3. Cry! – Tender
  4. Butter’s Blues
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. The Snow Is Green
  7. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  8. Ecaps

Gato Barbieri: Yesterdays

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In July 1974, “Flying Dutchman” label released “Yesterdays”, the 13th Gato Barbieri album. It was recorded in 1974, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
  • Jorge Dalto – piano, electric piano
  • Paul Metzke – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Ray Mantilla – timbales
  • Babafemi – congas

Track listing:

  1. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  2. A John Coltrane Blues – John Coltrane
  3. Marnie – Bernard Herrmann, Gloria Shayne
  4. Cariňoso (Pixinguin

Mal Waldron: Mal -1

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mal-1”, album by Mal Waldron Quintet (the debut Mal Waldron album). It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Julian Edgehill – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Phil De Lancie – remastering
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  2. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern
  3. Transfiguration – Lee Sears
  4. Bud Study – Mal Waldron
  5. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  6. Shome – Idrees Sulieman

Miles Davis: Young Man With A Horn

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In March 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Young Man with a Horn”, the second Miles Davis album. It was recorded in May 1952, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, arrangements
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional, Stan Getz
  2. Would’n You – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Hatbach
  4. Chance It – Oscar Pettiford
  5. Donna – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Gigi Gryce: Reminiscin’

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In December 1960, “Mercury” label released “Reminiscin’”, the 13th Gigi Gryce album. It was recorded in November 1960, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Eddie Costa – vibraphone
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • George Duvivier, Julian Euell, Reggie Workman – bass
  • Walter Perkins, Bobby Thomas – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gigi Gryce except where noted.

  • Blue Lights
  • Caravan – Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills
  • Reminiscing
  • Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  • Gee Blues Gee – Randy Weston
  • A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  • Dearly Beloved – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  • Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn

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

The Jazz Messangers: Live At The Bohemia, Vols. 1 & 2

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In April 1958, “Blue Note” label released “At the Cafe Bohemia, Vols. 1 & 2”, a pair of separate but related live albums by the Jazz Messengers. They were recorded at the “Café Bohemia” jazz club in Greenwich Village, in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • John Hermansader – cover design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

Volume 1

  1. Announcement by Art Blakey
  2. Soft Winds – Benny Goodman
  3. The Theme – Kenny Dorham
  4. Minor’s Holiday – Kenny Dorham
  5. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  6. Prince Albert (All the Things You Are) – Kenny Dorham, Jerome Kern

Volume 2

  1. Announcement by Art Blakey
  2. Sportin’ Crowd – Hank Mobley
  3. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  5. Avila and Tequila – Hank Mobley
  6. I Waited for You – Gil Fuller, Fizzy Gillespie
  7. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  8. Hank’s Symphony – Hank Mobley
  9. Gone with the Wind – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel

Elvin Jones: Coalition

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In February 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Coalition”, the 13th Elvin Jones album. It was recorded July 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Wilbur Little – bass
  • Candido Camero – conga, tambourine

Track listing:

  1. Shinjitu – Elvin Jones
  2. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  3. 5/4 Thing – George Coleman
  4. Ural Stradania – Frank Foster
  5. Simone – Frank Foster

Roland Kirk: Here Comes The Whistleman

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In February 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Here Comes the Whistleman”, album by Roland Kirk. It was recorded in March 1965, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York, and was produced by Joel Dorn and Roland Kirk.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Charles Crosby – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Roots
  2. Here Comes the Whistleman
  3. I Wished on the Moon – Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger
  4. Making Love After Hours
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. Aluminum Baby – Jaki Byard
  7. Step Right Up

Stan Getz And J. J. Johnson: Stan Gets And J. J. Johnson At The Opera House

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In November 1957, “Verve” label released “Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House”, album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. It was recorded September – October 1957, in Chicago and Los Angeles, and was produced by Norman Granz. “Verve” released two different versions of the same material, recorded by the same musicians, one recording was mono and the other was stereo.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • J.J. Johnson – trombone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

Mono recording

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  4. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
  5. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Blues In the Closet – Oscar Pettiford

Stereo recording

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Wolfe Kahn
  4. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Blues In the Closet – Oscar Pettiford