In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
Tommy Potter – double bass
Art Blakey – drums
Track listing:
Dig – Jackie McLean
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Waiting Game”, the 44th Zoot Sims album. It was recorded in November 1966, in London, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Gary McFarland.
Personnel:
Zoot Sims – vocals, tenor saxophone
David Snell – harp
Gary McFarland – arranger
Kenny Napper, Jack Parnell – conductor
Unknown Orchestra
Robert Flynn – design
Arthur Halpern – cover photography
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.
Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon
Once We Loved
It’s a Blue World – George Forrest, Robert Wright
September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
One I Could Have Loved
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
In December 1956, “Riverside” label released “Trigger Happy!” the only Trigger Alpert album. It was recorded October – November 1956, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Trigger Alpert – bass
Zoot Sims – alto and tenor saxophone
Al Cohn – tenor and baritone saxophone
Joe Wilder – trumpet
Urbie Green – trombone
Tony Scott – clarinet, tenor saxophone, arrangements
Ed Shaughnessy – drums
Dick Hyman, Marty Paich – arrangements
Jack Higgins – recording
Track listing:
Treat Me Rough – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Looking at You – Cole Porter
Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today) – Vernon Duke, John La Touche
Trigger Happy – Tony Scott
Tranquilizer – Dick Hyman
I Like the Likes of You – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
I Wish I Were in Love Again – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
I Don’t Want to Be Alone Again – Johnny Mercer, Jimmie Smith
Trigger Fantasy – Trigger Alpert
Where’s That Rainbow? – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
In July 1963, “Prestige” label released “Stardust”, the tenth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Arthur Taylor – drums
Track listing:
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz
On March 4, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Ghost Song”, the sixth Cécile McLorin Salvant studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Bunker Studio”, “St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church” in New York, and was produced by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner and Paul Sikivie. In April 2022, it was chosen as “Album of the Month” for both performance and sonics by “Stereophile”.
In December 1965, “Mercury” label released “Storm Warning!”, the fourth Dick Morrissey Quartet album. It was recorded in November 1965, at “The Bull’s Head” in London.
Personnel:
Dick Morrissey – tenor sax
Harry South – piano
Phil Bates – double bass
Phil Seamen – drums
David Redfern – photography
Mike Hawker – liner notes
Track listing:
Storm Warning – Harry South
What Is There to Say – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
Come Rain Or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
In April 1957, “Columbia” label released “Jay and Kai”, album by J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding. It was recorded in November 1955, July – December 17, 1956, and January 1957 in New York City.
Personnel:
J. J. Johnson – trombone, trombonium
Kai Winding – trombone, trombonium
Wayne Andre, Carl Fontana – trombone
Dick Leib – bass trombone
Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone
Roy Frazee, Hank Jones, Dick Katz – piano
Bill Crow, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Kenny O’Brien – bass
Kenny Clarke, Jack Franklin, Elvin Jones, Shadow Wilson – drums
Candido Camero – bongos
Track listing:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
Caribe – Kai Winding
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
The Song Is You – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – David Mann, Bob Hilliard
Yes, You – Dick Leib
Tromboniums in Motion – J. J. Johnson
How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton
Violets for Your Furs – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
‘S Wonderful – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I Should Care – Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn
On March 6, 2001, “Arabesque” label released “Sometimes the Magic”, the ninth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded June – July 2000, at “Current Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.
Personnel:
Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
Vincent Bourgeyx – piano
Mark Dresser – double bass
Bobby Previte – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted
Denver Snap
Now You See It
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Blue Poles
Pacific
Truth in Timbre
Without Words
In Everything
Varo
Many Landscapes
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
In March 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Heavy Soul”, the debut Ike Quebec album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
Freddie Roach – organ
Milt Hinton – bass
Al Harewood – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ike Quebec, except where noted.
Acquitted
Just One More Chance – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
Que’s Dilemma
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? – Jay Gorney, Yip Harburg
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
