Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 4 to 7

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 4 to 7

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 4:

Grant Green – Idle Moments (1963)

Album: Idle Moments Year: 1963 Label: Blue Note Grant Green – guitar Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone Bob Cranshaw – double bass Duke Pearson – piano Al Harewood – drums

Grachan Moncur III – Aco Dei De Madrugada (1969)

1-Aco Dei De Madrugada 2-Ponte IO 3-Osmosis 4-Tiny Temper

Marilyn Crispell – Live in Berlin (1982)

Live in Berlin is a live album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded in November 1982 during the Total Music Meeting, and was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1984. On the album, is joined by violinist Billy Bang, bassist Peter Kowald, and drummer John Betsch. The piece “ABC” is dedicated to Anthony Braxton, with whom she worked beginning in 1978.

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell

"ABC (for Anthony Braxton)" – 23:21
"Chant" – 6:53
"Burundi" – 16:07

Personnel

Marilyn Crispell – piano
Billy Bang – violin
Peter Kowald – bass
John Betsch – drums 

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 5:

Bobby Hutcherson – Now! (1969)

Now! is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label. The album is the first of Hutcherson’s to feature vocals, contributed by Gene McDaniels and a chorus. The CD reissue includes four tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, in 1977.

Track listing

Original tracks

"Slow Change" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 7:17
"Hello to the Wind" (Chambers, McDaniels) - 5:59
"Now" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 2:46
"The Creators" (Herbie Lewis) - 12:35
"Black Heroes" (Harold Land) - 7:06

Personnel

Tracks 2–3

Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba
Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron - piano
Wally Richardson - guitar
Herbie Lewis - bass
Joe Chambers - drums
Candido Camero - congas
Gene McDaniels- lead vocals
Hilda Harris, Albertine M. Robinson, Christine Spencer - backing vocals

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on October 3, 1969.

Tracks 1, 4–5

Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano
Wally Richardson - guitar
Herbie Lewis - bass
Joe Chambers - drums
Candido Camero - congas, bongo
Gene McDaniels - lead vocals
Eileen Gilbert, Christine Spencer, Maeretha Stewart - backing vocals

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on November 5, 1969.

Tracks 6–9

Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Manny Boyd - tenor sax, soprano sax
George Cables - piano
James Leary - bass
Eddie Marshall - drums
Bobbye Hall Porter - percussion
Dale Oehler - arranger
Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Calvin Simmons

Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on August 13, 1977.

Oscar Peterson – Hello Herbie (1969)

Hello Herbie is an album by pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, joined by guitarist Herb Ellis.

Track listing:

1. “Naptown Blues” (Wes Montgomery) – 5:20
2. “Exactly Like You” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:50
3. “Seven Come Eleven” (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) – 5:06
4. “Hamp’s Blues” (Hampton Hawes) – 3:46
5. “Blues for H.G.” (Oscar Peterson) – 6:05
6. “A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening” (Harold Adamson, McHugh) – 8:23
7. “Day by Day” (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 4:44

Personnel

Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Sam Jones – double bass
Bobby Durham – drums

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 6:

Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah (1961)

Oh Yeah is a studio album by the American jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus. It was released in April 1962 through Atlantic Records. It was recorded in 1961, and features Mingus playing piano rather than his usual upright bass, and also singing on three songs.

Track listing:

All compositions by Charles Mingus.

1. “Hog Callin’ Blues” – 7:27
2. “Devil Woman” – 9:42
3. “Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am” – 4:43
4. “Ecclusiastics” – 6:59
5. “Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me” – 5:43
6. “Eat That Chicken” – 4:38
7. “Passions of a Man” – 4:56

The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1964):

1. “‘Old’ Blues for Walt’s Torin” – 7:58
2. “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” – 9:49
3. “Invisible Lady” – 4:48

The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün, which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).

Personnel:

• Charles Mingus – piano and vocals
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, and stritch
• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Doug Watkins – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

Albert Mangelsdorff – Trilogue-Live! (1976)

This is not an album for those who are looking for those “mellow” sounds of Jaco Pastorius on bass, nor for those who are looking for that “chaotic” sound of Albert Mangelsdorff on trombone. But if the listener leaves aside clichés and musical prejudices, they will find in this album, recorded live as a trio from Berlin, one of the great live shows of the European “free” current that this great musician called, Albert Mangelsdorff.

Trilogue -Live!, was recorded at the 1976 “Berlin Jazz Days” and was released when Pastorius was at the peak of his career with “Weather Report”. Playing a selection of Mangelsdorff’s compositions, the trio delivers an inspired performance based on timing, virtuosity and plenty of improvisation. The exciting tension between the members of the trio is evident in “Accidental Meeting”, the tune that opens the “B” side of the LP, and is contrasted with that more “formal” jazz, which represents “Foreign Fun”, the piece that closes the “A” side. This recording, over time, has become one of Albert Mangelsdorff’s most exciting live shows, and a cult album for his many fans.

The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble – At the Berliner Jazztage (1976)

The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage is a live album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded at the JazzFest Berlin in 1976 and released on the Muse label.

Track listing

"Hello to the Wind" (Joe Chambers, Gene McDaniels) - 17:27
"Obsequioius" (Larry Young) - 9:10
"Jean Marie" (Ronnie Mathews) - 9:20
"In The Land of the Blacks (Bilad as Sudan)" (René McLean) - 12:24

Personnel

Woody Shaw - trumpet, percussion
René McLean - alto saxophone, flute, percussion
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion
Slide Hampton - trombone, percussion
Ronnie Mathews - piano
Stafford James - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 7:

Clifford Thornton – The Panther and the Lash (1970)

The Panther and the Lash is an album by American free jazz trumpeter and trombonist Clifford Thornton, recorded live in 1970 in Paris, originally released on the French America label, and reissued on CD in 2004 by Universal France.

Track listing

"Huey Is Free" (Clifford Thornton) – 12:18
"El Fath" (Clifford Thornton) – 13:35
"Tout le Pouvoir au Peuple" (François Tusques) – 4:23
"Paysage Désolé" (François Tusques) – 3:27
"Right On!" (François Tusques) – 3:38
"Shango / Aba L'Ogun" (trad. West Africa) – 11:31
"Mahiya Illa Zalab" (trad. Tunisia) – 4:53

Personnel

Clifford Thornton – cornet, shenai, valve trombone, piano, maracas
François Tusques – piano, celesta, balafon, maracas
Beb Guérin – double bass
Noel McGhie – drums, percussion

Dollar Brand – African Space Program (1973)

Tracklist: [00:00] 1. Tintiyana, First Part [06:59] 2. Tintiyana, Second Part [19:43] 3. Jabulani – Easter Joy

Credits: Baritone Saxophone – Hamiet Bluiett Bass – Cecil McBee Engineer – Fred Miller Flute, Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward, Sonny Fortune Harmonium, Tenor Saxophone – Roland Alexander Mastered By – D. Mehtieff Percussion – Roy Brooks Photography By – Morty Yoss, Thomas Krämer Piano, Composed By – Dollar Brand Producer – Horst Weber Tenor Saxophone – John Stubblefield Trombone – Kiani Zawadi Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater, Charles Sullivan, Enrico Rava

Old and New Dreams – A Tribute to Blackwell (1987)

A Tribute to Blackwell is a live album by jazz quartet Old and New Dreams. Recorded in 1987, it features trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell. It was released on the Italian Black Saint label.

Track listing

"Happy House" (Ornette Coleman) – 9:15
"Law Years" (Coleman) – 9:00
"Togo" (Ed Blackwell) – 8:10
"Dewey's Tune" (Dewey Redman) – 11:25
"Street Woman" (Coleman) – 9:30

Recorded at the Ed Blackwell Festival in Atlanta, Georgia on November 7, 1987

Personnel

Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden – bass
Ed Blackwell – drums

William Parker with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter & Alan Silva – Fractured Dimensions (1999)

Track List:

1		Figures Standing In The Door	6:32
2		Eternal Flower	3:38
3		End Of Famina	7:39
4		Vermeer	10:12
5		Acrosses Rain	33:48
6		Sonnet For Armstrong	16:14

Personnel:

Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet, Flute, Composed By – Daniel Carter
Double Bass, Composed By – William Parker
Liner Notes – Steve Lake (2)
Liner Notes [Translation] – Caroline Lake
Photography By [Musicians] – Dagmar Gebers
Photography By [Water] – Wolfgang Gössing
Producer, Layout [Booklet] – Jost Gebers
Recorded By – Holger Scheuermann, Jonas Bergler
Synthesizer, Piano, Composed By – Alan Silva
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composed By – Roy Campbell

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