Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 15

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 15

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 15:

Sonny Stitt – Kaleidoscope (1950)

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Kaleidoscope is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded in 1950-52 and released on the Prestige label in 1957. The 1991 CD reissue added four bonus tracks to the original LP.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt and Bill Massey except as indicated

“Stitt’s It” – 2:35
“Cool Mambo” – 2:40
“Blue Mambo” – 2:25
“Sonny Sounds” – 2:29
“Ain’t Misbehavin’” (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:02
“Later” (Sonny Stitt) – 3:00
“P.S. I Love You” (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
“This Can’t Be Love” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:47
“Imagination” (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:24
“Cherokee” (Ray Noble) – 2:33
“Can’t We Be Friends” (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 2:41
“Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:45
“To Think You’ve Chosen Me” (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss) – 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
“After You’ve Gone” (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
“Our Very Own” (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) – 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
“‘S Wonderful” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded in New York City on February 17, 1950 (tracks 5 & 6), October 8, 1950 (tracks 13–16), December 15, 1950 (tracks 9 & 10), January 31, 1951 (tracks 11 & 12), February 1, 1951 (tracks 7 & 8) and February 25, 1952 (tracks 1–4)

Personnel

Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–6 & 13–16), baritone saxophone (tracks 7–8), alto saxophone (tracks 9–12)
John Hunt (tracks 1–4), Bill Massey (tracks 1–4 & 13–16), Joe Newman (tracks 1–4) – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone (tracks 13–16)
Gene Ammons – baritone saxophone (tracks 13–16)
Charlie Bateman (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Kenny Drew (tracks 5 & 6), John Houston (tracks 1–4), Junior Mance (tracks 9–16) – piano
Tommy Potter (tracks 5 & 6), Ernie Shepherd (tracks 1–4), Gene Wright (tracks 7–16) – bass
Art Blakey (tracks 5, 6, 9 & 10), Wes Landers (tracks 13–16), Teddy Stewart (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Shadow Wilson (tracks 1–4) – drums
Humberto Molares – congas (tracks 1–4)
Larry Townsend – vocals (tracks 13–16)

Milt Jackson – Statements (1961)

Title: Statements.
Musician: Milt Jackson.
Backing Members: Hank Jones & Tommy Flanagan (p); Paul Chambers (b) and Connie Kay (dm).
Recording Date: 1964.
Filming Location: New York.
Record Label: Impulse!
Number of topics: 13.
Instrument: Vibraphone.
Style: Hardbop.
Serial number: BM 720.
Duration: 53:49.

As a quartet and with two magnificent pianists alternating in the recording session (Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan), the vibraphonist, Milt Jackson, recorded for Impulse in 1961, one of his slowest albums. Far from the frenetic rhythm that he usually imprints on his recordings, this “Statements” is a wonderful hymn to the jazz ballad.

Tracklist: 1 Statement 0:00:01 2 Slowly 0:05:03 3 A Thrill From The Blues 0:08:10 4 Paris Blues 0:13:55 5 Put Off 0:16:53 6 A Beautiful Romance 0:22:30 7 Sonnymoon For Two 0:25:09 8 Theme: The Bad And The Beautiful 0:31:11 9 Blues For Juanita 0:34:13 10 I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good 0:39:53 11 Big George 0:42:33 12 Gingerbread Boy 0:47:18 13 Anything I Do 0:51:01

Oscar Peterson – Night Train (1962)

Night Train is an album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1963 by Verve Records. The album includes jazz, blues and R&B standards, as well as “Hymn to Freedom”, one of Peterson’s best known original compositions.

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“Night Train” pays a small tribute to Duke Ellington, a key man in Oscar Peterson’s career. The pianist along with his usual trio, Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, shines without covering the swing of his companions.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Night Train“	Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins, Oscar Washington	4:52
2.	“C Jam Blues“	Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington	3:26
3.	“Georgia on My Mind“	Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell	3:46
4.	“Bags’ Groove“	Milt Jackson	5:43
5.	“Moten Swing“	Bennie Moten	2:55
6.	“Easy Does It”	Sy Oliver, Trummy Young	2:45

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	“Honey Dripper“	Joe Liggins	2:24
8.	“Things Ain’t What They Used to Be“	Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons	4:38
9.	“I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)“	Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster	5:08
10.	“Band Call”	Duke Ellington	3:55
11.	“Hymn to Freedom“	Oscar Peterson	5:38

Personnel

Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums

Kenny Burrell – Guitar Forms (1964)

Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. Evans’ orchestra appears on five of the album’s nine tracks, including the nearly 9-minute “Lotus Land”. Three tracks are blues numbers in a small group format, and there is one solo performance: “Prelude #2”.

Track listing

“Downstairs” (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
“Lotus Land” (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
“Terrace Theme” (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
“Prelude No. 2” (George Gershwin) – 2:17
“Moon and Sand” (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
“Loie” (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
“Greensleeves” (Traditional) – 4:12
“Last Night When We Were Young” (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
“Breadwinner” (Burrell) – 3:00 Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
“Downstairs” – 4:11
“Downstairs” – 3:06
“Downstairs” – 2:38
“Downstairs” – 2:36
“Terrace Theme” – 2:59
“Terrace Theme” – 3:58
“Terrace Theme” – 4:09
“Breadwinner” – 3:51
“Breadwinner” – 3:49
“Breadwinner” – 3:17
“Breadwinner” – 3:04

Personnel

Combo

Orchestra

Booker Ervin – Structurally Sound (1966)

Structurally Sound is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin recorded in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album was re-released on CD in 2001 on the Blue Note label with four bonus tracks.

Tracks:

0:00:02 B̲e̲r̲k̲s̲h̲i̲r̲e̲ ̲B̲l̲u̲e̲s̲ 0:05:33 ̲D̲a̲n̲c̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲I̲n̲ ̲T̲h̲e̲ ̲D̲a̲r̲k̲ 0:10:34 ̲S̲t̲o̲l̲e̲n̲ ̲M̲o̲m̲e̲n̲t̲s̲ 0:15:35 ̲F̲r̲a̲n̲e̲s̲s̲ 0:20:46 ̲B̲o̲o̲’̲s̲ ̲B̲l̲u̲e̲s̲ 0:26:21 ̲Y̲o̲u̲’̲r̲e̲ ̲M̲y̲ ̲E̲v̲e̲r̲y̲t̲h̲i̲n̲g̲ 0:31:10 ̲D̲e̲e̲p̲ ̲N̲i̲g̲h̲t̲ 0:36:08 ̲T̲a̲k̲e̲ ̲T̲h̲e̲ ̲A̲ ̲T̲r̲a̲i̲n̲ 0:39:53 ̲S̲h̲i̲n̲y̲ ̲S̲t̲o̲c̲k̲i̲n̲g̲s̲ 0:44:43 ̲W̲h̲i̲t̲e̲ ̲C̲h̲r̲i̲s̲t̲m̲a̲s̲ 0:49:18 ̲F̲r̲a̲n̲e̲s̲s̲ ̲(̲A̲l̲t̲ ̲T̲k̲)̲ 0:54:32 ̲D̲e̲e̲p̲ ̲N̲i̲g̲h̲t̲ ̲(̲A̲l̲t̲ ̲T̲k̲)̲

Personnel

Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Charles Tolliver – trumpet
John Hicks – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Lenny McBrowne – drums

Max Roach/Cecil Taylor – Historic Concerts (1979)

Historic Concerts is a live album by Cecil Taylor and Max Roach recorded at the McMillin Theatre (Originally named the McMillin Theater, it was renovated and renamed the Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre in 1988). It was recorded at Columbia University, NYC on December 15, 1979, and released on the Soul Note label in 1988. 1984.

Despite the inaccurate plural title, the entire album is just one single show. The album features solo and duet performances by Taylor and Roach, and the later CD reissue adds interviews recorded after the concert.

Years later, Taylor reflected: “It was a phenomenon, playing with Mr. Roach in front of all those people. Ten thousand of them listening to two of us. It was as if two angry prophets had finally managed to get together a crowd. We maybe wondered for a moment whether it would be more eloquent to stay quiet!”

On June 4, 2000, Taylor and Roach reunited at Columbia for a performance during the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival.