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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 17
Jazz albums recorded Dec. 17:
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1951)
This extraordinary album contains two different recording sessions, the first in 1951 with the Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis on piano, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums). The second session is from 1953 and there Rollins, in great form, plays with the maestro, Art Blakey, the pianist, Kenny Drew and the bassist, Percy Heath. A luxury of music.
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Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (also released as Sonny & the Stars) is a 1956 compilation album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, featuring his earliest recordings for the Prestige label under his leadership, including four tracks performed by Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke), eight tracks where Kenny Drew and Art Blakey replace Lewis, Jackson, and Clarke, and one track with Miles Davis on piano.
The first four tracks, featuring the members of the Modern Jazz Quartet, had been previously released as the 7″ 45rpm EP Sonny Rollins With Modern Jazz Quartet (PREP 1337). Tracks 5–11 and 13 were featured on the Prestige 10-inch LP Sonny Rollins Quartet (1952)(PRLP 137), which is reissued in its entirety here. Track 12 was released on the 10″ compilation Mambo Jazz (PRLP 135).
“I Know”, featuring Miles Davis on piano, was recorded at the same session as four other tracks under Davis’s name, using the same musicians, including the young Rollins. This was Davis’s first recording session for Prestige Records and his first with Rollins. Producer Bob Weinstock tried to dissuade Davis from using Rollins, feeling he was not ready, but Davis persuaded Weinstock to let Rollins record a cut under his own name. The Davis tracks recorded that date were issued on the 10″ LP Modern Jazz Trumpets and appeared on the album Miles Davis and Horns.
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Rollins except where indicated
- “The Stopper” – 2:59
- “Almost Like Being in Love” (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:26
- “No Moe” – 3:32
- “In a Sentimental Mood” (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 3:20
- “Scoops” – 2:16
- “With a Song in My Heart” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:08
- “Newk’s Fadeaway” – 3:15
- “Time on My Hands” (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 2:42
- “This Love of Mine” (Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola Jr., Frank Sinatra) – 2:26
- “Shadrack” (Robert MacGimsey) – 2:35
- “On a Slow Boat to China” (Frank Loesser) – 2:41
- “Mambo Bounce” – 2:25
- “I Know” (Miles Davis) – 2:32
Personnel
Tracks 1–4
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- John Lewis – piano
- Milt Jackson – vibes
- Percy Heath – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
Tracks 5–12
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Kenny Drew – piano
- Percy Heath – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
Track 13
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Miles Davis – piano
- Percy Heath – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
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Gerry Mulligan – Reunion with Chet Baker (1957)
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet of 1952-53 was one of the most admired jazz groups of the decade and revalued Mulligan’s role, as well as that of Chet Baker himself. In this reunion of both musicians in 1957, the music being exceptional, the musicians are still in top form, and both the chosen repertoire, as well as the empathy of both soloists, with great rhythmic support from the expert bassist, Henry Grimes, and the drummer, Dave Bailey, make these thirteen takes, one of the best recordings of these two great musicians.
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Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan
Trumpet – Chet Baker
Bass – Henry Grimes
Drums – Dave Bailey
A1 Reunion 4:03 A2 My Heart Belongs To Daddy 4:12 A3 When Your Lover Has Gone 5:06 A4 Stardust 4:41 B1 Jersey Bounce 4:24 B2 Surrey With The Fringe On Top 4:39 B3 Travelin´ Light 3:40 B4 Ornithology 3:40
Recorded – New York City, Dec. 3rd, 11th & 17th, 1957.
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Nidhamu (1971)
Nidhamu is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, documenting their 1971 tour.
All tracks were recorded in Egypt excluding the album’s title track, which was recorded in Holland, 1971.
Track listing
- “Space Loneliness #2”
- “Discipline #11”
- “Discipline #15”
- “Nidhamu”
Personnel
- John Gilmore – tenor saxophone
- Danny Davis – alto saxophone, flute
- Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute, oboe
- Kwame Hadi – trumpet, conga drums
- Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone
- Elo Omoe – bass clarinet
- Tommy Hunter – percussion
- Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone, flute
- June Tyson – vocal
- Larry Narthington – alto saxophone, conga drum
- Lex Humphries – percussion
- Hakim Rahim – alto saxophone, flute
- Sun Ra – organ, rocksichord, piano
- Tam Fiofori – engineer
George Cables – Cables’ Vision (1979)
Cables’ Vision is a studio album by jazz pianist George Cables, released in 1980 by Contemporary Records and featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
Track listing
All compositions by George Cables except where noted.
- “Morning Song” – 6:55
- “I Told You So” – 9:05
- “Byrdlike” (Hubbard) – 8:58
- “Voodoo Lady” – 6:18
- “The Stroll” (Hutcherson) – 4:33
- “Inner Glow” – 5:43
Personnel
- George Cables – piano, electric piano
- Freddie Hubbard – flugelhorn
- Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (2, 3, 6), flute (4)
- Tony Dumas – bass, electric bass (1)
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Vince Charles – percussion (2, 4, 6)
Kevin Eubanks – Turning Point (1991)
Turning Point is an album by the American musician Kevin Eubanks, released in 1992. Its release coincided with the beginning of his tenure on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The album peaked in the top five on Billboard‘s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
“Turning Point (Part I)”
- “Aftermath (Part II)”
- “Initiation (Part III)”
- “New World Order”
- “Colors of One”
- “Spiral Days”
- “Freedom Child”
- “On My Way to Paradise”
- “Lingering Destiny”
Acoustic Bass – Charnett Moffett (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8), Dave Holland (tracks: 1 to 3, 6)
Alto Flute – Kent Jordan (tracks: 1 to 8)
Art Direction, Design – Mark Larson
Composed By [All Compositions By] – Kevin Eubanks
Coordinator [Production] – Cynthia Cochrane
Drums – Mark Mondesir (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks: 1 to 3, 6)
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Kevin Eubanks
Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Beckerman
Liner Notes – 高井信成*
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Photography By – Harold Sinclair
Producer – Kevin Eubanks
Producer [Associate], Engineer – Josiah Gluck
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio feat. Pharoah Sanders – Africa N’da Blues (1999)
Africa N’Da Blues is an album by Kahil El’Zabar‘s Ritual Trio featuring saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, recorded in 1999 and released on the Delmark label.
Track listing
All compositions by Kahil El’Zabar except where noted
- “Ka-Real” [take 2] (Joseph Bowie) – 12:38
- “Africanos/ Latinos” (Kahil El’Zabar, Susana Sandoval) – 9:52
- “Miles’ Mode” (John Coltrane) – 7:21
- “Autumn Leaves” (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 11:26
- “Africa N’Da Blues” – 7:34
- “Pharoah’s Song” – 11:42
- “Ka-Real” [take 1] (Bowie) – 10:45
Personnel
- Kahil El’Zabar – drums, percussion
- Ari Brown – piano, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Malachi Favors – bass
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
- Susana Sandoval – spoken word (track 2)
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass – Blue Jazz (2001)
Blue Jazz is the final studio album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson released by the Delmark label in 2003.
Track listing
All compositions BY Malachi Thompson except where noted
- “Black Metropolis” – 9:10
- “The Panther” – 6:48
- “Jaaz Revelations” – 5:33
- “Genesis / Rebirth” – 10:35
- “Po’ Little Louie” – 3:41
- “Get On the Train” – 4:12
- “Blues for a Saint Called Louis” – 5:48
- “Blue Jazz” – 8:28
- “Footprints” (Wayne Shorter) – 9:12
- “Mud Hole” – 4:29
Personnel
- Malachi Thompson – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
- David Spencer, Kenny Anderson, Micah Frazier, Elmer Brown – trumpet
- Tracy Kirk, Steve Berry, Bill McFarland, Omar Jefferson – trombone
- Kirk Brown – piano
- Harrison Bankhead – bass
- Leon Joyce Jr. – drums
- Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 4 & 7)
- Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone (track 10)
- Dee Alexander (tracks 5, 7 & 8), The Big DooWopper (track 10) – vocals
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