Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 18

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 18

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 18:

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954)

Sarah Vaughan, reissued in 1991 as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, is a 1955 jazz album featuring singer Sarah Vaughan and trumpeter Clifford Brown, released on the EmArcy label. It was the only collaboration between the two musicians. Well received, though not without some criticism, the album was Vaughan’s own favorite among her works through 1980. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

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The album has been re-released on CD and LP many times, with its original nine-track listing and with an additional track.

Track listing:

“Lullaby of Birdland” (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 4:06^[14]
“April in Paris” (Vernon Duke, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg) – 6:26
“He’s My Guy” (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 4:17
“Jim” (Caesar Petrillo, Edward Ross, Nelson Shawn) – 5:56
“You’re Not the Kind” (Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 4:48
“Embraceable You” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:54
“I’m Glad There Is You” (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) – 5:14
“September Song” (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 5:50
“It’s Crazy” (Al Fields, Timmie Rogers) – 5:01

Personnel:

Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
Herbie Mann – flute
Jimmy Jones – piano
Joe Benjamin – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Ernie Wilkins – conductor

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – Lullaby of Birdland (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – April in Paris (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – He's My Guy (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – Jim (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – You're Not The Kind (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan – Embraceable You (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – I'm Glad There is You (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – September Song (EmArcy Records 1954)

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown – It's Crazy (EmArcy Records 1954)

Zoot Sims – Zoot! (1956)

This LP is one of Zoot Sims’ most acclaimed albums from the mid-1950s. The rhythm section is in charge of pianist Johnny Williams, bassist Knobby Totah, and drummer Gus Johnson. The eight tracks on the album were recorded on October 12, 1956, and Zoot Sims plays tenor throughout, and the band sounds impeccable with a special sense of swing. As soon as it begins, there is one of the jewels of the recording session, the song: “9:20 Special”, and it is followed by the famous ballad entitled: “The Man I Love.

Alto Saxophone – Zoot Sims (# A3, B3)…. Tenor Saxophone – .Zoot. Sims…. Trumpet – Nick Travis…. Bass – Wilbur Ware…. Drums – Osie Johnson…. Piano, Arranged By – George Handy.

A1 Why Cry ? 5:51 A2 Echoes Of You 7:10 A3 Swim, Jim 7:06 B1 Here And Now 4:52 B2 Fools Rush In 4:28 B3 Osmosis 4:40 B4 Taking A Chance On Love 6:02

Recorded – New York – December 13 and 18, 1956.

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Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

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Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 by Riverside. It was reissued in 1999 by the Original Jazz Classics label, with additional takes, and again in 2006.

Musicians

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Sam Jones – double bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

1962 LP album:

“S.K.J.” (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
“Stablemates” (Benny Golson) – 5:45
“Stairway to the Stars” (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
“Blue Roz” (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
“Sam Sack” (Jackson) – 6:06
“Jingles” (Montgomery) – 6:56
“Delilah” (Victor Young) – 6:07

1999 CD reissue:

“S.K.J.” (Jackson) – 5:17
“Stablemates” (Golson) – 5:45
“Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]” (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
“Blue Roz” (Montgomery) – 4:46
“Sam Sack” (Jackson) – 6:06
“Jingles [Take 9]” (Montgomery) – 6:55
“Delilah [Take 4]” (Victor Young) – 6:12
“Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]” (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
“Jingles [Take 8]” (Montgomery) – 6:54
“Delilah” [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18

Hank Mobley – A Caddy for Daddy (1965)

A Caddy for Daddy is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on December 18, 1965, and released on the Blue Note label in 1967. It features performances by Mobley with trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Billy Higgins.

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	“A Caddy for Daddy”	9:23
2.	“The Morning After”	9:45
3.	“Venus Di Mildew” (Wayne Shorter)	7:13
4.	“Ace Deuce Trey”	7:15
5.	“3rd Time Around”	6:14

Personnel:

Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Curtis Fuller — trombone
Lee Morgan — trumpet
McCoy Tyner — piano
Bob Cranshaw — bass
Billy Higgins — drums

Woody Shaw – The Moontrane (1974)

Personnel:

Woody Shaw, trumpet; Steve Turre, trombone; Azar Lawrence’ tenor, soprano saxophone; Onaje Allan Gumbs, piano; electric piano; Buster Williams, bass; Victor Lewis, drums; Tony Waters, congas; Guilherme Franco, percussion.

Recorded Blue Rock Studio, NYC, December 11 & 18, 1974.

Steve Lacy – Ballets (1980)

Ballets is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy which was recorded live in Switzerland in 1980 and in the studio in Paris in 1981 and first released on the hat ART label as a double LP.

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy

“Hedges / Squirrel / Fox I” – 18:15
“Fox II / Rabbit / Shambles” – 19:40
“The 4 Edges: Outline” – 12:45
“The 4 Edges: Underline” – 6:35
“The 4 Edges: Coastline” – 9:55
“The 4 Edges: Deadline” – 11:20

Personnel

Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone, bells, gong, voice
Steve Potts – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 3-6)
Bobby Few – piano, Fender Rhodes piano (tracks 3-6)
Irene Aebi – cello, violin, voice (tracks 3-6)
Jean-Jacques Avenel – bass (tracks 3-6)
Oliver Johnson – drums (tracks 3-6)

William Parker/In Order to Survive – Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (1995)

Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy is an album by the American jazz double bassist William Parker, recorded in 1995 and released on Homestead.

The album is the third part of a sound trilogy, including the sextet In Order to Survive and the solo bass Testimony. In Order to Survive is the name of the ensemble, a quartet with Rob Brown on alto sax, Cooper-Moore on piano, and newcomer Susie Ibarra on drums. “Unrestricted” is a piano-drums duo dedicated to saxophonist Julius Hemphill. “Goggles” is dedicated to bassist Earl Freeman. “For Robeson” is for Paul Robeson. “Malcolm’s Smiles” is for Malcolm X. The cover art is a “MusicWitness” painting made during live recording by Jeff Schlanger.