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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 21
Jazz albums recorded Dec. 21:
The Modern Jazz Quartet – Pyramid (1959)
Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded from 1959 to 1960 and released on the Atlantic label.
Track listing
"Vendome" (John Lewis) – 2:30
"Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) – 10:46
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:02
"Django" (John Lewis) – 4:36
"How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 6:15
"Romaine" (Jim Hall) – 7:28Personnel
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz (1960)
Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released in September 1961 by Atlantic Records. The recording session took place on December 21, 1960, at A&R Studios in New York City. The sole out take from the album session, “First Take,” was later released on the 1971 compilation Twins and subsequent CD reissues of Free Jazz. The album is named after the then-nascent free jazz movement.
A1 Free Jazz (Part 1) B1 Free Jazz (Part 2)
Personnel:
Left channel
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
- Don Cherry – pocket cornet
- Scott LaFaro – double bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Right channel
- Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Charlie Haden – double bass
- Ed Blackwell – drums
Technical
- Tom Dowd – recording engineer
- Nesuhi Ertegün – produce
- Eric Dolphy – Far Cry (1960)
Far Cry is the third album by jazz musician Eric Dolphy, released in 1962 on New Jazz (a subsidiary of the Prestige label.) Featuring a quintet co-led with trumpeter Booker Little, it is one of the few recordings of their partnership. Pianist Jaki Byard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Roy Haynes all return from earlier Dolphy albums. This was a busy time for Dolphy- he took part in Ornette Coleman‘s Free Jazz session and recorded this album on the same day, and had participated in the Jazz Abstractions (“John Lewis Presents Contemporary Music: Compositions by Gunther Schuller and Jim Hall”) project the previous day.
Track listing
Side one
"Mrs. Parker of K.C. (Bird's Mother)" (Jaki Byard) – 8:03
"Ode to Charlie Parker" (Byard) – 8:42
"Far Cry" (Eric Dolphy) – 3:55Side two
"Miss Ann" (Dolphy) – 4:17
"Left Alone" (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron) – 6:41
"Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 4:20
"It's Magic" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 5:40Personnel
Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet on "Mrs. Parker of K.C.," "It's Magic," and "Serene"; flute on "Ode to Charlie Parker" and "Left Alone"; alto sax all other tracks
Booker Little – trumpet on all tracks except "Left Alone", "Tenderly" and "It's Magic"
Jaki Byard – piano on all tracks except "Tenderly"
Ron Carter – bass on all tracks except "Tenderly"
Roy Haynes – drums on all tracks except "Tenderly"
Barry Harris Trio – Preminado (1960)
Personnel:
Bass – Joe Benjamin
Design [Cover] – Ken Deardoff
Drums – Elvin Jones
Engineer [Recording] – Ray Fowler
Liner Notes – Chris Albertson, Orrin Keepnews
Piano – Barry Harris (2)
Producer – Orrin KeepnewsTrack List:
| A1 | My Heart Stood Still | 6:31 | |
| A2 | Preminado | 5:30 | |
| A3 | I Should Care | 3:33 | |
| A4 | There’s No One But You | 4:06 | |
| Β1 | One Down | 4:35 | |
| Β2 | It’s The Talk Of The Town | 5:03 | |
| Β3 | Play, Carol, Play | 4:11 | |
| Β4 | What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:05 |
John Coltrane Quartet – Ballads (1961)
Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane released in January 1963 by Impulse! Records. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released with catalogue number A-32 (mono) and AS-32 (stereo). Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. “They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs” and just before the recordings, they “would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they’d use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it”. Each piece was recorded in one take, except for “All or Nothing at All”. In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.
Track listing:
"Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Jimmy McHugh)– 4:18
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul)– 5:15
"Too Young to Go Steady" (Jimmy McHugh)– 4:23
"All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman)– 3:39
"I Wish I Knew" (Harry Warren)– 4:54
"What's New?" (Bob Haggart)– 3:47
"It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers)– 2:49
"Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen)– 3:10Personnel
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Jimmy Garrison (#1–6, 8), Reggie Workman (#7; Disc 2, #3–14) – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Ornette Coleman – Town Hall 1962 (1962)
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder (1963)
Gunter Hampel – Music From Europe (1966)
Dave Burrell – La Vie de Boheme (1969)
Duke Ellington – The Far East Suite (1966)
Far East Suite is a 1967 concept album by American jazz musician Duke Ellington, inspired by his group’s tour of Asia. Ellington and longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn wrote the compositions.
Strayhorn died in May 1967, making Far East Suite one of the last albums recorded during his life to feature his compositions. The album won the Grammy Award in 1968 for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.
Duke Ellington – piano
Mercer Ellington – trumpet, flugelhorn
Herbie Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn
William “Cat” Anderson – trumpet
Cootie Williams – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Buster Cooper – trombone
Chuck Connors – bass trombone
Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
John Lamb – double bass
Rufus Jones – drums
Recorded: December 19-21, 1966 Studio: RCA Victor’s Studio A, New York City Illustration – MLUDLOW Producer – Brad McKuen A1 Tourist Point Of View 0:00 A2 Bluebird Of Delhi (Mynah) 5:17 A3 Isfahan 8:34 A4 Depk 12:43 A5 Mount Harissa 15:37 B1 Blue Pepper (Far East Of The Blues) 23:22 B2 Agra 26:27 B3 Amad 29:07 B4 Ad Lib On Nippon 33:37
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Gunter Hampel – Music From Europe (1966)
Recorded December 21, 1966 in Baarn, Holland. Hampel remarks about the 4 parts of Make Love Not War to Everybody:
1.Willem plays bass clarinet, Pierre mostly bows a chinese cymbal, Piet bows and I play Lotusflute and vibes.
2.Willem takes the baritone, I play Lotusflute and bass clarinet
3.We all use our voices
4.Willem plays the tenor and I use the bass clarinet in upper register, while Willem bows the cymbal and Piet nows again.
Every piece is written down, in notes, symbols and recommendations for Improvisation.
Vibraphone, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Liner Notes, Composed By – Gunter Hampel
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Willem Breuker
Percussion – Pierre Courbois
Bass – Piet Veening
Engineer – Andre v. de Water
Design – Natasha Zapotoski
Photography By – Piet Boersma
00:00 Assemblage 21:59 Heroicredolphysiognomystery 33:40 Make Love Not War to Everybody
Dave Burrell – La Vie de Boheme (1969)
La Vie de Bohème is a studio album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. The album is Burrell’s take on the 1896 operatic adaptation of Henri Murger‘s 1851 novel La Vie de Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, titled La bohème. The album has been called “a fine example of the similarities between the free jazz and classical worlds.” Though this is not a straight performance of the opera, each of the acts are represented with “a great deal of improvisation.”
Track listing
- “First Act” — 20:00
- “Second Act (1st Part)” — 5:00
- “Second Act (2nd Part)” — 12:00
- “Third Act” — 5:15
- “Fourth Act” — 7:45
Personnel
- Dave Burrell — piano
- Eleanor Burrell — vocals
- Ric Colbeck — piano, trumpet, harp
- Claude Delcloo — chimes, drums, tympani
- Beb Guérin — bass
- Grachan Moncur III — trombone, chimes
- Kenneth Terroade — flute, saxophone (tenor)
Personnel: Ric Colbeck (trumpet, piano, harp) Grachan Moncur III (trombone, chimes) Kenneth Terroade (tenor sax, flute) Dave Burrell (piano, harp) Beb Guérin (bass) Claude Delcloo (drums, tympani, chimes) Eleanor Burrell (voice) Produced by Georgakarakos & Jean-Luc Young Executive producer: Claude Delcloo Engineer: Daniel Vallencien Recorded december 21, 1969, Studio Saravah, Paris All tunes arranged by: Dave Burrell.
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