Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 27

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 27

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Jackie McLean Plays Fat Jazz (1957)

Fat Jazz, also referred to as Jackie McLean Plays Fat Jazz, is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean, recorded in late 1957 and released by the Jubilee label in 1959. It features McLean in a sextet with trumpeter Webster Young (here on cornet), tuba player Ray Draper, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist George Tucker and drummer Larry Ritchie.

Track listing:

"Filidé" (Jackie McLean, Ray Draper) – 7:21
"Millie's Pad" (Webster Young) – 8:32
"Two Sons" (Draper) – 7:17
"What Good Am I Without You?" (Don Rodney, Sammy Gallop) – 7:35
"Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:31

Personnel:

Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Webster Young – cornet
Ray Draper – tuba
Gil Coggins – piano
George Tucker – bass
Larry Ritchie – drums

Ray Charles – Genius+Soul=Jazz (1960)

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by American musician Ray Charles, featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of the Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players. It was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960 and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2. Charles plays the Hammond B3 organ on all tracks.

Genius + Soul = Jazz was re-issued in the UK, first in 1989 on the Castle Communications “Essential Records” label, and by Rhino Records in 1997 on a single CD together with Charles’ 1970 My Kind of Jazz. In 2010, Concord Records released a deluxe edition comprising digitally remastered versions of Genius + Soul = Jazz, My Kind of Jazz, Jazz Number II, and My Kind of Jazz Part 3.

In 2000, the album was voted number 360 in Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1000 Albums, 3rd Edition. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.

Track listing:

"From the Heart" (Ray Charles) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:30
"I've Got News for You" (Roy Alfred) arr. Ralph Burns – 4:28
"Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:14
"Let's Go" (Ray Charles) arr. Ralph Burns – 2:39
"One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:02
"I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Andy Razaf, Casey Bill Weldon) arr. Quincy Jones – 3:38
"Stompin' Room Only" (Howard Marks) arr. Ralph Burns – 3:35
"Mister C" (Ray Charles) arr. Ralph Burns – 4:28
"Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) arr. Quincy Jones – 2:35
"Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown) arr. Ralph Burns – 5:05

Personnel
On all tracks

Ray Charles – vocals, piano, Hammond B3 organ[11][12][13]

December 26, 1960, session: Tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9

Clark Terry, Phillip Guilbeau, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums

December 27, 1960, session: Tracks 4, 5, 6 & 10

Clark Terry, Phillip Guilbeau, Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Wilder, John Frosk – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Keg Johnson, George Matthews – trombone
George Dorsey, Earle Warren – alto saxophone
Budd Johnson, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone
Sam Herman – guitar
Joe Benjamin – double bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Jack DeJohnette – The DeJohnette Complex (1968)

The DeJohnette Complex is the debut album by Jack DeJohnette, featuring Bennie Maupin, Stanley Cowell, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gómez, and Roy Haynes. It was recorded in 1968 and released on the Milestone label in 1969.

Track listing:

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

"Equipoise" (Stanley Cowell) - 3:58
"The Major General" - 6:34
"Miles' Mode" (John Coltrane) - 6:36
"Requiem Number 1" - 2:21
"Mirror Image" (Miroslav Vitous) - 5:08
"Papa, Daddy and Me" - 7:53
"Brown, Warm and Wintry" - 5:02
"Requiem Number 2" - 1:41

    Recorded at Dandon Productions, New York, on December 26 and 27, 1968

Personnel:
Jack DeJohnette: drums (tracks 2, 5, 7), melodica (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
Bennie Maupin: tenor saxophone, wood flute, flute
Stanley Cowell: electric piano, piano
Miroslav Vitous: bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8)
Eddie Gómez: bass (tracks 3–8)
Roy Haynes: drums (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8), percussion (track 4)

Freddie Hubbard – Here To Stay (1962)

Here to Stay is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded on December 27, 1962, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1976 as BN-LA 496-2. It features performances by Hubbard, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman, Philly Joe Jones, and Wayne Shorter.

Track listing:

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard, except where indicated.

1. “Philly Mignon” – 5:30
2. “Father and Son” (Cal Massey) – 6:37
3. “Body and Soul” (Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton) – 6:29
4. “Nostrand and Fulton” – 7:09
5. “Full Moon and Empty Arms” (Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman) – 5:28
6. “Assunta” (Massey) – 7:07

Personnel:

Philly Joe Jones – drums
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone

Cedar Walton – piano

Reggie Workman – bass

Charles Mingus – Changes One/Changes Two (1974)

Changes Two is an album by Charles Mingus. It was recorded on 27, 28, and 30 December 1974 at Atlantic Studios in New York City—the same sessions which resulted in Mingus’s album Changes One. Atlantic Records initially released the record; in 1993, it was issued on CD by Rhino Records.

The brief version of “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love” features vocals by Jackie Paris.

00:00 Remember Rockefeller At Attica 05:58 Sue’s Changes 23:05 Devil Blues 32:32 Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Love

Track listing:

All compositions by Charles Mingus, except where noted.

1. “Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi U.S.A.” – 6:56
2. “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue” – 17:32
3. “Black Bats and Poles” (Jack Walrath) – 6:22
4. “Duke Ellington‘s Sound of Love” – 4:15
5. “For Harry Carney” (Sy Johnson) – 7:59

Personnel:

• Charles Mingus – acoustic bass
• Jack Walrath – trumpet
• George Adams – tenor saxophone
• Don Pullen – piano
• Dannie Richmond – drums
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (“Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love”)
• Jackie Paris – vocals (“Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love”)
• Sy Johnson – arranger (“Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love”)

Don Cherry – Multikulti (1988)

Multikulti is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry recorded between 1988 and 1990 and released in 1991 on the A&M label.

Track listing

All compositions by Don Cherry except as indicated

1. “Trumpet” – 0:45
2. “Multikulti Soothsayer” – 5:26
3. “Flute” – 1:08
4. “Birdboy – 4:41
5. “Melodica” – 1:26
6. “Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo” – 4:23
7. “Pettiford Bridge” (Carlos Ward) – 4:44
8. “Piano / Trumpet” – 2:25
9. “Until The Rain Comes” (Peter Apfelbaum) – 12:17
10. “Divinity-Tree” – 5:14
11. “Rhumba Multikulti” (Don Cherry, Josh Jones, Robert Huffman) – 4:10
12. “Multikulti Soothsayer Player” – 4:27

Personnel

Don Cherry — pocket trumpet, doussn'gouni, vocals, flute, melodica, piano
A Watts Prophet, Anthony Hamilton, Ingrid Sertso – vocals
Frank Serafine, David Cherry – synthesizer
John L. Price – drum programming
Bo Freeman – bass
Mark London Sims – bass
Karl Berger – marimba, vocals
Bob Stewart – tuba
Carlos Ward – alto saxophone
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion
Ed Blackwell, Deszon X. Claiborne – drums
Peter Apfelbaum – tenor saxophone, cowbell, marimba, organ, synthesizer, bells, gong, palitos, vocals
Jessica Jones, Tony Jones – tenor saxophone
Joshua Jones – drums, timbales, cowbell, vocals
Robert Huffman – congas, bell tree, vocals
Peck Allmond – baritone saxophone
Jeff Cressman – trombone, vocals
Frank Ekeh – shekere, dunun, vocals
Stan Franks, Will Bernard – guitar
James Harvey – trombone
Bill Ortiz – trumpet, vocals
Allen Ginsberg, Claudia Engelhart, Karen Knight – chorus

David Liebman/Cecil McBee/Billy Hart – The Seasons (1992)

Personnel:

Bass – Cecil McBee
Composed By, Producer – David Liebman
Drums, Percussion – Billy Hart
Engineer [Mastering] – Gennaro Carone
Engineer [Recording And Editing] – Kent Heckman
Executive-Producer – Giovanni Bonandrini
Liner Notes – David Liebman
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Piano, Synthesizer, Flute [Wood Flutes] – David Liebman

1		Sunrise	3:33
2		Fall	11:01
3		Dawn	3:39
4		Winter	7:56
5		Dusk	3:08
6		Spring	9:49
7		Summer	10:01
8		Sunset 3:32

Mark Murphy – Some Time Ago (1999)

Some Time Ago is the 37th album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in 1999 when Murphy was 68 years old and released by the HighNote Records label in the United States in 2000. The album is a collection of jazz bebop tunes and standards, with Murphy backed by a jazz quintet.

Personnel:

Mark Murphy – vocals, original concept
Allan Mezquida – alto saxophone
Steve LaSpina – bass (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8)
Sean Smith – bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9)
Lee Musiker – piano, arranger
Winard Harper – drums
Dave Ballou – trumpet

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