Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 3

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 3

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 3:

Clark Terry – Swahili (1955)

Clark Terry (also released as Introducing Clark Terry and Swahili) is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in early 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.

Track listing

All compositions by Clark Terry except as indicated

"Swahili" (Quincy Jones) - 6:07
"Double Play" (Jones) - 3:33
"Slow Boat" - 4:28
"Co-Op" (Terry, Rick Henderson) - 3:45
"Kitten" - 5:35
"The Countess" (Freddie Green, Terry) - 6:42
"Tuma" (Jones) - 3:06
"Chuckles" - 4:19

Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, on January 3 (tracks 1–4) and January 4 (tracks 5–8), 1955

Personnel

Clark Terry - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
Horace Silver - piano
Wendell Marshall - bass
Oscar Pettiford - bass, cello
Art Blakey - drums
Quincy Jones - arranger

The Montgomery Brothers – Groove Yard (1961)

Groove Yard is an album by The Montgomery Brothers, released in 1961.

Track listing:

“Bock to Bock (Back to Back)” (Buddy Montgomery) – 6:48
“Groove Yard” (Carl Perkins) – 3:05
“If I Should Lose You” (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:52
“Delirium” (Harold Land) – 3:41
“Just For Now” (Buddy Montgomery) – 5:00
“Doujie” (Wes Montgomery) – 4:39
“Heart Strings” (Milt Jackson) – 4:38
“Remember” (Irving Berlin) – 5:36

The song “Groove Yard” is usually titled “Grooveyard”.

Personnel:

Wes Montgomery – guitar
Buddy Montgomery – piano
Monk Montgomery – double bass
Bobby Thomas – drums

Alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne, & John Surman – S.O.S. (1975)

Recorded in January 1975 and first released on LP (OG 400) in that year. Re-released on CD in 2006 (OGCD019). A ground-breaking album not just for the three sax line up but for the early use of electronics, especially in the jazz idiom.

“One of the many strengths of SOS was that each of the three members was a giant in his own right; this was a meeting of equals. Although the album abounds with fine solos from all three, the saxophones frequently combine to create an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of sound as they weave in and out of each other. None of them actually solos, but each of them following their own path. Generally, the electronics enhance and add variety to the sound palette, as does Skidmore’s occasional drumming and Surman’s bass clarinet. Indeed, it is likely to be the variety of the music here that will most impress first time listeners; for a saxophone trio, there is far more here than one has any right to expect. Sheer enjoyment from start to finish.”

John Eyles / All Music Guide

David Murray Quintet with Ray Anderson & Anthony Davis (1994)

David Murray Quintet (subtitled with Ray Anderson & Anthony Davis) is an album by David Murray, recorded in 1994 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1996. It features performances by Murray, trombonist Ray Anderson, pianist Anthony Davis, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Tommy Campbell.

Track listing:

“Stompin’ at the Savoy” (Sampson, Goodman, Webb) – 7:57
“Disguise The Limit” (Anderson) – 6:17
“Jaywalking” (Kenny Davis) – 5:42
“Andrew” (Anthony Davis) – 10:24
“Kiano” (Anthony Davis) – 11:55
“Funkalific” (Anderson) – 8:53

Personnel

David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Ray Anderson – trombone
Anthony Davis – piano
Kenny Davis – bass
Tommy Campbell – drums

David Liebman – The Elements: Water (1997)

17-time Grammy Award winner Pat Metheny plays alongside saxophone virtuoso David Liebman as he leads this remarkable quartet (that includes Jazz architects Cecil McBee and Billy Hart) as they examine the expansive and elusive nature of the primordial element, Water. From impressionistic ballads to tsunamis of sound, David Liebman s, The Elements: Water is probably the most ambitious project of Liebman s career.

Review by Nolan DeBuke

Saxophonist and composer David Liebman has released the first album of a series inspired by the elements, called The Elements: Water. For the album, Liebman uses a quarter of 20-time GRAMMY-Award winner Pat Metheny on guitar, Cecil McBee on bass, and Billy Hart on drums. The material ranges from free improvisations to straight-ahead swing, all in the modern jazz vernacular. Liebman performs on soprano, tenor saxophone, and wood flute, giving an enjoyable sonic range of orchestral colors…

Chick Corea and Origin – Live at the Blue Note (1998

Live at the Blue Note is the first recording of the acoustic jazz sextet Origin featuring Chick Corea on piano. The album was recorded during a week-long gig in December 1997.

Track listing:

"Say It Again, Pt. 1" (Corea) – 1:30
"Say It Again, Pt. 2" (Corea) – 1:29
"Double Image" (Corea) – 17:31
"Dreamless" (Corea) – 10:53
"Molecules" (Corea) – 11:26
"Soul Mates" (Corea) – 9:00
"It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 13:34

Personnel:

Chick Corea – piano
Avishai Cohen – double bass
Adam Cruz – drums
Bob Sheppard – flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Steve Wilson – flute, clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone
Steve Davis – trombone