Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 7

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 7

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 7:

Milt Jackson – Plenty, Plenty Soul (1957)

Plenty, Plenty Soul is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label.

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson, except as indicated

"Plenty, Plenty Soul" (Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones) - 9:33
"Boogity Boogity" (Jones) - 4:55
"Heartstrings" - 4:53
"Sermonette" (Cannonball Adderley) - 5:23
"The Spirit-Feel" - 4:22
"Ignunt Oil" - 5:35
"Blues at Twilight" (Jones) - 6:46

    Recorded in New York City on January 5 (tracks 4–7) and January 7 (tracks 1–3), 1957

Personnel

Milt Jackson – vibes
Joe Newman – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone (tracks 1–3)
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (tracks 1–3)
Frank Foster (tracks 1–3), Lucky Thompson (tracks 4–7) – tenor saxophone
Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone (tracks 1–3)
Horace Silver – piano
Percy Heath (tracks 1–3), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 4–7) – bass
Art Blakey (tracks 1–3), Connie Kay (tracks 4–7) – drums
Quincy Jones – arranger (tracks 1–3)

Jean “Toots” Thielemans – Man Bites Harmonica! (1957)

Man Bites Harmonica! is an album by harmonica player Jean “Toots” Thielemans which was recorded in late 1957 and early 1958 for the Riverside label. The album showcases the harmonica as an instrument, similarly in which Miles Davis did throughout his career on the trumpet and Charlie Parker did with the saxophone. The harmonica does not appear on only one track, Thielemans’ version of “Imagination“.

Track listing

All compositions by Toots Thielemans except as indicated

"East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman) - 7:14
"Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:27
"18th Century Ballroom" (Ray Bryant) - 3:46
"Soul Station" - 6:58
"Fundamental Frequency" - 4:54
"Struttin' With Some Barbecue" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) - 4:30
"Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:27
"Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:16

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on December 30, 1957 (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8) and January 7, 1958 (tracks 2 & 7)

Personnel

Jean "Toots" Thielemans - harmonica, guitar
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (1, 3–6, 8)
Kenny Drew - piano
Wilbur Ware - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Ella Fitzgerald – Get Happy! (1959)

Get Happy! is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio orchestras over a two-year period.

Track listing

For the 1959 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4036

Side One:

"Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:36
"Cheerful Little Earful" (Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) – 2:06
"You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 2:19
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (Hughie Prince, Don Raye, Eleanore Sheehy) – 2:28
"Like Young" (André Previn, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:00
"Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie) – 1:56

Side Two:

"Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:06
"Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:43
"You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) – 2:31
"Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 2:39
"Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer) – 2:28
"St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:53

Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1998 CD re-issue, Verve 314 523 321–2

“A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (Originally released in 1959, on 7″ single, a-side) (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald) – 2:20
“The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues” (Previously unreleased, alternate take) (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) – 2:50
Personnel

Recorded in six sessions from July 24, 1957- July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

Tracks 1,2 Capitol Studios, Hollywood January 7, 1959 Nelson Riddle (arr, con) Paul Smith (p) Herb Ellis (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Bill Richmond (d) Conrad Gozzo, Cappy Lewis, Vito Mangano, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts (trmb);rmb)

Tracks 3,7 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, July 11, 1959 Frank DeVol (arr, con) Lou Levy (p) Herb Ellis (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Frank Beach, Pete Candoli, Cappy Lewis, Al Porcino (t) Harry Betts, Dick Noel, George Roberts, lloyd Ulyate (vtrmb)

Track 4 United Recorders, Hollywood, September 3, 1959, Russell Garcia (arr, con) Claude Williamson Jr. (p) Herb Ellis (g) Red Mitchell (b) Jack Sperling (drums) (d) Pete Candoli, Philip Candreva, Buddy Childers, Stu Williamson (t)

Tracks 5,6 United Recorders, Hollywood, September 3, 1959, Marty Paich (arr, con) Claude Williamson Jr. (p) Herb Ellis (g) Red Mitchell (b) Jack Sperling (d) Pete Candoli, Philip Candreva, Buddy Childers, Stu Williamson (t)

Track 8 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 18, 1958, Paul Weston (arr, con) Paul Smith (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) John Best, Pete Candoli, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein (t)

Tracks 9–13 Capitol Studios. Hollywood, July 24, 1957, Frank DeVol (arr, con) Arnold Ross (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ben Webster (ts) Abe Luboff, Joe Mondragon, Philip Stephens (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Pete Candoli, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Ray Linn, George Werth (t) Milt Bernha

Track 14 Radio Recorders Annex, Hollywood, March 19, 1958, Weston (arr, con) Harry “Sweets” Edison (t) Leonard Hartman, Matty Matlock. Ted Nash, or Fred Stulce (fl) Paul Smith (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (vb; Alvin Stoller (d)

Mary Lou Williams – Mary Lou’s Mass (1972)

Newsweek called the score “an encyclopedia of black music, richly represented from spirituals to bop to rock.” This is Williams’s “Music for Peace,” a landmark recording which addressed many of the social ills of the 1960s and 70s. It is perhaps the most openly religious jazz recording made at that time. In her own words, it is “Music for the Soul.”

Woody Shaw – Lotus Flower (1982)

Lotus Flower is an album led by trumpeter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1982 and released on the Enja label.

Track listing

All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated

"Eastern Joy Dance" (Mulgrew Miller) – 9:41
"Game" (Stafford James) – 6:42
"Lotus Flower" (Steve Turre) – 6:58
"Rahsaan's Run" – 8:00
"Song of Songs" – 11:21

Personnel

Woody Shaw – trumpet, flugelhorn
Steve Turre – trombone
Mulgrew Miller – piano
Stafford James – bass
Tony Reedus – drums

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

Brad Mehldau – Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard (1999)

Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard is a live album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1999.

Track listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 13:44
"Sehnsucht" - 10:48
"Nice Pass" - 17:35
"Solar" (Miles Davis) - 9:54
"London Blues" - 7:37
"I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 7:17
"Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 8:53

Personnel

Brad Mehldau - Piano
Larry Grenadier - Bass
Jorge Rossy - DrumsTrack listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

    "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 13:44
    "Sehnsucht" - 10:48
    "Nice Pass" - 17:35
    "Solar" (Miles Davis) - 9:54
    "London Blues" - 7:37
    "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 7:17
    "Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 8:53

Personnel

    Brad Mehldau - Piano
    Larry Grenadier - Bass
    Jorge Rossy - Drums