Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 27

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 27

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 27:

Hampton Hawes – Four! (1958)

Four! is a 1958 album by Hampton Hawes, originally released on the Contemporary label and reissued in 1991 by Original Jazz Classics.

Track listing

"Yardbird Suite" (Parker) - 6:40
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Gordon, Warren) - 6:59
"Bow Jest" (Mitchell) - 6:31
"Sweet Sue" (Young, Harris) - 5:35
"Up Blues" (Hawes) - 5:09
"Like Someone in Love" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 3:21
"Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Gensler, Robin) - 5:42
"Thou Swell" (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:54 (CD reissue bonus track)
"The Awful Truth" (Hawes) - 8:09 (CD reissue bonus track)

Personnel

Hampton Hawes - piano
Barney Kessel - guitar
Red Mitchell - double bass
Shelly Manne - drums

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Nat Adderley – Work Song (1960)

Work Song is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley, recorded in January 1960 and released on the Riverside label. It features Adderley with Bobby Timmons, Wes Montgomery, Sam Jones, Percy Heath, Keter Betts and Louis Hayes in various combinations from a trio to a sextet, with the unusual sound of pizzicato cello to the fore on some tracks.

The title tune was given lyrics and covered the same year by Oscar Brown Jr. on his album sin & soul and has become a standard in both vocal and instrumental forms. It has also been covered in French by Claude Nougaro as “Sing Sing song”.

Nat Adderley – cornet…. Wes Montgomery – guitar…. Bobby Timmons – piano (# 1, 2, 5, 6 & 9)…. Sam Jones – bass, cello…. Keter Betts – bass, cello…. Percy Heath – bass…. Louis Hayes – drums.

00:00 [1] Work Song 04:11 [2] Pretty Memory 08:03 [3] I’ve Got a Crush on You 10:57 [4] Mean to Me 15:56 [5] Fallout 20:48 [6] Sack of Woe 25:14 [7] My Heart Stood Still 31:38 [8] Violets for Your Furs 35:26 [9] Scrambled Eggs

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Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans – Know What I Mean? (1961)

Know What I Mean? is a 1962 jazz album by alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, accompanied by Bill Evans and the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet. It was released on the Riverside label as RLP-433.

Track listing

1. “Waltz for Debby” (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 5:15
2. “Goodbye” (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:15
3. “Who Cares?” (Take 5) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:57
4. “Venice” (John Lewis) – 2:55
5. “Toy” (Clifford Jordan) – 5:09
6. “Elsa” (Earl Zindars) – 5:52
7. “Nancy (With the Laughing Face)” (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:08
8. “Know What I Mean?” (Re-take 7) (Evans) – 4:54
9. “Who Cares?” (Take 4) – 5:55
10. “Know What I Mean?” (Take 12) – 7:01

Tracks 2–3, 7, 9–10 recorded on January 27, 1961; tracks 5 & 6 on February 21; tracks 1, 4 & 8 recorded on March 13, 1961, all at Bell Sound Studios, New York City.

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Bill Evans – piano and arranger
• Percy Heath – acoustic bass
• Connie Kay – drums

Joe Henderson – Mode for Joe (1966)

Mode for Joe is the fifth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, recorded and released in 1966. Featuring Henderson with a larger than usual ensemble consisting of trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Curtis Fuller, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Joe Chambers, it was Henderson’s last Blue Note recording as leader until the live albums The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2 almost 20 years later.

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Henderson, except where indicated.

"A Shade of Jade" – 7:08
"Mode for Joe" (Cedar Walton) – 8:00
"Black" (Walton) – 6:51
"Caribbean Fire Dance" – 6:41
"Granted" – 7:20
"Free Wheelin'" (Lee Morgan) – 6:39
"Black" (Walton) (alternate take) – 6:48 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
Cedar Walton – piano
Ron Carter – double bass
Joe Chambers – drums

Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay (1970)

Red Clay is an album recorded in 1970 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was his first album on Creed Taylor‘s CTI label and marked a shift toward the soul-jazz fusion sounds that would dominate his recordings in the later part of the decade. It entered at number 20 on Billboard’s Top 20 Best Selling Jazz LPs, on June 20, 1970.

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except where noted

"Red Clay" – 12:11
"Delphia" – 7:23
"Suite Sioux" – 8:38
"The Intrepid Fox" – 10:45
"Cold Turkey" (John Lennon) – 10:27 (recorded at original session; not released until CD issue)
"Red Clay" [Live] – 18:44 Bonus track on the 2001 and 2010 CD releases

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 27–29, 1970 except track 6 recorded live at the Southgate Palace in Los Angeles on July 19, 1971.

Personnel

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1–5)
Herbie Hancock – electric piano, Hammond organ (tracks 1–5)
Ron Carter – bass
Lenny White – drums (tracks 1–5)

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Hubert Laws – Wild Flower (1972)

Wild Flower is an album by the flautist Hubert Laws released on the Atlantic label in 1972.

Track listing

"Wild Flower" (John Murtaugh) - 3:14
"Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) - 4:05
"Equinox" (John Coltrane) - 6:26
"Ashanti" (Murtaugh) - 5:31
"Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 5:36
"Yoruba" (Murtaugh) - 6:07

    Recorded in New York City on October 22, 1971 (tracks 2 & 3), November 23, 1971 (tracks 1, 4 & 5) and January 27, 1972 (track 6)

Personnel

Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute, piccolo, electric flute
Gary Burton - vibraphone
Chick Corea - piano
Ron Carter, Richard Davis - double bass
Bernard Purdie - drums
Ramon "Mongo" Santamaría - congas
Joe Chambers, Airto Moreira, Warren Smith - percussion
Bernard Eichen, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Aaron Rosand - violin
Julian Barber, Selwart Clarke, Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Harry Zaratzian - viola
Seymour Barab, Richard Bock, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman - cello
John Murtaugh - arranger, conductor

Branford Marsalis – Renaissance (1987)

Renaissance is an album by the American musician Branford Marsalis, released in 1987. It peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums chart. Marsalis supported the album with a North American tour.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	“Just One of Those Things“
2.	“Lament”
3.	“The Peacocks”
4.	“Love Stone”
5.	“Citadel”
6.	“The Wrath (Structured Burnout)”
7.	“St. Thomas“

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