Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 3

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 3

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 3:

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Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple (1966)

Adam’s Apple is the tenth album by post-bop jazz artist Wayne Shorter. Recorded in 1966 and released in 1967, it included the first recording of his composition “Footprints“, later recorded by the Miles Davis Quintet for the album Miles Smiles (1967). Shorter is featured with pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers. The CD release includes the Hancock composition “The Collector” (also known as “Teo’s Bag“) as a bonus track.

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Track listing

Original release (1967)

All compositions by Wayne Shorter except where noted.
A1. "Adam's Apple" – 6:49
A2. "502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin')" (Jimmy Rowles) – 6:34
A3. "El Gaucho" – 6:30
B1. "Footprints" – 7:29
B2. "Teru" – 6:12
B3. "Chief Crazy Horse" – 7:34

Bonus track on CD reissue (1987)

7. "The Collector" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:54

"Adam's Apple" recorded on February 3, 1966; all other tracks recorded February 24, 1966.

Personnel

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Reggie Workman – bass
Joe Chambers – drums

Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Awakening (1970)

The Awakening is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring trio performances with bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant recorded in 1970 for the Impulse! label.

Track listing

"The Awakening" (Ahmad Jamal) – 6:19
"I Love Music" (Emil Boyd, Hale Smith) – 7:19
"Patterns" (Ahmad Jamal) – 6:19
"Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 5:05
"You're My Everything" (Harry Warren, Joe Young, Mort Dixon) – 4:40
"Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 6:27
"Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 4:25

Personnel

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Ahmad Jamal – piano
Jamil Nasser – bass
Frank Gant – drums

Chick Corea – Return to Forever (1972)

Return to Forever is a jazz fusion album by Chick Corea recorded over two days in February 1972 but was not released in the USA until 1975—Corea’s fourth release for the label. It is the debut of a quintet featuring singer Flora Purim, flautist/saxophonist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke and percussionist Airto Moreira, who would go on to record under the name Return to Forever.

Track listing:

All music is composed by Chick Corea.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	“Return to Forever”		12:06
2.	“Crystal Silence”		6:59
3.	“What Game Shall We Play Today”	Neville Potter	4:30
Total length:			23:35

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	“Sometime Ago – La Fiesta”	Potter	23:13
Total length:			23:13 46:48

Personnel:

Return to Forever

Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone
Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (tracks 1–3), double bass (track 4)
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
Flora Purim – vocals, percussion

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Weather Report – Sweetnighter (1973)

Sweetnighter is the third studio album by American jazz fusion band Weather Report, released by Columbia Records in 1973.

Track listing

Side one

"Boogie Woogie Waltz" (Josef Zawinul) – 13:06
"Manolete" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:58
"Adios" (Zawinul) – 3:02

Side two

"125th Street Congress" (Zawinul) – 12:16
"Will" (Miroslav Vitouš) – 6:22
"Non-Stop Home" (Shorter) – 3:53

Personnel

Weather Report

Joe Zawinul – piano (tracks 2 & 6), electric piano (1–5), synthesizer (1–2, 6)
Wayne Shorter – saxophones
Miroslav Vitouš – acoustic bass (1, 2), electric bass (3, 5)
Andrew White – electric bass (1, 2, 4, 6), English horn (3, 5)[7]
Herschel Dwellingham – drums (1–2, 4, 6)
Eric Gravatt – drums (2 & 4)
Muruga Booker – Moroccan clay drums (1–2), roller toy (3), Israeli jar drums (4)
Dom Um Romão – percussion, wooden flute

Production

Shoviza Productions – producer
Phil Giambalvo – engineer
John Berg – cover design
Dick Hess – cover art

Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition – Audio-Visualscapes (1988)

Audio-Visualscapes is an album by Jack DeJohnette‘s Special Edition, featuring Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Mick Goodrick, and Lonnie Plaxico, recorded in 1988 and released on the MCA/Impulse! label.

Track listing:

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

Side one

"PM's AM" - 5:50
"Donjo" (Greg Osby) - 6:20
"Master Mind" (Osby) - 8:07

Side two

"Slam Tango" - 6:06
"The Sphinx" (Ornette Coleman) - 15:22

Side three

"One for Eric" - 12:10
"Brown, Warm & Wintery" - 5:45

Side four

"Audio-Visualscapes" (DeJohnette, Lonnie Plaxico, Osby, Mick Goodrick, Gary Thomas) - 14:25

Personnel:

Jack DeJohnette – drums, synthesizer (sampled grand piano, expander, drum machine)
Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet (through voice processor and Vocoder)
Greg Osby – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (through Pitch Rider)
Lonnie Plaxico – electric bass, upright bass
Mick Goodrick – electric guitar

The Modern Jazz Quartet – For Ellington (1988)

For Ellington is a tribute album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances of compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1988 and released on the East West label.

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"For Ellington" (John Lewis) - 8:01
"Jack the Bear" - 5:04
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 5:05
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 5:45
"Ko Ko" - 5:44
"Maestro E.K.E." (Milt Jackson) - 5:37
"Sepia Panorama" - 5:32
"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Mills) - 6:33
"Come Sunday" - 4:11

Personnel

Milt Jackson - vibraphone
John Lewis - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums, percussion

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Music Revelation Ensemble (1988)

Music Revelation Ensemble is the second album by James Blood Ulmer‘s Music Revelation Ensemble featuring saxophonist David Murray, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, recorded in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Track listing:

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer except as indicated

“Bodytalk” – 12:43
“Playtime” – 11:33
“Nisa” – 11:53
“Street Bride” – 8:45
“Blues for David” – 5:01
“Burn!” (Ronald Shannon Jackson, David Murray, Kazunori Sugiyama, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, James Blood Ulmer) – 8:41

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