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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 16

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 16:

Coleman Hawkins – Rainbow Mist (1944)

Rainbow Mist is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins compiling recordings from 1944 originally released by Apollo Records that was released by the Delmark label in 1992.

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Track listing

"Rainbow Mist" (Coleman Hawkins) – 2:55
"Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:57
"Bu-Dee-Daht" (Budd Johnson, Charlie Hart) – 3:10
"Disorder at the Border" (Hawkins) – 2:54
"Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:53
"Feeling Zero" (Hawkins) – 2:55
"Salt Peanuts" (Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:53
"Uptown Lullaby" (Leonard Feather) – 3:17
"Pick-Up Boys" (Feather) – 2:59
"Porgy" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:00
"Concerto for Tenor" (Johnson) – 3:13
"Taps Miller" (Count Basie) – 3:08
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:30
"Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 3:08

Personnel

Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–10)

Tracks 1–6: Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra:

Dizzy Gillespie, Ed Vandever Vic Coulson – trumpet
Leo Parker, Leonard Lowry – alto saxophone
Don Byas, Ray Abrams – tenor saxophone
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Clyde Hart – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Max Roach – drums

Recorded in New York City on February 16, 1944 (tracks 2, 3 & 5) and February 22, 1944 (tracks 1, 4 & 6)

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Sonny Stitt – Kaleidoscope (1951)

Kaleidoscope is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded in 1950-52 and released on the Prestige label in 1957. The 1991 CD reissue added four bonus tracks to the original LP.

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Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt and Bill Massey except as indicated

"Stitt's It" – 2:35
"Cool Mambo" – 2:40
"Blue Mambo" – 2:25
"Sonny Sounds" – 2:29
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:02
"Later" (Sonny Stitt) – 3:00
"P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 3:00
"This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:47
"Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:24
"Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 2:33
"Can't We Be Friends" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 2:41
"Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:45
"To Think You've Chosen Me" (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss) – 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
"After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Our Very Own" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) – 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
"'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:24 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded in New York City on February 17, 1950 (tracks 5 & 6), October 8, 1950 (tracks 13–16), December 15, 1950 (tracks 9 & 10), January 31, 1951 (tracks 11 & 12), February 1, 1951 (tracks 7 & 8) and February 25, 1952 (tracks 1–4)

Personnel

Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–6 & 13–16), baritone saxophone (tracks 7–8), alto saxophone (tracks 9–12)
John Hunt (tracks 1–4), Bill Massey (tracks 1–4 & 13–16), Joe Newman (tracks 1–4) – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone (tracks 13–16)
Gene Ammons – baritone saxophone (tracks 13–16)
Charlie Bateman (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Kenny Drew (tracks 5 & 6), John Houston (tracks 1–4), Junior Mance (tracks 9–16) – piano
Tommy Potter (tracks 5 & 6), Ernie Shepherd (tracks 1–4), Gene Wright (tracks 7–16) – bass
Art Blakey (tracks 5, 6, 9 & 10), Wes Landers (tracks 13–16), Teddy Stewart (tracks 7, 8, 11 & 12), Shadow Wilson (tracks 1–4) – drums
Humberto Molares – congas (tracks 1–4)
Larry Townsend – vocals (tracks 13–16)

Archie Shepp – Fire Music (1965)

Fire Music is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965. “Malcolm, Malcolm Semper Malcolm” is dedicated to Malcolm X, whilst “Los Olvidados” is a homage to the 1950 film of the same name. Featured musicians include trumpeter Ted Curson, trombonist Joe Orange, alto saxophonist Marion Brown, bassist Reggie Johnson and drummer Joe Chambers.

Track listing

"Hambone" (Archie Shepp) – 12:29
"Los Olvidados" (Shepp) – 8:54
"Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm" (Shepp) – 4:48
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) – 4:50
"The Girl from Ipanema" (DeMoraes, Gimbel, Jobim) – 8:36
"Hambone" [Live] – 11:53 Bonus track on CD, recorded live at the Village Gate on March 28, 1965

Personnel

Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, recitation on track 3
Ted Curson – trumpet
Joseph Orange – trombone
Marion Brown – alto saxophone
Reggie Johnson – double bass except track 3
Joe Chambers – drums except track 3
David Izenzon – double bass on track 3
J.C. Moses – drums on track 3

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Pat Metheny Group – First Circle (1984)

First Circle is the fourth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was recorded over four days in February 1984 and released on ECM later that year. Metheny is joined by Lyle Mays on keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass, Paul Wertico on drums, and Pedro Aznar on vocals, percussion, and guitar. First Circle won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except where noted.
Side one

“Forward March” Metheny 2:47
“Yolanda, You Learn” 4:43
“The First Circle” 9:10
“If I Could” Metheny 6:54
Side two
“Tell It All” 7:55
“End of the Game” 7:57
“Más Allá (Beyond)” Metheny, Pedro Aznar 5:37
“Praise” 4:19
Personnel: Pat Metheny – electric guitar, acoustic six-and twelve-string guitars, slide guitar, Synclavier guitar, Danelectro sitar guitar
Lyle Mays – piano, synthesizers, Oberheim, organ, agogô bells, trumpet
Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass, kick drum
Paul Wertico – drums, field drum, cymbals
Pedro Aznar – vocals, percussion, glockenspiel, acoustic, electric and twelve-string guitars, whistle

Eddie Gale Quintet – A Minute With Miles (1992)

Eddie Gale, on trumpet, Ismael Navarette on saxophone, Larry Willis on piano, Ben Allison on bass, and Paul Murphy on drums.

https://music.apple.com/co/album/papas-bounce/6049895

Papa’s Bounce is an album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, a jazz band formed by percussionist Kahil El’Zabar, who is joined by trombonist Joseph Bowie, saxophonist Ernest Dawkins and percussionist ‘Atu’ Harold Murray. It was recorded in 1998 and released on CIMP.

Track listing

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar

"Papa's Bounce" – 14:32
"Dance'm" – 6:10
"Song of My Self" – 10:01
"Blue Rwanda" – 11:08
"Spirit Dancer" – 10:14
"Indestructible Consciousness" – 8:58
"Sunshine Serenade" – 9:21

Personnel

Kahil El'Zabar – drums, voice, thumb piano
Ernest Dawkins – alto sax, tenor sax, percussion
Joseph Bowie – trombone, percussion, voice
'Atu' Harold Murray – percussion, vaccine