Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 18

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 18

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 18:

Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969)

In a Silent Way is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969, on Columbia Records. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in one session date on February 18, 1969, at CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City. Macero edited and arranged Davis’s recordings from the session to produce the album. Marking the beginning of his “electric” period, In a Silent Way has been regarded by music writers as Davis’s first fusion recording, following a stylistic shift toward the genre in his previous records and live performances.

Upon its release, the album was met by controversy among music critics, particularly those of jazz and rock music, who were divided in their reaction to its experimental musical structure and Davis’s electric approach. Since its initial reception, it has been regarded by fans and critics as one of Davis’s greatest and most influential works. In 2001, Columbia Legacy and Sony Music released the three-disc box set The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions, which includes additional tracks.

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Bass – Dave Holland Drums – Tony Williams Electric Piano – Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock Guitar – John McLaughlin Organ, Electric Piano – Josef Zawinul Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Trumpet – Miles Davis

Photography (Cover) – Lee Friedlander Engineer – Russ Payne, Stan Tonkel Producer – Teo Macero

A Shhh / Peaceful 0:00 B1 In A Silent Way 18:15 B2 It’s About That Time 22:27

Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy Atmosphere (1957)

Dizzy Atmosphere is an album featuring members of Dizzy Gillespie‘s Orchestra including trombonist Al Grey, saxophonist Billy Mitchell and trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded in 1957 and released on the Specialty label.

Track listing

All compositions by Roger Spotts except where noted.

"Dishwater" – 12:05
"Someone I Know" – 3:59
"D.D.T." – 4:04
"Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 5:55
"About Time" – 3:14
"Day by Day" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:26
"Rite of Swing" – 3:14
"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:18
"Someone I Know" [take 3 – alternate] – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Whisper Not" [take 3–4 – alternate] (Golson) – 6:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Over the Rainbow" [take 3 – alternate] (Arlen, Harburg) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Lee Morgan – trumpet
Al Grey – trombone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Billy Root – baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul West – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Benny Golson (tracks 4, 6 & 10), Roger Spotts (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9 & 11) – arranger

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt – Boss Tenors in Orbit!!! (1962)

Boss Tenors in Orbit! is a 1962 studio album by American jazz tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons.

Track listing

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 6:17
"Walkin'" (Jimmy Mundy) - 5:21
"Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) - 8:20
"John Brown's Body" (Traditional) - 7:22
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 9:58

Personnel

Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone
Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
Don Patterson - organ
Paul Weeden - guitar
Billy James - drums

Dave Holland/Sam Rivers – Vol. 1 & 2 (1976)

Dave Holland / Sam Rivers is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers and English double-bassist Dave Holland, recorded on December 9, 1975, and released on Improvising Artists early the following year.

Track listing

All music is composed by Sam Rivers.
Side one

1. “Waterfall” 17:08
   Side two
2. “Cascade” 21:19
   Total length: 38:27
   Personnel Sam Rivers – soprano saxophone (“Waterfall”), tenor saxophone (“Cascade”)
   Dave Holland – double bass

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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

1. “Forward March” Metheny 2:47
2. “Yolanda, You Learn” 4:43
3. “The First Circle” 9:10
4. “If I Could” Metheny 6:54
   Side two
5. “Tell It All” 7:55
6. “End of the Game” 7:57
7. “Más Allá (Beyond)” Metheny, Pedro Aznar 5:37
8. “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.

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

Ron Carter – Dear Miles (2006)

Dear Miles is an album by American bassist Ron Carter recorded in 2006 and originally released on the Japanese Somethin’ Else label with a US release on Blue Note Records.

Track listing

"Gone" (Gil Evans) – 4:47
"Seven Steps to Heaven" (Miles Davis, Victor Feldman) – 4:53
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:04
"Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 3:43
"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 6:45
"Cut and Paste" (Ron Carter) – 4:37
"Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 5:03
"As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) – 4:58
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) – 5:28
"595" (Ron Carter) – 4:36

Personnel

Ron Carter - bass
Stephen Scott – piano
Payton Crossley – drums
Roger Squitero – percussion

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