Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 19

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 19

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 19:

Wynton Kelly – Kelly Blue (1959)

Kelly Blue is an album by American jazz pianist Wynton Kelly, released in 1959.

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Personnel

Musicians

Wynton Kelly – piano
Nat Adderley – cornet – tracks 1 and 5
Bobby Jaspar – flute – tracks 1 and 5
Benny Golson – tenor saxophone – tracks 1 and 5
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums

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Archie Shepp – Live in San Francisco (1966)

Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco is a live album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1966. The album contains a performance recorded by Shepp, trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassists Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell and drummer Beaver Harris at the now defunct Both/And Club in San Francisco, CA, on February 19, 1966. The CD edition also contains an extended track that was released on LP as Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime in 1969.

Track listing

"Keep Your Heart Right" (Roswell Rudd) – 1:15
"Lady Sings the Blues" (Herbie Nichols) – 7:32
"Sylvia" (Oley Speaks) – 5:35
"The Wedding" – 2:52
"Wherever June Bugs Go" – 10:25
"In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 6:14
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 7:56 Bonus track on CD
"Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime" – 32:54 Bonus track on CD

All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

    Recorded at the Both/And Club in San Francisco, CA, on February 19, 1966

Personnel

Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, piano, recitation
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Donald Garrett – bass
Lewis Worrell – bass
Beaver Harris – drums

Pharoah Sanders – Karma (1969)

Karma is a jazz recording by the American tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, released in May 1969 on the Impulse! label, with catalog number AS 9181. A pioneering work of the spiritual jazz style, it has become Sanders’ most popular and critically acclaimed album, with Pitchfork ranking it number 53 on its list of the greatest albums of the 1960s.

00:00 – The Creator Has a Master Plan 32:49 – Colors

Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone Leon Thomas — vocal, percussion Julius Watkins — french horn James Spaulding — flute on “The Creator Has a Master Plan” Lonnie Liston Smith — piano Reggie Workman — bass Richard Davis — bass on “The Creator Has a Master Plan” Ron Carter — bass on “Colors” Billy Hart — drums on “The Creator Has a Master Plan” Freddie Waits — drums on “Colors” Nathaniel Bettis — percussion on “The Creator Has a Master Plan” Impulse! Records, 1969.

Sonny Fortune – Awakening (1975)

Awakening is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded in 1975 and released on the Horizon label.

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Fortune except where noted.

"Triple Threat" (Rodgers Grant) - 10:27
"Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 9:38
"Sunshower" (Kenny Barron) - 5:14
"For Duke and Cannon" - 2:58
"Awakening" - 12:16

Personnel

Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone, flute, cowbell, chimes, claves, shaker, percussion
Charles Sullivan - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 5)
Kenny Barron - piano, electric piano (tracks 1–3 & 5)
John Hicks - piano (track 4)
Wayne Dockery (track 1 & 3–5), Reggie Workman (track 2) - bass
Billy Hart (tracks 1–3 & 5), Chip Lyle (track 4) - drums
Angel Allende - congas, percussion (tracks 2 & 5)

Marion Brown – Vista (1975)

Vista is an album by American jazz saxophonist Marion Brown recorded in 1975 and released on the Impulse! label.

Track listing

"Maimoun" (Stanley Cowell) – 7:33
"Visions" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:40
"Vista" (Marion Brown) – 7:44
"Moment of Truth" (Bill Braynon) – 4:36
"Bismillahi 'Rrahmani' Rrahim" (Harold Budd) – 6:02
"Djinji" (Braynon) – 9:45

Personnel

Marion Brown — alto saxophone, wind chimes
Stanley Cowell (tracks 1–3, 5–6)
Anthony Davis — piano, electric piano
Bill Braynon — celeste, electric piano (tracks 2–5)
Reggie Workman — bass (tracks 1 & 3–6)
Jimmy Hopps — drums (tracks 1 & 3–5)
Ed Blackwell — drums, slit drums, (tracks 3 & 6)
Jose Goico — congas, tambourine (tracks 1 & 3–6)
Allen Murphy – vocals (track 2), bells (track 5)
Harold Budd — celeste, gong (track 5)

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

Frank Lowe Trio – Vision Blue (1997)

Charlie Haden Quartet West – The Art of the Song (1999)

The Art of the Song is an album by jazz bassist Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, released in 1999. It reached number ten on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Quartet West was formed in 1986. Their repertoire consisted mainly of music from the 1930s and 1940s, often music associated with films of that period.

Guest vocalists Bill Henderson and Shirley Horn each perform four songs.

The orchestral accompaniment written for Shirley Horn of Leonard Bernstein’s “Lonely Town”, won Alan Broadbent a Grammy Award.

Track listing

"Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:30
"Why Did I Choose You" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 7:23
"Moment Musical, Op. 16, No. 3 in B minor" (Sergei Rachmaninoff) – 5:36
"In Love in Vain" (Jerome Kern, Leo Rubin) – 5:05
"Ruth's Waltz" (Charlie Haden, Arthur Hamilton) – 4:14
"Scenes from a Silver Screen" (Alan Broadbent) – 6:24
"I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph A. McCarthy) – 6:15
"You My Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Mack Gordon) – 4:24
"Prelude en La Mineur" (Maurice Ravel) – 5:14
"The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:56
"Easy on the Heart" (Haden, Hamilton) – 4:54
"Theme for Charlie" (Jeri Southern) – 4:07
"Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 4:23

Personnel

Charlie Haden Quartet West

Charlie Haden – bass, lead vocal on "Wayfaring Stranger"
Alan Broadbent – piano, arranger, conductor, orchestration
Larance Marable – drums
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone

Guest musicians

Murray Adler – violin, conductor, concertmaster, orchestra contractor
Bill Henderson – vocals on "Why Did I Choose You", "Ruth's Waltz", "You My Love", "Easy on the Heart"
Shirley Horn – vocals on "Lonely Town", "In Love in Vain", "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life", "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"

Orchestra

Ezra Kliger – violin
Gina Kronstadt – violin
Don Palmer – violin
Robert Peterson – violin
Kathleen Robinson – violin
Robert Sanov – violin
Harry Shirinian – violin
Paul Shure – violin
Rachel Sokolow – violin
Marcy Vaj – violin
Francine Walsh – violin
Tibor Zelig – violin
Charlie Bisharat – violin
Robert Brosseau – violin
Bobby Bruce – violin
Israel Baker – violin
Russ Cantor – violin
Suzanna Giordono – viola
Steve Gordon – viola
Paolo Gozzetti – viola
Mimi Granat – viola
Carol Mukagawa – viola
Earl Madison – cello
Ray Kelley – cello
Suzie Katayama – cello
Jerry Kessler – cello
Larry Corbett – cello
Adrian Rosen – bass
Dennis Michael Trembly – bass