Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 25

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 25

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 25:

Clifford Brown/Max Roach – Study in Brown (1955)

Study in Brown (EmArcy Records, 1955) is a Clifford Brown and Max Roach album. The album consists predominantly of originals by members of the band. The songs “Lands End”, by tenor saxophonist Harold Land, and “Sandu”, by Brown, have gone on to become jazz standards. The song “George’s Dilemma” is also known as “Ulcer Department”. Brown’s solo on “Cherokee” is among the most acclaimed solos in jazz.

Clifford Brown – trumpet…. Harold Land – tenor saxophone…. Richie Powell – piano…. George Morrow – Bass…. Max Roach – drums

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“Cherokee” – 5:44 “Jacqui” – 5:11 “Swingin’” – 2:52 “Lands End” – 4:57 “George’s Dilemma” – 5:36 “Sandu” – 4:57 “Gerkin for Perkin” – 2:56 “If I Love Again” – 3:24 “Take the ‘A’ Train” – 4:16

Recorded – February 23-25, 1955 – New York City.

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Art Taylor – Taylor’s Wailers (1957)

Taylor’s Wailers is the debut album by drummer Art Taylor, released in 1957 on Prestige. It features tracks recorded mainly on February 25, 1957, plus a track from a different session featuring John Coltrane on saxophone.

Track listing:

1. “Batland” (Lee Sears) – 9:52
2. “C.T.A.” (Jimmy Heath) – 4:43
3. “Exhibit A” (Sears) – 6:16
4. “Cubano Chant” (Bryant) – 6:36
5. “Off Minor” (Monk) – 5:38
6. “Well You Needn’t” (Monk) – 7:55

Personnel:

Tracks 1, 3–6

• Art Taylor – drums
• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Jackie McLean – alto sax
• Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
• Ray Bryant – piano
• Wendell Marshall – bass

Track 2

• Art Taylor – drums
• John Coltrane – tenor sax
• Red Garland – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass

Jimmy Smith – The Sermon! / House Party / Confirmation (1958)

The Sermon! is the eleventh studio album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on August 25, 1957, and February 25, 1958, and released on Blue Note in 1959—Smith’s fifteenth album for the label.

Personnel: Jimmy Smith – organ Lee Morgan – trumpet Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone Kenny Burrell – guitar Art Blakey – drums

Released: December 1959 Recorded: February 25, 1958 Studio: Manhattan Towers, New York City.

House Party is the tenth studio album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded on August 25, 1957, and February 25, 1958, and released on Blue Note in 1958—his fourteenth release for the label.

Tracklist 00:00 A1 Au Private Written-By – Charlie Parker 15:10 A2 Lover Man Written-By – Ramirez 22:11 B1 Just Friends Written-By – Klenner, Lewis 37:27 B2 Blues After All Written-By – Jimmy Smith

Personnel:

Jimmy Smith – organ Lee Morgan – trumpet (except “Lover Man”) Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone (except “Lover Man”) Kenny Burrell (except “Lover Man”), Eddie McFadden (“Lover Man”) – guitar Art Blakey (except “Lover Man”), Donald Bailey (“Lover Man”) – drums

Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch! (1964)

Out to Lunch! is a 1964 album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. His only recording on Blue Note as a leader, it was issued as BLP 4163 and BST 84163. Featuring Dolphy in a quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tony Williams, it is considered by critics as one of the finest albums issued on Blue Note. It is one of the high points of 1960s avant-garde jazz. The album cover designed by Reid Miles features a photo of a “Will Be Back” sign displayed in a shop window showing a seven-handed clock.

Track listing:

All compositions by Eric Dolphy.

"Hat and Beard" – 8:24
"Something Sweet, Something Tender" – 6:02
"Gazzelloni" – 7:22
"Out to Lunch" – 12:06
"Straight Up and Down" – 8:19

Personnel:

Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet (tracks 1–2), flute (track 3), alto saxophone (tracks 4–5)
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
Richard Davis – double bass
Tony Williams – drums

Alexander von Schlippenbach – Monk’s Casino (2004)

Monk’s Casino is a live album by German free jazz pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach featuring the complete compositions of Thelonious Monk recorded in Germany in 2003-04 for the Intakt label. According to the liner notes by critic John Corbett, Monk’s Casino is the first ever comprehensive recording project to include all Monk’s songs.

Track listing:

All compositions by Thelonious Monk

Disc One:

"Thelonious" - 3:18
"Locomotive" - 1:37
"Trinkle-Tinkle" - 4:10
"Stuffy Turkey" - 0:44
"Coming on the Hudson" - 3:40
"Intro Bemsha Swing" - 3:29
"Bemsha Swing/52nd Street Theme" - 5:10
"Pannonica" - 1:36
"Evidence" - 4:25
"Misterioso/Sixteen/Skippy" - 10:05
"Monk's Point" - 1:23
"Green Chimneys/Little Rootie Tootie" - 5:21
"San Francisco Holiday" - 1:20
"Off Minor" - 2:23
"Gallop's Gallop" - 5:35
"Crepuscule with Nellie" - 2:17
"Hackensack" - 3:56
"Consecutive Second's" - 2:47

Disc Two:

"Brilliant Corners" - 4:14
"Eronel" - 3:36
"Monk's Dream" - 2:19
"Shuffle Boil" - 2:46
"Hornin' In" - 5:21
"Criss Cross" - 3:19
"Introspection" - 4:14
"Ruby, My Dear" - 0:58
"In Walked Bud" - 4:22
"Let's Cool One/Let's Call This" - 3:53
"Jackie-ing" - 2:45
"Humph" - 3:11
"Functional" - 0:53
"Work/I Mean You" - 3:53
"Monk's Mood" - 3:21
"Four in One/Round About Midnight" - 6:21
"Played Twice" - 5:37
"Friday the 13th" - 1:24
"Ugly Beauty" - 2:45
"Bye-Ya/Oska T." - 0:48

Disc Three:

"Bolivar Blues/Well You Needn't" - 2:48
"Brake's Sake" - 1:22
"Nutty" - 2:41
"Who Knows" - 2:28
"Blue Hawk/North of the Sunset/Blue Sphere/Something in Blue" - 1:40
"Boo Boo's Birthday" - 4:31
"Ask Me Now" - 5:12
"Think of One" - 2:29
"Raise Four" - 0:58
"Japanese Folk Song/Children's Song/Blue Monk" - 5:35
"We See" - 3:11
"Bright Mississippi" - 2:41
"Reflections" - 1:48
"Five Spot Blues" - 1:29
"Light Blue" - 0:59
"Teo" - 3:47
"Rhythm-a-ning" - 5:57
"A Merrier Christmas" - 0:41
"Straight, No Chaser/Epistrophy" - 6:43

Personnel:

Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
Axel Dörner - trumpet
Rudi Mahall - bass clarinet
Jan Roder - bass
Uli Jennessen - drums

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