Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 9

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 9

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 9:

Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1949)

Birth of the Cool is a compilation album by the American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis. It was released in February or March 1957 on Capitol Records. It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis’s nonet for the label over the course of three sessions during 1949 and 1950.

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Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements influenced by Afro-American music and classical music techniques, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title suggests, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz. Most of them were originally released in the 10-inch 78-rpm format and are all approximately three minutes long.

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TrackList:

1.Move 2.Jeru 3.Moon Dreams 4.Venus de Milo 5.Budo 6.Godchild 7.Boplicity 8.Israel 9.Deception 10.Rocker 11.Rouge

PERSONNEL:

• MILES DAVIS, trumpet on all tracks, accompanied by:

• SIDE A, 1-4: Kai Winding (trombone), Junior Collins (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Al Haig (piano), Joe Shulman (bass), Max Roach (drums).
• New York, January 21, 1949.

• SIDE A, 5-6 & SIDE B, 1-2: J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Nelson Boyd (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums).
• New York, April 22, 1949.

• SIDE B, 3-6: J.J. Johnson (trombone), Gunther Schuller (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Al McKibbon (bass), Max Roach (drums), Kenny Hagood (vc on B6 only).
• New York, March 9, 1950.

• (*) BONUS TRACK: Miles Davis (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Sonny Rollins (ts), Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Charles Mingus (b), Art Blakey (d).
• New York, October 5, 1951

This “Birth of The Cool” was, in the context of the time in which it was recorded, (between January 1949 and March 1950), a real stylistic revolution. The twelve songs that make up the complete version of this wonderful album, reissued many times throughout these almost eighty years that have passed since it was recorded, constitute the foundational corpus of a musical movement. It was the product of long weeks of gestation by the arranger, Gil Evans, and the trumpeter, Miles Davis. The so-called “Cool Jazz” style.

Gil Evans came, musically speaking, from the Claude Thornhill orchestra and Miles Davis came, no more and no less, from being Charlie Parker”s regular trumpet player. The first “tuba band” -later called the Capitol Orchestra or Noneto-, performed in September 1948 at the Royal Roost in New York for two weeks and aroused little interest from the public and a lot of enthusiasm from the critics. Those first dalliances were still influenced by the nervous climate of the prevailing bebop.

The “Cool” movement, so called in a reductive way, was born here, on this album, gestated for months in a modest apartment that Gil Evans had in New York. It was recorded during three sessions over more than a year of deep research, and today are absolutely essential in any disco or jazz collection. It also turns out, and this is another reason to recommend this fabulous album, that these are the first recordings of Miles Davis to his name in his entire career, when he was only 24 years old.

From the release of this album, which was immediately extraordinarily well received, not only among the “boopers” of the Big Apple, but also on the West Coast of the United States, a powerful seed germinated. This ultimately served as the basic pillar for what, since then, has been called the “Wes Coast Jazz” sound.

The secret of that music, unrepeatable not only because of the physical absence of its protagonists, but also because it corresponds in a historical and stylistic sense to an era of recapitulation, modernity, and reflection on the jazz heritage. It was recognized by the perfect group execution of the instrumentalists. The discipline of its musicians with the arrangements, the imagination, and inventiveness of the solos, and the reflective, lyrical, and introspective character of the resulting music.

“Cool” Give jazz a new musical vision of enormous importance, and helped Miles Davis to clearly define the main features of the style. This would make him, throughout his prolific and successful career, one of the most influential musicians and creators of all time.

The other main protagonists of the so-called “Capital Nonet”, who participate in the gestation of this album, are the baritone saxophonist, Gerry Mulligan. The alto saxophonist, Lee Konitz, the trombonists, Kai Winding and Jay Jay Johnson, the drummers, Kenny Clark and Max Roach, and the pianists, Al Haig and John Lewis. Nelson Bopy and Joe Shulman on double bass. In the arrangements, as we have already said, Gil Evans, John Lewis, Johnny Carisi, and Miles Davis.

An absolutely essential album in the history of jazz.

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Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (1958)

Somethin’ Else is an album by American jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, recorded on March 9, 1958, and released on Blue Note in August later that year—his only album for the label. Also on the session is trumpeter Miles Davis in one of his handful of recording dates for Blue Note. Adderley was a member of Davis’ group at the time, and the album was recorded shortly after Davis’ own landmark album Milestones.

Musicians:

• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Hank Jones – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Art Blakey – drums

Ornette Coleman – Tomorrow is the Question! (1959)

Tomorrow Is the Question!, subtitled The New Music of Ornette Coleman!, is the second album by American jazz musician Ornette Coleman, originally released in 1959 by Contemporary Records. It was Coleman’s last album for the label before he began a highly successful multi-album series for Atlantic Records in 1959.

As well as regular side man Don Cherry on trumpet, the album features bassists Percy Heath and Red Mitchell, and drummer Shelly Manne.

Track listing

All pieces written by Ornette Coleman.

"Tomorrow Is the Question!" – 3:09
"Tears Inside" – 5:00
"Mind and Time" – 3:08
"Compassion" – 4:37
"Giggin'" – 3:19
"Rejoicing" – 4:01
"Lorraine" – 5:55
"Turnaround" – 7:58
"Endless" – 5:18

Track 7 recorded on January 16, 1959; tracks 8 and 9 on February 23; tracks 1–6 recorded on March 9 and 10, 1959.
Personnel:

Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
Don Cherry – trumpet
Percy Heath – bass (tracks 1–6)
Shelly Manne – drums
Red Mitchell – bass (tracks 7–9)

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

Stan Getz – Voyage (1986)

Voyage is a 1986 jazz album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, accompanied by pianist Kenny Barron, who consistently played with his group for the last five years of Getz’s career, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Victor Lewis. This album was released late in Getz’ career and was rare to find until its 2008 re-release due to high demand and low supply. The style of Voyage is very versatile, ranging from Cool Jazz to Post-Bop.

Track listing:

#	Title	Songwriters	Length
1.	“I Wanted to Say”	Victor Lewis	9:25
2.	“I Thought About You”	Jimmy Van Heusen	5:26
3.	“Yesterdays”	Jerome Kern	9:18
4.	“Dreams”	Kenny Barron	10:22
5.	“Falling in Love”	Victor Feldman	8:22
6.	“Voyage”	Kenny Barron	7:04
7.	“Just Friends”	John Klenner	9:23

Personnel:

• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Barron – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Victor Lewis – drums
• Herb Wong – producer, line notes
• Roger Seibel – Mastered the production
• Babatunde Lea – percussion
• Phil Edwards – Mixing Engineer
• Jim Dean – Assistant Engineer

Billy Bang Quartet – Valve No. 10 (1988)

Valve No. 10 is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1988 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Bang except as indicated

"P.M." (Paul Mitchell, Sirone) - 5:45
"Valve No. 10" - 9:12
"September 23rd" - 5:49
"Improvisation for Four" - 4:08
"Bien-Hoa Blues" - 4:56
"Holiday for Flowers" (William Parker) - 5:28
"Lonnie's Lament" (John Coltrane) - 12:16

    Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on March 8 & 9, 1988

Personnel

Billy Bang - violin, poetry
Frank Lowe - tenor saxophone
Sirone – bass
Dennis Charles – drums

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