Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 17

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 17

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 17:

Hampton Hawes – For Real! (1958)

For Real! is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1958 but not released on the Contemporary label until 1961.

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Track listing

"Hip" (Hampton Hawes) - 6:14
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 9:20
"Crazeology" (Benny Harris) - 6:40
"Numbers Game" (Hawes, Harold Land) - 8:04
"For Real" (Hawes, Land) - 11:21
"I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 3:56

Personnel

Hampton Hawes - piano
Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Scott LaFaro - bass
Frank Butler - drums

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Booker Little – Out Front (1961)

Out Front is a 1961 album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded and released by the Candid label.

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Little

"We Speak" – 6:47
"Strength and Sanity" – 6:18
"Quiet Please" – 8:11
"Moods in Free Time" – 5:45
"Man of Words" – 4:52
"Hazy Hues" – 6:42
"A New Day" – 5:31

*Recorded at Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on March 17, 1961 (tracks 1, 3 and 7) and April 4, 1961 (tracks 2 & 4–6).
Personnel

Booker Little – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Don Friedman – piano
Art Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 7), Ron Carter (tracks 2 and 4–6) – bass
Max Roach – drums, timpani, vibraphone

Sam Rivers – Involution (1967)

Dimensions & Extensions is an album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers, recorded in 1967 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1986 with the original catalogue number and the intended cover artwork.

It was originally scheduled for issue in 1967, but held back from release until 1975, when the tracks appeared as part of the double LP set, Involution (1976, BN-LA 453-H2), which combined them with tracks recorded under Andrew Hill‘s leadership that would eventually see release as Change.

John Coltrane – Expression (1967)

Expression is a studio album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded in early 1967 and released in late September of that year, around Coltrane’s birthday, and two months after his death. This was the first posthumous release of a Coltrane recording. It was also his first charting album, reaching a small No. 194 on the Billboard Top LPs.

00:00 – – – A1 — Ogunde (John Coltrane) – – – (3.34) 03:43 – – – A2 — To Be (John Coltrane) – – – (16.18) 20:05 – – – B1 — Offering (John Coltrane) – – – (8.21) 28:31 – – – B2 — Expression (John Coltrane) – – – (10.46) 39:22 – – – End Side b)

Personnel:

John Coltrane – Tenor Sax
Alice Coltrane – Piano
Jimmy Garrison – Bass
Rashied Ali – Drums
. . . “Ogunde” (Recorded March 17, 1967)
. . . “Offering” (Recorded February 15, 1967)
. . . “Expression” (Recorded March 17, 1967)

John Coltrane – Flute
Alice Coltrane – Piano
Jimmy Garrison – Bass
Rashied Ali – Drums
Pharoah Sanders – Piccolo
. . . “To Be” (Recorded February 15, 1967)

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs.

Shirley Horn – The Main Ingredient (1995)

The Main Ingredient is a 1995 album by Shirley Horn.

Track listing

"Blues for Sarge" (Ronald R. Dawson) – 4:16
"The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:22
"Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:46
"The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 7:55
"Here's Looking at You" (Carroll Coates) – 3:27
"You Go to My Head" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 9:08
"Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) – 4:42
"Come in from the Rain" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:50
"Peel Me a Grape" (Dave Frishberg) – 2:55
"All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 7:10

Personnel:

Shirley Horn – piano, vocals
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Buck Hill
Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn
Charles Ables – guitar, electric bass
Steve Novosel – double bass
Billy Hart – drums
Elvin Jones – drums
Steve Williams – drums

Avishai Cohen – Adama (1998)

Adama is the debut album by bassist Avishai Cohen.

Music and recording

All but one of the tracks were written by Cohen; the other is “Besame Mucho”.
No. Title Length

“Ora” 4:19
“Madrid” 4:45
“Bass Suite #1” 5:51
“Reunion of the Souls” 5:20
“Dror” 5:17
“No Change” 4:30
“Bass & Bone Fantasy” 4:07
“Adama” 5:56
“Bass Suite #2” 4:37
“Besame Mucho” (Consuelo Velázquez) 7:24
“Gadu” 6:20
“Jasonity” 1:18
Personnel Avishai Cohen – bass
Steve Wilson – soprano sax
Steve Davis – trombone
Jason Lindner, Brad Mehldau – (track 10), Danilo Pérez – piano
Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes (track 11)
Amos Hoffman – guitar, oud
Jeff Ballard – drums, percussion
Jorge Rossy – drums (tracks 10, 11)
Don Alias – congas (track 11)
Claudia Acuña – vocals (track 12)