Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 19 & 20

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 19 & 20

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 19:

Barney Kessel/Ray Brown/Shelly Manne – The Poll Winners (1957)

The Poll Winners is an album by jazz guitarist Barney Kessel with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown that was recorded in 1957 and released by Contemporary Records. The album was the first of five to be released by the group.

Track listing

"Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 3:27
"Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 6:30
"It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:23
"Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 6:28
"Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:34
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 4:02
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:22
"Minor Mood" (Barney Kessel) - 3:18
"Nagasaki" (Harry Warren, Mort Dixon) - 3:05

Personnel

Barney Kessel - guitar
Ray Brown - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

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Abbey Lincoln – It’s Magic (1958)

t’s Magic is the third album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label.

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Track listing

"I Am in Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:49
"It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:03
"Just for Me" (Jimmy Komack) – 3:36
"An Occasional Man" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:23
"Ain't Nobody's Business" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) – 4:29
"Out of the Past" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 4:46
"Music, Maestro, Please!" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 3:18
"Love" (Blane, Martin) – 2:41
"Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:55
"Little Niles" (Randy Weston, Hendricks) – 5:03

Recorded in New York City on July 24 (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9) and August 15 (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 & 10), 1958

Personnel

Abbey Lincoln – vocals
Kenny Dorham (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9), Art Farmer (tracks 1–2, 6, 8 & 10) – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8)
Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson (tracks 3–4 & 7), Sahib Shihab (tracks 1 & 8) – baritone saxophone, flute
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers (tracks 3–5, 7 & 9), Sam Jones (tracks 1–2, 6, 8 & 10) – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

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Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring (1962)

Let Freedom Ring is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean, recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quartet with pianist Walter Davis Jr., bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Billy Higgins.

McLean wrote three of the four compositions. “Melody for Melonae” is dedicated to his daughter (as was an earlier composition, “Little Melonae”), and appeared as “Melanie” on Matador, a later recording that he made with Kenny Dorham. The slower-tempo performance on Let Freedom Ring was the first occasion that McLean used “provocative upper-register screams”. “Rene” and “Omega” are both blues-related pieces, the former with a standard twelve-bar structure and harmonies, the latter more abstract and modal. The one non-McLean track is Bud Powell‘s ballad, “I’ll Keep Loving You”.

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone Walter Davis, Jr. — piano Herbie Lewis — bass Billy Higgins — drums

“Melody for Melonae” – 13:24 “I’ll Keep Loving You” – 6:18 “Rene” – 10:03 “Omega” – 8:31

Herbie Hancock – My Point of View (1963)

My Point of View is the second album by pianist Herbie Hancock. It was released in 1963 on Blue Note Records as BLP 4126 and BST 84126. Musicians featured are trumpeter Donald Byrd, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, guitarist Grant Green (on two tracks), bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Tony Williams.

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Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Hancock

Side one

"Blind Man, Blind Man" – 8:19
"A Tribute to Someone" – 8:45

Side two

"King Cobra" – 6:55
"The Pleasure Is Mine" – 4:03
"And What If I Don't" – 6:35

CD re-release bonus track

"Blind Man, Blind Man" (alternate take) – 8:21

Note: On the CD reissue of the album, the length of “The Pleasure Is Mine” is incorrectly noted as being 8:00.
Personnel

Herbie Hancock – piano
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Grant Green – guitar (only 1, 5 & 6)
Chuck Israels – bass
Tony Williams – drums

Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (1963)

Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks, “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl from Ipanema“) and “Corcovado“. The artwork was done by artist Olga Albizu.^[1] Getz/Gilberto is a jazz and bossa nova album and includes tracks such as “Desafinado“, “Corcovado”, and “Garota de Ipanema”. The last received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year and started Astrud Gilberto’s career. “Doralice” and “Para Machucar Meu Coração” strengthened Gilberto’s and Jobim’s respect for the tradition of pre-bossa nova samba.

Getz/Gilberto is considered the record that popularized bossa nova worldwide and is one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, selling over one million copies. It was included in Rolling Stone‘s and Vibe‘s lists of best albums of all time. Getz/Gilberto was widely acclaimed by music critics, who praised Gilberto’s vocals and the album’s bossa nova groove and minimalism. Getz/Gilberto received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual, or Group and Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical; it also became the first non-American album to win Album of the Year, in 1965.

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Track listing:
Side one

1. “The Girl from Ipanema” Antônio Carlos JobimVinicius de MoraesNorman Gimbel 5:21
2. “Doralice” Antônio AlmeidaDorival Caymmi 2:47
3. “Para Machucar Meu Coração” Ary Barroso 5:07
4. “Desafinado” JobimNewton Mendonça 4:09
   Side two
5. “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” JobimGene Lees 4:17
6. “Só Danço Samba” JobimMoraes 3:42
7. “O Grande Amor” JobimMoraes 5:27
8. “Vivo Sonhando” Jobim 2:56
   Total length: 33:36
   1997 reissue bonus tracksNo. Title Length
9. “The Girl from Ipanema” (45 rpm version) 2:54
10. “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” (45 rpm version) 2:20
    Total length: 39:00
    Personnel Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
    João Gilberto – guitar, vocals
    Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
    Sebastião Neto – double bass
    Milton Banana – drums, pandeiro
    Astrud Gilberto – vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema”, “Corcovado”, “The Girl from Ipanema” (45 rpm issue) and “Corcovado” (45 rpm issue)

Jimmy Rowles – I’m Glad There is You (1985)

James George Hunter (August 19, 1918 – May 28, 1996), known professionally as Jimmy Rowles (sometimes spelled Jimmie Rowles), was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. As a bandleader and accompanist, he explored multiple styles including swing and cool jazz.

Other Dimensions in Music – Now! (1997)

Now! is the second album by the free jazz collective quartet Other Dimensions in Music, composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. It was recorded in studio in 1997 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. The music of the quartet is fully improvised.

Track listing

All compositions by Other Dimensions In Music

"For the Glass Tear / After Evening's Orange" - 33:00
"Tears for the Boy Wonder (For Winston Marsalis)" - 5:26
"Blue Expanded"- 12:16
"Whispers & Cries of Change (For Departed Musical Warriors)" - 6:04
"Dawm"- 8:23
"Steve's Festive Visions Revisited" - 8:20

Personnel

Daniel Carter - alto sax, tenor sax, flute, trumpet
Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet
William Parker - bass
Rashid Bakr - drums

Khan Jamal – Balafon Dance (2002)

From “Khan Jamal Quintet ‎- Balafon Dance”

Written and Arranged by Khan Jamal

Recorded at The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY – March 18 & 19, 2002

Balafon , Vibraphone – Khan Jamal
Alto Saxophone – Jemeel Moondoc
Trumpet , Flugelhorn – Roy Campbell
Bass – Dylan Taylor
Drums – Dwight James

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 20:

Miles Davis – Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Someday My Prince Will Come is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on December 11, 1961, by Columbia Records. Recorded at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York City, it marked the only Miles Davis Quintet studio recording session to feature saxophonist Hank Mobley.

Track Listing:

A1 Someday My Prince Will Come 0:00 A2 Old Folks 9:05 A3 Pfrancing 14:22 B1 Drad-Dog 22:56 B2 Teo 27:47 B3 I Thought About You 37:22

1 Someday My Prince Will Come
Written-By – F.E. Churchill*, L. Moery*
9:06
2 Old Folks
Written-By – D.L. Hill*, W. Robison*
5:16
3 Pfrancing
Written-By – M. Davis*
8:32
4 Drad Dog
Written-By – M. Davis*
4:30
5 Teo
Written-By – M. Davis*
9:35
6 I Thought About You
Written-By – J. Van Heusen*, J. Mercer 4:30

Personnel: Miles Davis – trumpet

Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone on all tracks except “Teo”

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone on “Someday My Prince Will Come” (master) and “Teo”

Wynton Kelly – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Jimmy Cobb – drums all tracks except “Blues No. 2” Philly

Joe Jones – drums on “Blues No. 2”

Released: December 11, 1961, recorded: March 7, 20, 21, 1961 Studio: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City.

Buck Hill Quartet – This is Buck Hill (1978)

This Is Buck Hill is the debut album by saxophonist Buck Hill which was recorded in 1978 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Tenor Saxophone – Buck Hill…. Bass – Buster Williams…. Drums – Billy Hart…. Piano – Kenny Barron

Track List: 1 Tokudo 8:46 2 Yesterdays 9:34 3 Oleo 5:11 4 I’m Aquarius 6:54 5 S.M.Y. 7:42 6 Two Chord Molly 10:23

Recorded – March 20, 1978.

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