Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 11 & 12

Jazz albums recorded April 11:

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in London (1974)

Ella in London is a 1974 live album by the American singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a quartet led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan.

It is significant as Fitzgerald's only live album recorded in England, although a decade earlier she had recorded four songs for her 1964 album Hello, Dolly! in London. This live date was recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London.

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Track listing

1. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:15
2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:12
3. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 2:57
4. "The Man I Love" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 8:10
5. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 7:25
6. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 6:46
7. "Lemon Drop" (George Wallington) – 3:48
8. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 4:13
9. “Happy Blues” (Ella Fitzgerald) – 6:00

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Personnel

Recorded April 11, 1974, at Ronnie Scott's, London, England:

Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Tommy Flanagan Quartet:
    Tommy Flanagan - piano
    Joe Pass - guitar
    Keter Betts - double bass
    Bobby Durham - drums

Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music (1982)

Although best known as a flexible and tasteful drummer, Bob Moses displayed a great deal of talent as a composer and arranger on this exciting project. He utilized a particularly colorful cast of characters, including altoist David Gross, Jim Pepper on tenor, cornetist Terumasa Hino, trombonist Barry Rogers, flutist Jeremy Steig, vibraphonist David Friedman, guitarist Bill Frisell, keyboardist Lyle Mays, electric bassist Steve Swallow, Howard Johnson on electric contrabass clarinet and tuba, and the voices of Sheila Jordan and Jeanne Lee, among many others. Some of the music is quite lyrical and laid-back, and there are tributes to Miles Davis and Billy Strayhorn, but it is the rambunctious and hilarious “Everybody Knows You When You’re Up and In” (his answer to “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”) that is most memorable. Highly recommended (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).

Tracklist:

[00:00:00] 01. Trevor [00:05:00] 02. Picolo And Lulu [00:07:53] 03. Everybody Knows When You're Up And In [00:12:23] 04. Lava Flow [00:21:44] 05. Happy To Be Here Today [00:24:31] 06. For Miles [00:31:45] 07. Embraceable Jew [00:36:42] 08. Bugs Bunny [00:45:15] 09. Black Orchid [00:51:15] 10. Disappearing Blues [00:53:27] 11. Ripped Van Winkle [01:00:53] 12. Blame It On The Egg [01:02:15] 13. The River

Personnel:

Acoustic Bass – Michael Formanek
Alto Saxophone – David Gross
Contrabass [Electric], Clarinet, Tuba – Howard Johnson
Cornet – Terumasa Hino
Drums – Bob Weiner (tracks: 6)
Electric Bass – Paul Socolow (tracks: 6), Steve Swallow
Electric Guitar – Bill Frisell
Flute [Bass] – Jeremy Steig (tracks: 13)
Label - Gramavision
Percussion – Aiyb Dieng, Joe Bonadio
Percussion, Voice – Naná Vasconcelos
Producer – Bob Moses, Pat Metheny
Producer, Written-By, Artwork [Front Cover Art] – Bob Moses
Synthesizer – Lyle Mays
Tenor Saxophone – Jim Pepper
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Doc Halliday
Trombone, Bass Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Chris Rogers
Vibraphone, Marimba – David Friedman
Voice – Bemshi Shearer (tracks: 4, 13), Jahnet Levatin (tracks: 13), Jeanne Lee (tracks: 13), Marion Cowings (tracks: 4, 13), Paula Potocki (tracks: 13), Sheila Jordan (tracks: 5), Toni Wilson (tracks: 13)

Charles Gayle Quartet feat. John Tchicai - Always Born (1988)

William Parker - In Order to Survive (1993)

In Order to Survive is an album by American jazz double bassist William Parker which was recorded live in 1993 and released on the Italian Black Saint label. After the album, Parker groups have been known as In Order To Survive. The cover art was made by Jeff Schlanger, a distinctive artist known for his "MusicWitness" paintings, which are created during live performances.

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

"Testimony of No Future" – 38:47
"Anast In Crisis Mouth Full of Fresh Cut Flowers" – 6:55
"Testimony of the Stir Pot" – 20:07
"The Square Sun" – 6:13

Personnel

William Parker – bass
Grachan Moncur III - trombone
Rob Brown – alto sax
Lewis Barnes – trumpet
Cooper-Moore – piano
Denis Charles – drums on 1–3
Jackson Krall – drums on 4

Joshua Redman - Freedom in the Groove (1996)

Freedom in the Groove is a 1996 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman.

Joshua Redman - Freedom In The Groove - 1996 Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Joshua Redman Bass – Christopher Thomas Drums – Brian Blade Guitar – Peter Bernstein Piano – Peter Martin Mastered By – Greg Calbi Produced By – Matt Pierson Recorded By, Mixed By – James Farber

Track list (all composed & arranged by Joshua Redman):

00:00 Hide And Seek 05:36 One Shining Soul 13:50 Stream of Consciousness 22:44 When The Sun Comes Down 29:59 Home Fries 34:44 Invocation 44:45 Dare I Ask? 50:48 Cat Battles 56:29 Pantomime 1:03:57 Can't Dance

Arthur Blythe - Focus (2002)

Focus, is an album by saxophonist Arthur Blythe, recorded in 2002 and released on the Savant label the following year.

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except where noted

"Opus" – 6:52
"Children's Song aka That Old Man" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:18
"C.C. Rider" (Traditional) – 4:58
"Once Again" – 2:53
"My Son Ra" – 8:09
"Hip Toe" – 6:20
"Night Song" – 6:50
"Bubbles" – 3:16
"Stuffy Turkey" (Monk) – 5:00
"Night Creeper" – 5:19
"In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 7:58
"Focus" – 1:16

Personnel

Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
Gust William Tsilis – marimba
Bob Stewart – tuba
Cecil Brooks III – drums

Byard Lancaster 4tet - Pam Africa (2005)

Jazz albums recorded April 12:

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957)

Thelonious Himself is a studio album by Thelonious Monk released in 1957 by Riverside Records. It was Monk's fourth album for the label. The album features Monk playing solo piano, except for the final track, "Monk's Mood", which features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone and Wilbur Ware on bass. It was Monk's second solo piano studio album, and it was the first made by an American label and distributed in the United States. (Monk's first extended solo piano recording, Piano Solo, was recorded in Paris during June 1954, initially for the purpose of providing material for a radio broadcast. Monk had also recorded individual solo piano tracks for Prestige and Riverside records during the early and mid 1950s.)

The original CD reissue, released in 1987 via Original Jazz Classics/Riverside Records, includes an extensive 22-minute solo recording of "'Round Midnight" outtakes and experimentation in the studio. A subsequent reissue, the Keepnews Collection edition, released in 2008 via Riverside Records, omits this sequence in favor of outtakes and alternate versions of several other tracks from the album. In the liner notes, Keepnews states that including the original "'Round Midnight" outtake "would have required eliminating virtually every existing alternate take of other selections — five other examples of this pianist's improvisational genius."

Track listing
Original vinyl release (1957)

Side One

April in Paris
Ghost of a Chance
Functional [Take 2]
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You

Side Two

I Should Care
'Round Midnight
All Alone
Monk's Mood — featuring John Coltrane, Wilbur Ware

Personnel:

• Thelonious Monk - piano
• John Coltrane - tenor sax (on "Monk's Mood")
• Wilbur Ware - bass (on "Monk's Mood")

Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertgebouw (1958)

he Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertgebouw is a 1958 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio. Although said to be recorded in Europe, the music comes from a Chicago concert at the Civic Opera House. Five additional selections are from an appearance in Los Angeles.

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Track listing

"The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:51
"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 2:34
"Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) – 9:23
"Budo" (aka "Hallucinations") (Miles Davis, Bud Powell) – 4:42
"I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:41
"Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 7:00
"When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 4:03
"Evrev" (Oscar Peterson) – 4:51
"Should I?" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:16
"Big Fat Mama" (Lucky Millinder, Stafford Simon) – 7:34
"(Back Home In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 4:07
"Joy Spring" (Brown) – 5:33
"Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence, Gerry Mulligan) – 3:28

Personnel

Oscar Peterson– piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Herb Ellis – jazz guitar

Pharoah Sanders - Live (1981)

Pharoah Sanders Live... is a live album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders, released on the Theresa label.

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

"You Got to Have Freedom" – 14:17
"Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:52
"Blues for Santa Cruz" – 8:39
"Pharomba" – 13:26
"Doktor Pitt" – 21:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded at The Maiden Voyage, Los Angeles, from April 16–19, 1981. Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, on April 20, 1981. Track 5 recorded at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, on April 12, 1981.

Personnel

Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, vocals
John Hicks – piano
Walter Booker – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums

Byard Lancaster Quartet - Ancestral Link Hotel (2005)

Bert Harris

Byard Lancaster

Ed Crockett

Harold E. Smith

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