Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 29

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 29

Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two - At The Blackhawk (1960)

At the Blackhawk is a live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded on April 29, 1960, at the Black Hawk and released on Riverside later that year.

Track listing

All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except as noted.

Original release

Side one

"Let's Call This" – 8:32
"Four in One" – 8:37
"I'm Getting Sentimental over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 6:07

Side two

"Worry Later" – 9:09
"'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 12:06
"Epistrophy (Closing Theme)" – 2:00

CD reissue

"Let's Call This" – 8:33
"Four in One" – 8:41
"I'm Getting Sentimental over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 6:14
"Epistrophy" (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 6:41
"Evidence" – 7:09
"San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later)" – 9:10
"'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 12:07
"Epistrophy" – 0:59

Personnel

Thelonious Monk Quartet plus Two

Joe Gordon – trumpet
Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
Thelonious Monk – piano
John Ore – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Wayne Shorter Quintet - Night Dreamer (1964)

Night Dreamer is the fourth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in November 1964 by Blue Note Records. With a quintet of trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones performing six Shorter originals.

In 2005, it was reissued as part of the RVG Edition series with liner notes by Nat Hentoff.

Track listing

Original release (1964) All compositions by Wayne Shorter. A1. "Night Dreamer" A2. "Oriental Folk Song" A3. "Virgo" B1. "Black Nile" B2. "Charcoal Blues" B3. "Armageddon"

CD release (1987)

"Night Dreamer" – 7:15
"Oriental Folk Song" – 6:50
"Virgo" – 7:05
"Virgo" [alternate take] – 7:00
"Black Nile" – 6:25
"Charcoal Blues" – 6:50
"Armageddon" – 6:20

Personnel

Musicians

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan – trumpet
McCoy Tyner – piano
Reggie Workman – bass
Elvin Jones – drums

Ornette Coleman - New York is Now / Love Call (1968)

Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)

Liberation Music Orchestra is a band and jazz album by Charlie Haden released in 1970, Haden's first as a band leader.

Track listing

LP side A:

"The Introduction" (Bley) / "Song of the United Front" (Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler) – 3:07
"El Quinto Regimiento" ("The Fifth Regiment") (Traditional; arranged by Bley)
"Los Cuatro Generales" ("The Four Generals") (Traditional; arranged by Bley)
"Viva la Quince Brigada" ("Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade") (Traditional melody; words by Bart Van Derschelling) – 20:58
"The Ending to the First Side" (Bley) – 2:07

LP side B:

"Song for Ché" (Haden) – 9:29
"War Orphans" (Ornette Coleman) – 6:42
"The Interlude (Drinking Music)" (Bley) – 1:24
"Circus '68 '69" (Haden) – 6:10
"We Shall Overcome" (Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger) 1:19

Personnel

Perry Robinson — clarinet
Gato Barbieri — tenor saxophone, clarinet
Dewey Redman — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Don Cherry — cornet, flute, Indian wood & bamboo flutes (3,5)
Michael Mantler — trumpet
Roswell Rudd — trombone
Bob Northern — French horn, hand wood blocks, crow call, bells, military whistle
Howard Johnson — tuba
Sam Brown — guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano
Carla Bley — piano, tambourine
Charlie Haden — bass
Paul Motian — drums, percussion
Andrew Cyrille — drums, percussion (8)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970)

"Tereza My Love"-0:00 "Children's Games"-4:24 "Choro"-7:55 "Brazil"(Ary Barroso)-10:04 "Stone Flower"-17:31 "Amparo"-20:53 "Andorinha"-24:35 "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun"-28:06 "Sabia"-30:29 "Brazil"[alternate take]-34:30

Personnel:

Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano, electric piano, guitar, vocals (tracks 4 & 9)
Harry Lookofsky – violin
Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone
Urbie Green – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute
Ron Carter – double bass
João Palma – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Everaldo Ferreira – percussion
Eumir Deodato – guitar, arranger