Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded July 17

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded July 17

Bill Evans - Interplay (1962)

Interplay is a 1963 album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was recorded in July 1962 in New York City for Riverside Records. The Interplay Sessions is a 1982 Milestone album that includes the entirety of this album, and tracks recorded for Riverside on August 21 and 22 of the same year with a different lineup (with Zoot Sims and Ron Carter, and without Freddie Hubbard and Percy Heath). The Interplay Sessions peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts in 1983. The CD reissue Interplay adds another take of "I'll Never Smile Again" as a bonus track. At the Grammy Awards of 1984, Orrin Keepnews won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the reissue.

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Track listing

1. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 7:04
2. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 5:45
3. "I'll Never Smile Again" [take 7; original take] (Ruth Lowe) – 6:32
4. "I'll Never Smile Again" [take 6] – 6:38 [on CD reissue only]
5. "Interplay" (Bill Evans) – 8:14
6. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:06
7. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 6:24

Personnel

• Bill Evans - piano
• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Jim Hall - guitar
• Percy Heath - bass
• Philly Joe Jones - drums

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Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, et al. - New York Eye and Ear Control (1964)

New York Eye and Ear Control is an album of group improvisations recorded in July 1964 by an augmented version of Albert Ayler's group to provide the soundtrack for Michael Snow's film of the same name.

Track listing

1. "Don's Dawn" (Cherry/Peacock) – 0:57
2. "AY" (Ayler) – 20:17
3. "ITT" (Ayler) – 22:05

Personnel

• Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone
• Don Cherry - trumpet
• John Tchicai - alto saxophone
• Roswell Rudd - trombone
• Gary Peacock - bass
• Sunny Murray - drums

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George Benson - Body Talk (1973)

Body Talk is a 1973 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by George Benson except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance"	George Benson, Pee Wee Ellis	8:22
2.	"When Love Has Grown"	Donny Hathaway, Gene McDaniels	5:03
3.	"Plum"		5:11
4.	"Body Talk"		8:21
5.	"Top of the World"		9:11
6.	"Body Talk" (Alternate Take - Bonus track on CD reissue 1989)		9:21

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 17 (Tracks 4–6) and 18 (Tracks 1–3), 1973.

Personnel

• George Benson – lead guitar
• Earl Klugh – rhythm guitar
• Harold Mabern – electric piano
• Ron Carter – acoustic bass
• Gary King – electric bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Mobutu – percussion, congas
• Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
• Gerald Chamberlain – trombone
• Dick Griffin – trombone
• Jon Faddis – trumpet, flugelhorn
• John Gatchell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Waymon Reed – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Pee Wee Ellis – arrangements and conductor

Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)

Lanquidity is a 1978 studio album by American jazz musician Sun Ra.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun Ra.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lanquidity"	8:19
2.	"Where Pathways Meet"	6:30
3.	"That's How I Feel"	8:09

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Twin Stars of Thence"	9:30
2.	"There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)"	10:58
Total length:		43:33

The 2021 "Special Edition" contains the above tracks, followed by Bob Blank's alternate mixes (with the same sequencing) for a total of ten songs.

Personnel

• Sun Ra: organ, synthesizer, piano, arranger, keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano, vocals, bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, orchestra bells, Mini Moog
• John Gilmore: tenor saxophone
• Danny Ray Thompson: flute, baritone saxophone
• Eddie Gale: trumpet
• Michael Ray: trumpet, flugelhorn
• Marshall Allen: flute, oboe, alto saxophone
• Luqman Ali: percussion
• Michael Anderson: percussion
• Artaukatune: drums, tympani
• Disco Kid: ( Slo Johnson ) guitar
• Dale Williams: guitar
• Atakatun Odun: congas
• Elo Omoe: Flute, bass clarinet
• Julian Pressley: baritone saxophone
• Richard Williams: bass
• James Jacson: oboe, basson, flute, voices
• June Tyson: voices

Pharoah Sanders - Welcome to Love (1990)

Welcome to Love (subtitled Pharoah Sanders Plays Beautiful Ballads) is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1990 and first released on the Dutch Timeless label. The album features jazz standards, many of which were also recorded by John Coltrane.

Track listing

1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 4:55
2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:18
3. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 8:06
4. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) - 8:14
5. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) - 9:22
6. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 6:54
7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) - 7:21
8. "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 6:57
9. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:13
10. "The Bird Song" (Pharoah Sanders) - 6:50
11. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 6:14 Bonus track on Japanese CD

Personnel

• Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• William Henderson - piano
• Stafford James - bass
• Eccleston W. Wainwright Jr. - drums

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