Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded July 31 and August 1

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded July 31 and August 1

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded July 31 and August 1:

Max Roach—Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)

Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records. It was trumpeter Booker Little's penultimate recording before he died from uremia in early October 1961.

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except where noted

"Garvey's Ghost" - 7:53
"Mama" - 4:50
"Tender Warriors" - 6:52
"Praise for a Martyr" - 7:09
"Mendacity" (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) - 8:54
"Man From South Africa" - 5:12

Tracks 1 and 5 recorded on August 1, 1961; #2 and 3 on August 3; #4 on August 8 and #6 on August 9, 1961.

Personnel

Booker Little - trumpet
Julian Priester - trombone
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron - piano
Art Davis - double bass
Max Roach - drums, percussion
Carlos "Patato" Valdés - congas (1, 3, 6)
Eugenio "Totico" Arango (credited as Carlos Eugenio) - cowbell (1, 3, 6)
Abbey Lincoln - vocal (1, 5)

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Grant Green—Grantstand (1961)

Grantstand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962. Green is heard in a quartet with saxophonist Yusef Lateef, organist Jack McDuff, and drummer Al Harewood. The CD reissue released in 1987 features one bonus track from the same session.

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Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

"Grantstand" – 9:03
"My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 9:06
"Blues in Maude's Flat" – 15:00
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 4:11
"Green's Greenery" – 5:10 [Bonus track on CD reissue]

Personnel

Grant Green – guitar
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone (except track 4), flute (track 2)
Brother Jack McDuff – organ
Al Harewood – drums

Ted Curson—Tears for Dolphy (1964)

Tears for Dolphy is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Ted Curson. The album's title track, an elegy for Eric Dolphy (who died at the end of June that year), has been used in many films.

Track List:

(0:00) 1. Kassim (7:41) 2. East Sixth Street (13:19) 3. 7/4 Funny Time (18:47 ) 4. Tears For Dolphy (27:19) 5. Quicksand (33:58) 6. Reva's Waltz (41:11) 7. Searchin' For the Blues (48:58) 8. Desolation (57:44) 9. Light Blue

Personnel

Ted Curson – trumpet, pocket trumpet
Bill Barron – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Herb Bushler – double bass
Dick Berk – drums
Unidentified – percussion[9]
Alan Bates – producer, liner notes

Brad Mehldau—The Art of the Trio, Vol. 2: Live at the Village Vanguard (1997)

Live at the Village Vanguard: The Art of the Trio Volume Two is a live album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1998.