Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded October 17 & 18

Jazz albums recorded October 17 & 18

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded October 17 & 18:

Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson (1949)

Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (also released as All God's Children Got Rhythm) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded with trombonist J. J. Johnson or pianist Bud Powell in 1949–50 and released on the Prestige label in 1956. The 1990 CD reissue added five bonus tracks to the original LP. The cover art was done by cartoonist Don Martin of MAD magazine fame.

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Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated

1. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) – 2:57
2. "Sonnyside" – 2:21
3. "Bud's Blues" – 2:32
4. "Sunset" – 3:44
5. "Fine and Dandy" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 2:39
6. "Fine and Dandy" [alternate take] (James, Swift) – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:26
8. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 3:09
9. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 2:32
10. "Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) – 3:03
11. "Afternoon in Paris" [alternate take] (Lewis) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Elora" (J.J. Johnson) – 3:03
13. "Elora" [alternate take] (Johnson) – 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Teapot" (Johnson) – 2:43
15. "Teapot" [alternate take] (Johnson) – 3:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
16. "Blue Mode" (Johnson) – 3:45
17. "Blue Mode" [alternate take] (Johnson) – 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded in New York City on October 17, 1949 (tracks 10–17), December 11, 1949 (tracks 1–4) and January 26, 1950 (tracks 5–9)

Personnel

• Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone
• J. J. Johnson – trombone (tracks 10–17)
• John Lewis (tracks 10–17), Bud Powell (tracks 1–9) – piano
• Nelson Boyd (tracks 10–17), Curly Russell (tracks 1–9) – bass
• Max Roach – drums

Steve Lacy - Reflections (1958)

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Reflections (subtitled Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk) is the second album by Steve Lacy, released on the Prestige label in 1959. It features performances of Thelonious Monk's compositions by Lacy, Mal Waldron, Buell Neidlinger and Elvin Jones. (According to biographer Robin Kelley, this was the first album devoted entirely to Monk's music recorded by another artist.)

Track listing

1. "Four In One" - 6:01
2. "Reflections" - 4:09
3. "Hornin' In" - 5:11
4. "Bye-Ya" - 4:40
5. "Let's Call This" - 7:15
6. "Ask Me Now" - 4:58
7. "Skippy" - 4:16

All compositions by Thelonious Monk

• Recorded in Hackensack, NJ, October 17, 1958

Personnel

• Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Buell Neidlinger - bass
• Elvin Jones - drums

Andrew Hill - Invitation (1974)

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Invitation is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1974 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. The album features five of Hill's original compositions and one jazz standard performed by Hill in a trio with bassist Christopher White and drummer Art Lewis. The CD added an alternate take as a bonus track.

Track listing

All compositions by Andrew Hill except as indicated

1. "Catfish" – 6:31
2. "Lost No More" – 5:23
3. "Morning Flower" – 12:19
4. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) – 8:40
5. "Laverne" – 7:33
6. "Little John" – 6:51
7. "Catfish" [alternate take] – 10:39 Bonus track on CD

• Recorded at Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, New York on October 17, 1974

Personnel

• Andrew Hill – piano
• Chris White – bass
• Art Lewis – drums

Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music (1971)

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Let My Children Hear Music is an album released by Columbia Records in 1972 of music by composer Charles Mingus, produced by Teo Macero. The music is scored for large jazz orchestra and Mingus worked with several arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, most notably Sy Johnson and Alan Raph, to realize some of his most ambitious compositions. In the original liner notes, Mingus described it as "the best album I have ever made".

Mingus was nominated for the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (Non-Classical) for the album, losing to Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Charles Mingus.

1. "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers" – 9:34
2. "Adagio ma Non Troppo" – 8:22
3. "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" – 9:26
4. "Taurus in the Arena of Life" – 4:17 (on CD reissue)
5. "Hobo Ho" – 10:07
6. "The Chill of Death" – 7:38
7. "The I of Hurricane Sue" – 10:09

Personnel

The soloists are listed below:

• Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
• Julius Watkins – French horn
• Bobby Jones – tenor saxophone
• Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Charles McCracken – cello
• Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
• James Moody – tenor saxophone
• Sir Roland Hanna – piano
• Snooky Young – lead trumpet throughout
• Dannie Richmond – drums

Ron Carter - Pastels (1976)

Pastels is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Fantasy Studios in California in 1976 and released on the Milestone label.

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter

1. "Woolaphant" - 7:58
2. "Ballad" - 8:45
3. "One Bass Rag" - 7:28
4. "Pastels" - 6:21
5. "12 + 12" - 6:36

Personnel

• Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass, arranger
• Kenny Barron - piano (tracks 1 & 3–5)
• Hugh McCracken - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica (tracks 1 & 3–5)
• Harvey Mason - drums (tracks 1 & 3–5)
• Sanford Allen - concertmaster
• Virginia Baker, Myra Bucky, Fei-Pang Ching, Ronald Erickson, Daniel Kobialka, Roy Oakley Jr., Nathan Rubin, Emily Van Valkenburgh, Mark Volkert - violin
• Arthur Bauch, Denis DeCoteau, Daniel Yale - viola
• Garfield Moore, Kermit Moore, Melinda Ross - cello
• Don Sebesky - conductor, arranger

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