DISCOGRAPHY  PART 6  
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The song, performed by Carmell Jones here, is originally entitled 'Full Moon & Empty Arms', like on his album 'The Remarkable Carmell Jones'. Blue Moon - Blue Note, The Night And The Music / Various Artists
issued: 1993 BLUE NOTE 0777 7 89910 2 1

  1. Sister Moon / Bob Belden
  2. Black Moon / Greg Osby
  3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams / Lou Donaldson
  4. Moonlight In Vermont / Johnny Smith
  5. No Moon At All / Julie London
  6. Blue Moon / Wynton Kelly
  7. Full Moon & Empty Stars / Carmell Jones
  8. How High The Moon /
Dianne Reeves
  9. It's Only A Paper Moon / Kenny Drew
10. I Wished On The Moon / Dizzy Reece
11. Moon Dreams / Miles Davis
12. Moon River / Grant Green
13. Fly Me To The Moon / Nat King Cole
14. Winter Moon / Hoagy Carmichael
15. Beautiful Moons Ago / Benny Green
     


  The West Coast Jazz Box: An Anthology Of California Jazz /
Various Artists

issued: December 1998, 4 CD´s CONTEMPORARY RECORDS
     
Disc 1
  1. Move (Jazz On Sunset) (Best)
  2. Intermission Riff (Wetzel)
  3. Bright Boy (Bright)
  4. Body And Soul (Eaton/E/G/H)
  5. Popo (Rogers)
  6. Swing Shift (Rogers)
  7. Bernie's Tune (Miller)
  8. My Funny Valentine (Hart/Rodgers)
  9. Stardust (Carmichael)
10. Sunset Eyes (Edwards/Wayne)
11. Isn't It Romantic? (Hart/Rodgers)
12. Maid In Mexico (Freeman)
13. Crazy Rhythm (Caesar/K/M)
14. Etude De Concert (Montrose)
15. Night In Tunisia
       (Gillespie/Paparelli)
Disc 2
  1. Blue Baiao (Gonzaga)
  2. Aquarium (Williamson)
  3. Lotus Bud (Levinson)
  4. Herbstone (Harper)
  5. Fearless Finlay (Holman)
  6. Daahoud (Brown)
  7. Mamblues (Tjader)
  8. All The Things You Are
       (Hammerstein/Kern)
  9. Whose Blues? (Niehaus)
10. Blue Sands (Collette)
11. Keester Parade (Mandel)
12. Whippet (Morgan)
13. Get Me To The Church On Time
       (Lerner/Loewe)
14. Get Out Of Town (Porter)
15. Trio Blues (Tatum)
16. St. Andrews Place Blues (Collette)
17. 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West
       (Lewis)
18. One For My Baby (Arlen/Mercer)
Disc 3
  1. Pickin' 'Em Up And Layin'
      'Em Down
(Giuffre)
  2. On Green Dolphin Street
       (Kaper/Washington)
  3. Red Sails (Kessel)
  4. Way Out West (Rollins)
  5. Walkin' Thing (Carter)
  6. Rainy Night (Mitchell)
  7. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
       (Ahlert/Turk)
  8. Dues Blues (Dumaine)
  9. No Heat (Holman)
10. Love For Sale (Porter)
11. Katanga (Bolton)
12. Carl's Blues (Perkins)
13. Far East (Pierce)
14. Sphinx (Coleman)
Disc 4
  1. You'd Be So Nice To Come
      Home To
  (Porter)
  2. Shaw 'Nuff (Gillespie/Parker)
  3. Minor Bertha (Hope)
  4. Fox (Lane)
  5. Indiana (Hanley/MacDonald)
  6. Bright Eyes (Holman)
  7. Viva Tirado (Wilson) *
  8. Something Blue (Horn)
  9. Georgia On My Mind
       (Carmichael/Gorrell)
10. Theme: A Gem From
      Tiffany
(Holman)
11. Together Again (Edwards)
12. Cheryl (Parker)
13. Cast Your Fate To The
      Wind
(Guaraldi)
14. For Django (Pass)

  * with Carmell Jones
       


  32 Gems From 32 Jazz / Various Artists
issues: January 12, 1999, 32. JAZZ RECORDS ; 2CD´s AMG MAWOO

  1. When Your Lover Has Gone / E. Lockjaw Davis
  2. Doin' That Thing / Les McCann
  3. Mo's Theme / Nat Adderley
  4. My Romance / Etta Jones
  5. Cap'n Jack / Jack McDuff
  6. All The Things You Are / Sonny Criss
  7. Iron City / Grant Green
  8. Blue Seven / Houston Person, Ron Carter
  9. Sunny / Pat Martino
10. Shana / David "Fathead" Newman
11. Great City / Ernie Andrews
12. Naima / Cedar Walton
13. Tetragon / Woody Shaw
14. Free Slave / Roy Brooks
15. Blue In Green / Wallace Roney
16. Turkish Women At The Bath / P. LaRoca, Sims
17. Theme For Malcolm / Donald Byrd
18. It Feels So Good / Mose Allison
19. Ruby My Dear / Charlie Rouse
20. Passion Dance / Rahsaan Roland Kirk
21. Oleo / Kenny Barron
22. Broadway / Richard "Groove" Holmes
23. Body And Soul / Al Cohn, Zoot Sims
24. It's All Right With Me / Red Garland
25. In Walked Bud / Bobby Hutcherson
26. Bar Wars / Willis Jackson
27. Scrapple From The Apple / R. Cole, P. Woods
28. Blues To Be There / Johnny Lytle
29. Blues In The Guts / Red Rodney
30. Bloomdido / Hank Jones
31. Constellation / Sonny Stitt
32. Song For My Father / Horace Silver *
(Swan)
(Vinnegar)
(Bargad)
(Hart/Rodgers)
(McDuff)
(Hammerstein/Kern)

(Rollins)
(Hebb)
(Newman)
(Lewis)
(Coltrane)
(Henderson)
(Brooks)
(Evans)
(LaRoca)
(Brown)

(Monk)
(Tyner)
(Rollins)
(Bird/M/W)
(Eaton/G/H)
(Porter)
(Monk)
(Jackson)
(Parker)
(Ellington/Strayhorn)
(Walrath)
(Parker)
(Parker)
(Silver)
   
  * with Carmell Jones
   


  Mosaic Sampler / Various Artists
released: July 27, 1999 BLUE NOTE RECORDS

# 10 from New Groove - Bud Shank Feat. Carmell Jones PACIFIC JAZZ ST-21
BUD SHANK (as, bar-s); CARMELL JONES (tp); DENNIS BUDIMIR (g); GARY PEACOCK (b); MEL LEWIS (dr); produced by RICHARD BOCK
>> see
disco 1

  1. Casanova's Lament
  2. It's Wil
  3. Discontented Blues
  4. In A Mellow Tone
  5. Iranic
  6. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
  7. I Needs To Be Bee'd With
  8. Mighty Moe And Joe
  9. Whisper Not
10. Liddledabllduya *
11. Pumpkin
(Larkin)
(Jacquet)
(Ellington)
(Ellington)
(Giuffre)
(Gaskill/McHugh)
(Jones)
(Porter)
(Golson)
(Peacock)
(Hill)

  * with Carmell Jones
   
 


Retrospective / Horace Silver
issued: September 14, 1999 BLUE NOTE RECORDS

  1. Safari
  2. Ecaroh
  3. Opus De Funk
  4. Doodlin'
  5. Preacher
  6. Cool Eyes
  7. Señor Blues
  8. Home Cookin'
  9. Soulville
10. Outlaw
11. Señor Blues
[vocal version]
12. Swingin' The Samba
13. Cookin' At The Continental
14. Juicy Luicy
15. Sister Sadie
16. Peace
17. Blowin' The Blues Away
18. Strollin'
19. Nica's Dream
20. Filthy McNasty
21. Tokyo Blues
22. Sayonara Blues
23. Silver's Serenade
24. Song For My Father
26. Cape Verdean Blues
27. Nutville
28. Jody Grind
29. Mexican Hip Dance
30. Serenade To A Soul Sister
31. Psychedelic Sally
32. It's Time
33. Happy Medium
34. Peace
35. Old Mother Nature Calls
36. How Much Does Matter Really
      Matter
37. All
38. In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
39. Gregory Is Here
40. Barbara
41. Adjustment
42. Tranquilizer Suite,
Pt. 2: Slow Down
43. Process Of Creation Suite,
       Pt. 3: Assimilation
44. All In Time
45. Soul And Its Expression

[Medley Pt. 1: The Search For Direction/Part]
 
   
     


  25 Goldene Instrumental Welterfolge / Various Artists
recording and release dates unknown
CD KOCH RECORDS

#17 from It´s All Wright - Leo Wright, 1972 MPS 21375, BASF 20-21375-7 (Germany): LEO WRIGHT (as, fl); MILO PAVLOVIC, CARMELL JONES, ROLF ERICSON, ACK VAN ROOYEN (tp); ÅKE PERSSON, SLIDE HAMPTON, CHARLES ORIEUX, LOU BLACKBURN (tb); EUGEN CICERO (p); LOU BENNETT (org #A3); PIERRE LOUIS, INGO KRAMER (g); JEAN WARLAND (el-b); TONY INZALACO (dr); PETER LEWISON, DAI BOWEN (perc);

RICKY KING (g); MILO PAV LOVIC (tp, also on #17); AKKORDEON ORCHESTRA FRED HECTOR & HEINZ EHME; ROLF KÜHN (cl); ENRICO CASTELNUOVO & HIS GUITAR-ORCH- ESTRA; ARNO FLOR & HIS ORCHESTRA; GOTTFRIED BÖTTGER (p); LOUIS LASARTE (tp); CHARLY ANTOLINI (dr); GARY CLIFF (g); ACK VAN ROOYEN (also on #17), ART FARMER (tp), PETER HERBOLZHEIMER (tb), HERB GELLER (fl), DIETER REITH (hammond org), TONY INZALACO (dr, also on #17); RICKY KING (g); SIEGFRIED BEHREND (g); WERNER GUTTERER (tp); ROY BROWN (g); CHARLY TABOR (tp); THE TENNESSEE GUITARS; ARMIN RUSCH & HANS WOLF (acc); PETE TEX (sax), CHOIR & ORCHESTRA


  1. Verde / Ricky King
  2. Verdammt in alle Ewigkeit (From Here To Eternity) / Milo Pavlovic
  3. Rififi / Akkordeon Orchester Fred Hector, Heinz Ehme
  4. Love Story / Rolf Kühn
  5. Zwei Gitarren am Meer / E. Castelnuovo & sein Gitarrenorchester
  6. Limelight / Arno Flor & sein Orchester
  7. Down By The Riverside / Gottfried Böttger
  8. Dolannes Melodie / Louis Lasarte
  9. Charly´s Drums / Charly Antolini
10. Delicado / Gary Cliff
11. La Marcha / A. van Rooyen, A. Farmer, T. Inzalaco, D. Reith,
      H. Geller, P. Herbolzheimer
12. Wheels / Ricky King
13. Il Silencio / Milo Pavlovic
14. Olé Guapa / Akkordeon Orchester Fred Hector, Heinz Ehme
15. Spanischer Tanz für Gitarre & Orchester / Siegfried Behrend
16. Stardust / Werner Gutterer
17. Sugar, Sugar / Leo Wright *
18. Viva la feria /
The Magic Guitars of Roy Brown
19. Mitternachtsblues / Milo Pavlovic
20. Liebesmelodie (from the movie 'The Godfather') / Charly Tabor
21. High Noon / The Tennessee Guitars
22. Burgalesa für Gitarre & Orchester / Siegfried Behrend
23. Wunderland bei Nacht / Milo Pavlovic
24. Rosamunde / Armin Rusch & Hans Wolf
25. True Love / Pete Tex

  * with Carmell Jones
     


Only the original US LP issues are included and the recordings with Carmell Jones !

Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito, John Audino, Carmell Jones (tp), Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, John Ewing (tb), Kenny Shroyer (b-tb), Buddy Collette (cl, as, fl), Harry Klee (as), Harold Land, Teddy Edwards (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar-s), Richard Holmes (org), Jimmy Bond (b), Mel Lewis (dr)

(B) rec. Sep. 30, 1961, rel. on PJ ST 34
Al Porcino, Jack Trainor, J. Audino, C. Jones (tp), B. Edmondson, Frank Strong, J. Ewing (tb), K. Shroyer (b-tb), B. Collette (cl, as, fl), Joe Maini (as), Walter Benton, T. Edwards (ts), Don Raffell (bar-s), R. Holmes (org), Gene Edwards (g), J. Bond (b), M. Lewis (dr)

(C) rec. August 27, 1962, rel. on PJ ST-61. C. Jones, Jules Chaiken, J. Audino, Freddie Hill (tp), B. Edmondson, Lou Blackburn, F. Strong (tb), Bob Knight (b-tb), Bud Shank (as, fl), J. Maini (as), T. Edwards, H. Land (ts), D. Raffell (bar-s, Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), J. Bond (b), M. Lewis (dr) on Viva Tirado add Modesto Duran (cga);
On the first CD release of 'Moment Of Truth', 'Teri' appeared without Joe Pass's overdubbed guitar solo.

(D) rec. September, 1962, rel. on PJ ST 61. A. Porcino, C. Jones, J. Chaikin, J. Audino, F. Hill (tp), B. Edmondson, L. Blackburn, L. Robertson (tb), B. Knight (b-tb), B. Shank (as, fl), J. Maini (as), T. Edwards, H. Land (ts), J. Nimitz (bar-s), J. Wilson (p), J. Pass (g), J. Bond (b), M. Lewis (dr).
on 'Latino' add Modesto Duran (cga); Emerge arranged by Lester Robertson; Exact date and recording order unknown.

(E) rec. December 2, 1963, rel. on PJ ST 80. A. Porcino, C. Jones, J. Chaikin, F. Hill, Nat Meeks (tp), B. Edmondson, J. Ewing, L. Robertson (tb), Don Switzer (b-tb), J. Maini, Jimmy Woods (as), T. Edwards, H. Land (ts), J. Nimitz (bar-s, J. Wilson (p), J. Pass (g), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Chuck Carter (dr) on 'Paco' and 'Ravi' add Modesto Duran (bgo)


(F) rec. January 8, 1964 rel. on PJ ST 80
A. Porcino, C. Jones, J. Chaikin, F. Hill,
N. Meeks (tp), B. Edmondson, J. Ewing, Lew McCreary (tb), D. Switzer (b-tb), J. Maini, J. Woods (as), T. Edwards, H. Land (ts), J. Nimitz (bar-s), J. Wilson (p), J. Pass (g), Dave Dyson (b), C. Carter (dr).
on Caprichos add Bud Shank (fl).
A promo 45 single for radio (PJ 100) was issued with edited versions of 'Caprichos' and 'Eric' with some studio chatter and section rehearsals. The master tape of the rehearsal sequences no longer exist.

ALBUM INDEX
Pacific Jazz:
PJ ST-34 You Better Believe It
PJ ST-61 Moment Of Truth
PJ ST-80 Portraits
PJ ST-88 On Stage
PJ ST-20099 Feelin' Kinda Blues
PJ ST-20111 The Golden Sword
PJ ST-20118 Live And Swinging
PJ ST-20132 Everywhere
World Pacific:
ST-20135 California Soul
ST-20160 Eternal Equinox

Discs 1-4 (except Disc 1 #7,11 & 15) remixed from the original three and fourtrack master tapes. Disc 1 #7,11 & 15 and Disc 5 transferred from the original album mixes. Masters appear courtesy of BLUE NOTE, a division of CAPITOL RECORDS.
The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra
issued: 2000, 5 CD Set MOSAIC-MD5-198

GERALD WILSON (tp, maraccas); CONTE CANDOLI, CARMELL JONES, JIMMY OWENS, AL PORCINO, JOHN AUDINO, GARY BARONE, JULES CHAIKIN, NATHANIEL MEEKS, JACK TRAINOR, FREDDIE HILL, JAY DA VERSA, PAUL HUBINON, LARRY MC GUIRE, RAY TRISCARI, OLLIE MITCHELL, MELVIN MOORE, BILL MATTSON, TONY RUSCH, STEVE HUFFSTETER, DALTON SMITH, JAMES ZITO, ALEX RODRIGUEZ (tp); CHARLES TOLLIVER (tp, arr.); FRANK STRONG, BOB KNIGHT, BOB EDMONDSON, LEW MC CREARY, LOU BLACKBURN, THURMAN GREEN, LESTER ROBERTSON (tb); KENNY SHROYER, DON SWITZER, ALEXANDER THOMAS, MICHAEL WIMBERLY, ERNIE TACK (b-tb); MIKE BARONE (tb, arr.); GEORGE HYDE (fr-h); TEDDY EDWARDS, WALTER BENTON, HADLEY CALIMAN, HAROLD LAND (ts); CURTIS AMY (ts, ss); HARRY KLEE, JOE MAINI (as); JIMMY WOODS (as, ss); JACK NIMITZ, DON RAFFELL, RICHARD APLANALP (bar-s); ALLAN BEUTLER (reeds, bar-s); BILL PERKINS, PETE TERRY (reeds); WILLIAM GREEN (fl, reeds, picc-fl); BUDDY COLLETTE (cl, fl, as); BUD SHANK (fl, as); ANTHONY ORTEGA (alto- & picc-fl, as); ERNIE WATTS (picc-fl); TOMMY FLANAGAN, JIMMY ROWLES, MIKE WOFFORD (org, p, el-hpd); DON RANDI (org); JACK WILSON (org, p); JOE PASS, LAURINDO ALMEIDA, DENNIS BUDIMIR, GENE EDWARDS, WILBERT LONGMIRE, MIKE ANTHONY (g); JEAN-LUC PONTY (v); VICTOR FELDMAN, BOBBY HUTCHERSON, RAY AVERY (vibraslap); WILTON FELDER, BOB WEST (el-b); LEROY VINNEGAR, BUDDY WOODSON, JIMMY BOND, HERBIE LEWIS, VICTOR GASKIN (b); MEL LEWIS, CHARLES “CHUCK” CARTER, PAUL HUMPHREY, CARL LOTT (dr); JOE PORCARO, BONES HOWE (perc); MODESTO DURAN (perc, cga); MAX GARDUNO (cga); DICK GROVE (arr)


Disc 1
  1. Blues For Yna Yna (A)
  2. Jeri (B)
  3. Moody Blue (B)
  4. Straight Up And Down (A)
  5. The Wailer (A)
  6. You Better Believe It (B)
        (Gerald Wilson / R. Holmes)

  7. Yvette (B)  (George Stoll)
  8. Viva Tirado (C)
  9. Moment Of Truth (C)
10. Patterns (C)
11. Teri (C)
12. Nancy Jo (C)
13. Milestones (D)  (Miles Davis)
14. Latino (D)
15. Josefina (D)
16. Emerge (D)  (Lester Robertson)
Disc 2
  1. So What (E)  (Miles Davis)
  2. Caprichos (F)
  3. Paco (E)
  4. Ravi (E)
  5. Aram (F)
  6. 'Round Midnight (E)  (T. Monk)
  7. Eric (F)
  8. Los Moros De Espana (G)
  9. Who Can I Turn To (H)
       (A.Newley/L.Bricusse)
10. Ricardo (H)
11. Musette (G)
12. In The Limelight (H)
13. Lighthouse Blues (G)
14. Viti (H)
15. Lately (H (Lester Robertson)
16. Perdido (G (Juan Tizol)

Written by Gerald Wilson except where stated. Arranged and directed by Gerald Wilson.
     


  All Time Greats / Sarah Vaughan
issues: April 3, 2001 CLEOPATRA 1026 UPC 74115710262 ; 2001 STARDUST RECORDS; October 30, 2001 CD CROWN JAPAN 8872

#12 from Sarah Sings Soulfully  >> see disco 2

SARAH VAUGHAN (voc); Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra; Ernie Freeman Combo (org, b, g); CLARENCE BRERETON, SONNY COHN, THAD JONES, HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON, CARMELL JONES (#12), JOE NEWMAN, SNOOKY YOUNG (tp); HENRY COKER, AL GREY, BENNY POWELL (tb); TEDDY EDWARDS, FRANK FOSTER, BUDD JOHNSON (ts); HILTON JEFFERSON, RUSSELL PROCOPE (as); FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl); CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar-s, fl); MARSHALL ROYAL (bar-s, cl); BUSTER BAILEY, EMMETT BERRY, GEORGE TAITT (cl); COUNT BASIE, RONNELL BRIGHT, HANK JONES, BILLY KYLE, ROGER "RAM" RAMIREZ, KIRK STUART (p); FREDDIE GREEN, BARNEY KESSEL, MUNDELL LOWE (g); JOHN KIRBY (b, tu); JOE COMFORT, GEORGE DUVIVIER, ED JONES (b); BILL BEASON, SONNY PAYNE, MILT TURNER (dr); BENNY CARTER, JIMMY JONES, JR. (cond, arr); GERALD WILSON (arr);


  1. The More I See You
  2. Sophisticated Lady
  3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
  4. Hands Across The Table
  5. In A Sentimental Mood
  6. My Ideal
  7. You've Changed
  8. Star Eyes
  9. You Go To My Head
10. When Sunny Gets Blue
11. Garden In The Rain
12. 'Round Midnight *
13. It Might As Well Be Spring
14. Midnight Sun
15. My Favorite Things
16. I Remember You
17. Thanks For The Memory
18. Feelings
19. You Stepped Out Of A Dream +
(Gordon/Warren)
(Ellington/Mills/Parish)
(Brown/Kahn)
(Delettre/Parish)
(Ellington)
(Chase/Robin/Whiting)
(Carey/Fischer)
(DePaul/Raye)
(Coots/Gillespie)
(Fisher/Segal)
(Dyrenforth/Gibbens)
(Hanighen/Williams)
(Hammerstein/Rodgers)
(Burke/Mercer)
(Hammerstein/Rodgers)
(Mercer/Schertzinger)
(Rainger/Robin)
(Albert/Gaste)
(Brown/Kahn)
 
   
    * Bonus track, Danny Parker Remix, Rendezvous Version
+ Bonus track, Julian Synne Remix, Closer Version


  The Best Of The Pacific Jazz Years / Jean-Luc Ponty
recorded: 1968 - 1969
original release: May 2001 PACIFIC JAZZ (EMI Distribution)
issued: August 5, 2001 BLUE NOTE RECORDS 30815 ; EMD/BLUE NOTE

#3,4,11 from More Than Meets The Ear  >> see disco 3

JEAN-LUC PONTY (bar-v, el-v); CARMELL JONES (tp on #3,4,11); LARRY MCGUIRE, TONY RUSCH, WILLIAM PETERSON, PAUL HUBINON (tp); THURMAN GREEN, FRANK STRONG (tb); BUD SHANK (as); ERNIE WATTS, IAN UNDERWOOD (as, ts); LEO WRIGHT (as, fl on #3,4,11); ANTHONY ORTEGA (fl); RICHARD APALNAP (bar- s); GEORGE GRUNTZ (p); GEORGE DUKE (el-p); GENE ESTEA (vib, perc); FRANK ZAPPA, WILBERT LONGMIRE (g, arr.); WILTON FELDER, JOHN HEARD (el-b); BOB WEST, GUY PEDERSEN, BUELL NEIDLINGER (b); DANIEL HUMAIR, PAUL HUMPHREY, DICK BERK, JOHN GUERIN (dr); GERALD WILSON (arr.)


  1. Cantaloupe Island
  2. Contact
  3. Pebble Beach Walk
  4. California
  5. The Loner
  6. Soul Summit
  7. Eighty-One
  8. Twenty Small Cigars
  9. How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That
10. King Kong
11. With A Little Help From My Friends


Producers include: Richard Bock, Siggi Loch. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Includes liner notes by Mitchell Feldman.
   
     


  The Best Of The Pacific Jazz Years / Richard "Groove" Holmes
issued: May 8, 2001 CD BLUE NOTE RECORDS 30829

  1. Hittin' The Jug
  2. Groovin' Time
  3. Morris The Minor
  4. Secret Love
  5. That Healin' Feeling
  6. The Wailer
  7. Sweatin'
  8. This Here
  9. Hallelujah I Love Her So
10. Comin' Through The Apple
11. High Blues Pressure
(Ammons)
(Holmes)
(Holmes)
(Fain/Webster)
(McCann)
(Wilson)
(Holmes)
(Timmons)
(Charles
(McCann)
(Hubbard)
   
 
     


Review: Sarah Vaughan recorded frequently during her 3 years with Roulette, and all sixteen albums she completed for them plus five previously unissued tracks are included in this comprehensive 8 CD boxed set from Mosaic. The gifted singer is heard in a variety of settings from superb small group sessions, to big band settings, and various dates bordering on easy listening; the sessions omitting the often syrupy string sections are the cream of this bumper crop. It's a joy to hear Vaughan sharing the spotlight with Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (with its leader sitting out in favor of her regular pianist, Kirk Stuart) in a swinging 'Teach Me Tonight' and a playful take of 'If I Were a Bell'; it's a shame that they never recorded an entire album together. Benny Carter's big band charts also bring out the best in Vaughan. With the exception of the forgettable 'The Green Leaves Of Summer,' Billy May's provides the vocalist with very compatible settings. The scaled down session with guitarist Mundell Lowe and bassist George Duvivier is among her greatest achievements of her career; the singer is relaxed and stimula- ted by her accompanists. A similar follow up date with Barney Kessel and Joe Comfort is equally rewarding. The sessions which

add strings, led by various musicians (Jimmy Jones, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, Joe Reisman, Don Costa and Marty Manning) serving as both arranger and conductor, vary greatly in quality. Often first rate (and sometimes somewhat obscure) material is sabotaged by heavy handed writing awash in strings. But for the most part, Vaughan's gorgeous voice is able to overcome even bland backgrounds. Mosaic remains the pinnacle of reissue labels with this handsome box set, which includes detailed liner notes by James Gavin, lots of session photos and a thorough discography.

The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions /
Sarah Vaughan

issued: 2002 CD MOSAIC 8 214

#94-105 originally ssued as Sarah Sings Soulfully   >> see disco 2

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Carmell Jones (#94 -105), Joe Newman, Bobby Bryant, Al Porcino, Frank Beach, Sonny Cohn, Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Reunald Jones, Manny Klein, Shorty Sherock, Ray Triscari, Snooky Young (tp); Jack Cave, Bill Hinshaw, Vincent DeRosa, Dick Perissi (fr-h); Thad Jones (tp, arr); Al Grey, Lou Blackburn, Bob Alexander, Henry Coker, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Kusby, Dick Nash, Benny Powell, Lloyd Ulyate, Bob Knight, Dick Hixon (tb); George Roberts, Kenny Shroyer (b-tb); Harry Klee (reeds); Plas Johnson, Justin Gordon (reeds, ts); Buddy Collette, Teddy Edwards (ts); Frank Foster (arr, ts); Wilbur Schwartz (reeds, as); Paul Horn (as); Marshall Royal (cl, as); Stan Webb (fl, as); Frank Wess (fl, as, ts); Gerald Sanfino (fl, a-fl, as); Charlie Fowlkes (fl, b-cl, bar s); Bill Hood (reeds, bar-s); Joe Williams (voc); Jimmy Rowles, Lou Levy, Kirk Stuart (p); Jimmy Jones Jr. (p, arr, cond); Jack Wilson, Ernie Freeman Combo (org); Ronnell Bright (org, p, celeste); Janet Putnam Soyer (harp); Freddie Green, Barney Kessel, Mundell Lowe, John Collins, Barry Galbraith, Bobby Gibbons, Ulysses Livingston, John Pizzarelli, Art Ryerson, Tommy Tedesco, Al Chernet (g); Al Mc Kibbon, George Duvivier, Joe Comfort, Richard Davis, Eddie Jones (b); Red Callender (b, tu); Earl Palmer, Sonny Payne, Teddy Sommer, Alvin Stoller, Milt Turner (dr); Percy Brice (bgo, dr, tamb); Larry Bunker (bgo, glockenspiel, marimba, vib); Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Billy May, Don Costa, Benny Carter, Marty Manning, Joe Reisman (arr, cond); Gerald Wilson, Ernie Wilkins (arr); Michael Cuscuna (prod); Henry Glover, Teddy Reig (original session prod)

  1. Dreamy (Garner/Shaw)
  2. Hands Across The Table
      (DeLettre/Parish)
  3. The More I See You (Gordon/Warren)
  4. I'll Be Seeing You (Fain/Kahal)
  5. Star Eyes (DePaul/Raye)
  6. You've Changed (Carey/Fischer)
  7. Trees (Kilmar/Rasbach)
  8. Why Was I Born (Hammerstein/Kern)
  9. My Ideal (Chase/Robin/Whiting)
10. Crazy He Calls Me (Russell/Sigman)
11. Stormy Weather (Arlen/Koehler)
12. Moon Over Miami (Burke/Leslie)
13. Have You Met Miss Jones?
      (Hart/Rodgers)
14. Ain't No Use (Kirkland/Wyche)
15. Every Time I See You (Dickerson)
16. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
      (Brown/Kahn)
17. Gloomy Sunday (Javor/Lewis/Seress)
18. What Do You See In Her?
      (David/Weldon)
19. Jump For Joy (Ellington/Kuller/Webster)
20.  When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)
21. I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life
      (Coleman/McCarthy)
22. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
      (Barris/Koehler/Moll)
23. Somebody Else's Dream (Dickenson)
24. Trouble Is A Man (Wilder)
25. I Believe In You (Loesser)
26. Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf/Waller)
27. Moonlight On The Ganges
      (Meyers/Wallace)
28. The Lady's In Love With You
      (Lane/Loesser)
29. After You've Gone (Creamer/Layton)
30. A Garden In The Rain
      (Dyrenforth/Gibbons)
31. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
      (Fields/McHugh)
32. The Trolley Song (Blaine/Martin)
33. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
      (Curtis/Hoffman/Kent)
34. Falling In Love With Love
      (Hart/Rodgers)
35. Great Day (Eliscu/Youmans)
36. Nobody Else But Me
      (Hammerstein/Kern)
37. The Lady's In Love With You
      [1st version] (Lane/Loesser)
38. Perdido (Drake/Lengsfelder/Tizol)
39. Lover Man (Davis/Ramirez/Sherman)
40. I Cried For You        (Arnheim/Freed/Lyman)
41. Alone (Brown/Freed)
42. There Are Such Things
      (Adams/Baer/Meyer)
43. Mean To Me (Ahlert/Turk)
44. The Gentleman Is A Dope
      (Hammerstein/Rodgers)
45. You Go To My Head (Coots/Gillespie)
46. Until I Met You (Green/Wolf)
47. You Turned The Tables On Me
      (Alter/Mitchell)
  48. Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
        (Hoffman/Sigler/Wayne)
  49. You're Mine You (Green/Heyman)
  50. The Best Is Yet To Come
        (Coleman/Leigh)
  51. Witchcraft (Coleman/Leigh)
  52. So Long (Harris/Melsher/Morgan)
  53. The Second Time Around
        (Cahn/Van Heusen)
  54. I Could Write A Book (Hart/Rodgers)
  55. Maria (Bernstein/Sondheim)
  56. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
        (Forrest/Wright)
  57. Fly Me To The Moon (Howard)
  58. Moonglow (DeLand/Hudson/MIlls)
  59. Invitation (Kaper/Webster)
  60. On Green Dolphin Street
        (Kaper/Washington)
  61. One Mint Julip (Toombs)
  62. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter
        Mean  (Lance/Singleton/Wallace)
  63. The Best Is Yet To Come [1st Version]
        (Coleman/Leigh)
  64. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
        [1st Version] (Forrest/Wright)
  65. Teach Me Tonight (Cahn/DePaul)
  66. If I Were A Bell (Loesser)
  67. Until I Met You [1st version]         (Green/Wolf)
  68. The Green Leaves Of Summer
        (Tiomkin/Webster)
  69. Them There Eyes
        (Pinkard/Tauber/Tracey)
  70. Don't Go To Strangers
        (Evans/Kent/Mann)
  71. Love (Blane/Martin)
  72. My Favorite Things
        (Hammerstein/Rodgers)
  73. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Porter)
  74. Wonder Why (Brodszky/Cahn)
  75. Easy To Love (Porter)
  76. Sophisticated Lady
        (Ellington/Mills/Parish)
  77. Great Day (Eliscu/Rose/Youmans)
  78. Ill Wind (Arlen/Koehler)
  79. If Love Is Good To Me
        (Evans/Spielman)
  80. In A Sentimental Mood
        (Ellington/Kurtz/Mills)
  81. Vanity (Bierman/Manus/Wood)
  82. Through The Years         (Heyman/Youmans)
  83. Just In Time (Comden/Green/Styne)
  84. When Sunny Gets Blue (Fisher/Segal)
  85. All I Do Is Dream Of You         (Brown/Freed)
  86. I Understand (Gannon/Wayne)
  87. Goodnight Sweetheart
        (Campbell/Connolly/Noble/Vallee)
  88. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
        (Warfield/Williams)
  89. When Lights Are Low (Carter/Williams)
  90. Key Largo (Carter/Suessdorf/Worth)
  91. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease
        Me) (Ellington/Gaines)
  92. All Or Nothing At All         (Altman/Lawrence)
  93. The Very Though Of You (Noble)
  94. A Taste Of Honey (Marlow/Scott)
  95. What Kind Of Fool Am I
        (Bricusse/Newley)
  96. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
        (Cahn/Styne)
  97. Sermonette (Adderley/Hendricks)
  98. In Love In Vain (Kern/Robin)
  99. Gravy Waltz (Allen/Brown)
100. The Good Life (Distel/Reardon)
101. Moanin' (Hendricks/Timmons)
102. 'Round Midnight
        (Hanighen/Monk/Williams)
103. Easy Street (Jones)
104. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
        (Warfield/Williams)
105. Midnight Sun (Burke/Hampton/Mercer)
106. Serenata (Anderson/Parish)
107. Serenata [alternate take]
        (Anderson/Parish)
108. My Dear Little Sweetheart         (Smith/Weiss)
109. Let's (Lehman/Martinelli)
110. Ooh What A Day (Mosley/Watts)
111. What's The Use (Mosley/Watts)
112. Wallflower Waltz (Fisher/Segal)
113. True Believer [1st version]
        (Lebowsky/McCoy)
114. April (Iavello/Kellem)
115. If Not For You
116. True Believer (Lebowsky/McCoy)
117. Oh Lover (Mosley/Watts)
118. Snowbound (Faith/Kehner)
119. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Noble)
120. What's Good About Goodbye
        (Arlen/Robin)
121. Stella By Starlight (Washington/Young)
122. Look To Your Heart (Cahn/Van         Heusen)
123. Oh You Crazy Moon
        (Burke/Van Heusen)
124. Blah, Blah, Blah (Gershwin/Gershwin)
125. I Remember You (Mercer/Schertzinger)
126. Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn/Styne)
127. Glad To Be Unhappy (Hart/Rodgers)
128. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The
        Most (Landesman/Wolf)
129. Lonely Hours (Glaser/Solomon)
130. I'll Never Be The Same
        (Kahn/Malneck/Signorelli)
131. If I Had You (Berlin)
132. Friendless (Carter/Vandervoort II)
133. You're Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson)
134. Always On My Mind (Green/Newell)
135. Look For Me, I'll Be Around
        (Dee/Wood)
136. What'll I Do (Berlin)
137. Solitude (DeLange/Ellingon/Mills)
138. These Foolish Things
        (Link/Marvell/Strachey)
139. So Long, My Love (Cahn/Spence)
140. The Man I Love (Gershwin/Gershwin)
141. I Didn't Know About You
        (Ellington/Russell)
142. More Than You Know
        (Eliscu/Rose/Youmans)
143. Thanks For The Ride (Alfred/Ford)
144. Come Spring (Miller/Stevens)
145. I Wish I Were In Love Again
        (Hart/Rodgers)
146. Lazy Afternoon (LaTouche/Moross)
147. Just Married Today (Alfred/Frisch)
148. Something I Dreamed Last Night
        (Fain/Magidson/Yellen)
149. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin/Gershwin)
150. This Can't Be Love (Hart/Rodgers)
151. Slowly (Goell/Raksin)
152. Just You, Just Me (Greer/Klages)
153. This Can't Be Love [alternate take]
        (Hart/Rodgers)
154. Star Eyes (DePaul/Raye)
155. Once Upon A Summertime
        (Barclay/Legrand/Mercer)
156. Don't Go To Strangers
        (Evans/Kent/Nann)
157. Icy Tone (Glover/Levy)
158. I Was Telling Him About You
        (Charlap/George)
159. I'll Never E The Same
        (Kahn/Malneck/Signorelli)
160. Call Me Irresponsible
        (Cahn/Van Heusen)
161. Bewildered (Powell/Whitcup)
162. Do You Remember (Bailey/Levy)
163. There'll Be Other Times
        (Jones/McPartland)
164. Within Me I Know (Ellington/Kuller)
165. As Long As He Needs Me (Bart)
166. Enchanted Wall
167. There'll Be Other Times [alternate
        take] (Jones/McPartland)
168. Be My Love (Brodszky/Cahn)
169. Intermezzo (Henning/Provost)
170. I Give To You (Lehmann/Manning)
171. Because (D'Hardelot/Teschemacher)
172. Full Moon And Empty Arms
        (Kaye/Mossman)
173. My Reverie (Clinton)
174. Moonlight Love (Debussy/Parish)
175. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
        (Herbert/Young)
176. Till The End Of Time
        (Chopin/Kaye/Mossman)
177. None But The Lonely Heart
        (Muller/Tchaikovsky)
178. Night  (Lehmann/Miller)
179. If You Are But A Dream
        (Bonx/Fulton/Kaffe/Rubinstein)
180. Only  (Missir/Weiss)
181. Experience Unnecessary
        (Creatore/Peretti/Shelley/Winters)
182. Untouchable  (Shan)
183. Sleepy    (Brown/Bryant)
184. The Hills Of Assisi  (Pockriss/Vance)
       


Offering up a somewhat confused selection of modern jazz classics (Coltrane, Mel Tormé, and Mongo Santamaria on one disc?), Time Life still comes through with a solid mix of bop and hard bop instrumentals and vocals. Bookended by milestones from both eras, Dizzy Gillespie's 'A Night in Tunisia' and Horace Silver's 'Song For My Father', Classic Jazz: Jazz Masters takes in additional gems from such other essential figures as Lester Young, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Sonny Rollins, and Herbie Hancock. An enjoyable survey that's best suited to neophytes. Classic Jazz: Jazz Masters / Various Artists
issued: 2002 CD TIME LIFE 18816

Oscar Peterson Trio, Erroll Garner Trio, Horace Silver Quintet, King Cole Trio; Gene Ammons, Cat Anderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Carmell Jones, Ray Nance, Pete Candoli, Willie Cook, Marty Sheller, Clark Terry, Don Fagerquist, Nathan Woodard (tp); Bob Enevoldsen, John Cave, Vincent DeRosa (fl-h); Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Henderson Chambers, Juan Tizol (tb); Bobby Capers (fl, ts); Pat Patrick (fl, as); Bob Cooper, Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, Don Byas, John Coltrane, Jimmy Hamilton, Jack Montrose (ts); Bud Shank, Rick Henderson, Russell Procope, Lou Donaldson (as); Harry Carney, Jack DuLong, Gene Easton (bar-s); Albert Pollan (tu); Freddie Hubbard (cl); Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Annie Ross, La Lupe, Wito Kortwright, Jon Hendricks (voc); Tommy Flanagan, Erroll Garner, Al Haig, Herbie Hancock, Elmo Hope, Horace Silver, Paul Smith, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, John Houston, Gildo Mahones, Rodgers Grand (p); Nat King Cole (p, voc); Marty Paich (p, arr); Jimmy McGriff (org); Milt Jackson (vib); Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Bill DeArango, Oscar Moore, Morris Dow, Gene Byrd (g); Stuff Smith (v); Red Mitchell, Percy Heath, Keter Betts, Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Wendell Marshall, Johnny Miller, Wyatt Ruther, Teddy Smith, Victor Venegas, Ben Stuberville, Ike Isaacs Trio (b); Philly Joe Jones, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Butch Ballard, Art Blakey, Walter Bolden, George Brown, Eugene "Fats" Heard, J.C. Heard, Frank Hernandez, Roger Humphries, Ray Lucas, Jackie Mills, Alvin Stoller, Tony "Ruption" Williams (dr); Bill Reichenbach, Buddy Deppenschmidt (perc); Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez, Joseph Gorgas (perc, voc); Mongo Santamaria (cga)


  1. A Night In Tunisia / Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
  2. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got...) / Ella Fitzgerald
  3. Brownie Speak / Lou Donaldson & Clifford Brown Quintet
  4. Misty / Erroll Garner Trio
  5. On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Lester Young, O. Peterson Trio
  6. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 / Nat King Cole Trio
  7. Sock / Gene Ammons
  8. It Never Entered My Mind / Miles Davis Quartet
  9. Satin Doll / Duke Ellington And His Famous...
10. I'm An Old Cowhand / Sonny Rollins
11. Cloudburst / Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
12. Desafinado / Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd
13. Cantaloupe Island / Herbie Hancock
14. Watermelon Man / Mongo Santamaria
15. I've Got A Woman / Jimmy McGriff
16. Lullaby Of Birdland / Mel Tormé
17. Giant Steps / John Coltrane
18. Song For My Father / Horace Silver Quintet *

* with Carmell Jones
     


produced by (among others): Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff, Michael Cuscuna ; engineer (among others) and re-recording engineer: Rudy Van Gelder The Blue Box - Blue Note´s Best / Various Artists
released: November 26, 2002, EMI MUSIC 856508 (Canada)

Donald Byrd (tp, fl-h); Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Buddy Childers, Bobby Shew, Wallace Roney, Al Aarons, Freddie Hubbard, Fonce Mizell, George Taitt (tp); Curtis Fuller, George Bohannon, J. J. Johnson, Lew McCreary, Kenny Shroyer (tb); Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Claude Bartee Jr. (ts); Jimmy Heath (bar s, ts); Gary Bartz, Lou Donaldson, Donald Harrison, Sahib Shihab (as); Grover Washington Jr. (ss, prod); Sidney Bechet (ss); Roger Glenn (fl, sax); Bill Perkins, Lanny Morgan, Abe Most, Harry Klee (fl, reeds); Sonny Clark, Herbie Hancock, Barry Harris, Gene Harris, Wynton Kelly, Horace Silver, Bud Powell, Joe Sample, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, Herman Foster, Artie Kane, McCoy Tyner, Gil Coggins, Chick Corea, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Mulgrew Miller, Thelonious Monk, John Richard Lewis (p); Marshall Otwell (el-p); Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Ronnie Foster, Shirley Scott, Lonnie Liston Smith, Larry Young, Jimmy Smith (org); Michel Petrucciani (p, synth, arr, prod); Robbie Kondor (synth progr.); Freddie Perren (synth); Carmen McRae(voc); Kenny Burrell, Stanley Jordan (g, prod); Grant Green, Teddy Bunn, David T. Walker, Pat Metheny, John Scofield (g); Bobby McFerrin (b, voc, prod, lead); Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Steve Swallow, Doug Watkins, Miroslav Vitous, Major Holley, Butch Warren, Al McKibbon, Gene Ramey, Bob Cranshaw, Percy Heath, Walter Booker, Jymie Merritt, George Duvivier, Dennis Budimir, Peck Morrison, Bob Paige, William Bivens, Johnny Williams, Jimmy Lewis & the Checkers, Teddy Smith, Reggie Workman, Curly Russell (b); Eddie Gomez (double-b); Chuck Rainey (el-b); Tony "Ruption" Williams (dr, prod); Louis Hayes, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Max Roach, Clifford Jarvis, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey, Big Sid Catlett, Kenny Clarke, Bill Dowdy, Roy Haynes, Roger Humphries, Idris Muhammad, Clarence Johnston, Pete LeRoca, Harvey Mason Sr., Billy Stewart (dr); Billy Higgins (dr, voc); Ray Barretto (cga); Frank Colon, Sammy Figueroa (perc); Larry Mizell (arr, prod)
     

  1. Dat Dere / Art Blakey
  2. Maiden Voyage / Herbie Hancock
  3. Day Dream / Kenny Burrell
  4. Summertime / Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra
  5. Una Mas / Kenny Dorham
  6. The Wanderer / McCoy Tyner
  7. Blues Walk / Lou Donaldson
  8. Black Byrd / Donald Byrd
  9. Eleanor Rigby / Stanley Jordan
10. It Never Entered My Mind/ Miles Davis
11. Turtle Shoes / Bobby McFerrin
12. Cantaloupe Island / Herbie Hancock
13. Three O´Click In Te Morning / Dexter Gordon
14. Straight No Chaser / Thelonious Monk
15. Blue Train / John Coltrane
16. A Child Is Born / Carmen McRae
17. Viscosity [alternate take] / Jay Jay Johnson
18. Séñor Blues / Horace Silver *?
19. Collard Greens & Black-Eyed Peas / Bud Powell
20. Avila And Tequila / Hank Mobley
21. The Sidewinder / Lee Morgan
22. 'Round Midnight / Thelonious Monk
  23. Message To My Friend / John Scofield
24. Stompin' At The Savoy / Three Sounds
25. Jellyroll / Donald Byrd
26. Back At The Chicken Shack / Jimmy Smith
27. Speak No Evil / Wayne Shorter
28. Sookie, Sookie / Grant Green
29. Blue Bossa / Joe Henderson
30. Lullaby / Michel Petrucciani
31. C. T. A. / Miles Davis
32. Decision / Sonny Rollins
33. God Bless The Child / Stanley Turrentine
34. Song For My Father / Horace Silver *
35. Footprints / Wayne Shorter
36. Now He Sings, Now He Solos / Chick Corea
37. Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky / Lou Donaldson
38. Open Sesame / Freddie Hubbard
39. Speak Low / Grant Green
40. Lover Man / Jay Jay Johnson
41. Un Poco Loco / Bud Powell
42. Don't Explain / Dexter Gordon
43. Sister Cheryl / Tony Williams

* with Carmell Jones
       


  Untinted: Sources For Madlib's Shades Of Blue / Various Artists
issued: November 18, 2003, LP & CD BLUE NOTE 93163

Lee Morgan Quintet; The Three Sounds; Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell, Oscar Brashear (tp); Donald Byrd (tp, voc); Fonce Mizell (tp, voc, clav, solina); Gary Bartz (as); George Coleman, Junior Cook, Bennie Maupin, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson (ts); Bobbi Humphrey (fl, voc); Roger Glenn (fl, a-fl, sax); Jim Horn (fl); Ernie Watts (fl, ts); James Carter, James Carter (human whistle); Jerry Peters (synth, p, el-p); Larry Mizell (synth, p, arr, cond, el-p, voc, bckgr voc, solina); Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill, Eddie Cano (p); Joe Sample, Chuck Davis (p,el-p); Skip Scarbrough (p, el-p, clav); Freddie Perren (p, el-p, bckgr voc); Horace Silver (p, engin.); Gene Harris (p, group member; Ronnie Foster, Reuben Wilson (org); Dorothy Ashby (harp); Jess Acuna, Kay Haith, Sonia Tavares, Rosario Davila, Lorraine Kennar, Augie Rey, Katherine Lyra, Margie Evans (bckgr voc); Sanford Allen (v); Al Brown, Selwart Clarke (viola); Albert Steinberg, Henry Felber, Kermit Moore (cello, dir); Louis Kievman, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jesse Erlich (strings); Grant Green, David T. Walker, Gene Bertoncini, Craig Mc Mullen, Dean Parks, John Rowin, Al Vescovo (g); Ron Carter, George Duvivier, Ron Carter, Dave Troncoso, Gene Taylor Band, Reggie Workman (b); Andy Simpkins (b, group member); Chuck Rainey, Gordon Edwards, Wilton Felder (b, el-b)); Joe Chambers, Louis Hayes, Dee Ervin, Harvey Mason, Leo Morris Sr., Mickey Roker, Anthony Williams, Jimmy Johnson Jr., Miles Grayson, Paul Humphrey & The Cool Aid Chemists, Joe Chambers (dr); Carl Burnett (dr, group member); Rudy Calzado, Bobby Matos, Johnny Paloma, Victor Pantoja, Hall Bobby Porter, Roger Sainte (perc); Stephanie Spruill (perc, bckgr voc); Bobby Hutcherson (arr, marimba, vib); George Devens (perc, vib); Alan Estes (vib); Mayuto Correa, Arthur Jenkins (cga); Monk Higgins (arr, cond); Wade Marcus, Dale Oehler (arr)


  1. The Look Of Slim / Gene Harris, Three Sounds
  2. Distant Land / Donald Byrd
  3. Mystic Brew / Ronnie Foster
  4. Stormy / Reuben Wilson
  5. Please Set Me At Ease / Bobbi Humphrey
  6. Stepping Into Tomorrow / Donald Byrd
  7. Illusion / Andrew Hill
  8. Montara / Bobby Hutcherson
  9. Song For My Father / Horace Silver *
10. Footprints / Wayne Shorter
11. Peace / Horace Silver
12. Dolphin Dance / Herbie Hancock

* with Carmell Jones
     


  Mosaic Select: Curtis Amy
recorded: 1960-1963 for Pacific
issued: November 30, 2003, CD Box MOSAIC 007

(A)
Curtis Amy (ts); Roy Brewster (valve-tb); Paul Bryant
       (org); Clarence Jones (b); Jimmy Miller (dr).

(B) Curtis Amy (ts); Carmell Jones (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib);
       Frank Strazzeri (p); Jimmy Bond (b); Frank Butler (dr).

(C) Curtis Amy (ts); Marcus Belgrave (tp); Roy Brewster (valve-tb); Roy
       Ayers (vib); John Houston (p); George Morrow (b); Tony Bazley (dr).

(D) Curtis Amy (ts); Roy Brewster (valve-tb); Roy Ayers (vib); Victor
       Feldman (p); George Morrow (b); Tony Bazley (dr).

(E) Curtis Amy (ts); Roy Brewster (valve-tb); Roy Ayers
       (vib); John Houston (p); Bob Whitlock (b); Larance Marable (dr).

(F) Curtis Amy (ss, ts); Dupree Bolton (tp); Ray Crawford (g); Jack Wilson
       (p); Victor Gaskin (b); Doug Sides (dr).

Disc 1
  1. Searchin’ (A)
  2. Goin’ Down, Catch Me A Woman (A)
  3. The Blues Message (A)
  4. Come Rain Or Come Shine (A)
  5. This Is The Blues (A)
  6. Meetin’ Here (A)
  7. Early In The Morning (A)
  8. If I Were A Bell (A)
  9. One More Hamhock Please (A)
10. Angel Eyes (A)
11. Just Friends (A)

(Bryant)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Arlen/Mercer)
(Amy)
(Matthews)
(Amy)
(Losser)
(Amy)
(Brent/Dennis)
(Klenner/Lewis)
Disc 2
  1. Gone Into It (B)
  2. Annsome (B)
  3. Bobbin’ (B)
  4. Groovin’ Blue (B)
  5. Beautiful You (B)
  6. Very Frank (B)
  7. Way Down (D)
  8. Liberia (D)
  9. 24 Hours Blues (C)
10. Lisa (C)
11. A Soulful Bee, A Soulful Rose (C)
12. All My Life (D)
13. Bells And Horns (D)

(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Matthews)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Mitchell/Stept)
(Jackson)
Disc 3
  1. Tippin’ On Through (E)
  2. Funk In The Evening (E)
  3. For Ayers Only (E)
  4. In Your Own Sweet Way (E)
  5. Summertime (E)
  6. Set Call (E)
  7. Katanga (F)
  8. Lonely Woman (F)
  9. Native Land (F)
10. Amyable (F)
11. You Don’t Know What Love Is (F)
12. A Shade Of Brown (F)
12. Very Frank (F)

(Golson)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Brubeck)
(Gershwin/Heyward)
(Amy)
(Bolton)
(Amy)
(Amy)
(Wilson)
(DePaul/Raye)
(Solomon)
(Amy)
           

Of all the volumes in the Mosaic Select series - as of this writing there are eight - none is more welcome or unexpected than this set by the late saxophonist, composer, and arranger, Curtis Amy. What these three CDs contain are Amy's entire six-album output for the Pacific Jazz label which includes his masterpiece, Katanga!. Amy's star continued to shine in different contexts after he left the label, as a tough tenor with Gerald Wilson and Ray Charles, as a soloist on the Doors' Soft Parade and L.A. Woman albums, and of course, as an arranger and bandleader in R&B singer Merry Clayton's group (the pair were married).
But it is the material here which cements Amy's place in the jazz pantheon. Amy hailed from Houston, and is very much a part of the rich and varied Texas tenor tradition. He migrated to Los Angeles to work, and fronted numerous soul-jazz bands there before record- ing these six albums for Pacific Jazz. The titles include the Blues Message and Meetin' Here (co-led with organist Paul Bryant), Groovin' Blue (co-led with drummer Frank Butler), and Way Down, Tippin' on Through, and Katanga! (the latter three as a solo leader), all of them issued between 1960 and 1963. The first three albums in this set offer the view of Amy as a bluesed-out soul wailer in a scene dominated by the latter heyday of cool jazzers and West Coast hard boppers. The players on these three recordings offered a glimpse into the deep R&B roots of the Sunset Strip jazz club scene: along with Bryant and Butler, trombonist Roy Brewster, drummer Jimmy Miller, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, and bassists Jimmy Bond and Clarence Jones played on these sessions, all of them stalwarts on that steaming but criminally undocumented scene. The 4th album in the set, Way Down, features some new faces, most notably Marcus Belgrave before his stint with Charles Mingus, and vibist Roy Ayers before he went solo. Other players on the date include bassist George Morrow, and pianist Victor Feldman. Tippin' on Through is a Live at the Lighthousedate, and Amy pulled out all the stops with Larance Marable, Brewster,
  Bobby Whitlock, and pianist John Houston. On all of these sessions, Amy is deeply rooted in the rhythm and blues and soul traditions of the Texas tenors. His combo work is restricted rhythmically perhaps, but it is harmonically brilliant in the way it stretches these forms to the breaking point at the front line, and the pieces on the live set dovetail and turn back on themselves - dig the large modal frames Houston lays down under Ayers' vibes: Ayers then extrapolates them for the horns to jump off from. Texturally too, the way solos are layered and dove-tail and turn back on themselves dynamically is quite remarkable, in that many of the New York soul-jazz dates didn't get to this place until 1966 or so. Finally, Amy was already deeply under the sway of Coltrane on Tippin' on Through: his own solos take the modal approach, and wind around one or two phrases and blow them from the inside out, exploding into torrents of sound without moving away from the blues.
Katanga! is a case in point all by itself. It remains a jazz classic for its wondrously extrapolated and striated harmonics, its knotty sense of interval, and Amy's melodic sophistication, which was deeply saturated with Latin and African scalar considerations. This set also features the trumpet playing of the little-known and under-recorded Dupree Bolton, the elegant funk of guitarist Ray Crawford, and features Amy on soprano, an instrument that he mastered and became an original voice on, despite the fact that he had played it for such a brief time previous to this session. Here, despite the elongated compositional structures, the blues are never out of the limelight entirely. The title track, written by Dupree Bolton, and "Lonely Woman" (Amy's version, not Ornette Coleman's) are the highlights here, but there isn't a weak millisecond on this slab. In all, this collection is its own revelation - not only of Amy's overlooked artistry, but of the city of L.A. teeming with fresh sounds and approaches before the steamroller of rock and roll overshadowed it.
 
       


Review by Alex Henderson
In the 21st century, the jazz vocal field is full of upstart female vocalists who go out of their way to emulate the late Sarah Vaughan, artists who feel that the best way to honor her memory is to try to sound exactly like her. The problem is that Sassy was truly irreplaceable; so instead of aspiring to be clones, the best thing jazz newcomers can do is search for their own voices. That isn't to say that they shouldn't be Vaughan-influenced - only that they should work on developing their own identities, and for newcomers, there is much to be learned from a fine collection like Anthology (especially when it comes to warmth, feeling, charisma and soulfulness). Spanning 1944-1963, this 23-song, 77-minute CD takes a look at Vaughan during a 19-year period - and from 'I'll Wait and Pray' in 1944 to a 1963 performance of Lionel Hampton's 'Midnight Sun' (arranged by Gerald Wilson), she demonstrates just how compelling vocal jazz can be. The material is, for the most part, offered in chronological order, thus enabling one to hear the transition from scratchy 78-era sound to good '50s hi-fi mono to early stereo; one also hears some deepening in Vaughan's voice during those 19 years


date, and Amy pulled out all the stops with Larance Marable, Brewster, degree that her voice deepened in the '70s and '80s). But whatever the amount of deepness in her voice, Anthology never fails to illustrate the singer's originality; Vaughan is as distinctive on Dizzy Gillespie's 'A Night In Tunisia' in 1944 and Juan Tizol's 'Perdido' in 1950 as she is on Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight' in 1963. Anthology is far from the last word on Vaughan in the '40s, '50s or early '60s; it is, however, a nicely assembled collection that paints a consistently attractive picture of Vaughan's first 19 years as a recording artist.
Anthology / Sarah Vaughan
2005 CD STARDUST 1439

CARMELL JONES (#22, 23)


  1. I'll Wait And Pray
  2. Interlude
  3. Penthouse Serenade
(When We're Alone)
  4. Everything I Have Is Yours
  5. I'm Through With Love
  6. It Might As Well Be Spring
  7. Love Me Or Leave Me
  8. Mean To Me
  9. East Of The Sun
(And West of the Moon)
10. Perdido
11. The More I See You
12. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
13. My Ideal
14. You' ve Changed
15. Star Eyes
16. You Go To My Head
17. Sophisticated Lady
18. My Favorite Things
19. In A Sentimental Mood
20. When Sunny Gets Blue
21. A Garden In The Rain
22. 'Round Midnight
23. Midnight Sun
(Treadwell/Valentine)
(Gillespie/Leveen)
(Burton/Jason)
(Adamson/Lane)
(Kahn/Livingston/Malneck)
(Hammerstein/Rodgers)
(Donaldson/Kahn)
(Ahlert/Turk)
(Bowman)
(Drake/Lengsfelder/Tizol)
(Gordon/Warren)
(Brown/Kahn)
(Chase/Robin/Whiting)
(Heyman/Martin/Young)
(DePaul/Raye)
(Coots/Gillespie)
(Ellington/Mills/Parish)
(Hammerstein/Rodgers)
(Ellington)
(Fisher/Segal)
(Dyronforth/Gibbons)
(Hanighen/Monk/Williams)
(Burke/Hampton/Mercer)
     

Review by Al Campbell
As part of Blue Note's Very Best series, pianist Horace Silver is spotlighted on eight tracks recorded between 1954 and 1966. This set includes the Silver-penned classics 'The Preacher', 'Song for My Father', 'Doodlin´', and 'The Jody Grind'. Silver's backing bands include fellow Blue Note alumni Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Blue Mitchell, Joe Henderson, and Junior Cook, among others, making this a quality sampler for the novice at a mid-line price.
The Very Best / Horace Silver
2005 CD Blue Note 77397

  1. Doodlin'
  2. The Preacher
  3. Señor Blues
  4. Soulville
  5. Sister Sadie
  6. Song For My Father
  7. The Cape Verdean Blues
  8. The Jody Grind


  All compositions by Horace Silver
     


  The Great American Songbook / Nancy Wilson
2005 CD CAPITOL JAZZ 77562

John Audino, Frank Beach, Bobby Bryant, Pete Candoli, Jules Chaikin, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Joe Graves, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones Emanuel Klein, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Clyde Reasinger, Jimmy Salko (tp); Milt Bernhart, Bob Edmondson, Chuck Cooper, Eddie Kusby, Lew McReary, Pullman Pederson, Tommy Pederson, William Schaefer, Don Switzer, Phil Teele, Lloyd Ulyate, Si Zentner, George Roberts, Lester Robertson, Kenny Shroyer, Richard Nash, Lew McCreary, Murray McEachern, Dick Noel, John Ewing (tb); Plas Johnson (tb, ts); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land Sax (ts); Cannonball Adderley, Joe Maini, Frank Strozier, Jimmy Woods (as); Jack Nimitz (bar-s); Nat Adderley Cornet; Benny Carter (reeds, sax); Chuck Gentry, Paul Horn, Jules Jacobs, Willie Smith, Bill Ulyate (reeds); Fred Falensby, Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Arthur Herfurt, Bill Hood, Jerome A. Kasper, William Ulyate (sax); Justin Gordon (cl, b-cl, fl, sax); Ernie Snell (b-fl, bar-s); Bob Hardaway (cl, b-cl, fl, engl-h); Abe Most Clarinet, Ted Nash (cl, fl); Bobby Gibbons, Joe Gibbons, Bill Green (b-fl, as); Gene Cipriano (b-fl, ts); James A. Decker, Henry DeRosa, Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Frantz, Richard Mackey, Richard Perissi, Henry Sigismonti (fr- h); Red Callender (tu); Hank Jones, Ralph Sharon, Lou Levy, Donn Trenner, Joe Zawinul (p); Jack Wilson (p, celeste); George Shearing, Jimmy Jones (p, arr.); Ronnell Bright, Milt Raskin (p, cond., orch., p); Eddie Costa (vib); John Michael Gray, Bob Bain Gene Bertoncini, John Collins, Dick Garcia, Mundell Lowe, Jack Marshall, Joe Pass, Jimmy Bond, Ron Carter, Joe Comfort, Charles Wright (g); Ralph Pena, Meyer Rubin, Buster Williams, Joe Mondragon, Sam Jones,Damon Jones (b); Carol Kaye Bass (el-b); Nick Ceroli, Irving Cottler, Kenny Dennis, Walter Bolden, Louis Hayes, Grady Tate, Shelly Manne, Stan Levey (dr); Hal Blaine Chimes (dr, vib); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards, Gene Estes (perc); Victor Feldman (perc, timpani, vib); Gerald Wilson, Oliver Nelson, Billy May (arr., cond.); Sid Feller (cond., orch. arr.); David Cavanaugh, Andy Wiswell, Tom Morgan (prod.); Ron McMaster (masterg.); Donald Elfman (liner notes)
     
  1. All Of You
  2. The Things We Did Last Summer
  3. The More I See You
  4. The Nearness Of You
  5. Never Will I Marry
  6. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
  7. Little Girl Blue
  8. Tonight
  9. Sometimes I'm Happy
10. Secret Love
11. Sleepin' Bee
12. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
13. On The Street Where You Live
14. You Don't Know What Love Is
15. This Time The Dream's On Me
16. Sophisticated Lady
17. Dearly Beloved
18. My Ship
19. My Shining Hour
20. I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life
21. Back in Your Own Backyard
22. People Will Say We're In Love
(Porter)
(Cahn/Styne)
(Gordon/Warren)
(Carmichael/Washington)
(Loesser)
(Woods)
(Hart/Rodgers)
(Bernstein/Sondheim)
(Caesar/Grey/Youman)
(Fain/Webster)
(Arlen/Capote)
(Howard)
(Lerner/Loewe)
(DePaul/Raye)
(Arlen/Mercer)
(Ellington/Mills/Parish)
(Kern/Mercer)
(Gershwin/Weill)
(Arlen/Mercer)
(Coleman/McCarthy)
(Dreyer/Jolson/Rose)
(Hammerstein/Rodgers)
23. Bewitched
24. Try A Little Tenderness
25. At Long Last Love
26. In A Sentimental Mood
27. When The Sun Comes Out
28. I Thought About You
29. Darn That Dream
30. The Very Thought Of You
31. Like Someone In Love
32. Angel Eyes
33. My One And Only Love
34. The Song Is You
35. Lush Life
36. It Never Entered My Mind
37. Prelude To A Kiss
38. By Myself
39. Glad To Be Unhappy
40. Time After Time
41. Hello Dolly
42. Supper Time
43. Someone To Watch Over Me
44. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(Hart/Rodgers)
(Campbell/Connelly/Woods)
(Porter)
(Ellington)
(Arlen/Koehler)
(Mercer/VanHeusen)
(Burke/VanHeusen)
(Noble)
(Burke/VanHeusen)
(Brent/Dennis)
(Mellin/Wood)
(Hammerstein/Kern)
(Strayhorn)
(Hart/Rodgers)
(Ellington/Gordon/Mills)
(Dietz/Schwartz)
(Hart/Rodgers)
(Cahn/Styne)
(Herman)
(Berlin)
(Gershwin/Gershwin)
(Porter)
       

  Save Your Love For Me:
Nancy Wilson Sings The Great Blues Ballads

issues: 2005 CD BLUE NOTE 77558 ; 2005 CD BLUE NOTE 4775592

Nancy Jo Wilson (voc); Gerald Wilson (arr., cond.); John Audin, Bobby Bryant, Pete Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Don Fagerquist, Jules Chaikin, Bobby Clark, Joe Graves, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Mickey McMahan, Al Porcino, Uan Rasey, Clyde Reasinger, Jimmy Salko, Don Smith, Tony Terran, Ray Triscari, Jules Vogel (tp); Nat Adderley (co);Miles Anderson, Milt Bernhart, Bob Edmondson, John Ewing, Vern Friley, Chuck Cooper, Eddie Kusby, Lew McReary, Pullman Pederson, Dick Noel, Richard Nash, Lester Robertson, William Schaefer, Kenny Shroyer, Ronald Smith, Don Switzer (tb); Jim E. Hill (b-tb); Stumpy Brown (tu, b-tb); James A. Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Frantz, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Abe Aaron, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land (ts); Cannonball Adderley, Joe Maini, Jimmy Woods (as); Jack Nimitz Sax (bar-s); Justin Gordon, Arthur Herfurt, Plas Johnson, Harry Klee, Willie Smith (sax); Bob Davis & Rhythm Jesters, Fred Haller (cl, as); Butch Stone (cl, bar-s); William Calkins, Buddy Collette Jules Jacob, Jules Jacobs, Bill Perkins, Bob Richards, William McLeish Smith, Bill Ulyate (reeds); Benny Carter, Bill Green, Chuck Gentry (reeds, sax); Wilbur Schwartz (sax); Red Callender (tu); Israel Baker, Thelma Beach, Edward Bergman, Bonnie Douglas, Walter Edelstein, Jacques Gasselin, Benny Gill, James Getzoff, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Boghossian, Dan Lube, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Ambrose Russo, Paul Shure, Albert Steinberg, Eleanor Slatkin, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (v); Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Sanford Schonbach; Ann Goodman, Armand Karpoff, George Poole, Edgar Lustgarten, David Pratt, Nino Rosso, Williams Vandenberg (cello); Jimmy Jones (p, arr., cond.); Ronnell Bright (p, cond.); Milt Raskin, George Shearing, Donn Trenner, Joe Zawinul (p, harpsichord); Jack Wilson (p, celeste); Mike Melvoin (org); Eddie Costa (vib); Catherine Gotthoffer, Ann Mason Stockton (harp); Bob Bain, Herb Ellis, Dick Garcia, Bobby Gibbons, John Collins, Al Hendrickson, Mundell Lowe, Joe Pass, Howard Roberts (g); Chuck Berghofer, Jimmy Bond, George Duvivier, Sam Jones, Ralph Pena, Meyer Rubin, Buster Williams (b); Carol Kaye Bass (el-b); Walter Bolden, Nick Ceroli, Kenny Dennis, Louis Hayes, Stan Levey, Shelly Manne, Earl Cyril Palmer (dr); Larry Bunker, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman (perc); Billy May (arr., cond:); Ron McMaster (masterg.); Tom Morgan, Andy Wiswell, David Cavanaugh (prod.); Billy Vera (liner notes)


  1. Save Your Love For Me
  2. In The Dark
  3. Don't Go To Strangers
  4. This Bitter Earth
  5. Willow Weep For Me
  6. All Night Long
  7. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
  8. Please Send Me Someone To Love
  9. Just For A Thrill
10. Born To Be Blue
11. I Wanna Be Loved
12. Make Me A Present Of You
13. Blue Prelude
14. Since I Fell For You
15. Don't Take Your Love From Me
[live]
(Johnson)
(Green)
(Evans/Kent/Mann)
(Otis)
(Ronell)
(Lewis)
(Razaf/Redman)
(Mayfield)
(Armstrong/Raye)
(Torme/Wells)
(Green/Heyman/Rose)
(Greene)
(Bishop/Jenkins)
(Johnson)
(Nemo)
     

  Gerald Wilson Artist Selects
issued: October 4, 2005 CD BLUE NOTE 31439 (EMI Music Distribution)

Gerald Wilson (tp, voc, arr., compil. prod.) Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Freddie Hill, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Nat Meeks, Melvin Moore, Bobby Bryant, Jack Trainor, Jimmy Owens (tp); Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, John Ewing, Frank Strong, Lou Blackburn (tb); Kenny Shroyer, Bob Knight, Don Switzer, Ernie Tack (b-tb); Buddy Collette (cl, fl, as); Bud Shank (as, fl); Harry Klee, Joe Maini (as); Jimmy Woods (as, ss); Anthony Ortega (as); Harold Land, Teddy Edwards, Curtis Amy, Walter Benton (ts); Jack Nimitz, Don Raffell (bar-s); William Green (picc-fl); Jack Wilson (p, org); Phil Moore, III (p); Richard "Groove" Holmes (org); Buddy Collette (cel); Joe Pass, Gene Edwards (g); Joe Maini, Harry Klee (acc-g); Leroy Vinnegar, Victor Gaskin, Jimmy Bond, Herbie Lewis, Buddy Woodson (b); Mel Lewis, Chuck Carter, Mel Lee (dr); Roy Ayers (vib); Modesto Duran, Max Garduno (cga); Richard Bock (prod.)


  1. Blues For Yna Yna
  2. Jeri
  3. Moody Blue
  4. Nancy Jo
  5. Teri
  6. Viva Tirado
  7. Milestones
  8. Josefina
  9. Paco
10. 'Round Midnight
11. Eric
12. Lighthouse Blues
13. El Viti
14. Carlos
15. The Feather
(from The Teotihuacan Suite)
16. The Serpent (from The Teotihuacan Suite)
 

All written by Gerald Wilson
     


Review by Jason Ankeny
While working in Los Angeles in support of pianist Jack Wilson, Roy Ayers befriended the respected jazz critic and producer Leonard Feather, a relationship that ultimately yielded the vibist's first recording contract. Ayers' rare debut session, West Coast Vibes, remains the purest musical expression of his long career, with none of the commercial overtures of his landmark fusion efforts for Polydor. For listeners more familiar with latter-day jazz-funk efforts like He's Coming or Everybody Loves the Sunshine, the warm, contoured tones of Ayers' vibes will come as a revelation. Then as now, his approach to percussion is completely unique, and it's fascinating to hear him operate in such conventional jazz contexts minus the gimmickry of later dates. Most impressive are Ayers' collaborations with saxophonist Curtis Amy, whose soulful, kinetic contributions beautifully complement Ayers' leads. [This edition contains bonus tracks.]
West Coast Vibes / Roy Ayers
recorded: May 21, 1962-July 1963
issued: March 14, 2006 CD MIGHTY QUINN PRODUCTIONS 1107

Roy Ayers (vib); Vi Redd Sax (as); Curtis Amy (ss, ts); Carmell Jones (tp); Russ Freeman, Jack Wilson (p); Victor Gaskin, Leroy Vinnegar (b); Tony Bazley, Kenny Dennis, Richie Goldberg (dr); Leonard Feather (prod); Scott Yanow (liner notes); Kevin Bartley (transfers); Mantis Evar (remastering)


  1. Sound and Sense
  2. Days of Wine and Roses
  3. Reggie of Chester
  4. It Could Happen to You
  5. Donna Lee
  6. Ricardo's Dilemma
  7. Romeo
  8. Out of Sight
  9. Young and Foolish
10. Well You Needn't
11. Now's the Time
[bonus track]
12. Perhaps / Cool Blues [bonus track]
(Ayers)
(Mancini/Mercer)
(Golson)
(Burke/VanHeusen)
(Parker)
(Ayers)
(Feather)
(Wilson)
(Hague/Horwitt)
(Monk)
(Parker)
(Parker)
     


Review The Music for Lovers series from EMI and Blue Note spotlights the balladic nature and romantic side of artists who have recorded for its associated labels. Nancy Wilson may not get her due as a jazz vocalist, but as a romantic balladeer she has few peers, with a voice that communicates romance and sensuality. The 12 selections come from her best albums, including 1961's The Swingin's Mutual! (with the George Shearing Quintet), Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues from 1963, and But Beautiful from 1969. Music For Lovers / Nancy Wilson
issued: 2007 CD BLUE NOTE / EMI 75546

Roy Ayers (vib); Vi Redd Sax (as); Curtis Amy (ss, ts); Carmell Jones (tp); Russ Freeman, Jack Wilson (p); Victor Gaskin, Leroy Vinnegar (b); Tony Bazley, Kenny Dennis, Richie Goldberg (dr); Leonard Feather (prod); Scott Yanow (liner notes); Kevin Bartley (transfers); Mantis Evar (remastering)

  1. The Nearness Of You
  2. All My Tomorrows
  3. If It's The Last Thing I Do
  4. For Heaven's Sake
  5. Welcome To My Love
  6. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
  7. My One And Only Love
  8. Easy Living
  9. The Very Thought Of You
10. Never Let Me Go
11. But Beautiful
12. Time After Time
(Carmichael/Washington)
(Cahn/VanHeusen)
(Cahn/Chaplin)
(Bretton/Edwards/Meyer)
(Cahn/Schluger)
(Howard)
(Mellin/Wood)
(Rainger/Robin)
(Noble)
(Evans/Livingston)
(Burke/VanHeusen)
(Cahn/Styne)
     




2007 two CD set containing the complete recordings of Herbie Mann with Chick Corea, consisting of the three complete albums Monday Night at the Village Gate, Standing Ovation at Newport and Latin Mann: Afro to Bossa to Blues (all recorded in 1965), plus all seven of the tracks from the album The Roar of the Greasepaint the Smell of the Crowd in which both musicians are present. For the first time ever on one release! This material is either long out of print or is only available in Japan on limited edition! Includes a 12-page comprehensive booklet! 26 tracks. Gambit.

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The Complete Latin Band Sessions / Herbie Mann, Chick Corea
recorded: 1965
issued: Sep. 2007, 2 CD Set GAMBIT DIS-116490 (H'ART Distribution)
barcode: 8436028692781, label code: 69278

THE LATIN JAZZ BAND: HERBIE MANN (fl), CHICK COREA (p), DAVE PIKE (vib), CARLOS “PATATO” VALDÉS (cga) on all tracks, plus:
CD 1: #1-6 recorded live at the Village Gate, New York, May 24, 1965:
JOHN HITCHCOCK, MARK WEINSTEIN (tb), EARL MAY (b), BRUNO CARR (d).
#7-9 recorded live at Newport, Rhode Island, July 3, 1965:
same personnel as above except Mark Weinstein out and BEN TUCKER (b) replaces Earl May on track 9.

CD 2: #1-10 recorded in New York, June 1-2 & 24, 1965:
same personnel as CD 1, #1-6: plus 12-piece orchestra featuring CARMELL JONES (tp), QUENTIN JACKSON (b-tb), JIMMY HEATH (ts), WILLIE BOBO (perc), OLIVER NELSON (arr, cond).
#11-17 recorded in New York, March 3 & 5, 1965:
same personnel as CD 1 plus MUNDELL LOWE (g)


CD 1
  1. Away from the Crowd
  2. Motherless Child
  3. In Escambrun
  4. The Young Turks
  5. You’re Gonna Make It with Me
  6. Mushi Mushi
  7. Patato
  8. Stolen Moments
  9. Comin’ Home Baby

CD 2
  1. Let’s Boom Chitty Boom
  2. What’d I Say
  3. Señor Blues
  4. Bijou
  5. Jungle Fantasy
  6. Watermelon Man
  7. Interlude
  8. The Jive Samba
  9. Ave Maria Morena
10. Manteca
11. It Isn’t Enough
12. My First Love Song
13. A Wonderful Day Like Today
14. Who Can I Turn To?*
15. The Joker*
16. Feeling Good*
17. Look at that Face*
* Bonus Tracks
 
     


The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of SONG FOR MY FATHER includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal and liner notes by Leonard Feather. Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder. This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.
Yet another jazz steal; this time, Steely Dan borrowed the title track for "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." Horace Silver should take heart, this is his most successful album and one that finds its way onto many recommended lists, not just for the jazz fraternity. Its strength is its accessibility, and in keeping with many piano leader albums Silver does not seek to dominate. The reissued CD version contains four extra tracks from the same 1963/64 sessions.

The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of THE REAL MCCOY includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal and liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Bob Blumenthal. Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder (1998, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).
This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series. Recorded a mere two years after McCoy Tyner's tenure with the great John Coltrane quartet (a group considered by many to be among jazz's best-ever outfits), THE REAL MCCOY finds the pianist continuing to expand as a composer and player. The album marks Tyner's move from Impulse to Blue Note, and he sounds suitably energized, playing challenging post-bop that, while lacking the revolutionary fervor of A LOVE SUPREME, for example, still occupies the front ranks of the forward-thinking jazz of the era. Tyner is joined by his former Coltrane cohort Elvin Jones on drums, stalwart bassist Ron Carter, and the underrated saxophonist Joe Henderson. The quartet acquits itself admirably on five Tyner compositions, among which "Passion Dance" and "Four By Five" are the best. Coltrane's influence can be heard throughout the album, especially in the sinuous, modal approach and in Henderson's ambitious solos, but Tyner's powerful playing, wholly his own, steals the show.

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The Real McCoy / Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner
issued: 2008 CD BLUE NOTE (EMI Music Distribution)
Song For My Father recorded: October 31, 1963, January 28, 1964 and October 26, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey
The Real MyCoy * recorded: April 21, 1967 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs/New Jersey. Originally released on Blue Note (4264).

Horace Silver (p); Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell (tp); Joe Henderson, Junior Cook (ts); Teddy Smith, Gene Taylor (b); Roger Humphries, Roy Brooks (dr).
* McCoy Tyner (p); Joe Henderson (ts); Ron Carter (b); Elvin Jones (dr), Alfred Lion (producer); Michael Cuscuna (reissue producer)

  1. Song For My Father
  2. Passion Dance*
  3. The Natives Are Restless Tonight
  4. Contemplation*
  5. Calcutta Cutie
  6. Four By Five*
  7. Que Pasa
  8. Search For Peace*
  9. The Kicker
10. Blues On the Corner*
11. Lonely Woman
12. Sanctimonious Sam*
13. Que Pasa
14. Sighin' and Cryin'*
15. Silver Threads Among the Soul
 
     


In honor of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster's 100th birthday, Storyville has brought out this two-CD compilation of rare studio and live cuts, culled mostly from the late, European phase of Webster's career. In 2007, Storyville had already put out an 8-CD box set called DIG BEN--the tracks to be heard on THE BRUTE AND THE BEAUTIFUL were actually put aside at time in anticipation of his centennial. Even more than the bebop-influenced Coleman Hawkins, Webster remained a highly traditional musician to the very end, but his rough-and-ready tone combined with his signature blues-inflected lyricism--the "brute and beautiful" of the title--guaranteed that he sounded fresh and contemporary to the very end.
Ben Webster was never a particularly innovative or experimental tenor sax player, so he often gets overlooked when discussions turn to the greatest sax players of the 20th century, but he could do two things as well as anyone who ever picked up the instrument. He could blow rough and raspy and he could go sweet as fresh sugar on a ballad until one would swear the whole world was weeping. Webster didn't expand, deconstruct, and re-form melodies; he simply made them speak in a way that made the heart swell. And luckily, he recorded a lot, which makes sets like this one possible. Divided into two discs, one featuring Webster's powerful, rough side and the other his aching, honey-filled ballad side (with a little bit of Webster at the piano as well), this little box set, released to honor the 100th anniversary of Webster's birth, makes for a fascinating late-career portrait of this delightful player, catching him in all of his styles, swinging, roaring, and sighing by turns.
100 Years / Ben Webster
recorded: Nov. 1, 1949-May 19, 1972 Danish Radio Copenhagen/Denmark, Kansas City, The Leiden/Netherlands, Nuway Club New York City, Odd Fellow Palæet Copenhagen/Denmark, Providence/RI, The Student's Society Copenhagen/Denmark, TV-Studio Copenhagen/Denmark. issued: 2009 2 CD Set STORYVILLE (RED Distribution) UPC: 717101840724

Ben Webster (ts, p); Walter Brown (voc); Dexter Gordon, Bent Juul Nielsen, Jesper Thilo, Sahib Shihab, Uffe Karskov (reeds); CARMELL JONES, Allan Botschinsky, Palle Mikkelborg, Palle Bolvig, Perry Knudsen (tp); Torolf Molgaard, Per Espersen, Torolf Molgård, Ole Kurt Jensen, Axel Windfel (tb); Jay McShann, Ole Kock Hansen, Tete Montoliu, Charlie McLean (p); Herman Bell, Jimmy Cannady, Ole Molin (g); Finn Ziegler (v, strings); Borge Madsen, Per Ludolph, Erling Christensen, Holger Bjerre, Mogens Holm Larsen, Stanley Carlson, Anton Kontra, Aage Bertelsen, Ove Winther, Kurt J. Jensen (strings); Rune Carlsson, Joe Veletri, Makaya Ntshoko, Jesse Price, Alex Riel, Bjarne Rostvold, Ray White, Ole Streenberg (dr).
Director: Niels Jorgen Steen, photographer: Jan Persson.

Disc 1
  1. In a Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington)
  2. In a Mellow Tone (Ellington)
  3. Blues in B Flat (Ben Webster)
  4. Cotton Tail (Ellington)
  5. Nasty Attitude
  6. Dancing on the Ceiling
  7. Indiana (James F. Hanley/Ballard MacDonald)
  8. The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin)
  9. Sometimes I'm Happy (Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans)
10. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Duke Ellington/Johnny Mercer)
11. Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie/Kenneth Casey/Maceo Pinkard)
12. Better Go (Webster)
13. The Theme (Miles Davis)

Disc 2
  1. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)
  2. My Romance (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers)
  3. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
  4. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill/Willard Robison)
  5. Come Sunday (Ellington)
  6. Bye, Bye Blackbird (Mort Dixon/Ray Henderson)
  7. Tenderly
  8. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
  9. Ad Lib Blues (Webster)
10. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington)
11. Danny Boy (Frederick Edward Weatherly)
12. Going Home (Traditional)
13. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter)
14. The Theme (Miles Davis)
     


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