Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra (1973/2006) [Digital 24-96]
'Ray Sings, Basie Swings' is an album that mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from 1973 with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra.
"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) "Let the Good Times Roll" (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) "Every Saturday Night" (Jerry West, Silas Hogan) "Busted" (Harlan Howard) "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) "Come Live with Me" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple) "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) "Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie Safka) "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell)
"JuJu"
"Deluge"
"House of Jade"
"Mahjong"
"Yes or No"
"Twelve More Bars to Go"
(All compositions by Wayne Shorter)
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner – piano; Reggie Workman – bass; Elvin Jones – drums
Recorded August 3, 1964 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
01. Duke's Place
02. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
03. Cotton Tail
04. Mood Indigo
05. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
06. The Beautiful American
07. Black And Tan Fantasy
08. Drop Me Off In Harlem
09. The Mooche
10. In A Mellow Tone
11. It Don't Mean A Thing
12. Solitude
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light
15. Just Squeeze Me
16. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
17. Azalea
Louis Armstrong, vocal & trumpet; Duke Ellington, piano; Trummy Young, trombone; Barney Bigard, clarinet; Mort Herbert, bass; Danny Barcelona, drums
Recorded April 3, 4, 1961 at RCA Studio, NYC
1 "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
2 "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk)
3 "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
4 "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
5 "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
6 "One for Philly Joe" [aka "Home Cookin'"] (Jimmy Smith)
Jimmy Smith – organ, Kenny Burrell (1-4), Eddie McFadden (5, 6) – guitar, Philly Joe Jones (1-4), Donald Bailey (5, 6) – drums
Recorded February 26, 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
Cecil Taylor Quintet - Hard Driving Jazz
A1 Double Clutching (Chuck Israels)
A2 Like Someone In Love (Van Heusen - Burke)
B1 Shifting Down (Kenny Dorham)
B2 Just Friends (Klenner, Lewis)
Trumpet – Kenny Dorham
Tenor Saxophone – "Blue Train" (John Coltrane)
Piano – Cecil Taylor
Bass – Chuck Israels
Drums – Louis Hayes
1. "Aquarian Moon"
2. "Bouquet"
3. "Rojo"
4. "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock)
5. "Head Start"
6. "When You Are Near"
7. "The Omen"
(All compositions by Bobby Hutcherson except as noted in brackets.)
Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba, drums (on 7); Herbie Hancock - piano, box full of rocks (on 7); Bob Cranshaw - bass; Joe Chambers - drums, triangle (on 2), marimba & timpani (on 7)
Recorded February 8, 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
"What Know" (Morgan)
"The Opener" (Mobley)
"Round About Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams)
"The Breeze and I" (Lecuona, Stillman)
"The Theme" (Davis)
Art Blakey - drums, Lee Morgan - trumpet, Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons - piano, Jymie Merritt - bass
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on Sep.14, 1960 at Birdland, NYC.
A1 Just One Of Those Things
A2 Stompin' At The Savoy
B1 How High The Moon
B2 The Nearness Of You
Vibraphone – Lionel Hampton, Piano – Oscar Peterson, Bass – Ray Brown, Drums – Buddy Rich
Recorded in NYC on 2 Sept. 1953 and 12 April 1954
1. "Africa" (John Coltrane)
2. "Greensleeves" (traditional, arranged by McCoy Tyner)
3. "Blues Minor" (John Coltrane)
John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
Booker Little – trumpet
Julius Watkins, Bob Northern, Donald Corrado, Robert Swisshelm – french horn
Bill Barber – tuba
Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Reggie Workman, – bass
Elvin Jones – drums
May 23 session only:
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Julian Priester, Charles Greenlee – euphonium
Jim Buffington – french horn
Garvin Bushell – piccolo, woodwinds
Paul Chambers – bass on "Africa"
June 7 session only:
Britt Woodman – trombone
Carl Bowman – euphonium
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Art Davis – bass on "Africa"
Recorded May 23 (2), June 7 (1, 3), 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio