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Alligator Bogaloo is the 1967 hard bop and soul jazz album by jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded on the Blue Note label. It features Donaldson with Melvin Lastie on cornet, Lonnie Smith on organ, George Benson on guitar, and Leo Morris on drums, a.k.a. Idris Muhammad.
The success of the title track surprised Donaldson as they were three minutes short for the session and had no more material. So he came up with a riff the guys could follow for three minutes to fill out the time, and that was the only thing that sold on the record.
The album’s six tracks are listed as Alligator Bogaloo, One Cylinder, The Thang, Aw Shucks!, Rev. Moses, and I Want a Little Girl. The album was produced by Alfred Lion and recorded at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood, New Jersey. #jazz #classic #collectible #music
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Whims of Chambers is an album released by bassist Paul Chambers released on the Blue Note label in 1956. The album features performance personnel by Chambers with trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Horace Silver and drummer Philly Joe Jones.
The album consisted of seven compositions with three by the leader and two by Byrd and two by Coltrane. Omicron by Byrd, Whims of Chambers, Nita by Coltrane, We Six by Byrd, Dear Ann, Tale of the Fingers and Just for the Love by Coltrane.
The album was produced by Alfred Lion, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, cover photo by Frank Wolff and cover design Reid Miles.
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Like Someone In Love is a 1960 album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. It was recorded for the Blue Note label at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and ran 39 minutes and 56 seconds. It was produced by Alfred Lion and the cover design was created by Reid Miles with photograph provided by Francis Wolff.
The title is taken from the popular song of the same name composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was written (along with “Sleigh Ride in July”) for the 1944 film Belle of the Yukon, and has since become a jazz standard.
The personnel on this session were leader and drummer Art Blakey, Lee Morgan on trumpet and flugelhorn, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt on bass.
The album was recorded in two sessions on August 7 (#3, 4, 6) and August 14 (#1, 2, 5), 1960 rendering the tunes Like Someone in Love, Johnny’s Blue (Morgan), Noise in the Attic (Shorter), Sleeping Dancer Sleep On (Shorter), Giantis (Shorter), and Sleeping Dancer Sleep On (Alternate Take and Bonus Track On CD).
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Introducing The Afro Blues Quintet Plus One is a 1965 recording on the Mira label. The photograph and cover design was by George Whiteman, exemplifies a typical 1960s post-exotica style. Active as a photographer-designer during the Sixties, he produced covers for both jazz and blues artists, such as Jimmy Reed and B.B. King.
An obscure album from an obscure Los Angeles, California based jazz combo, the surprise is finding how much it swings. Possible reasons: the youthful exuberance of its then-22-year-old leader and vibraphonist Joe De Aguero, the clever arrangements of standards and pop tunes, and the live recording (though no date or location is given).
Some reasons why, on the other hand, it’s not as good as it could be: a sameness to the arrangements (similar chord changes and runs in both “Liberation” and “Together” really stand out), soloing that never stakes its claim, missed opportunities to really add the “Afro” (read: African percussion) that makes up half of its name. The main ingredient here is a gospel swing that infects “Jericho” as well as an inventive take on “Walk On By.”
Young compiles on this recording the following eight compositions: Moses, Liberation, The Monkey Time, Summertime, Jericho, Walk On By, Together, and The “In” Crowd. Long out of print, this album is worth hunting down. #jazz #classic #collectible #music
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Larry Young’s Fuel is a jazz fusion album by organist/keyboardist Larry Young, recorded and released on the Arista Records label in 1975. The cover photography was provided by Benno Friedman with art direction and design by Bob Heimall.
The composers on the album included Young, Philips, Santiago Torano, Laura Logan and Fernando Saunders. The album is comprised of seven compositions Fuel for the Fire, I Ching (Book of Changes), Turn off the Lights, Floating, H + J = B (Hustle + Jam = Bread), People Do Be Funny and New York Electric Street Music.
The players on this session were: Larry Young – keyboards, Santiago Torano – guitar, Fernando Saunders – bass and background vocals, Rob Gottfried – drums and percussion, and Laura “Tequila” Logan – vocals
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