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Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace is an album that was recorded on December 23, 29 & 30, 1958 at the Reeves Sound Studio in New York City. However, it was released in 1959 on the Riverside record label. Orrin Keepnews produced the 36 minute 19 seconds sessions.

The Riverside design team of Paul Bacon, Harris Lewine and Ken Braren joined forces and created a richly colorful strip of type that worked so perfectly with the lush cover portrait of the vocalist. The photograph was taken by Melvin Sokolsky.

Pace was discovered by Chet Baker for this rare and only recording of the singer, who is backed by Baker’s quintet.

Track List:
1. All Or Nothing At All
2. Crazy She Calls Me
3. The Way You Look Tonight
4. This Is Always
5. When The Sun Comes Out
6. What Is There To Say
7. Ev’rything I’ve Got
8. We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together
9. It Might As Well Be Spring
10. Yesterdays

  • Recorded on December 23rd (tracks 1, 2 & 9), December 29th (tracks 3 & 5-7) and December 30th (tracks 4, 6 & 8)

Personnel:

  • Johnny Pace – vocals
  • Chet Baker – trumpet
  • Herbie Mann – flute
  • Joe Berle – piano
  • Vinnie Burke – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

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George Otsuka gathered his Trio and went into the Columbia Records studio in Japan to lay down the tracks for his Page 1 on October 14, 1967 for the Tact Jazz Series. The session was recorded by Shuji Otsuke.

Songs:
A1 Page 1
A2 Bye Bye Blackbird
A3 Theme
B1 Blues For Alice
B2 It Might As Well Be Spring
B3 Potato Chips
B4 Theme

Personnel:
Bass – Masaoki Terakawa
Drums – George Otsuka
Piano – Hideo Ichikawa

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The Memorial Album is a 1947 album by Fats Navarro recorded on the Blue Note record label with The Tadd Dameron Sextet, The Howard McGhee Sextet and Bud Powell’s Modernists. The cover was design by noted jazz musician, book and album cover designer Paul Bacon.

This album was part of their Modern Jazz Series and recorded at WOR Studios, NYC on September 26, 1947 (A1, A4, B2, B3), Apex Studios, NYC, September 13, 1948 (A3), Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948 (B1) and WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949 (A2)

Tracklist:

A1 The Squirrel – Composer: Tadd Dameron
A2 52nd St. Theme – Composer: Thelonious Monk
A3 Lady Bird – Composer: Tadd Dameron
A4 The Chase – Composer: Tadd Dameron
B1 Double Talk – Composer: Fats Navarro*, Howard McGhee*
B2 Dameronia – – Composer: Tadd Dameron
B3 Our Delight – Composer: Tadd Dameron

Personnel Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry (tracks: A1, A4 to B3)
Bass – Curly Russell (tracks: A3, B1), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3), Tommy Potter (tracks: A2)
Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: A3, B1), Roy Haynes (tracks: A2), Shadow Wilson(tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3)
Piano – Bud Powell (tracks: A2), Milton Jackson* (tracks: B1), Tadd Dameron (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B2, B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A2), Wardell Gray (tracks: A3)
Trumpet – Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee (tracks: B1)

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East Coast Jazz No. 4 is a 1955 album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded and released on the Bethlehem record label.. The photograph and cover design was created by Burt Goldblatt. This relatively short recording was only 25 minutes and 12 seconds long but was considered long playing for the time period.

Tracks:
1. Chicken Little
2. Cuban Love Song (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart)he 3. 3. Things We Did Last Summer (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
4. Deep Night (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée)
5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
6. After Work
7. Moon Dreams (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer)

Personnel:
Herbie Mann – flute
Joe Puma (tracks 2, 4, 7), Benny Weeks (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6) – guitar
Keith Hodgson (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6), Whitey Mitchell (tracks 2, 4, 7) – bass
Lee Rockey (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6), Herb Wasserman (tracks 2, 4, 7) – drums

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Vibraphonist Johnny Lytle went into a New York City studio in 1968 and recorded The Sound Of Velvet Soul that was released on the Solid State record label. The ten (10) song recording session has a total length of 34:23 and was produced by Sonny Lester and arranged and conducted by Manny Albam.

Track Listing:
A1 The Thing To Do
A2 We’re Bluesin’
A3 L.A. Soul
A4 Street Scene
A5 Live For Life

B1 Under The Rising Sun
B2 On A Clear Day
B3 Somewhere
B4 Up Up And Away
B5 Suddenly You

The Players:
VibraphonE: Johnny Lytle
Baritone SaxophonE: Sol Schlinger
Bass: Richard Davis (2)
Drums: Mel Lewis
Percussion: Johnny Pacheco
Saxophone: Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell and Seldon Powell

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