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The Beat Of My Heart is a 1957 album by Tony Bennett recorded on the Columbia Records label. The photograph, taken by Ben Rose, shows an elated Bennett with a unique all-star line-up of guest drummers to include Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Billy Exiner, Chico Hamilton, Sabu and Candido.

Working with English jazz pianist Ralph Sharon and together they devised this percussion influenced treatment that added a distinctly Latin touch the crooner’s renditions of Broadway and popular hits. A lifelong jazz lover, this is his personal all-time favorite recording.

1957 LP Listing

Side One
  1. Let’s Begin
  2. Lullaby of Broadway
  3. Let There Be Love
  4. Love for Sale
  5. Army Air Corps Song
  6. Crazy Rhythm
Side Two
  1. The Beat of My Heart
  2. So Beats My Heart for You
  3. Blues in the Night
  4. Lazy Afternoon
  5. Let’s Face the Music and Dance
  6. Just One of Those Things
A 1996 compact disc re-release contained six bonus tracks, but omitted Army Air Corps Song.
  1. It’s So Peaceful in the Country
  2. In Sandy’s Eyes
  3. I Get a Kick Out of You
  4. You Go to My Head
  5. I Only Have Eyes for You
  6. Begin the Beguine

Recorded on June 27 (#12-13), October 14 (#14-15), October 21 (#17) and October 25 (#16), 1957. The length of the original LP recording was 29:34, however the CD reissue extended it to 44:34.

Joining Bennett and the drummers on the recording sessions were arranger, conductor and  pianist Ralph Sharon, Al Cohn on tenor saxophone, trumpeter Nat Adderley, trombonists Robert Alexander, Jim Dahl and Kai Winding, Herbie Mann, Spencer Sinatra and William Slapin on flute, vibraphonist Eddie Costa, guitarist John Pisano and bassists Milt Hinton and Eddie Safranski.

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The Boss Is Back! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. Gene Ammons contributed the three originals The Jungle Boss, Tastin’ The Jug and Madame Queen to the six set session.

The compositions are tracked on the album in order:

    1. The Jungle Boss
    2. I Wonder
    3. Feeling Good
    4. Tastin’ the Jug
    5. Here’s That Rainy Day
    6. Madame Queen

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, tracks 1, 2 & 4-6 were laid down on November 10, 1969 and track 3 on November 11, 1969.

Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons enlisted the talents of Prince James, Houston Person on tenor saxophone on track 1, Junior Mance on piano on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6, organist Sonny Phillips on track 3, Buster Williams on bass on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6, electric bassist Bob Bushnell on track 3, drummers Frankie Jones on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6 and Bernard Purdie on track 3 and Candido playing congas on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6.

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The Amazing Shoichi Yui is a compilation album of songs recorded on the Blue Note label that was released in 1985.

There are only two tracks on the album with Side One being The Golden Age Of Modern Jazz with 25 songs and Side Two Jazz In Transition with 18 songs. Included is commentary by Shoichi Oilai and numerous performances of songs like Night Dreamer, Maiden Voyage, Old Devil Moon and Moanin for example.

Some of the musicians on this 42 song compilation include Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Drew, among others.

Commentary is in Japanese but to listen to excerpts of the music copy and paste this link in browser: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19249586

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Cedar! is the debut album by pianist Cedar Walton released on the Prestige label and recorded on July 10, 1967 in New York City. The session was produced by Don Sclitten and engineered by Richard Alderson.

Of the six songs recorded, four were composed by Cedar Walton. My Ship by Ira Gershwin & Kurt Weill, and Come Sunday by Duke Ellington. The Bonus track of Take The “A” Train by Billy Strayhorn was added on the CD reissue.

The tracks were recorded in the following order:

  1. Turquoise Twice
  2. Twilight Waltz
  3. My Ship
  4. Short Stuff
  5. Head and Shoulders
  6. Come Sunday
  7. Take the “A” Train

Pianist Cedar Walton brought in a stellar group of musicians that included trumpeter Kenny Dorham on tracks 1, 2 & 5-7, tenor saxophone Junior Cook on tracks 1, 5 & 6, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and rounding out the quintet was drummer Billy Higgins.

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Toon Van Vliet ‘57 was recorded by tenor saxophonist Toon Van Vliet in Holland. Coming up in the postwar scene and emulating a flat, raspy sound of some American soul jazz players of the era, he is heard here working here with pianist Pim Jacobs, bassist Ruud Jacobs and drummer John Engels.

The album has four songs and is a lively swing set that includes the compositions Avilla & Tequilla, Airegin, St. Thomas and Yesterdays. Though relatively short in its playing length, lasting a mere 17 minutes and 29 seconds with two songs on either side, the saxophonist begins with a Hank Mobley composition, followed with two by Sonny Rollins and ends with Jerome Kern.

Recorded on September 15, 1957 originally on BVHaast Records 059 and reissued from recordings licensed by the Dutch National Jazz Archives. The liner notes were penned by Wim Van Eyle.

As there are no available recordings of this album’s songs, and the fact that the following recording of Rollins’ Oleo does not appear on this particular album though the artwork is the same, one can still get a sense of Toon’s playing.

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