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The Message is an album recorded by tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet with guitarist Kenny Burrell in 1963 and released on the Argo label.
The session was only thirty-one minutes long but produced seven tunes of average length for the period. Jacquet provided three of the compositions, two from bandmates and two standards.
The Message (Ben Tucker), Wild Man, Bassoon Blues (Esmond Edwards, Illinois Jacquet), On Broadway (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller), Like Young (André Previn), Turnpike and Bonita (Edwards).
The personnel included Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone, bassoon, Kenny Burrell, Wallace Richardson – guitar, Ralph Smith – organ, Ben Tucker – bass, Ray Lucas – drums and Willie Rodriguez – percussion.
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Indo-Jazz-Fusions was recorded in France on the Disques Somethin’ Else label in 1969 and was distributed by Société Phonographique Philips. It is a fusion of jazz, country, world and folk music and was produced by the Directeur De L’Enregistrement Robert Carnford.
The album elicited only five tracks, two of which are on Side A and three on Side B. They Intro And Rondo, Capriccio, Serenade, Toccata and Sarband.
The personnel at the recording session were alto saxophonist Joe Harriott, double bassist Coleridge Goode, drummer Allan Ganley, flautist Chris Taylor (5), pianist Pat Smythe, Diwan Motihar on sitar, Keshav Sathe on tabla, Chandrahas Paigankar on tambura, trumpeter/flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler, and on violin and harpsichord John Mayer, who also composed track 2.
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The Hawk In Paris is an album by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring compositions related to Paris. He performed with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Manny Albam, recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.
The 12 tracks on the album are April in Paris (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg), Mon Homme (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain), Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Jean Dréjac), Mimi (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart), La Chnouf (Marc Lanjean), La Vie en Rose (Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David), La Mer (Charles Trenet), Paris In The Spring (Harry Revel, Gordon), I Love Paris (Cole Porter), Mademoiselle de Paree (Eric Maschwitz, Paul Durand), Chiens Perdus Sans Collier/The Little Lost Dog (Paul Misraki), Tu N’ Peux T’ Figurer/Dawn over Paris (Misraki)
The Players: Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone, Romeo Penque – saxophone, flute, Al Epstein – saxophone, Nick Travis – trumpet, Urbie Green, Chauncey Welsch – trombone, Ray Beckenstein – flute, Tosha Samaroff, Paul Gershman, Leo Kruczek, Max Cahn, Alvin Rudintsky, Jack Zayde, Sy Miroff – violin, Lucien Schmit, George Ricci, Pete Makis – cello, Janet Putnam – harp, Marty Wilson – vibraphone, Hank Jones – piano, Barry Galbraith – guitar, Arnold Fishkind – bass and Osie Johnson – drums.
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Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded the live bebop album Jazz At Massey Hall on May 15, 1953 in Toronto, Canada. With him on this date were bassist Charles Mingus, drummer Max Roach, pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Charlie Parker who is billed as Charlie Chan for contractual reasons, an allusion to the fictional detective and to Parker’s wife Chan. It was the only time these five men recorded as a unit and the last recorded meeting of Parker and Gillespie.
The session was produced by Charles Mingus, and was originally released on Mingus’s label Debut, from a recording made by the Toronto New Jazz Society. Due to under-recording of the bass lines, Mingus took the recording to New York where he and Max Roach dubbed in the bass lines on most of the tunes, exchanging Mingus soloing on All The Things You Are. However, a 2004 reissue, Complete Jazz At Massey Hall contains the full concert without the overdubbing.
The original issue was as a two 10” LPs, 46:54 in length and and the cover design had five playing cards, with Gillespie as the Joker. The set on Volume 1 contains the tracks Perdido, Salt Peanuts, All The Things You Are and 52nd Street Theme. Volume 3 has Wee, Hot House and A Night In Tunisia. Volume 2 consisted of the trio recordings of Powell, Mingus and Roach from the same date all but I’ve Got You Under My Skin and one track by Billy Taylor with Mingus and Roach from a later date.
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Ella Swings Lightly is an album released in 1958 by Ella Fitzgerald for Verve Records. Recorded on November 23rd and 24th with the Marty Paich Dek-tette, the 58:34 minute long session was produced by Norman Granz. Sheldon Marks created the cover design with photography by Phil Stern..
Comprised of sixteen jazz and musical standards of the day Side 1 featured Little White Lies, You Hit The Spot, What’s Your Story Morning Glory, Just You Just Me, As Long As I Live, Teardrops From My Eyes, Gotta Be This Or That and Moonlight On The Ganges. The first track on Side 2 is My Kind Of Lover, followed by Blues In The Night, If I Were A Bell, You’re An Old Smoothie, Little Jazz, You Brought A New kind Of Love To Me, Knock Me A Kiss and 720 In The Books.
Verve offered four bonus tracks on the CD reissue which are Oh What A Night To Love, Little Jazz (Alternate Take), Dreams Are Made For Children (Previously Unreleased) and Oh What A Night For Love (45 rpm 7” Single Version)
The Dek-tette brought in Bud Shank (alto sax), Bill Holman (tenor sax),Med Flory (baritone sax), Lou Levy (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass), Mel Lewis (drums), Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (trumpet), Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone, tenor sax) and Vincent DeRosa (French horn).
The album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
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