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Zoller Koller Solal is a contemporary and cool jazz album recorded in Villingen Germany in January 1965 by guitarist Attila Zoller, tenor saxophonist Hans Koller and pianist Martial Solal. Remaining unreleased until 1966 on the SABA label, it contains nine songs with three composed by Zoller, one by Koller and five standards. There are five tracks on Side A and four tracks on the B Side.
Mr. Heine’s Blues – Attila Zoller, The End Of A Love Affair – Edward C. Redding, Stella By Starlight – Washington & Young, After Glow – Attila Zoller, My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow, Away From The Crowd – Attila Zoller, All The Things You Are – Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stompin’ At The Savoy – Razaf, Goodman, Webb & Samson and H.-J.. Meets M. A. H. – Hans Koller.
The session engineer was Rolf Donner, the producer was Joachim-Ernst Berendt, and was recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and Willi Fruth. The gatefold cover with liner notes in english and german by written by Joachim E. Behrend.
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Collates No. 2 is a Lester Young album recorded in 1951 on the Clef label but not released until 1953. It was designed by David Stone Martin. The liner notes were written and the recording session was supervised by Norman Granz.
Lester Young led the trio settings on tenor saxophone, the bass provided by Gene Ramey and Ray Brown, the drummers were Buddy Rich and Jo Jones.
This cool jazz session featured eight compositions. Side A with A Foggy Day, Down ‘N Adam, In A Little Spanish Town and ‘Deed I Do. Side B comprised of Let’s Fall In Love, Little Pee Blues, Thou Swell and Jeepers Creepers.
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Natural Essence is the debut album by tenor saxophonist Tyrone Washington released on the Blue Note label. All the compositions are by Tyrone Washington were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 29, 1967
Only 23 at the time of the recording, the tenor saxophonist composed six originals and is joined by other promising young lions Woody Shaw on trumpet, James Spaulding on alto saxophone and flute, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers, who went onto great careers.
One hears the influence of John Coltrane during his rapid-fire runs but memorable is his straight-ahead work on the session. The six song session kicks off with the title track Natural Essence, Yearning for Love, Positive Path, Soul Dance, Ethos and Song of Peace.
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The Morning Of The Musicians was composed, arranged, produced and recorded by Brazilian guitarist Gay Vaquer on the RCA label in 1972. The photograph was taken by Enrico Neckheim and the cover design was by Joselito.
The album was comprised of seven compositions totaling a time of 34 minutes and 01 seconds. Side A consisted of 5:20, Peoples Blues, A Cybernetic Tragedy and Dimensions, and Side B is Awakening In Absolution Elsewhere, Fantastic Realism and Da Capo Al Fine.
The personnel on the recording session were Gay Vaquer on acoustic and electric guitar, Novelli on acoustic bass, drummer Bill French, percussionist Everaldo Ferreira, Paulo Moura on flute, alto and soprano saxophone, keyboardist Luiz Eça and vocals by Jane Vaquer.
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Are You Glad to Be in America? is an album by guitarist James Blood Ulmer recorded at the RCA Studios, New York City on January 17, 1980. It was originally released on the Rough Trade label in the UK in 1980, produced by Ulmer, with himself, Geoff Travis, Roger Trilling, and Mayo Thompson credited with the mix.
James Blood Ulmer composed all the songs on the album which include Layout, Pressure, Interview, Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk the Preacher), See-Through, Time Out, T.V. Blues, Light Eyed, Revelation March and the title track Are You Glad to Be in America?.
The musicians present during the recording session were James Blood Ulmer on guitar and vocals, David Murray on tenor saxophone, Oliver Lake – alto saxophone, Olu Dara – trumpet, Billy Patterson – rhythm guitar (track 4), Amin Ali – electric bass, and G. Calvin Weston or Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums.
A remixed version, credited to Ulmer and Bob Blank, was released by the Artists House label in the US in 1981. The album was released on CD with a new third mix by Joe Ferla, approved by Ulmer, on the Japanese DIW label in 1999.
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