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John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman is a 1963 studio album featuring John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. It was recorded on March 7, 1963, at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was released at the end of July of that year on the Impulse! Record label.

Hartman is the only vocalist with whom the saxophonist would record as a leader. Initially when producer Bob Thiele approached Hartman with Coltrane’s request that the two should record together, Hartman was hesitant as he did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would complement one another musically.

However, Thiele encouraged Hartman to go see Coltrane perform at Birdland in New York City to see if something could be worked out. Hartman did so, and after the club closed he, Coltrane and Coltrane’s pianist, McCoy Tyner, went over some songs together. On March 7, 1963, Coltrane and Hartman had decided on 10 songs for the record album, but en route to the studio they heard Nat King Cole on the radio performing “Lush Life”, and Hartman immediately decided that song had to be included in their album.

It has become a classic ballad jazz album, and the renditions of “Lush Life”, “My One and Only Love”, and “They Say It’s Wonderful” are considered definitive.  The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

Track Listing ~ 31:11 Side One They Say It’s Wonderful | Irving Berlin ~ 5:20 Dedicated To You | Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zare ~ 5:32 My One And Only Love | Guy Wood, Robert Mellin ~ 4:55 Side Two Lush Life | Billy Strayhorn ~ 5:29 You Are Too Beautiful | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart ~ 5:36 Autumn Serenade | Peter DeRose, Sammy Gallop ~ 4:19 Personnel Johnny Hartman – vocals John Coltrane – tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner – piano Jimmy Garrison – double bass Elvin Jones – drums

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Three Wishes

Lonnie Hillyer responded to Nica’s question as to his three wishes by stating:

  1. “To be the first trumpet player.”
  2. “A son and a daughter.”
  3. “I’d like a band comprising me, Barry*, and Charles**.”

*Harris **McPherson

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Klook’s Clique is an album led by bebop pioneer drummer Kenny Clarke, who brought a quintet together and recorded on February 6, 1956, at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The session was produced by Ozzie Cadena, who was also instrumental in helping to popularize jazz in Los Angeles, California.

The Players
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • John LaPorta – alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
Track List ~ 34.17
  1. Volcano (Kenny Clarke) – 6:01
  2. La Porta-Thority (John LaPorta) – 5:54
  3. I Hear a Rhapsody (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre) – 4:48
  4. Will Wail (LaPorta) – 7:04
  5. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:58
  6. Play Fiddle Play (Arthur Altman, Emery Deutsch, Jack Lawrence) – 4:32

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Three Wishes

The Baroness inquired of Charles McPherson what he would wish for given three and he responded by saying:

  1. “Happiness.”
  2. “To really learn how to play.”
  3. “A house.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Golden Boy is the 1963 album recorded in New York City by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The full title is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections From the New Musical Golden Boy.

The musical starred Sammy Davis Jr. and all the selections on the album were written and composed by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse for the Broadway musical. The LP was originally released on the Colpix label and produced by Jack Lewis.

Of the eleven-member band, three were also arrangers ~ Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton. This is a musically short album only running 30:11.

Tracks
  1. “Theme from Golden Boy” – 5:35
  2. “Yes I Can” – 5:25
  3. “Lorna’s Here” – 5:09
  4. “This Is the Life” – 5:56
  5. “There’s a Party” – 5:00
  6. “I Want to Be with You” – 4:03
The Players
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass

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