JRR 23 June Sounds of Midsummer

 JRR  230624

DISC 1

Artist              Barbara Thompson and Paraphernalia

Title                Summer Madness

Composer       Barbara Thompson

Album             Live in Concert

Label               MCA

Number          MCSP 309 Track 1

Duration         6.08

Performers    Barbara Thompson, fl; Colin Dudman, kb; Dill Katz, b; Jon Hiseman, d. Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, July 1980. 

DISC 2

Artist              Duke Ellington

Title                Some Summer Fun

Composer       Ellington

Album             The Intimate Ellington

Label               Pablo

Number          2310-787 Track 5

Duration         5.21

Performers    Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Fred Stone, Mercer Ellington, t; Booty Wood, Chuck Connors, Julian Priester, tb; Harold Ashby, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Norris Turney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Wild Bill Davis, org; Joe Benjamin, b; Rufus Jones, d. 15 June 1970.

DISC 3

Artist              Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto

Title                The Girl From Ipanema

Composer       Jobim / Gimbel / De Moraes

Album             n/a [single]

Label               Verve

Number          VK 10323 Side A

Duration         2.47

Performers: Astrud Gilberto, v; Stan Getz, ts; Joao Gilberto, g; Antonio Carlos Jobim, p; Milton Banana, d. March 1963

DISC 4

Artist              Sidney Bechet

Title                Summertime

Composer       G and I Gershwin 

Album             Jazz and Blues Collection: Sidney Bechet

Label               Atlas

Number          CD 612 Track 6

Duration         4.06

Performers    Sidney Bechet, ss; Teddy Bunn, g; John Williams, b; Sid Catlett, d. 8 June 1939

DISC 5

Artist              Jim Robinson

Title                In The Good Old Summertime

Composer       George Evans, Ren Shields

Album             With Kid Thomas, Dede Pierce and Ernie Cagnoletti

Label               GHB

Number          BCD 28 Track 13

Duration         4.18

Performers    DeDe Pierce, t; George Lewis, cl; Jim Robinson, tb; Lars Edegran, p; Chester Zardis, b; Alex Bigard, d. 16 March 1966.

DISC 6

Artist              Louis Armstrong / Dave Brubeck

Title                Summer Song

Composer       Dave and Iola Brubeck

Album             The Real Ambassadors

Label               Columbia

Number          5850 Track 7

Duration         3.14

Performers    Louis Armstrong, v; Dave Brubeck, p. 1961

DISC 7

Artist              Anita O’Day

Title                Sweet Georgia Brown

Composer       Bernie, Pinkard, Casey

Album             Jazz on a Summer’s Day

Label               Charly

Number          CDGR 196 Track 4

Duration         4.29

Performers    Anita O’Day, v; Jimmy Jones, p; Whitey Mitchell, b; John Poole d. Newport, 1958.

DISC 8

Artist              Tina May

Title                Lazy Afternoon

Composer       Moross, LaTouche

Album             Early May

Label               33 Records

Number          33JAZZ093 Track 4

Duration         5.15

Performers    Tina May, v; Dave Newton, p; Dave Green,  b, Clark Tracey, d. 2004

Tina May and Lazy Afternoon with Dave Newton, piano, Dave Green, bass and Clark Tracey drums. 

DISC 9

Artist              Dizzy Gillespie

Title                One Note Samba

Composer       Jobim, Mendonça

Album             Dizzy on the French Riviera and New Wave

Label               Essential Jazz Classics

Number          EJC 55575 Track 13

Duration         5.17

Performers    Dizzy Gillespie, t; Leo Wright, as, fl; Lalo Schifrin, p; Elek Bacsik, g; Chris White, b; Rudy Collins, d; Pepito Riestra, perc. Juan Les Pins, 24 July 1962.

DISC 10

Artist              Ella Fitzgerald

Title                Here’s that Rainy Day

Composer       Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Album             First Lady of Song

Label               Verve

Number          E5 233822 CD 3 Track 13

Duration         3.35

Performers    Ella Fitzgerald, v; Tommy Flanagan, p; Keter Betts, b; Gus Johnson, d; 26 March 1965.

becoming a lifelong admirer

DISC 11

Artist              Humphrey Lyttelton’s Band

Title                Wally Plays the Blues

Composer       Wally Fawkes

Album             Classic Live Concerts

Label               Lake

Number          LACD 253 CD 1 Track 5

Duration         4.25

Performers    Wally Fawkes, cl; Johnny Parker, p; Freddy Legon, g; Mickey Ashman, b; George Hopkinson, d. 2 Sep 1954.

DISC 12

Artist              Miles Davis / Gil Evans

Title                Once Upon a Summertime

Composer       Mercer, Legrand, Marnay, Barclay

Album             Quiet Nights (in The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings)

Label               Columbia

Number          2 6739 7 CD 4 Track 2

Duration         3,28

Performers    Miles Davis, flh; Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Harlod Baker, t; J. J. Johnson, Frank Rehak, tb; Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins, Don Corrado, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Steve Lacy, Al Block, Jerome Richardson, Rey Beckenstein, Bob Triricardo, Garvin Bushell, reeds; Janet Putnam, hp; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Willie Bobo, Elvin Jones, perc. July 1962.