Explorations is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans that was originally released on Riverside label in 1961. The album won the Billboard Jazz Critics Best Piano LP poll for 1961.
Tijuana Moods is an album by Charles Mingus,recorded in 1957 but not released until June 1962. It was reissued in 1986 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four additional alternate takes and as a double LP with five alternate takes. Two-CD expanded versions with further alternate takes were issued by RCA in 2000 and by Columbia in 2010.
Intermodulation is a 1966 jazz album by pianist Bill Evans and jazz guitarist Jim Hall. It is a follow-up to their 1962 collaboration Undercurrent.
Takin' Off is the debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock released in 1962 by Blue Note Records. Featuring veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon,trumpeter Freddie Hubbard,bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins. The album is a creative example of music in the hard bop idiom. The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts,and went on to become a jazz standard. Hancock released a funk arrangement of “Watermelon Man”on his 1973 album Head Hunters. Takin' Off was initially released on CD in 1996 and then again in remastered form in 2007 by Rudy Van Gelder.
Moon Beams is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans,and the first trio album recorded by Evans after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro.
1958 Miles is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis,released in 1974 on CBS/Sony. Recording sessions for tracks that appear on the album took place on May 26,1958,at Columbia's 30th Street Studio and September 9,1958,at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. 1958 Miles consists of three songs featured on side two of the LP album Jazz Track,which was released in November 1959,one song from the same session not appearing in the album,and three recordings from Davis' live performance at the Plaza Hotel with his ensemble sextet. The recording date at 30th Street Studio served as the first documented session to feature pianist Bill Evans performing in Davis' group.
Interplay is a 1963 album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was recorded in July 1962 in New York City for Riverside Records. The Interplay Sessions is a 1982 Milestone album that includes the entirety of this album,and tracks recorded for Riverside on August 21 and 22 of the same year with a different lineup . The Interplay Sessions peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts in 1983. The CD reissue Interplay adds another take of "I'll Never Smile Again" as a bonus track. At the Grammy Awards of 1984,Orrin Keepnews won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the reissue.
California Here I Come is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was recorded in 1967,but not released on the Verve label until 1982 as a double LP. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts in 1983 and was reissued on CD in 2004. The pieces were recorded at the Village Vanguard,where Evans had previously recorded the sets that appeared on the highly influential Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard,both later comprised on the definitive collection The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings,1961.
Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I is a live album by The Miles Davis Sextet. It was recorded in 1958 and released in 1973 by Columbia Records. Duke Ellington was recorded at the same event and released as the second volume (Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II).
Alone is an album by jazz musician Bill Evans,recorded in late-1968 for Verve Records.
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House is a 1957 live album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. They were accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Connie Kay on drums. Two different versions of the same material,one recorded in Chicago and one recorded in Los Angeles by the same musicians,were released by Verve under the same title. One recording was mono and the other was stereo.
Live at Bourbon St. is a live album by guitarist Lenny Breau and bassist Dave Young that was released in 1995. It was nominated for a 1997 Juno Award in the category of Best Mainstream Jazz Album.
Portrait of Cannonball (1958) is the ninth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley,and his first release on the Riverside label,featuring performances by Blue Mitchell,Bill Evans,Sam Jones,and Philly Joe Jones.
Blue Hour is a collaboration album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Gene Harris,Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy. The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings,as Blue Hour:The Complete Sessions.
Loose Blues is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans released on the Milestone label,featuring performances by Evans with Zoot Sims,Jim Hall,Ron Carter,and Philly Joe Jones,recorded in 1962.
Grantstand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962. Green is heard in a quartet with saxophonist Yusef Lateef,organist Jack McDuff,and drummer Al Harewood. The CD reissue released in 1987 features one bonus track from the same session.
This is a Herbie Mann discography. Mann spent his early years recording for a number of jazz oriented record labels,and signed with Atlantic Records in 1961. He recorded with them through the 1960s and 1970s,including their subsidiary Cotillion Records,where he ran his own imprint,Embryo Records,in the 1970s,for his records as well as other musicians. Mann also ran two independent record labels,Herbie Mann Music in the 1980s,and during the 1990s,Kokopelli Records. Minor reissues are not noted.
The Complete Town Hall Concert is a live album by the American bassist,composer and bandleader Charles Mingus,recorded at The Town Hall in New York City and first released on the United Artists label in 1962 as Town Hall Concert. The album was rereleased with additional tracks on the Blue Note label in 1994 as The Complete Town Hall Concert.
Desmond Blue is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond released in 1962 and was his first LP for RCA Victor. The album was produced by George Avakian,who had worked with Desmond at Columbia Records. Avakian left Columbia in 1958 to join the brand new Warner Bros. Records,where he produced Desmond's previous album,First Place Again. Joining RCA Victor in 1960,Avakian once again recruited Desmond to his label,and he produced all six of the albums Desmond recorded for RCA Victor as a leader. Desmond Blue was also the first Desmond solo album to feature the saxophonist in an orchestral setting. RCA reissued the album in 1978 as Paul Desmond - Pure Gold Jazz (ANL1-2807). Desmond returned to the orchestral format later in the decade,when he signed with CTI Records and recorded Summertime.
Jim Hall was an American jazz guitarist,composer,and arranger. His discography consists of 39 studio albums,10 live albums,1 EP,1 single,10 videos,and 22 compilations,all released between 1957 and 2016. In addition,he was a sideman on numerous albums by other artists.
