No Cover No Minimum - Billy Eckstine

Moonlight In Vermont

No Cover No Minimum
Billy Eckstine
Produced by Teddy Reig
Cover Photo: Garret-Howard
Roulette Birdland SR 52052
1960

From Billboard - December 5, 1960: One of the label's Birdland Series, this presents Mr. B. in a night club milieu, with crowd sounds, etc. The material is standard, including "Misty," "That's For Me," "It Might As Well Be Spring," and the Fred Rose oldie "Deed I Do." Eckstine plays some trumpet here, too. He still has a great voice, which his fans will appreciate.

Have A Song On Me
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Lady Luck
Lush Life
Without A Song
Moonlight In Vermont
Deed I Do
It Might As Well Be Spring (From the motion picture, "State Fair")
You'll Never Walk Alone (From the production, "Carousel")
Misty

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Patti Page

Green Leaves Of Summer

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Patti Page
Arranged and Conducted by Robert Mersey*
Arranged by Bob Johnston**
Produced by Bob Johnston
Cover Photo: Jack Rael
Columbia CL 2353
1965

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte*
Try To Remember**
The Green Leaves Of Summer*
Jamaica Farewell*
Croce Di Oro (Cross Of Gold)**
Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Feet **
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair *
Longing To Hold You Again **
Danny Boy*
Can't Help Falling In Love**
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)**

My Darling, My Darling - Eddy Armold

A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

My Darling, My Darling
Eddy Arnold
Orchestra Conducted by Charles Grean
RCA Victor LPM-1575
1958

My Darling, My Darling
Let's Fall In Love
Paradise
Everything I Have Is Yours
Hands Across The Table
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya, Huh?)
You're My Everything
Why Don't We Do This More Often
I'm Yours
Two Sleepy People
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

Danny Welton Plays Harmonica Harmonies

To A Wild Rose

Danny Welton Plays Harmonica Harmonies
Parade SP 318
1958

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
I Talked To The Trees
Love Walked In
No Other Love
C'est Magnifique
The Man On The Flying Trapeze
Samson And Delilah
La Cucaracha
Humoresque Novelty
Isle Of Capri
To A Wild Rose
Yama Yama Man

The New Beatles Songbook - The Hollyridge Strings

Michelle

The New Beatles Songbook
The Hollyridge Strings
Arranged and Conducted by Stu Phillips
Capitol Records SM-2429
1966

From Billboard - March 26, 1966: Some smooth instrumentals of tunes not only written by the Beatles, but turned into vocal hits by the group. The other albums by the Hollyridge Strings of Beatles' material have been tremendous sellers and this one will be right in the same groove.

The Night People
Yesterday
Ticket To Ride
Norwegian Wood
Michelle
Help!
Day Tripper
Nowhere Man
And I Love Her
Girl
We Can Work It Out

It's Coffee Time - Various

Nostalgia

It's Coffee Time
Specially Produced for Acme Markets by RCA Victor
RCA Victor PR-119
1962

From the back cover: And while you are at it, why not play the opening side of this special mood collection, and – of course – pour yourself that first (or second, or third) cup of coffee. With the opening note you'll see – voila! – It's Coffee Time!

Blue Tango - Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra
All The Things You Are - The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra
Nostalgia - Skitch Henderson And His Orchestra
El Cumbanchero - Percy Faith And His Orchestra
Simplice - Skitch Henderson And His Orchestra
Lovely To Look At - The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra
Delicado - Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra
Soft Lights And Sweet Music - Percy Faith And His Orchestra
In A Sentimental Mood - Skitch Henderson And His Orchestra
(When We're Alone) Penthouse Serenade - Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra

Exotica Today - Martin Denny

A Patch Of Blue Sky

Exotica Today
Martin Denny
Producer: Dave Pell
Arranger: Julius Wechter
Engineer: Donn Tyler
Art Direction: Woody Woodward
Piano courtesy of Baldwin Piano Co.
Cover Photography: Ken Kim
Cover Model: Joannie Miya
Back Cover Photography: Camera Hawaii
Liberty Records LPR-3465
1967

Back cover photo credits (from left to right) Frank Kim, percussion; Martin Denny, piano; Henry Allen, guitar; Benito Bautista, vibes, flute & trumpet; and Ted Blake, bass. Not pictured but also heard: Bernie Fleischer, flute; Bud Coleman, guitar; Frank De Vito, percussion; and Frank De Caro, guitar.

The Shadow Of Your Smile
The More I See You
You Don't See My Love
Cloudy Summer Afternoon
Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Client El Sol, On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever)
Strangers In The Night
Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (lo Che Non Vivo [Senza Te])
Snowflakes In Summer

Hit Songs From Hit Movies - 101 Strings

Airport Theme

Hit Songs From Hit Movies
101 Strings
Alshire Production S-5210
1973

Airport Theme
Taps For The Fallen Brave
Jean
Scarborough Fayre
Theme For A Broken Heart
The Sundance Kid
Everybody's Talking
Sound Of Silence
People
Down The Trail

Here's Helen - Helen O'Connell

Miss You

Here's Helen
Helen O'Connell
Arranged and Conducted by Marion Evans
RCA Camden
CAL 706
1962

From Billboard - March 19, 1962: Here's a bargain for Helen O'Connell fans – of whom there are still many. The lass sings a flock of standards here – none of them the tunes she made famous with Jimmy Dorsey, but good to listen to nonetheless. They include "Who Cares," "Blue and Broken Hearted," "Miss You" and "I Cried For You." Marion Evans did the swinging arrangements, and the band plays them with zest. Good listening.

Who Cares
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Bye Bye Blues
Blue And Broken Hearted
I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'
You Showed Me The Way
Just You Just Me
I Cried For You
Miss You

The Herd Rides Again - Woody Herman

Caldonia (Stereo)

The Herd Rides Again
Woody Herman
Everest Hi-Fi LP
A Product Of Belock Recording
A Division Of Block Instrument Corporation
LPBR-5003 & SDBR-1003
1958

From the back cover: These are the players: Chubby Jackson, bass; Billy Bauer, guitar; Don Lamond, drums; Nat Pierce, piano; reeds – Sam Marowitz, Al Cohn, Sam Donahue, Paul Quinichette, Danny Bank; trombones – Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Rehab, Billy Byers, trumpets – Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Al Stewart, Nick Travis and Irving Markowitz. Burt Collins and Bernie Privin replaced Glow and Travis on some numbers. Nat Piece was the invaluable music co-ordinator, finding original arrangements, filling in missing parts, and otherwise building bridges. He was assisted by Fed Carlin,. Basically, the arrangements are as they were then – a tribute, by the way, to the durable freshness of much of the writing for that First Herd.

From Billboard - December 1, 1958: Very often the "class reunion" kind of recording session doesn't come off; this one is a notable exception. Aided by most of the key men in the famed "First Herd," maestro Herman has himself a real ball with oldies like "Caldonia" and "I Cover The Water Front," and the effect of the big driving band in stereo is a real stopper. Should delight all of Woody's regular aficionados, and create a lot of new ones.

Northwest Passage
Caldonia
Wildroot
The Good Earth
Blowin' Up A Storm
It's Coolin' Time
I Cover The Waterfront
Crazy Rhythm
Sinbad The Sailor
Fire Island
Black Orchid
Bijou

This Is My Song - Patti Page

One Sweet Letter

This Is My Song
Patti Page
Mercury Records MG-20102
1957

From the back cover: Any album that contains Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz" is a treasure in itself. For here, in its original simplicity and warmth, is one of the great recordings of all time whose impact in still felt not only by Patti Page herself but in far corners of the earth by people as alien to Tennessee as Maori Tribesmens. That the song launched Patti on her brilliant career is known to everyone. What is perhaps not too well known is that the song was the subject of a violent debate in Tennessee's legislature when a resolution to name it the State official song was narrowly defeated; that it was responsible for the near-lynching of a popular Memphis columnist who expressed resentment against having to listen to the song continuously; that it was an instrumental of propaganda at the hands of the Chinese Reds who, giving up their efforts to prevent its being smuggled into the country and sold on the black market at fabulous prices, used it as evidence of the insecurity of American women who are liable to lose their men at the drop of a waltz beat. Thus a song, already six years old at the time it was recorded by Patti in 1951 and hurriedly put on the reverse side of a tune meant directly for the Christmas trade, grew to have international implications!

This Is My Song
The Tennessee Waltz
Lonely Wine
My Jealous Eyes
Oo! What You Do To Me
Why Don't You Believe Me
Cross Over The Bridge
Conquest
I'll Never Be Free
Money, Marbles And Chalk
Now That I'm In Love

Hawaii - Jack Dorsey & Al Goodman

Blue Orchids

Hawaii
Jack Dorsey Orchestra
Al Goodman Chorus
Over One Hour Of Music
A Product Of Synthetic Plastics Co.
98029

From the back cover: Jack Dorsey is the top name in British Dance Music. He has his own B.B.C. Radio series and also appears on Television very frequently.

Al Goodman assembled top talent for this chorus that produced an exciting and very enjoyable sound.

Cocoanut Grove
Beyond The Blue Horizon
Blue Hawaii
Harbor Lights
With The Wind & The Rain In Your Hair
Blue On Blue
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Red Sails In The Sunset
Aloha
Moonlight & Shadows
The Finest Night Of The Full Moon
Blue Orchids

Play Gypsy! - Zoltan Nemeth

Play Gypsy!

Zoltan Nemeth and his Orchestra play authentic Gypsy melodies
Treasure Productions
TLP 853

No track list on jacket or disc label.

Romeo And Juliet - The Vienna State Philharmonia

Tchaikovsky
Romeo And Juliet
1812 Overture, Opus 49
Marche Slave, Opus 31
Conductor: Jonel Perlea
The Vienna State Philharmonia
Cover: Salome Jens as Juliet
Photographed by Walter Bursten
The Crowell-Collier Record Guild RG 140
1957

From the back cover: One of the great conductors of our time, Jones Perlea was born in Ogranda, Rumania, of a German mother and a Rumanian father. He composed his first pieces at the age of nine, prompting his parents to send him to Munich, where he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. He was engaged as assistant conductor at the Leipzig Opera, then as regular conductor in Rostock. At thirty he assumed the dual post of general manager and musical directory of the Bucharest Opera, while also conducting the Bucharest Philharmonic and many radio concerts. From 1936 to 1944 he served as professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Bucharest, and he toured Europe as a guest conductor. After a year's internment in a German concentration camp, Perlea came to Italy in 1945. His first concert with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome was an immediate success, and he remained in Italy for four years, conducting chiefly at La Scala in Milan. Perlea made his American debut conducting Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in 1949. When he led the NBC Symphony the following year, the New York Times commented on "the delights of the program... over-all clarity of texture... the beat always firm... rhythms had life and grace..." Maestro Perlea how divides his time between conducting here and abroad.

The Art Gallery

Let's Get Together

The Art Gallery
A New Vocal Showing
A Kaleidoscope Of Contemporary Sounds
Arranged & Conducted by Marty Manning
Produced and Directed by Ernie Altschuler
Recorded in RCA's Studios A and B, New York City
Recording Engineers: Paul Goodman and Bob Simpson
Photographed at Modern Masters Art Gallery, New York City
LSP-4236
1969

From the back cover: The Art Gallery is what's happening. The Art Gallery is creative communication. The Art Gallery is one part swing and two parts love. The Art Gallery just is.

My Love Forgive Me
Let's Get Together
A Time For Us
Laughing
The Hard Road Back
One
Both Sides Now
In The Year 2525
Tears Keep On Falling
Oh! Calcutta!
Yesterday I Heard The Rain

After Glow - Carmen McRae

Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

After Glow
Carmen McRae
Vocal With Rhythm Accompaniment
Decca Records DL 8583
1957

From the back cover: Born in Brooklyn, New York, Carmen began her now fabulous career as an instrumentalist. It did not take long, however, to discover her promising vocal talents. She was heard with groups like Benny Carter's, Count Basie's and Mercer Ellington's. Then, after several years of working on her own as pianist and singer at night clubs, Carmen finally came to the attention of an increasingly widening public. She was since made countless recordings, been named "best new female singer of the year" by Down Beat, starred in a Carnegie Hall All-Star Jazz Concert, and appeared in motion pictures.

Since Carmen McRae was signed with Decca she has made several enthusiastically received albums: "By Request" (DL 8173), "Torchy" (DL 8267), "Blue Moon" (DL 8347), and "Boy Meets Girl" (DL 8490) in which she blends her talents with those of the amazing Sammy Davis, Jr.

From Billboard - July 15, 1957: This set, of this issued of Miss McRae on Decca to date, qualifies most accurately as "jazz". Thrush is backed by her trio and this is happy, unmistakable styling, especially when the artist takes it easy and doesn't try to belt. Fine tune selections helps insure deejay play and sales. Try "All My Life" and "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" for two fine, contrasting demo bands. Could be her biggest album yet, pop or jazz.

I Can't Escape From You
Guess Who I Saw Today
My Funny Valentine
I'm Thur With Love
Nice Work If You Can Get It
East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
Exactly Like You
All My Life
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Dream Of Life
Perdido (Lost)

Blues With A Kick - Bobby Hackett

Blues With A Kick

Blues With A Kick
Bobby Hackett
Produced by Andy Wiswell
Cover Photo by George Jerman Photography
Capitol Records T1172
1959

From the back cover: The orchestra is conducted by Stan Applebaum, who also wrote these fine arrangements. His ensemble includes nine violins, two violas, two cellos; plus rhythm supplied by Nicky Tagg's piano and Hammon organ, Milt Hinton's bass, with Harry Brewer and Phil Kraus on percussion. Heard out front in the regular Hackett group are swinging pianist Dave McKenna, bassist Johnny Guiffrida and drummer Joe Porcaro.

From Billboard - April 20, 1959: Bobby Hackett on trumpet with his trio playing blues adds up to a mighty attractive album, and this one certainly is. The tunes include "Goodbye Blues," "Weary Blues," " Blues In The Night," Davenport Blues," and other favorites. Hackett plays them all with feeling and the album makes for first rate listening.

Good-Bye Blues
Weary Blues
Sugar Blues
Blues In The Night
Baker's Keyboard Blues
Wang Wang Blues
Limehouse Blues
Davenport Blues
Blues In My Heart
Alcoholic Blues
Bye Bye Blues
Blues With A Kick

Delamore Sings A Night In The Caribbean - Richie Delamore

Big Bamboo

Delamore Sings A Night In The Caribbean
Richie Delamore
Caribbean Folk Music, Ltd.
CARIB LP 2018
1962

From the back cover: CARIB is happy to record this twenty-three year old artist who made his first album for RCA Victor at seventeen, and continues to grow in popularity.

Limbo
Big Bamboo
Cum Back Liza
Yellow Bird
Gloria
Goombay
The Monkey Song
Man Smart
Kingston Market
Land Of The Sun And The Sea
Island In The Sun
Bahama Lullaby

Western Favorites - Jim Malloy

When Payday Rolls Around

Western Favorites

Jim Malloy And His Range Riders
Golden Tone C 4003

When Payday Rolls Around
Ridin' Down The Canyon
Pistol Packin' Mama
Cool Water
Tumbling Tumble
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Take Me Back To My Boots & Saddle
Home On The Range
Beside The Rio Grande
A Cowboy Has To Sing
Red River Valley
El Rancho Grande

Echoes Of Hawaii - Benny Kalama

Mapuana

Echoes Of Hawaii
Benny Kalama and The Hawaiian Village Serenaders
Authentic Hawaiian Mood Music Recorded In Hawaii
Decca Records DL 8261
1956

From the back cover: Benny Kalama, one of the most popular musician arrangers and conductors, has been entertaining and playing all of the Hawaiian instruments (and also the trombone) for more than 20 years. Most of his appearances have been in Hawaii, although he toured the mainland with the Royal Hawaiian Serenaders. He is currently appearing in Honolulu as leader of the Hawaiian Village Serenaders and his previous night club and hotel engagements include such places as he Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Don, the Beachcomer, Kewalo Inn, La Hula Rumba, Moana Hotel and others. He is also heard quite frequently on the "Hawaii Calls" broadcast, Kalama is presently conducting and arranging for Alfred Apaka, the Bing Crosby of the Island as well as other artists who headline the floor shows and appear nightly at the Hawaiian Village.

Featured on steel guitar with Benny Kalama is Jules Cyril Ah See, born in Lahaina Maui of Chinses-Hawaiian descent, known professional as "Sonny" Ah See. Sonny plays ukulele and bass, as well as steel guitar. and is often heard on "Hawaii Calls." He has appeared in many of the well-known clubs and is featured throughout this album with the Hawaiian Village Serenaders.

Akaka Falls
The Old Plantation
Kamalani O Keaukaha
Makala Pua
Mapuana
Kau Lana O Hilo Hana Ko Hi
Ua Like No A Like
Kuu Ipo Ka Hee Pue One
He Mana'o He Aloha
Ha 'Lail
Holoholo Kaa (Car Ride Hula)
Kilakila

Time Capsule - Elvin Jones

Digital Display

Time Capsule
Elvin Jones
Produced by Ed Bland
Recording Engineers: Jeff Azraca and Charlie Repka
Mixed by David Baker
Photo: Joel Brodsky
Vanguard Recording Society
1977

Personel:

Elvin Jones: Drums
Bunky Green: Alto Sax
Kenny Barron: Percussion
Ryo Kawasaki: Guitar (appearing through courtesy of RCA Records)
Frank West: Flute on Frost Bite and Digital Display
Milt Hinton: Bass on Frost Bite and Digital Display
Frank Foster: Soprano Sax on Digital Display
George Coleman: Tenor Sax, except for Digital Display
Junie Booth: Bass on Moon Dance, Time Capsule and Spacing

From the back cover: Elvin's supporting cast here is first-rate. It also spans the generations, making Time Capsule a kind of musical time machine. The peerless bassist Milt Hinton, who appears on Frost Bite and Digital Display, has been making music since considerably before his replacement on the other three tracks, Junie Booth, was born. Both Frank West, who takes a sprightly flute solo on Frost Bite and Frank Foster, who plays soprano on Digital Display, were mainstays of the Count Basie Band in the fifties. George Coleman's tenor sax was a crucial element in a Miles Davis early-sixties quintet. Here, they coexist peacefully and productively with the Latin percussionist Ryo Kawasaki – both men very much musicians of the seventies.

If Jones can be said to have a co-star on Time Capsule, it's Vernice Green, Jr., better know as Bunky, a man not heard from on the jazz scene in too many years. A decade ago Leonard Feather described Green as a player in the Charlie Parker mold who had also been influenced by newer sounds; he called him "one of the most consistently swinging performers in this class to have come to prominence in the sixties." Shortly after those words were written, Green stopped playing to concentrate on studying – he wasn't as good as he wanted to be. As you can hear on Time Capsule, he has returned in superb form. His playing is rhythmically intense and harmonically challenging. He is also a hell of a composer, whose three contributions here are an essential part of Time Capsule's distinctive, appealing character. – Peter Keepnews.

Frost Bite - Ryo Kawasaki
Digital Display - Ed Bland
Moon Dance - Bunky Green
Time Capsule - Bunky Green
Spacing - Bunky Green

Luau At Waikiki - Hilton Hawaiian Village

Greetings & Waikiki

Luau At Waikiki

Recorded Live At The Long House At The Hilton Hawaiian Village
The Fun Resort
Ray Kineey, Master of Ceremonies Presenting:
Harold Hakuole and The Villagers
Nalani
The Kuuipos
Produced by Herman Diaz, Jr.
Cover Photo Courtesy of United Air Lines
RCA Victor
LSP-2885
1964

From Billboard - January 9, 1965: Ray Kinney is host of a musical luau recorded live in Hawaii at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. De luxe packaging, added to the music and singing, makes this an album that is new and exciting in its presentation. Listening to this is the next best thing to taking a jet to the islands.

Greetings And Conch Calls
Waikiki
Presenting Ray Kinney
Across The Sea
Hilawe
Beyond The Reef
Keep Your Eyes On The Hands
Hawaiian Paradise
Sweet Leilani
Hawaiian War Chant
Fire Dance
Love Song Of Kalua
Hau-Hau-E
Holo Holo
Tahitian Dance
Ke Kali Nei Au
Aloha Oe

Dora Hall Signs Top Teen Tunes

New Boy

Dora Hall Sings Top Teen Tunes
Arranged and Directed by H. B. Barnum
Cover Design by William Beach
Remore, Inc.
NO: 9201-T

She
Franklyn Street
New Boy
I Won't Give Him Up
Time To Say Goodbye
You Name It
I Ain't Gonna Kiss You
Did He Call Today Mama?
Secret Of My Success
Let Me Tell You Baby
Barefootin'
Definition Of Love

The Latin World Of Edmundo Ros Vol. 2

Corcovado

The Latin World Of Edmundo Pos
Vol. 2
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra
Producer: Tony D'Amato
Engineer: Arthur Lilly
Sleeve printed in England by Upton Printing Group
Decca Record Company Limited
PA 59
1970

Aquarius
Corcovado
Cumana
Carnival
La Golondrina
Spanish Flea
Good Morning Starshine
Mambo Number Five
What A Difference A Day Made
Felicidade
The Laughing Samba
La Cucaracha

Harper Valley P.T.A. - Nashville Country Singers

Dreams Of An Everyday Housewife

Harper Valley P.T.A.
Nashville Country Singers
Ambassador Country Series
S/98075

From the back cover: Featured singers are Naomi Sherry and Johnny Mulvihill - both responsible for many fine vocal albums originating in Nashville.

Harper Valley P.T.A.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Run Away Little Tears
I Still Believe In Love
You've Just Stepped In
Holding On To Nothing
Folsom Prison Blues
Dreams Of An Everyday Housewife
Mama Tired
The Easy Part's Over
I Just Came To Get My Baby
With Pen In Hand

Carnival - Manuel And The Music Of The Mountains

Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez

Carnival
Manuel And The Music Of The Mountains
Studio 2 Stereo
Produced by Norman Newell
Engineer: Peter Brown
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Columbia/EMI
TWO 337
1971

Mascara Negra
Now Insensitive
Honeymoon Song
Zambezi
Summertime In Venice
La Mer
The White Rose Of Athens
Guantanamera
Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez
Mantilla
Angelito Negros
Come Closer To Me
Mosaic Theme

Festival Gitana - Sabicas

Taranto

Festival Gitana
Featuring Sabicas
The Greatest Flamenco Guitarist
And Los Trianeros
With Enrique Montoya Domingo Alvarado Singers
And El Nino De Alicante Diego Castellon Guitars
Production Supervisor: Jac Holzman
Photo: 3 Lions
Designer: Harvey
Engineer: Leonard Ripley
Elektra 149

From the back cover: Invited to perform with Sabicas, the greatest flamenco guitarist for this recording are Los Trianeros, whose name would indicate that they come from the barrio across the Guadalquivir in Sevilla called Triana. Some say that Triana was the cradle of flamenco.

Los Trianeros join together in the Bulerias, Sevillanas, Verdiales, and Flandangos de Huelva and the three guitars and two singers entirely exhaust the pleasures of these exciting modes.

Bulerias
Taranto
Verdiales
Tientos
Sevillanas
Fandangos
Solea Por Buleria
Martinette
A Seguriya
Fandangoes De Huelva

Rhythm Meets Rugolo - Pete Rugolo

Repetitious Riff

Rhythm Meets Rugolo
Pete Rugolo And His AllStars
Design by Emmett McBain
Mercury Records
SR 60119
1960

From the back cover: Though still young, Pete Rugolo has been instrumental in shaping the professional careers of names like Stan Kenton and June Christy, among others. Now along comes stereo to help shape the career of this young Californian arranger.

From Billboard - May 30, 1960: Pete Rugolo and His All Stars come thru with bright, and occasionally wild readings of some solid jazz items here. Rugolo's arrangements are startling modern, and the hip jazz fans will enjoy them. The stereo sound, however is disappointing. Tunes include originals, "Fawncy Meeting You," and "Later Team," and standards, "Nancy With the Laughing Face" and "Sunday, Monday or Always."

Fawncy Meeting You
Early Duke
Oscar And Pete's Blues
Sunday Monday Or Always
Cha-Lito Linda
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Don't Play The Melody
Later Team
Repetitious Riff

Horn Of Plenty - Dick Collins

Angel Eyes

Horn Of Plenty
Dick Collins And The Runaway Herd

Arrangements: Nat Pierce & Al Cohn
Photography: Bill Zeitung
RCA Victor
LJM-1019
1955

From the inside cover: The "Runaway Herd" which Collins fronts in these recordings is, for the most part, made up of members of the Woody Herman band – only alto saxist Med Flory and tenor man Al Cohn are not of that aggregation. It would, indeed, be difficult, if not impossible, to assemble a more swinging sax section than that which includes, in addition to Flory and Cohn, the remarkable tenor stylists, Bill Perkins and Dick Hafer, and baritone specialist Jack Nimitz – all of whom blow delightfully throughout the proceedings. Nat Pierce contributes several engaging bits on piano, and the drumming of Chuck Flores – a protege of Shelly Manne's – is at all times both solid and lightly ringing.

I'd Know You Anywhere
Angel Eyes
Tricky Dick
Stairway To The Stars
Very Shifty
Just As You Are
The Long Night
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
My One And Only Love
No Soap!
Why Was I Born
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Shorty Rogers Courts The Count

Shorty Rodgers Courts The Count

Photos by Dave Pell
Cover Art: Jim Flora
RCA Victor
LJM-1004
1954

Personnel for the sides is as follows:

Topsy, Basie Eyes, It's Sand, Man and Doggin' Around

Trumpets: Shorty Rodgers - Conrad Gozzo - Maynard Ferguson - Harry Edison - Clyde Reasinger

Saxophones: Jimmy Guiffre - Zoot Sims - Herbie Geller - Bob Cooper - Bud Shank

Trombones: Milt Bernart - Harry Betts - Bob Enevoldsen

French Horn: John Grass

Tuba: Paul Sarmento

Bass: Cutis Counce

Piano: Marty Paich

Drums: Shelly Manne

Jump for Me, Over and Out, Down for Double and Swingin' the Blues

Pete Condoli replaces Clyde Reasinger; Bob Gordon replaces Zoot Sims.

H&J, Tickletoe, Taps Miller and Walk, Don't Run

Same as first session except Condoli for Reasinger.

From Billboard - June 19, 1954: Shorty Rodgers and a group of topflight modern jazzmen show off their appreciation for the music of Count Basie, and both Basie fans and the cool set will appreciate the ork's work. Surprising as it may sound the cool cats manage to capture the flavor of the Basie ork work, while at the same time keeping within the modern idiom. Selections include Basie favorites like "Swingin' the Blues," "Jump for Me" and "Taps Miller," the latter two penned by the Count. And three of the selections, "Over and Out," "Walk Don't Run" and "Basie Eyes," were penned by Rodgers himself. Rodgers, Maynard Ferguson, Harry Edison and Pete Condoli on trumpets, Jimmy Guiffre and Bill Holman on tenor, Milt Bernhart on trombone and Shelley Manne on drums are in the groove. A set that should interest many jazz fans.

Jump For Me
Topsy
It's Sand, Man
Basie Eyes
Doggin' Around
Down For Double
Over And Out
H&J
Taps Miller
Tickletoe
Swingin' The Blue
Walk, Don't Run