Cool And Sparkling - Paul Smith

 

Kempy The Painter

Cool And Sparkling

The Liquid Sounds Of Paul Smith

Recorded May and June, 1956, Hollywood

Capitol Records T757

1955

Paul Smith - Piano

Sam Cheifitz - Bass

Tony Rizzi - Guitar

Ronnie Lang - Sax

Julie Kinsler - Flute

Irving Cottler - Drums

I Remember You

Kempy The Painter

A Young Man's Fancy

Dandy Randy

Alone Together

The Grump

You And The Night And The Music

I'll Take Romance

Little Evil

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Murphy's Light

Have You Met Miss Jones?

Strike Up The Band - Ted Heath

 

La Mer

Strike Up The Band

Ted Heath and His Music

London LL 750

1954

Strike Up The Band

Obsession 

Clair De Lune

Piper's Patrol

Vanessa

Hot Toddy

On The Bridge

Alpine Boogie

Yours Is My Heart Alone

Alouette

La Mer

Hawaiian War Chant

Music For Summertime - Morton Gould

 

Orchids In The Moonlight

Music For Summertime

Morton Gould and His Orchestra

RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2006

1956

From Billboard - July 21, 1956: Deejays are bound to wax enthusiastic over this album which spotlights lush, listenable instrumental treatments of 12 summery standards – "Summertime," "Where Or When?," "Over The Rainbow," "Time On My Hands," etc. Eight of the tunes are performed by full orchestra, and the remaining four by an effective combination of strings, celeste and harp. A colorful cover carries out the seasonal theme.

Gershwin - Summertime (from "Porgy And Bess")

Carmichael - Star Dust

Kern - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (from "Roberta")

Gould - Pavane (Carl Poole, Trumpet Solo)

Arlen - Stormy Weather (from "Cotton Club Parade")

Warren - Shadow Waltz (from "Gold Diggers Of 1933")

Whiting And Harling - Beyond The Blue Horizon (from the Paramount film "Monte Carlo")

Gould - Cresta Blanca Waltz

Rodgers - Where Or When (from "Babes In Arms")

Youmans - Orchids In The Moonlight (from "Flying Down To Rio")

Arlen - Over The Rainbow (from "The Wizard Of Oz")

Youmans - Time On My Hands (from "Smiles")

Delicado - Percy Faith

 

Jungle Fantasy

Delicado

Percy Faith And His Orchestra

Columbia Records CL 681

1955

From the back cover: As a staff arranger and conductor for the Canadian Broadcasting System, as the conductor of the Contented Hour for many seasons, and as one of Columbia's top artists, Percy Faith has again and again produced a kind of orchestral setting that is inimitable.

Delicado

Gaviotta 

Jungle Fantasy

Caribbean Night

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Oye Negra

Jamaican Rhumba

The Minute Samba

Ching Ching-a-ling

Funny Fellow

Cu-Tu-Gu-Ru

Enlloro

Women In My Life - Sergio Franchi

 

Laura

Women In My Life

Sergio Franchi

Arranged and Conducted by Wally Stott/Neil Warner 

(Neil Warner is Mr. Franchi's musical director and rehearsal coach)

Produced by Joseph Habig

Recording Engineer: Eric Tomlinson

RCA Victor Red Seal Dynagroove LM-2696

1964

Marta

Jennie

Laura

Sweet Georgia Brown

Maria

Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

Mimi

Diane

Gigi

Once In Love With Amy

Tammy

Stella By Starlight

Collage - Noel Harrison

 

Strawberry Fields Forever

Collage

Noel Howard

Sings Of Today And Tomorrow

Arranged and Conducted by Don Peake

Produced by Jimmy Bowen

Art Directions: Ed Thrasher

Reprise Records STEREO RS 6263

1967

Suzanne

Just Like A Woman

People In The Rain

Woman

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Sign Of The Queen

Museum

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Go Ask Your Man

When I'm 64

Mrs. Williams' Rose

Strawberry Fields Forever

Electrified Favorites - Steve Allen

 

Even Steven

Electrified Favorites

Steve Allen At The Wurlitizer Electric Piano

Coral Records CRL 57195

1957

From the back cover: Fans of Steve's old Tonight Show and his Sunday evening opus are familiar with the small Wurlitzer electronic piano he's been using the past year of so. When they hear this collection of swinging tracks they'll wonder why the bespectacled one didn't record the instrument a long time ago. Not only does it provide a new sound but that sound seems particularly suited to the jazz idiom. The electronic 88 is not going to make Carnegie Hall throw away its old concert grands but it does give an off-beat, fresh feeling to the piano voice. In the low registers it sounds slightly organist, in the middle area of the keyboard it has a chunky guitar-like sound, and in the upper octaves a celestial tinkle bites crisply through. Allen employs all three registers to catchy advantage in this listenable, danceable clutch of standards and (as always when Stevo records) originals.

Steverino Swings

Memories Of You

Give Me The Simple Life

Playing The Field 

Tea For Two

It Had To Be You

On The Alamo

Electronica Boogie

Careless Sweet Lorraine 

Even Steven

Rose Room

With Love From Hollywood - Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy

Let's Face The Music And Dance

With Love From Hollywood

Shirley Jones And Jack Cassidy

Orchestra Conducted by Frank DeVol

Columbia CL 1255

1959

From Billboard - May 25, 1959: An excellent program of fine love songs introduced on the Hollywood scene sung by the talented Cassidys (she's also Mrs. C.) Nice-to-hear-gain tunes include "Cheek To Cheek," "It Might As Well Be Spring," "Love Of My Life," "It's Easy To Remember," "Hit The Road To Dreamland" and a host of others. Good solid music at top performance level should make for a big sell. Good D.J. material.

Cheek To Cheek

Dearly Beloved

It Might As Well Be Spring

For You, For Me, For Evermore

Love Of My Life

Let's Face The Music And Dance

Let's Fall In Love

Long Ago (And Far Away)

Nina

It's Easy To Remember

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Hit The Road To Dreamland

Come With Me - Sammy Kaye

 

Desafinado

Come Dance With Me

Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye

And His Orchestra

Instrumental Favorites 

Decca Records DL 4357

1963

From the back cover: An attitude of keeping up with the times has enabled Sammy Kaye's popularity to grow and perpetuate itself through several musical eras, remaining on top and vital throughout. In his quest for nuances, which lend themselves to the Swing and Sway format, Sammy has now availed himself of the talents of the noted arranger: Charles Albertine. He has combined with Albertine to produce a new album, having all the polish that Kaye has always maintained, plus the earthly verve that only Albertine's ingenuity can provide.

To call this a new sound would be telling a half-truth, for while it is new in a certain sense, it most definitely is the Swing and Sway sound brought up-to-date with all the taste and articulateness hat can come from the marriage of these two talents. A scintillating saxophone sound has been skillfully backed with the irrepressible dance band sound that Kaye has always managed to capture in his music. Another interesting innovation, that evokes an even more intimate melding of the two talents, is the electric organ, which helps to weave a swatch of rhythm and movement, accentuating the Kaye style with the bright, brisk Albertine touch.

A musician's musician, Charles Albertin is probably best known for his contribution in creating the sound behind the Les Elgart band, although Albertine has also arranged for artists like Nat Cole, Neil Sedaka, Frankie Avalon, Adam Wade, Conway Twitty, Dion, The Four Lads and a flock of others before beginning to work with Sammy Kaye.

Everything's Coming Up Roses

Till There Was You

A Swinin' Safari

All Alone Am I

Desafinado

Roses Are Red

Ramblin' Rose

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

This Can't Be Love

What Kind Of Fool Am I?

Is He The Only Man In The World?

That Happy Feeling

Extra Special! - Peggy Lee

 

The Shining Sea

Extra Special!

Peggy Lee

Produced by David Cavanaugh 

Cover Photo: John Engstead

Capitol Records T 2732

1967

Hey, Look Me Over - Arranged by Quincy Jones

When He Makes Music - Arranged by Ralph Carmichael

Walking Happy - Arranged by Dave Grusin

Oh! You Crazy Moon - Head Arrangement

So What's New - Arranged by Bob Bain

Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear - Arranged by Bill Holman

A Bucket Of Tears - Arranged by Bill Holman

The Shining Sea - Arranged by Johnny Mandel

A Doolin' Song - Head Arrangement

Amazing - Arranged by Billy May

I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Arranged by Bill Holman

Songs Made Famous By Joan Baez - Maura & Maria

 

House Of The Rising Sun

Songs Made Famous By Joan Baez

Sung By Maura & Maria

Wyncote SW 9075

1964

I Will Never Marry

Fare Thee Well

Lady Mary

Sliver Dagger

Rake A Ramblin' Boy

House Of The Rising Sun

John Riley

Pretty Boy Floyd

Little Moses

Gospel Ship

Tony Sings The Greatest Hits Of Today! - Tony Bennett

 

Eleanor Rigby

Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today

Tony Bennett

Produced by Wally Gold

Arranged and Conducted by Peter Matz

*Arranged  by Dee Barton

Engineering: Frank Laico, Peter Romano & Don Meehan

Columbia Records CS 9980

1970

MacArthur Park

Something

The Look Of Love

Here, There And Everywhere

Live For Life

Little Green Apples

Eleanor Rigby

My Cherie Amour

Is That All There Is?

Here

Sunrise, Sunset