Moon Man - Charles Lloyd

Heavy Karma

Moon Man
Charles Lloyd
Produced by Charles Lloyd
All songs published by Roho Music
Engineered by Henry Lewy
Album design concept by Eric Sherman
Cover photography courtesy of World Wide
Inside photography by Bryant Henry
Art Direction by John C LePrevost
Kapp Records KS-3634
1970

Group: Charles Lloyd - Michael Cohen - Ken Jenkins - Zitro - Ned Doheny - Bob Jekins

A blend of a number of pop/rock/avant grade influences on side one followed by a long freeform jazz piece on side two that eventually slides back into the conceptualism that dominates the majority of project, as heard in the sample above, using a spacey vocal passage to help connect elements.

From Billboard - September 12, 1970: Charles Lloyd first came into sight as a jazzman with the Cannonball Adderley group, then he formed his own quartet still playing jazz and attracted the attention of the Filmore jazz circuit who dug into his avant grade happenings. Now Lloyd has switched into the rock energy and come up with a rock album that contains his own music and lyrics. Good etherial product, part jazz, a lot of rock and much heavy.

Moonman
I Don't Care What You Tell Me
Sermon
Sweet Juvenia
Heavy Karma
Hejira
Ship
Moonman II

Swingin' Down The Lane - Ralph Burns

Swingin' Down The Lane

Swingin' Down The Lane
Ralph Burns And His Orchestra
Produced by Ernie Altschuler
Cover photo: Columbia Records Photo Studio – Henry Parker
Epic LN 24015
1968

From the back cover: Ralph Burns, a native Bostonian, attended the famed New England Conservatory of Music. Early in his career, he established an enviable name for himself as pianist-arranger for such top bandleaders as Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet and Red Norvo. Since then he has conducted for such outstanding vocalist as Johnny Mathis and Tony Bennett.

From Billboard - September 8, 1968: Here's a mighty refreshing excursion into typical big band sound, with Ralph Burns, veteran arranger, contributing some standout scoring for the ensemble. Among other things, Burns offers here the first instrumental scoring of the Tony Bennett hit, "San Francisco," and this track along with "West Side Waltz." "It Happened in Monterey" and "The Band (Billboard spelling) and the Beautiful," can grab plenty of jockey spins.

West Side Waltz
Ebb Tide
I'm Thru With Love
Corcovado
I'll Get By
The Bad And The Beautiful
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Tippin
It Happened In Monterey
Chopin Etude Op. 10
Mean To Me
Swingin' Down The Lane

Easy Listening - The Three Suns

By The Waters Of Minnetonka

Easy Listening
The Three Suns With Orchestra
Arranger: Marty Gold and Sid Ramin
RCA Victor LPM 1316
1956

From Billboard - November 10, 1956: There's no question about the success of this package. As a previous "Save on Records" special, its momentum is bound to carry thru. With the Three Suns in top form, backed with good ork sound, in the tricky arrangements of Marty Gold and Sid Ramin, the dozen items pack top-flight listening content. As usual, most of their numbers are solid standards with arrangement face-lifting. Naturally, there's great jock stuff here.

Change Partners
All Of Me
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Easy Listening
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Down Home Rag
Say It With Music
The Wood-Pecker Song
Making Whoopee
Happy Face Baby
By The Waters Of Minnetonka
Wunderbar

The Cinema Scene Today - Derek & Ray

Live For Life

The Cinema Scene Today
Derek & Ray
Arranged and Conducted by Marty Gold
Co-conducted by Sandy Block
Produced by Marty Gold
Mercury SR 61149
1968

Theme From "The Fox"
Braverman's Waltz
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Valley Of The Dolls
You Only Live Twice
Tara's Theme
To Sir, With Love
O Ganso
More Than A Miracle
Talk To The Animals
Live For Life

Joe Hezoucky Orchestra With Vocals By Marie Danek

By The River Waltz

Joe Hezoucky Orchestra With Vocals By Marie Danek
Ray Records RRSLP 4055

This Evening Polka
Till We Meet Again Waltz
Jarmilka Polka
Three Three Polka
Roaring Mountains March
Nimble Annie Polka
Grandmother Dream Waltz
Don't Go To Sleep Yet Polka
Bells Of Lorette Waltz
By The Rive Waltz

Julita Ross

Seis Dias

Julita Ross
Claudio Ferrer Y Su Conjunto
Ansonia ALP 1256

From the back cover: Julita Ross was born in Arecibo and while still a child, moved to Santurce where she took part in musical shows presented by her school. She made personal appearances at various theaters and private functions and her professional debut was made on radio in Puerto Rico in 1940.

During the Second World War, she spent much of her time traveling with Abdias Villalonga and his orchestra. They toured the island of Puerto Rico entertaining the members of the armed forces stationed there.

In 1945, Julita left Puerto Rico to fulfill club engagements in New York. Her success was heightened by offers to appear in theaters and on radio. She was an overnight sensation and it was this year that she made her first phonograph records.

Her first big record was the Rafael Hernandez composition, "Diez Anos". Her recordings made such an impression on the public overseas that she was presented with contracts to make a personal tour. She gave various performances in Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Columbia and the Dominican Republic. One of her most liked recordings was the Claudio Ferrer composition "Aunque Me Llore.

Diez Anos
Me La Robaste
Noche De Boda
Dos Almas
No Nieues Que Me Quisiste
Miedo De Ti
Aunque Me Llore
Fichas Blancas
Mi Santa
Amor De Ayer
Recuerdos
Seis Dias

Tito Rodriguez In Puerto Azul, Venezuela

Tito Rodriguez And His Orchestra
In Puerto Azul, Venezuela
Cover designed by Norman Art Studio, Chicago
United Artist Records UAS 6308
1963

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample.

From the back cover: This album featured Tito and the boys at their best, playing tunes they performed at the Carcass Carnival (one of South America's pre-Lenten festivals, invitation only). Rodriguez's band won "most popular".

From Billboard - November 30, 1963: Rodriquez has had a number of sets on the UA label, all of which have created a sales stir. This latest program is a duplication of that performance by the band last year in a Venezuela competition of 16 prominent Latin orks, a competition won by this very group. Most selections are smooth and danceable, with vocals, and are nicely paced as to tempo. Mambos, pachanges, cha chas and boleros are included.

Alma Llanera
Quando Estes Sola
El Criticon
Beso Extraño
La Pollera Colora
El Piraguero
En Puerto Azul
No Suenes Despierto
Si Mi Corazon Buephiera
Charanga Con Bossa Nova
El Trompo
El Tirabuzon

In A Romantic Mood - Oscar Peterson

In A Romantic Mood
Oscar Peterson With Strings
With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Garcia
Cover Photo by Alex de Paola
Verve Records MGV-2002
1956

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample.

Excellent early lush strings conceptual mood product.

From the back cover: Peterson was born in Montreal, Canada, not much over 30 years ago. At five, he started out as a robust little trumpeter. But he was struck, at seven, with tuberculosis and spent a year in the hospital. At this point, he turned from the trumpet, with its heavy physical demands, to the piano and made astonishing progress. He became a professional pianist at 14, playing on a Montreal radio station. Later, after touring Canada with a band, he formed his own highly successful trio in Montreal. By now his fame was spreading rapidly, spilling over into the States.

From Billboard - May 19, 1956: Here's an off-beat Peterson package, spotlighting the talented jazz pianist for the first time against a background of lush, sweet strings provided by arranger-conductor Russ Garcia. It's an interesting blend, with pop as well as jazz potential and should be of particular use to deejays in search of romantic mood music programming with superior flavor. Peterson's swingy, tasteful piantistics are brilliantly showcased on such level standards as "Laura," " I Only Have Eyes For You," "Tenderly," and "A Sunday Kind Of Love." Eye-catching cover.

Ruby
Stars Fell On Alabama
Black Coffee
Laura
The Boy Next Door
Our Waltz
Tenderly
I Thought About You
I Only Have Eyes For You
Stella By Starlight
A Sunday Kind Of Love
It Could Happen To You

Accent On Bamboo - Tak Shindo

Accent On Bamboo
Big Band Standards With An Oriental Flavor
Arranged and Conducted by Tak Shindo
Produced by Ed Yelon
Capitol Records T14433
1960

This set is available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample.

Bright, creative big band arrangements accented, as advertised with Eastern and popular for the period, "exotica-sounding" flourishes.

For some reason after the jacket was printed, Capitol found it necessary to paste down, over top of 1/3 the back cover notes, an additional expanded track list.

From the back cover: Tak Shindo is one of Hollywood's busiest young musicians, with impressive arranging and composing credits in motion pictures and TV, as well as intensive study in and out of college under such outstanding teachers as moviedom's Miklos Rozza and Dr. Shigeo Kishibe of the University of Tokyo. A Nisei from Los Angeles, Take made good use of his talents in both music and languages during his three-year hitch in the U.S. Army. He was attracted to intelligence as a language instructor, and later served as a musical arranger and producer of GI shows for special services.

From Billboard September 5, 1960: A Hollywood Nisei, Take Shindo has a big band package here that fuses sound of the West and East. Material is danceable. "One Fine Day" (from "Madame Butterfly"), "String Of Pearls," "Cherokee" are included. Instruments include some which are rarely heard here, as 13-string zither, various chimes, gongs and Japanese xylophone.
Also see: Brass And Bamboo.

Cherokee
One Fine Day
Chattanooga Choo Choo
I Gotta Have You
It's So Peaceful In The Country
Portrait In Blue
A String Of Pearls
Stumbling
Happy In Love
For You
Festival
Kiss Me Again

Let's Dance The Society Waltzes - Michael Paige

American Waltz Medley

Let's Dance The Society Waltzes
Cotillion Waltzes for Champagne Dancing
With Michael Paige and His Society Orchestra
Produced by Tom Morgan
Capitol Records T1456
1960

This is an obscure album and perhaps it would be best to leave it that way. Yes, that's crowd noise you hear in the sample. The effect plays through the entire set as if your turntable needle is dirty or worn.

From the back cover: He (Paige) has been playing music for dancing ever since he finished school and joined the famous Orville Knapp orchestra, remembered and respected as the first of the great society orchestras. Today, he has one of the most successful and satisfying society orchestras of his own. The has played at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston, the Lord Baltimore in Baltimore, the Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, the Rice in Houston, the Ambassador in Los Angeles, and practically every other top hotel in the country.

Fallin In Love With Love
European Medley (Vilia, Liberstraum)
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Viennese Medley (Artist's Life, Gold and Silver, Sari)
It's Most Unusual Day
American Waltz Medley (A Bicycle Built For Two, The Band Played On, After The Ball)
Wunderbar
Hello Young Lovers
Where Did We Go? Out.
Over The Waves
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World