Velvet Is The Beat - John Cacavas

 

The Sweetest Sounds

Velvet Is The Beat

Conducted By John Cacavas

A&R Director: Louis Brunelli

Recorded by Phil Ramone

Publication Director: Carl Miller

Associate Producers: Harry Sulkin & Peter Woolery

Pressing: Sonic Recording Company

Printing & Fabrication: Harrison Color Process

Gallery STEREO GS6201

1966

Personnel:

Saxophones - Jerome Richardson, Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz, Arthur Kaplan/Selden Powell (Alternating) & Danny Bank

Trumpets - Irv Markowitz, Joe Wilder, Burt Collins & Bernie Glow/Mel Davis (Alternating)

Trombones - Chauncey Welsch, Eddie Bert & Tony Studd

Piano - Hank Jones

Bass - Russ Savakus

Drums - Mel Lewis

Bass Guitar - Artie Ryerson

Guitars - Barry Galbraith & Allen Hanion

From Billboard - August 13, 1966: Cacavas gives these old standards a fresh treatment as he combines smooth brassy arrangements with a punchy, bouncy beat. A very tasty package.

Speak Low

The Party's Over

Old Devil Moon

I Concentrate On You

The Sweetest Sounds

That Was The Week That Was

Try To Remember

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Do I Hear A Waltz

Wish You Were Here

Dancing Days

The 3rd Man Theme

Ros On Broadway - Edmundo Ros

 

So In Love

Ros On Broadway

Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra

From Edmundo Ros' Club, London

Cover Photo: Hans Wild

Decca Records LK 4264

1958

I Could Have Danced All Night

Some Enchanted Evening

Bewitched

Stranger In Paradise

June Is Bustin' Out All Over

I Whistle A Happy Tune

Hernando's Hideaway

Almost Like Being In Love

I Love Paris

I Talk To The Trees

I've Never Been In Love Before

So In Love

The Teddy Bear's Picnic

 

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

The Teddy Bear's Picnic

Songs We All Like

With Full Cast And Orchestra

Cricket Records C-31 (10-inch 78)

Pickwick Sales Corporation

1953

The Teddy Bear's Picnic

Bix Brent and The 4 Cricketones with Orchestra

Produced by Roy Freeman

Songs We All Like

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

A-Hunting We Will Go

The 4 Cricketones with Orchestra

Arranged by Clark McClelland

Songs For Young Lovers - Frank Sinatra

 

Violets For Your Furs

Songs For Young Lovers

Frank Sinatra

Orchestra by Nelson Riddle

Cover: Rothschild photo by Ken Veeder

Capitol Records H488 (10-inch LP)

1954

Funny Valentine

The Girl Next Door

A Foggy Day

Like Someone In Love

I Get A Kick Out Of You

Little Girl Blue

They Can't Take That Away From Me

Violets For Your Furs

Swing Easy - Frank Sinatra

 

Get Happy

Swing Easy

With Frank Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted by Nelson Riddle

Capitol Records H529 (10-inch LP)

1954

From Billboard - August 7, 1954: Frank Sinatra could have another winner with this sparkling new set. Unlike his last album, which contained smooth, pretty love songs, this new album features a group of uptempo standards played in breezy fashion by the Nelson Riddle crew. The "comeback kid" sings them with all the personality and feeling he can project, and that's saying a lot. He socks them over as tho he means every word, and sells them with all the old-time Sinatra charm. He's sure to re-charm his many old fans, and gain a lot of new ones with this release. "Just One Of Those Things," "Sunday," "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams," and "All Of Me," and the others are handed the fine Sinatra treatment here. Dealers should make out well with this set from now thru the fall.

Just One Of Those Things

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

Sunday

Warp Your Troubles In Dreams

Taking A Chance On Love

Jeepers Creepers

Get Happy

All Of Me

Brazil Once Again - Herbie Mann

 

Cry Of Love

Brazil - Once Again

Herbie Mann

Produced by Herbie Mann

Arrangements by Pat Rebillot

Cover Photography: Michael Soluri

Back Liner Photography: Joel Brodsky

Design & Art Direction: Paula Bisacca

Recorded and Mixed at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York

Recording and Mixing Engineers: Jimmy Douglas and Lew Hahn

Atlantic SD 19169

1978

Personnel:

Herbie Mann - Flute

Pat Rebillot - Keyboards

Tony Levin - Bass

Rick Marotta - Drums

Jeff Mironov - Guitar

Amaury Tristao - Acoustic Guitar & Percussion

Rubins Bassini & Dom Um Ramao - Percussion

Pele

Oh How I Want To Love  You

Dingue Li Bangue

Lugar Comum (Common Place)

O Meu Amor Chorou (Cry Of Love)

In A Mellowtone - Duke Ellington

 

Main Stem

In A Mellotone

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Photo by Robert Parent

RCA Victor LPM-1364

1956

From the back cover: It is generally agreed among many musicians and almost all critics that the single, most sustained creative period of Ellington-the-instrumentalist-through-his-orchestra occurred between 1940-44. It should be made clear that there were many important productive Ellington orchestral experiences before and since these four years, but if any one chronological slice were to be chosen as containing the most continually satisfying achievements of Ellington-the-leader-writer, it would be 1940-44. And unfortunately, there was a recording band from August 1942, to November 1944.

The record of this particular period remains astonishing in the absorbing consistency of most of the works by Ellington (and also Strayhorn) and in the fused, fluent, powerful, relaxed and, in short, magnificent level of execution by the band as a whole, and by its soloists individually.

This is the personnel of the band as of early 1940: 

Trumpets - Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams & Rex Stewart

Trombones - Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol & Lawrence Brown

Clarinet - Barney Bigard

Saxophones - Otto Hardwick, Johnny Hodges, altos; Ben Webster, tenor; Harry Carney, baritone

Rhythm Section - Fred Guy, guitar; Sonny Greer, drums; Jimmy Blanton, bass; Duke Ellington, piano

From Billboard - December 29, 1956: Here's a fine collectors' item, which should chalk up an impressive sales record as well as plenty of deejay spins. Album spotlights Ellington's wonderful band of 1940, '41 and '42, and includes such all-time great Ellingtonia as "Take The "A" Train," "I Got It Bad" with Ivy Anderson, and "In A Mellotone." Impressive mood-photo of the Duke on the cover is eye-catching display plus.

Take The "A" Train - February 13, 1941

A Portrait Of Bert Williams - May 28, 1940

Main Stem - June 26, 1942

Just A-Setting And A-Rockin' - June 5, 1941

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Ivie Anderson) - June 26, 1941

Perdido - January 21, 1942

Blue Serge - February 13, 1941

The Flaming Sword - October 17, 1940

In A Mellotone - September 5, 1940

Cotton Tail - May 4, 1940

I Don't Know What Kind Of Blue I Got (Herb Jeffries) - December 2, 1941

Rumpus In Richmond - June 22, 1949

All Too Soon - July 22, 1940

Sepia Panorama - July 24, 1940

Rocks In My Bed - September 26, 1942

What Am I Here For? - February 26, 1942

Gather 'Round - The Tarriers

 

One Note Samba

Gather 'Round

The Tarriers

Decca Records DL 4538

1964

From the back cover: Part of the explanation, of course, lies in the truly impressive musicianship they encompass – individually and as a group.

There's Clarence ("Coop") Cooper – he of the haunting voice who once was featured soloist with the famed Hampton Choir, and has subsequently graced so many radio and TV shows. There's young Eric Weissberg – Juilliard School alumnus and banjo-player par excellence. There's Marshall Brickman – triple-threat man with the bass, guitar, and fiddle.

To this array of talents The Tarriers have added a priceless ingredient that is uniquely theirs; an interpretive "feeling" for folk music that cloaks a song in infectious good humor or a sensitive emotional delivery.

From Billboard - May 30, 1964: These are not the Tarriers of old,  but the new and still good, and this is a well-balanced program of tracks, nearly like a night club performance, combining folk, novelty and ever a guitar duet on two sambas.

San Francisco Bay Blues

Quinto 

   (Canto Delle Mondine) (My Little Pony) from film "Bitter Rice"

Crawdad Song

My Ramblin' Rose

   Solo by Clarence Cooper

Rawhide

   Mandolin and Banjo Duet by Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman

Pick A Bale Of Cotton

   Arranged and Adapted by Clarence Cooper, Erik Darling & Bob Carey

My Name Is Morgan But It Ain't J. P.

Little Boxes

Guantanamera

   Solo by Marshall Brickman

Manha De Carnaval - One Note Samba

  Bossa Nova - Guitar Duet by Eric Weissberg & Marshall Brickman

Long Time Man

Come In This House

Hello Amigos - The Ames Brothers

 

Tres Palabras

Hello Amigos

The Ames Brothers

Orchestra under the direction of Juan Esquivel

Vocal Arrangements by Al Semola

Produced by Herman Diaz, Jr.

Photo: Wendy Hilty

Cover Props courtesy Phonix Pan American Imports

Recording Engineer: Ray Hall

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City

RCA Victor LSP-2100

1960

From Billboard - February 29, 1960: This famous foursome presents an album of songs representative of the great music which springs from the Spanish-speaking world.

Amor

Frenesi

Ella

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás 

Besame Mucho

Tres Palabras

Adios Mariquita Linda

Me Lo Dijo Adela

Tu Solo Tu

Brazil

La Ultima Noche

Cancion Mixteca

Amapola

Lisboa Antiqua

Perfidia

Count Basie Swings & Tony Bennett Sings

 

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

Basie / Bennett

Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings

Tony Bennett Sings

Produced by Teddy Reig

Roulette R 25072

Life Is A Song

Plenty Of Money 

Jeepers Creepers

Are You Havin' Any Fun

Anything Goes

Strike Up The Band

Chicago

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

Poor Little Rich Girl

Growing Pains

I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans