Tag: 1960

Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone

2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on “Autumn Leaves” – one which…

Ray Charles, Ray Charles in Person, 1960 on Atlantic

Recorded live May 28th, 1959 at the WAOK fifth anniversary celebration, Herndon Stadium in Atlanta. Recorded from the audience, reportedly from a single microphone 100 feet from the…

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Hard Travelin’: songs by Woody Guthrie and others, 1977 on Fantasy

This is really a 2xLP reissue of two Prestige records: Jack Elliott Sings The Songs of Woody Guthrie (1960) and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (1961). Fantasy purchased the catalog…

Bill Evans Trio, Portrait in Jazz, 1960 on Riverside.

Bill Evans Trio, Portrait in Jazz, 1960 on Riverside. My copy is a reissue from 2011 in the Original Jazz Classics series (OJC-088). Evans with Scott LaFaro and…

Gerry Mulligan, The Concert Jazz Band, 1960 on Verve.

Gerry Mulligan, The Concert Jazz Band, 1960 on Verve. Mulligan’s first “Concert Jazz Band” with multiple different players on Trumpet, Sax, and Trombone on different tracks Via Light…

Betty Carter, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, 1976 on ABC Impulse!

Betty Carter, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, 1976 on ABC Impulse! Reissue of two earlier LPs, Out There With Betty Carter (1958) and The Modern Sound of…