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Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!, 1969 on A&M. Cocker’s second album – great versions of Dear Landlord, Something, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, and Darling Be Home…
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve. Classic big band / swing and wonderful renditions – found via a vinyl bazaar at…
Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound…
Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland. My copy js a 2021 Craft Record reissue through Vinyl Me, Please classics. Bob Crenshaw, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Cliff…
Nancy Sinatra, Country My Way, 1967 on Reprise. Came out just after Boots. Great version of Jackson with Lee Hazelwood – found at the local thrift store for…
Dinah Washington, The Good Old Days, 1963 on Mercury. There was going to be a “More Of The Good Old Days” (MG20623) but as far as I can…
Oscar Peterson Trio, With Respect To Nat, 1965 on Limelight. Oscar sings! Tribute after Nat King Cole died in 1965.
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lightnin’ Sings The Blues, [originally] 1961 on Crown. My copy is a later reissue with different cover art on United / Superior. Not sure when the…
Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson, Very Tall, 1962 on Verve. Recorded in 1961, on Verve labels after MGM acquisition.
Ella Fitzgerald, 30 By Ella, 1968 on Capitol. Thirty songs in ~53 minutes, across six medleys. Music by Benny Carter’s “Magnificent Seven” – Capitol reissue from the 70s…
Oscar Peterson Trio, We Get Requests, 1964 on Verve. Last of Peterson’s Verve output, recorded at RCA Studios in NYC in 1964, with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen.
The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1963 on Verve. The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train Vol. 2, 1967 on Verve. These are with Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen (some…
Oscar Peterson, Thoroughly Modern ‘Twenties, 1967 on Verve. Songs collected from the “Song Book” albums for Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh. Richard Rodgers – plus…
Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight. Limelight was a Mercury subsidiary for well know Jazz artists – originally headed by Quincy Jones. Some folks see this as…
Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve. My favorite incarnation with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown – one of four LPs of music recorded…
Duke Ellington, In My Solitude, 1969 on Harmony. Compilation on Columbia’s “budget” label from the late 60s
Oscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson Plus One, 1964 on Mercury. I’m a huge fan of the Trio in the Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen configuration…
Duke Ellington, The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1961 on Capitol. Release from The Star Line, a series on Capitol that started in the early…
Nat King Cole, The Touch Of Your Lips, 1961 on Capitol. Arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmicheal – “an album of ballads as tender as a kiss” Did…
Otis Redding, Otis Redding Recorded Live (Previously Unreleased Performances), 1982 on Atlantic. As the liner notes explain, Ed Michel uncovered these tapes (from the same performances which made…