Toshiko Mariano and Her Big Band is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo by Toshiko Akiyoshi (then Toshiko Mariano) in July 1964 and released in the US on the Vee-Jay Records label. It was also released on the Nippon Columbia label in Japan under the title, Toshiko and Modern Jazz. In addition to the 4 big band arrangements featuring a full 16 piece jazz orchestra, there are also three smaller combo tracks on this album. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnxpFIIJKSo&list=OLAK5uy_nwYf0Q5esBnJjVNzU1mUiWisVXq9yuW5Y

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Julie Felix by Julie Felix, released on Decca in 1964.

"Julie Ann Felix (June 14, 1938 – March 22, 2020)[1] was an American-British folk singer and recording artist who achieved success, particularly on British television, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She later performed and released albums on her own record label." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-fxH6KX3k&list=RDQV-fxH6KX3k&start_radio=1

#juliefelix #mastersofwar #folkmusic #protestsong #bobdylan #1964inmusic

Together is the first and only studio album released by the duo team of American Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells. It was released on the Motown label on April 15, 1964. The album brought Gaye together with Wells, an established star with a number-one pop hit to her name (1964's "My Guy"), singing mostly standards and show tunes, in the hopes that Gaye would benefit from the exposure.

This album became the first charted album credited to Gaye, peaking at number 42 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and yielding two top 20 singles, "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter with You Baby". Shortly afterwards, upon reaching twenty-one, Wells, who received bad advice from her former husband and manager, left Motown... - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeLVDkwvYE&list=PLH_QLWlQVieW56-Znf3npnRbPBi9n-s4r&index=1

#marvingaye #marywells #duet #soul #motown #1964inmusic

All the News That's Fit to Sing was Phil Ochs's first official album. Recorded in 1964 for Elektra Records, it was full of many elements that would come back throughout his career. It was the album that defined his "singing journalist" phase, strewn with songs whose roots were allegedly pulled from Newsweek magazine. It is one in a long line of folk albums used to tell stories about everyday struggles and hardships.

Among these stories was that of William Worthy, an American journalist who traveled to Cuba in spite of an embargo on the country who was forbidden to return to the United States. Civil rights figures Medgar Evers and Emmett Till were lionized in "Too Many Martyrs" (alternatively known as "The Ballad of Medgar Evers".) Two talking blues jabbed sarcastically at Vietnam and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Even a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells", was set to music.. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bK2ygWQ6ag&list=RD8bK2ygWQ6ag&start_radio=1

#philochs #folk #elektra #1964inmusic #vietnamwar

To Sweden with Love is an album of Swedish folk music by Art Farmer's Quartet featuring guitarist Jim Hall recorded in Stockholm in 1964 and originally released on the Atlantic label.

Farmer's account was that his band was touring in Sweden not long after the Swedish pianist Jan Johansson had had a commercially successful recording of Swedish folk songs; a record company official "comes to me and says, 'How about you guys do an album of Swedish folk songs?' I said, 'We don't know any Swedish folk songs.' [...] He said, 'Okay, I’ll get the music'"..

The Allmusic review states "The band's cool and restrained style suits the music perfectly, turning it into jazz without losing its essence" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3v3FbzlYVo&list=RDq3v3FbzlYVo&start_radio=1

#artfarmer #jimhall #swedishfolkmusic #steveswallow #jazz #1964inmusic #jazzinsweden #petelaroca

Warm Winds is an album by organist Charles Kynard and flautist Buddy Collette recorded in 1964 in California and released on the World Pacific label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEihvKaFQrI

#charleskynard #buddycollette #jazzflute #jazzorgan #latinpercussion #1964inmusic

The Voice of Africa is the 1964 fourth album of Miriam Makeba issued by RCA Victor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3weEgDyLDfs&list=OLAK5uy_kLdXlE9lo5OZX1InHKbFVKEaLK83dR3s8

#miriammakeba #africanmusic #southafricanmusic #1964inmusic

The Rolling Stones is the debut EP released by the Rolling Stones on 10 January 1964.

Bruce Eder of AllMusic writes: "The real centrepiece was Arthur Alexander's 'You Better Move On,' an American-spawned favourite that the band had been doing in concert — this was their chance to show a softer, more lyrical and soulful sound that was every bit as intense as the blues and hard R&B they'd already done on record..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-iDfHkiA3Y

#therollingstones #blues #arthuralexander #1964inmusic

A Girl Called Dusty is the debut studio album by English singer Dusty Springfield. It was released on 17 April 1964 in the United Kingdom by Philips Records.

...The album contained a mix of mostly straightforward pop songs and a few Motown influenced numbers, such as "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Mockingbird". It also marked Springfield's first collaboration with well-known songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as Gerry Goffin and Carole King, whose songs Springfield continued to record for the rest of her career.

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVg93QqTM28&list=PLFUkFcQwI465v90WpFBSszap214BhDDuv&index=9

#dustyspringfield #burtbacharach #agirlcalleddusty #1964inmusic

The Green Leaves of Summer is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1964 and released on the Contemporary label.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "Pianist Hampton Hawes' first recording after serving five years in prison finds Hawes evolving a bit from a Bud Powell-influenced bop pianist to one familiar with more modern trends in jazz... Recommended"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAvU7uLUmjY&list=OLAK5uy_mHRBbSfHHMyEMfNsQ3oAH1y-3XC9Dbd8Q

#hamptonhawes #jazz #jazzpiano #1964inmusic