Paul Desmond, Pure Desmond, 1975 on CTI Records

Desmond (who composed Take Five and was a critical part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet) playing here with Ron Carter, Ed Bickert, and Connie Kay – recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in 1974 and produced by Creed Taylor.

One of five albums Desmond put out on CTI in the late 60s and 70s. including Summertime and Skylark (with Gabor Szabo). It’s very fusion, and features Ed Bickert on guitar as much as (or more so than) Desmond.

My copy, via Crossroads Records in Portland OR, is a 1975 issue with Van Gelder in the runouts.

OTD: The Record Men: Creed Taylor

The January 1965 issue of Jazz magazine highlights Creed Taylor's influential role as a jazz A&R producer. Known for his commercial success and artistic sensitivity, Taylor shaped numerous significant jazz recordings. The article discusses his innovative techniques, including unique project concepts and collaboration with artists, emphasizing his

https://www.ctproduced.com/otd-the-record-men-creed-taylor/

#ABCParamount #Verve #CreedTaylor #ZootSims

Panic The Son Of Shock by The Creed Taylor Orchestra, released in 1960 by ABC Paramount.

Evil exotica? Death jazz? ‘Orrible orchestral? Whatever you decide to call it, it’s a bit strange that the pair of albums
are presented here back to front, with Panic: Son Of Shock first. That aside, what we have are 24 cues of varying quality, but all following the simple,
brave concept of sound pictures with added horror, terror, madness or just plain good old weirdness. Cues are little
vignettes, with subjects drowning, blowing themselves up, driving into trains, smashing stuff, making intense
anonymous phone calls – all the time set to and accompanied by perfect
instrumental picture music. - Record Collector Mag reviewing a CD reissue of this and the previous Shock.

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

#CreedTaylor #SpaceAgePop #Novelty #Music #KenyonHopkins

Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil is a 1962 studio album by Cal Tjader.

Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil Review by Thom Jurek

...Tjader set out to offer a very modern portrait of the music pouring out of Mexico City by showcasing selected Mario Ruíz Armengol compositions, and out of Brazil by spotlighting numbers by singers such as Elisete Cardoso and João Gilberto. Tjader's vibes are placed in juxtaposition with Fischer's piano and percussion by Changuito, Milt Holland, and Johnny Rae, with a woodwind section that included both Don Shelton and Paul Horn, and even some wordless exotica vocals by Ardeen DeCamp. In addition, Brazilian guitar star Laurindo Almeida helps out on about half the set... The feel here is gentle with infectious rhythms and beautifully wrought woodwinds, gorgeous piano, and spacious vibes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTj7o44xmm8&list=RDLTj7o44xmm8&start_radio=1

#CalTjader #BossaNova #Jazz #ClareFisher #Music #LaurindoAlmeida #CreedTaylor

Stan Getz & Bill Evans, Previously Unreleased Recordings, 1974 on Verve

Sometimes just referred to as Stan Getz & Bill Evans, this was recorded in 1964 but not released until 1974. Ron Carter (A side) and Richard Davis (B side) on bass, with Elvin Jones on drums. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs NJ and produced by Creed Taylor.

There’s a whole series of “Previously Unreleased Recordings” advertised on the rear jacket. Beautiful sounding LP well packaged.

My copy—via Worcester Record Riot—is of the 2024 UMG/UMe reissue, overseen by Chad Kassem from Acoustic Sounds.

#1960s #1974 #BillEvans #ChadKassem #CreedTaylor #ElvinJones #EnglewoodCliffsNJ #Reissue #RichardDavis #RonCarter #RudyVanGelder #StanGetz #UMe #UMG #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterRecordRiot

Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 is an album by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in 1966 and released on the Verve label.

The AllMusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 3 stars, stating "As with his previous album Spanish Grease, the toughest and most memorable track is the one Bobo original, 'Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries.' Its creeping Latin soul groove was, like 'Spanish Grease,' an obvious inspiration for Carlos Santana". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8oKnHRrgBg&list=RDA8oKnHRrgBg&start_radio=1

#WilieBobo #Latin #Jazz #Verve #Music #CreedTaylor

Stone Flower is the sixth studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Stone Flower Review by Thom Jurek

...Take, for instance, the title track with its stuttered, near imperceptible percussion laid under a Jobim piano melody of such simplicity, it's harmonically deceptive. It isn't until Lookofsky enters for his solo that you realize just how sophisticated and dense both rhythm and the chromatic lyricism are. The album closes with a reprise of "Brazil," restating a theme that has, surprisingly been touched upon in every track since the original inception, making most of the disc a suite that is a lush, sense-altering mediation, not only on Jobim's music and the portraits it paints, but ON the sounds employed by Taylor to achieve this effect. Stone Flower is simply brilliant, a velvety, late-night snapshot of Jobim at his peak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfHX8NBmXk&list=RD_lfHX8NBmXk&start_radio=1

#AntonioCarlosJobim #HarryLookofsky
#JoeFarrell #UrbieGreen #HubertLaws #RonCarter #Airto #deodato #CreedTaylor #BossaNova #Jazz #Music

Christmas '64 is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Smith's only album of Christmas music, it was reissued as Christmas Cookin' in 1966.

A review on AllMusic said that "Compared to most Christmas albums, this is plenty groovy, with lots of Smith's trademark dexterity and bop runs on offer." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YfLCKmKKSs&list=OLAK5uy_nN7dQGgUDFWdoGxEUbro0bpGMY6dY-8L4

#jimmysmith #jazzorgan #kennyburrell #gradytate #ververecords #creedtaylor #rudyvangelder #xmasmusic #xmasjazz

Alone Again, Naturally Review by Charity Stafford

Originally released in 1972, Alone Again, Naturally is a fine album by the eclectic and talented soul star Esther Phillips. Helmed by jazz producer Creed Taylor, and recorded with an all-star cast of fusion, soul, and jazz musicians (George Benson, Maceo Parker, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham), this is the early-'70s Creed Taylor sound adapted to pop and soul music, putting Phillips' impassioned vocals in slick, mellow soul-jazz grooves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN1cPgYiiAg

#estherphillips #creedtaylor #roncarter #kudurecords #soul

Sound Tour: Hawaii (Impressions In Sound Of An American On Tour) by Kenyon Hopkins released on Verve in 1962

Cinema Sojourns wrote on a blog entry Searching for Kenyon Hopkins:

With Creed Taylor serving as producer, MGM’s Verve label put out a series of records in partnership with Esquire Magazine in the mid-60s – that were all composed by Hopkins. Here is an excerpt from an article on the Verve/Esquire project by C. Andrew Hoyan on the All About Jazz web site: “…Much like his soundtrack work, Hopkins imbues his charts with jazz sensibilities and such names as Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Joe Wilder, and Doc Severinsen were on hand for all of the sessions..Engineers Ray Hall and Bob Simpson further augmented the stereo terrain by adding Keene Crockett’s “sound pictures” here and there, such as boat whistles and a revved up Alfa Romero speeding away from some Spanish villa..."

#creedtaylor #kenyonhopkins #spaceagepop #exotica #hawaii #philwoods #ververecords