Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy is a jazz album recorded in 1963 by Paul Gonsalves.

Review by Stephen Cook

...Cleopatra -- Feelin' Jazzy finds the famed Ellington soloist in the prime company of hard boppers like pianist Hank Jones, organist Dick Hyman, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Roy Haynes. The band shines throughout, with Hyman's organ adding exotic film theater ambience on the two North cuts that kick off the album.. Switching over to more straightforward fare, Gonsalves and company stretch out on Burrell's "Bluz for Liz" (read Elizabeth Taylor, one of the leads in the movie) and Ellington's "Action in Alexandria."..Gonsalves impresses with both complexly swinging solos and breathy ballad statements. A very fine effort by one of the unsung giants of jazz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyk4djvVxxU&list=OLAK5uy_lgeRc58SlOkMk7TSKFG7Be6_YqG6U2fvM

#PaulGonsalves #HankJones #DickHyman #KennyBurrell #GeorgeDuvivier #RoyHaynes #MannyAlbam #ImpulseRecords #Jazz #Music #Cleopatra #Ellington

The Soul of the City is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally issued on the Solid State label.

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "these progressive big band charts have held up very well over the decades since The Soul of the City was first issued by Solid State in 1966. This beautifully recorded album is well worth picking up"- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC1srY_vWsg&list=RDJC1srY_vWsg&start_radio=1

#MannyAlbam #Jazz #Music #SolidState #BigBand

Songs By Jackie Paris by Jackie Paris, released on EmArcy in 1956

Carlo Jackie Paris (September 20, 1924 – June 17, 2004)[1] was an American jazz singer and guitarist. He is best known for his recordings of "Skylark" and "'Round Midnight" from the late 1940s to the early 1950s...

...He recorded from the 1940s into the 2000s. His albums include Songs by Jackie Paris (EmArcy), Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Time), and The Song Is Paris (Impulse!). The first song that he recorded was "Skylark", on one of two sessions made by his trio for MGM Records in 1947. He recorded Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight", which was produced by the critic Leonard Feather and featured a young Dick Hyman on piano. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pK5-LNUO0&list=RDW8pK5-LNUO0&start_radio=1

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#jazz

"On June 7, 1956, seven of New York's most proficient studio jazz players assembled..For the session, they were known as the Manhattan Jazz Septette..

...In today's parlance, this band was a supergroup made up of stellar players who were already established giants. All were prolific sidemen and spent a better part of their days shuttling from studio to studio in New York recording as leaders and sidemen. What's more, all had exquisite taste and most doubled and tripled on other instruments.

If you want to hear how the East Coast was responding to the West Coast jazz scene in the mid-1950s, dig Oscar Pettiford's Manhattan Jazz Septette. This is an exceptional album that allows you to hear leading jazz craftsmen of their day up close." Marc Myers, Jazz Wax

https://www.jazzwax.com/2016/07/manhattan-jazz-septette.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN0BPFTun4&list=PLGVObQ6Jcyv7vvC9WzZDUWDf8RPdk0rpR&index=1

#ManhattanJazzSeptette #oscarpettiford #UrbieGreen #HerbieMann #barrygalbraith #mannyalbam #EddieCosta #eastcoastjazz #jazz

Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats: Jazz New York released in 1958 on Dot Records

"... an all-star little big-band including Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal, Bob Brookmeyer, Jerome Richardson, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Pepper Adams, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson and Eddie Costa.

Titles include "Thruway", "They All Laughed", "Fresh Flute", "Dot's Right", "The Nether Regions", and "Hebe The Cups Please". CD also features two bonus tracks Night Crawlers and Tin Roof Blues from the New York, May 15, 1959 Columbia album: Something New, Something Blue boasting an octet with Art Farmer, Frank Rehak, Phil Woods, Al Cohn, Eddie Costa and Bill Evans and marks some of Albams finest writing to date." Fresh Sound Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZ_j9yYbOI

#MannyAlbam #artfarmer #jazz #jazznewyork #donaldbyrd #bobbrookmeyer #zootsims #jeromerichardson #alcohn

Welcomed sleep and greeted the new day after a swim with I Had The Craziest Dream a collection of dream themed tunes by Manny Albam And His Orchestra boasting of Stereo Action the sound your ears can follow on RCA Victor in 1961.

Manny Albam (June 24, 1922 – October 2, 2001) was an American jazz arranger, composer, record producer, saxophonist, and educator.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Albam grew up in New York City. He was attracted to jazz at an early age when heard the music of Bix Beiderbecke.

Albam wrote arrangements for Leonard Bernstein's score for the musical West Side Story in 1957. The work earned him a Grammy Award nomination in 1959. He was invited by Bernstein to write for the New York Philharmonic, and he began to study classical music with Tibor Serly, eventually writing Quintet for Trombone and Strings. He also wrote music for movies, television, and commercials.... - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbC2SbMhJGc

#mannyalbam #dream #westsidestory #stereoaction

O’Donel Levy – Simba (1974, US)

Our next spotlight is on number 303 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston. And, hot damn, this is one funky album! This is the fourth "solo" album from Baltimore jazz guitarist Levy, with a brass-heavy backing band that is sure to have some names many of you are familiar with, such as a certain Tony Levin on bass and Steve Gadd on drums. Hit. Play. Now.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/04/05/odonel-levy-simba-1974-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1026922520

Happy listening!

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O’Donel Levy – Simba (1974, US)

Our next spotlight is on number 303 on The List, submitted by weirdofhermiston.

Well hot damn, this is one funky album!

This is the fourth solo album from Baltimore jazz guitarist Levy, his fourth on Sonny Lester’s Groove Merchant album, third to be arranged by Manny Albam, and first to contain solely Levy’s own (or co-written) compositions.

What the stoic album cover doesn’t tell you is that contained within is a Levy-led brass-heavy band with members some of you may be familiar with, particularly in the rhythm section: Eddie Daniels on flute, piccolo, and baritone saxophone; Jon Faddis and Ernie Royal on trumpet; Burt Collins and Lew Soloff on both flugelhorn and trumpet; Cecil Bridgewater and Alan Rubin on flugelhorn; Bill Watrous on trombone; Warren Bernhardt on electric piano; Tony Levin – yes, the Tony Levin – on bass; and, *drum roll please* Steve Gadd on drums.

Have you hit play yet?!

Happy listening, all!

• Songlink: O’Donel Levy – Simba
• Discogs: O’Donel Levy – Simba

#1970s #funk #jazz #MannyAlbam #ODonelLevy #SteveGadd #TonyLevin