Ken Nordine and the Fred Katz Group   “Word Jazz” Dot Records   The crazy, twilight zone meets madison avenue meets jack kerouac recordings of the uniquely voiced Ken Nordine.

(61 votes, average: 4.10 out of 5)

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LP cover lover, Ross Smythe writes:   I enjoy LP Cover Lover and check it a few times per week to see what’s new and unusual.   Found this  at the Orange County  Record Show, a monthly event here in Southern California.   The cover caught my attention.   I had never seen this title before, and   I liked  the black and white,  the shadows, and the photo of the young lady.     Bob Scobey (1916 – 1963) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader – Jan is his wife and is the vocalist on this album.   I’d be curious  to see how your other viewers  rate this cover.   I’d give it at least a 4/5.

(69 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5)

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“Chicken & Dumplin’s”   Bobby Timmons   Prestige Records   Bobby Timmons (p, vib) Lee Otis Bass III (b) Billy Saunders (d)   Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 12, 1965

Chicken And Dumplin’s   /   The Telephone Song / Ray’s Idea / A Sunday Kind Of Love / The Return Of Genghis Khan

Bobby played his soulful gospel-tinged jazz piano on many of the greatest jazz albums of the late 1950’s and early 60’s –   including classics with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958-1961), Cannonball Adderley, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker and Kenny Dorham (with whom he made his recording debut in 1956).   He composed the standards “Moanin'”, “Dat Dere”, and “This Here”

Bobby died In March 1974 from cirrhosis at the age of 38, in New York.

(35 votes, average: 3.34 out of 5)

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“Charlie Digs Paree”   Charlie Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) brings his golden trumpet to Paris.   MGM Records   (1959)   Swing era trumpet great, arranger and composer, Shavers played with all the greats, wrote the jazz standard “Undecided” and made a number of recordings as trumpet soloist with Billie Holiday.

(42 votes, average: 3.52 out of 5)

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Freddie Robinson, Guitar and Vocals   “Off the Cuff” (1973)   Enterprise Records (Stax)   With Wilton Felder (Bass), Monk Higgins (Electric Piano also Producer, Arranger and Conductor), Joe Sample (Keyboards), Harold Mason (Drums), Red Holloway (Tenor Sax) and George Bohannon (Trombone).   Darlene Love adds to the backing vocals.   Art Direction by Ron Gorden, Artwork by Edwin Murrell

After playing blues guitar on Chess studio recordings with Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter, Robinson played in Jerry Butler’s band from 1963-67. He also worked with Syl Johnson and then moved to Los Angeles to be part of Ray Charles’ outfit.

(“Off the Cuff” was sampled by Ice T in “Pulse of the Rhyme”)

1. Off the cuff       2. Georgia on my mind       3. Could it be I’m falling in love       4. Smoking       5. Medicine man       6. River’s invitations       7. Changing dreams       8. Try it one time       9. You’re on my mind       10. You never ever miss away       11. I remember

(Also check out “The Coming Atlantis on World Pacific)

(41 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)

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Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-tette   Bethlehem Records (1956)   Design by Burt Goldblatt   // Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist (tp) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb) John Cave, Vince DeRosa (frh) Albert Pollan (tu) Bud Shank (as) Bob Cooper, Jack Montrose (ts) Jack Dulong (bars) Marty Paich (p) Red Mitchell (b) Mel Lewis (d) Mel Torme (vo)

Lulu’s Back In Town / When The Sun Comes Out / I Love To Watch The Moonlight / Fascinating Rhythm / The Blues / The Carioca / The Lady Is A Tramp / I Like To Recognize The Tune Keeping Myself For You / Lullaby Of Birdland / When April Comes Again / Sing For Your Supper

(59 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5)

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The Modern Jazz Quartet “The Sheriff” (Atlantic Records) (1963)

(48 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)

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Jonah Jones   “I Dig Chicks!” Capitol Records     This one is in the Hall of Fame.   I’ve had this record since I was a kid.     I would sit on the floor listening with the cover on my lap dreaming of getting a job as a construction crane operator some day.   Incidentally, this album won the Grammy for best Jazz Group Performance of 1958.   (Seems hard to believe considering the amazing jazz that was being recorded that year by Miles, Monk, Mingus, etc., etc.!)

(101 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

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Modern Sounds:   Sweden   Lars Gullin Quartet and Quintet   Contemporary Records   (Available now on eBay from Otis Records)

(44 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

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Miles Davis   Vogue Records EP   from England   (Blue Note recordings)

(47 votes, average: 3.55 out of 5)

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