“Music for the Night”   “Une Heure de Slow”   Ducretet –   Thomson   A nice French record of jazz with players including Lucky Thomson,   Zoot Sims, Guy Lafitte, etc.

(47 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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“Panic   The Son of Shock”   The Creed Taylor Orchestra (1959)   The follow up to “Shock” (1958) also by big screen composer Kenyon Hopkins.   A series of short stories with weird music, scarey sound effects and a jazzy beat including “Out of this World”, “The Prison Break,” “Rain,” “The Operation.”

According to an interview with record collector Mickey McGowan for Re/Search Magazine’s Incredibly Strange Music issue, Volume 1, “The Creed Taylor Orchestra made SHOCK Music in Hi-Fi, which bore a warning, “Don’t dare listen to his music alone!” It’s a masterpiece from the beginning, starting with loud heartbeats. “The Crank” effectively conveys the fear which a crank phone call can inspire. “The Secret” features a man and a woman laughing conspiratorily, and raises the question: “Is a secret still a secret once it’s told.” Creed Taylor’s follow-up album was Panic: the Son of Shock. Both of these LPs should also be credited to the film composer KENYON HOPKINS….You hear heavy breathing, whispering, clapping, heartbeats, shudders, screams – a whole gamut of effects. – From a neat site called Movie Morlocks.

(39 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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“The Young Ones of Jazz”   Twelve Outstanding Jazz Selections by America’s New Jazz Greats.   Mercury Records “Jam Session”   Clifford Brown, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cleveland …

(41 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)

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“Angel Eyes” Duke Pearson, pianist, arranger, producer and Blue Note A&R man though most of the sixties is one of those great under-recognized Jazz musicians that always delivers. Here’s the original 1968 UK Polydor label release.   Recorded in New York on August the 1st, 1961 with Thomas Howard [bass] and Lex Humphries [drums] and with Bob Cranshaw [bass] and Walter Perkins [drums] on January the 12th, 1962.   Oh and this is pretty cool cover too!   Includes the Pearson-penned jazz standard “Jeannine,” “Angel Eyes” and I’m An Old Cowhand / Say You’re Mine / Le Carrousel / Exodus / Bags’ Groove / Say You’re Mine.

This one is hard to get right now, but if you don’t already have them, get “Wahoo,” “Sweet Honey Bee,” “Honey Buns” and “Sweet Prairie Dog” and check out his work on sessions for Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and most of the Blue Note roster of hard boppers. Here’s the “other Duke’s” DISCOGRAPHY

(42 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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“Cookin’!” Zoot Sims Another in the Popular Jazz Series from Fontana Records Zoot Sims (ts), Stan Tracey (p), Kenny Napper (b), Jackie Dougan (d), joined on one track by Ronnie Scott (ts) and Jimmy Deuchar (t)

Recorded 13th –15th November 1961. Tracks include: Desperation/ Love For Sale/ Gone With The Wind/ Blues In E Flat/ Somebody Loves Me/ Stompin’ At The Savoy/ Autumn Leaves

I found this on a neat site of jazz album covers called… Cover Jazz. Check it out.

(42 votes, average: 3.69 out of 5)

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“Was Ist Jazz”   Philips

(32 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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“Out There with Betty Carter”   Peacock’s Progressive Jazz   (1958)   Featuring:  Kenny Dorham, Ray Copeland (tp), Melba Liston (tb), Tommy Gryce, Jimmy Powell (as), Benny Golston, Jerome Richardson (ts), Sahib Shihab (bars), Wynton Kelly (p), Sam Jones, Peck Morrison (b), Specs Wright (d), Betty Carter (vcl)

(49 votes, average: 4.51 out of 5)

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“Jazz for Relaxation”   Full Range High Fidelity   Tampa Records   Marty Paich, Larry Bunker, Joe Mondragon.   Courtesy Lp cover lover, Retrohound.

(102 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5)

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“Jazz West Coast Volume 3”   Another cool cover photo by William Claxton on this Pacific Jazz Records compilation.

(47 votes, average: 3.28 out of 5)

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“It’s Party Time”   Featuring Jim Watson with Guest Star Joel Cowan.   Spicy Records.   Here’s a gem of a cover.   Looks like something Crumb might have seen (He did a series of similar illustrations and covers depicting great jazz and blues musicians for Yazoo! Records, etc.)

(50 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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