Here are five jazz albums recorded in San Francisco by some of the finest cats ever to play in The City.
Dave Brubeck Jazz At The Blackhawk (1956)
A1 – Jeepers Creepers (Warren, Mercer)
A2 – On A Little Street In Singapore (Hill, DeRose)
A3 – Trolley Song (Rehearsal) (Martin, Blane)
A4 – The Trolley Song (Martin, Blane)
A5 – I May Be Wrong (Ruskin, Sullivan)
B1 – Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart)
B2 My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart)
B3 – Let’s Fall In Love (Arlen, Koehler)
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Bass – Ron Crotty, Bill Ruther* (tracks: A1 to A5)
Drums – Lloyd Davis (2)
Liner Notes – Erich Lewinski
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Supervised By – Guido Caccianti, John Noga
Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley In San Francisco (1959)
This Here
Spontaneous Combustion
Hi-Fly
You Got It!
Bohemia After Dark
Straight, No Chaser (bonus track)
This Here (alternate take bonus track)/ You Got It! (alternate take/bonus track).
Credits
Cannonball Adderley: alto saxophone
Nat Adderley: cornet
Bobby Timmons: piano
Sam Jones: double bass
Louis Hayes: drums.
Thelonious Monk Alone (1959)
A1 – Blue Monk
A2 – Ruby, My Dear
A3 – Round Lights
A4 – Everything Happens To Me
A5 – You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart
B1 – Bluehawk
B2 – Pannonica
B3 – Remember
B4 – There’s Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie
B5 – Reflections
Credits
Design [Cover Produced And Designed By] – Harris Lewine, Ken Braren, Paul Bacon
Engineer – Reice Hamel
Mastered By – Jack Matthews
Photography By – William Claxton
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews
Miles Davis In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
Volume I
1-1 Oleo
1-2 No Blues
1-3 Bye Bye (Theme)
1-4 If I Were A Bell
1-5 Fran Dance
1-6 On Green Dolphin Street
1-7 The Theme
2-1 All Of You
2-2 Neo
2-3 I Thought About You
2-4 Bye Bye Blackbird
2-5 Walkin’
2-6 Love, I’ve Found You
Volume II
3-1 If I Were A Bell
3-2 So What
3-3 No Blues
3-4 On Green Dolphin Street
3-5 Walkin’
3-6 ‘Round Midnight
3-7 Well You Needn’t
3-8 The Theme
4-1 Autumn Leaves
4-2 Neo
4-3 Two Bass Hit
4-4 Bye Bye (Theme)
4-5 Love, I’ve Found You
4-6 I Thought About You
4-7 Someday My Prince Will Come
4-8 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Credits
Bass – Paul Chambers
Drums – Jimmy Cobb
Ensemble – The Miles Davis Quintet
Piano – Wynton Kelly
Producer – Irving Townsend
Reissue Producer – Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – Ha
Duke Ellington Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral (1965)
1 – In The Beginning God
2 – Will You Be There? Ain’t But The One
3 – Ninety Nine Percent
4 – Ain’t But The One
5 – New World A’Coming
6 – In The Beginning Of God II
7 – Heritage
8 – The Lord’s Prayer
9 – Come Sunday
10 – David Danced Before The Lord
11 – The Lords Prayer III
Credits
Bass – John Lamb
Bass Trombone – Chuck Connors
Choir – The Herman McCoy Choir
Drums – Louis Bellson
Piano – Duke Ellington
Saxophone [Alto] – Johnny Hodges
Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet – Russell Procope
Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet – Harry Carney
Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Gonsalves
Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Solo Vocal – Bunny Briggs, Jon Hendricks, Tony Watkins
Trombone – Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington