‘First Time! The Count Meets the Duke’ by Duke Ellington & Count Basie is an album recorded on July 6, 1961, with their combined orchestras and released the same year by Columbia..
Gary Burton‘s ‘New Vibe Man in Town’ is his debut album recorded on July 6 & 7, 1961 and released the same year by RCA.
‘Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley‘ is a studio album by Cannonball Adderley quintet with Nancy Wilson sitting in, recorded on June 27, 29 and August 23, 24, 1961 and released the same year by Capitol.
Bill Evans‘ ‘Sunday at the Village Vanguard’ is an album recorded on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard in New-York City and released the same year by Riverside?
‘Together for the First Time / The Great Reunion” is the combination of two recordings done on April 3–4, 1961 by a sextet combining Duke Ellington with Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, and both released the same year by Roulette.