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Frank Sinatra‘s ‘Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First’ is his first a studio album with the Count Basie Orchestra, recorded on October 2–3, 1962 by Reprise.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Ella Sings Broadway’ is a studio album recorded on October 1–4, 1962 with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Marty Paich and released In 1963 by Verve.
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane‘ is an album recorded on September 26, 1962 and released in February 1963 by Impulse!.
Duke Ellington‘s ‘Money Jungle’ is a studio album recorded with Charles Mingus and Max Roach on September 17, 1962 by United Artists.
Ray Charles ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two’ is an album (following the success of Vol 1) recorded on September 5 and 7, 1962 and released in October 1962 by ABC-Paramount.
Stan Getz‘ ‘Big Band Bossa Nova’ is an album recorded on August 27 and 28, 1962 with the Gary McFarland Orchestra and released the same year by Verve.
Dexter Gordon‘s ‘Go!’ is his tenth studio album recorded on August 27, 1962 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Ben E. King‘s ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ feat. ‘Stand by Me’ is his third studio album released on August 20, 1962 by Atco Records.
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Our Man in Jazz’ is an album recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 and February 20, 1963 and released by RCA Victor.
Bill Evans‘ ‘Interplay’ is an album recorded on July 16–17 and August 21, 1962, with Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Jim Hall and Freddie Hubbard and released the same year by Riverside.
Joe Pass‘ ‘Sounds of Synanon’ is an album (and his debut on vinyl) recorded with other patients of the Synanon drug rehabilitation program where he was treated and released on July 1, 1962 by Pacific Jazz.
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Full House’ is his seventh (and first live) album recorded on June 25, 1962 by Riverside/Ojc.
‘Coltrane (1962)’ is a studio album by John Coltrane recorded on April 11, June 19, 20 and 29, 1962 and released In August 1962 by Impulse!..
Tony Bennett‘s ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco’ is an album recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra and released on June 18, 1962 by Columbia.
‘Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall’ is a live album recorded on June 9, 1962 at Carnegie Hall, New York City and released on July 23, 1962 by Columbia.
Roy Haynes‘ ‘Out of the Afternoon’ is an album recorded on May 16, 1962, with Roland Kirk on tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano and Henry Grimes on bass and released the same year by Impulse!
John Coltrane‘s ‘Impressions’ is an album (both live and studio) recorded in November 1961, on September 18, 1962 and April 29, 1963 and released in 1963 by Impulse!
‘Undercurrent’ by Bill Evans & Jim Hall is an album recorded on April 24 & May 14, 1962 and released the same year by United Artists.
Sonny Rollins ‘ ‘What’s New?’ is an album recorded on April 5, 25 , 26 & May 14, 1962 with Jim Hall, Bob Cranshaw, Ben Riley, Dennis Charles, Frank Charles, Willie Rodriguez and Candido and released the same year by Rca Victor.