Thelonious Monk records his twenty sixth album : ‘Criss-Cross’ (1962)
Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Criss-Cross’ is his twenty sixth album recorded on November 6, 1962 and March 29, 1963 and released the same year by Columbia.
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Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Criss-Cross’ is his twenty sixth album recorded on November 6, 1962 and March 29, 1963 and released the same year by Columbia.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘These are the Blues’ is an entire album of blues songs recorded on October 28-29, 1963 with Roy Eldridge and Wild Bill Davis and released the same year by Verve.
Horace Silver‘s ‘Song for My Father’ is an album recorded on October 31, 1963; January 28 and October 26, 1964 and released In 1965 by Blue Note.
John Coltrane‘s ‘Afro Blue Impressions’ is a double live album recorded on October 22 & November 2, 1963 and released In May/June 1977 by Pablo Records
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Portrait of Wes’ is his tenth album recorded on October 10, 1963 and released the same year by Riverside..
John Coltrane‘s ‘Live at Birdland’ is an album recorded on October 8 , March 6 and November 18, 1963 (half in Birdland, half in studio) and released in 1964 by Impulse!.
‘Etta James Rocks the House’ is her first live (and her fifth overall) album recorded on September 27 & 28, 1963 and released in 1964 by Argo.
Jackie McLean’s ‘Destination… Out!’ is an album recorded on September 20, 1963 by Blue Note.
Miles Davis‘ ‘Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival’ is an album recorded with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams on September 20, 1963 and released on July 31, 2007 By Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
Charles Mingus‘ ‘Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus’ is an album recorded with a large ensemble of brass and saxophones, on January 20 & September 20, 1963 and released the same year by Impulse!
The Beach Boys‘ ‘Surfer Girl’ is their third studio album (the first produced by Brian Wilson) and released on September 16, 1963 by Capitol.
‘Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage ‘ is his first live album released on September 9, 1963 by Tamla.
Joe Henderson‘s ‘Our Thing’ is an album recorded on September 9, 1963, with Kenny Dorham, Andrew Hill, Pete La Roca and Eddie Khan and released in May 1964 by Blue Note.
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Boss Guitar’ is his ninth album recorded on August 22, 1963 and released the same year by Riverside.
Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Laughing On The Outside’ is his fourth studio album released on August 12, 1963 by Columbia.
Bob Dylan‘s ‘The Times They Are a-Changin” is his third studio album recorded between August 6 and October 31, 1963 and released on January 13, 1964 by Columbia.
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.
Miles Davis‘ ‘In Europe’ is an album with Ron Carter, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams, recorded on July 27, 1963 at Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes and released in 1964 by Columbia.
‘Ella and Basie!’ is the first studio album (recorded on July 16–17, 1963) by Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra playing arrangements by Quincy Jones and released in September 1963 by Verve.
Cannonball Adderley‘s ‘Nippon Soul’ is a live album recorded on July 9, 14 and 15, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef and Joe Zawinul and released in 1964 by Riverside.