The Soul of the City

1966 studio album by Manny Albam

The Soul of the City

Studio album by

Manny Albam

Released| 1966
Recorded| April 26–28, 1966 in New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Solid State SS-18009
Producer| Sonny Lester
Manny Albam chronology
| Brass on Fire
(1966)  | The Soul of the City
(1966)  |

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The Soul of the City is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally issued on the Solid State label.[1][2]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "these progressive big band charts have held up very well over the decades since The Soul of the City was first issued by Solid State in 1966. This beautifully recorded album is well worth picking up".[3]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Manny Albam

1. "Born on Arrival" - 4:30
2. "The Children's Corner" - 2:49
3. "Museum Pieces" - 4:41
4. "The Game of the Year" - 2:47
5. "A View from the Outside" - 5:52
6. "Tired Faces Going Places" - 3:59
7. "A View from the Inside" - 5:28
8. "Ground Floor Rear (Next to the Synagogue)" - 3:57
9. "Riverview" - 2:55
10. "El Barrio Latino" - 2:15

## Personnel

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* Big Band arranged and conducted by Manny Albam including:
* Freddie Hubbard, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal \- trumpet
* Burt Collins - trumpet, flugelhorn
* J. J. Johnson \- trombone
* Jerome Richardson \- flute
* Phil Woods \- alto saxophone
* Frank Wess \- tenor saxophone
* Hank Jones \- piano
* Mike Mainieri \- vibraphone
* Richard Davis \- bass

## References

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1. ^ Payne, D., Sonny Lester discography accessed April 14, 2015
2. ^ Solid State Records discography accessed April 14, 2015
3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. The Soul of the City – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2015.

* v
* t
* e

Freddie Hubbard

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Open Sesame (1960)
* Goin' Up (1960)
* Hub Cap (1961)
* Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
* Ready for Freddie (1961)
* The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
* Hub-Tones (1962)
* Here to Stay (1962)
* The Body & the Soul (1963)
* Breaking Point! (1964)
* Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
* The Night of the Cookers (1965)
* Blue Spirits (1965–66)
* Backlash (1966)
* High Blues Pressure (1967)
* A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
* The Black Angel (1969)
* The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
* Red Clay (1970)
* Straight Life (1970)
* Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
* First Light (1971)
* Polar AC (1971–73)
* Sky Dive (1972)
* Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
* Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
* In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
* High Energy (1974)
* Gleam (1975)
* Liquid Love (1975)
* Windjammer (1976)
* Bundle of Joy (1977)
* Super Blue (1978)
* The Love Connection (1979)
* Skagly (1979)
* Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
* The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
* Born to Be Blue (1981)
* Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
* Outpost (1981)
* Rollin' (1981)
* Splash (1981)
* Above & Beyond (1982)
* Back to Birdland (1982)
* Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
* Ride Like the Wind (1982)
* The Rose Tattoo (1983)
* Sweet Return (1983)
* Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
* Life Flight (1987)
* The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
* Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
* Times Are Changing (1989)
* Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
* Bolivia (1990–91)
* At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
* Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
* Blues for Miles (1992)
* MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
* New Colors (2000)
* On the Real Side (2007)

With Art
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers|

* Mosaic (1961)
* Buhaina's Delight (1961)
* Blues March (1961)
* Three Blind Mice (1961)
* Caravan (1962)
* Ugetsu (1963)
* Kyoto (1964)
* Free for All (1964)
* Golden Boy (1965)
* Soul Finger (1965)

With
Dexter
Gordon|

* Doin' Allright (1961)
* Clubhouse (1965)
* Generation (1973)
* The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)

With
Herbie
Hancock|

* Takin' Off (1962)
* Empyrean Isles (1964)
* Maiden Voyage (1965)
* Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966)
* V.S.O.P. (1977)
* V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
* V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977)
* V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977)
* Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)

With
Bobby
Hutcherson|

* Dialogue (1965)
* Components (1965)
* Knucklebean (1977)
* Highway One (1978)

With
Quincy
Jones|

* I Dig Dancers (1960)
* The Quintessence (1962)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* I/We Had a Ball (1964–65)
* Walking in Space (1969)
* Gula Matari (1970)

With
Wayne
Shorter|

* Wayning Moments (1961)
* Speak No Evil (1964)
* The Soothsayer (1965)
* The All Seeing Eye (1965)

With
others|

* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
* Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
* True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
* Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
* Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
* Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
* Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
* Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
* Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
* Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
* Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
* Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
* Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
* Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
* Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
* Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
* Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
* Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
* Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
* Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
* Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
* Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
* Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
* Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
* Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
* The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
* Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
* Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
* Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
* Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
* Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
* Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
* 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
* Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
* J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
* Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
* Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
* Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
* Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
* Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
* MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
* Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
* Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
* The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
* Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
* The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
* Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
* Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
* East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
* Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
* Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
* Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
* Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
* Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
* Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
* Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

* v
* t
* e

J.J. Johnson

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release
(except for the film scores)

leader or
co-leader|

* J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49)
* Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55)
* The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955)
* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* First Place (1957)
* Blue Trombone (1957)
* Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
* Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
* J. J. in Person! (1957)
* Really Livin' (1959)
* Trombone and Voices (1960)
* J.J. Inc. (1960)
* A Touch of Satin (1960–61)
* André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961)
* J. J.'s Broadway (1963)
* Proof Positive (1964)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Goodies (1965)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
* The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Pinnacles (1979)
* Concepts in Blue (1980)

With
Kai Winding|

* K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955)
* Trombone for Two (1955)
* Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956)
* Jay and Kai + 6 (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1955–57)
* The Great Kai & J. J. (1960)
* Israel (1968)
* Betwixt & Between (1968)
* Stonebone (1969)

Albums

sideman or
arranger/
composer|

* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
* Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
* The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
* New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
* Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
* Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
* Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
* Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
* At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
* Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
* Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
* The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
* The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
* Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
* The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
* Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
* Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
* Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
* Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
* Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
* Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
* New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
* Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)

Film
scores|

* Man and Boy (1971)
* Across 110th Street (1972)
* Top of the Heap (1972)
* Cleopatra Jones (1973)
* Willie Dynamite (1974)

Discography

* v
* t
* e

Hank Jones

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Urbanity (1947–53)
* Bluebird (1955)
* Quartet-Quintet (1955)
* The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
* Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
* Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
* Gigi (1958)
* Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
* Porgy and Bess (1958)
* The Talented Touch (1958)
* Here's Love (1963)
* This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
* Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Hanky Panky (1975)
* Arigato (1976)
* Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
* Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
* Bop Redux (1977)
* Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
* I Remember You (1977)
* Just for Fun (1977)
* Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
* Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
* Compassion (1978)
* Groovin' High (1978)
* More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Bluesette (1979)
* I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
* Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
* The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
* The Oracle (1989)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
* Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
* Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
* Come Sunday (2010)

The Great
Jazz Trio|

* I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976)
* Love for Sale (1976)
* Direct from L.A. (1977)
* Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977)
* Milestones (1978)
* New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

With
Bob
Brookmeyer|

* Brookmeyer (1956)
* Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
* Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956)
* Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958)
* Jazz Is a Kick (1960)
* Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961)
* Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)

With

Cohn|

* That Old Feeling (1955)
* The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955)
* Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
* From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* The Sax Section (1956)
* Son of Drum Suite (1960)

With
Coleman
Hawkins|

* The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
* The Hawk in Paris (1956)
* Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58)
* The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)

With
Johnny
Hodges|

* Sandy's Gone (1963)
* Wings & Things (1965)
* Blue Notes (1966)
* Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
* Triple Play (1967)
* 3 Shades of Blue (1970)

With
Milt
Jackson|

* Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
* Opus de Jazz (1955)
* The Jazz Skyline (1956)
* Bags & Flutes (1957)
* Bags & Trane (1959)
* Statements (1962)
* Big Bags (1962)
* For Someone I Love (1963)
* Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
* Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964)
* Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)

With
J.J.
Johnson|

* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1957)
* J.J.'s Broadway (1963)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)

With
Oliver
Nelson|

* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
* Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
* The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
* The Kennedy Dream (1967)
* The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)

With
Sonny
Stitt|

* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
* Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
* Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
* Now! (1962)
* Goin' Down Slow (1972)

With
others|

* The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
* Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
* Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
* Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
* Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
* Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
* Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
* Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
* For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
* Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
* New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
* Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
* 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
* Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
* Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
* Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
* Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
* Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
* Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
* Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
* The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
* Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
* New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
* Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
* A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
* The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
* Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
* Gigi Gryce (1958)
* You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
* I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
* The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
* French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
* Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
* Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
* SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
* The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
* I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
* Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
* Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
* Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
* 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
* Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
* Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
* The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
* Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
* SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
* Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
* Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
* The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
* Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
* All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
* New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
* So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
* Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
* Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
* Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
* The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
* Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
* The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
* The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
* Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
* Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
* See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
* Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
* Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
* Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
* The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
* But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
* The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
* Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
* More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
* Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)

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