California Soul (album)

California Soul
Studio album by Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Released	1968
Recorded	August 7 & 16 and September 2, 1968 ; Liberty Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz; ST 20135
Producer	Richard Bock
Gerald Wilson chronology

California Soul is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1968 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic rated the album with 2 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow noted: "Gerald Wilson's next to last Pacific Jazz release is one of his weakest due in large part to the commercial material".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated

"California Soul" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:06
"Light My Fire" (The Doors) - 5:00
"Channel Island" - 5:05
"Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" (Krzysztof Komeda) - 2:47
"Sunshine of Your Love" (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 2:49
"Russian River" - 5:20
"Yesterlove" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) - 3:57
"Down Here on the Ground" (Gale Garnett, Lalo Schifrin) - 4:45
"El Presidente" - 4:10

Recorded at Liberty Studios in Hollywood, CA on August 7, 1968 (tracks 3 & 9), August 16, 1968 (tracks 1, 4 & 7) and September 2, 1968 (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8).

Personnel

Gerald Wilson - arranger, conductor
Bobby Bryant (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8), Larry McGuire (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9), Ollie Mitchell (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Alex Rodriguez (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9), Tony Rusch (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9), Dalton Smith (tracks 1, 4 & 7) - trumpet
Thurman Green, Lester Robertson, Frank Strong - trombone
Mike Wimberly - bass trombone
Art Maebe - French horn, tuba (tracks 3 & 9)
David Duke (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8), George Hyde (tracks 1, 4 & 7), Jim McGee (tracks 1, 4 & 7) - French horn
Ramon Bojorquez, Henry DeVega - alto saxophone
Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
Hadley Caliman, Harold Land - tenor saxophone
Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 4 & 7)
Richard Aplanalp - baritone saxophone
Alan Beutler - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
William Green - flute, piccolo (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
Pete Terry - bass clarinet, bassoon
Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
Tommy Flanagan (tracks 3 & 9), Jimmy Rowles, Mike Wofford (tracks 1, 4 & 7) - piano, organ, electric harpsichord
Mike Anthony - guitar
Stanley Gilbert - bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
Wilton Felder - electric bass
Carl Lott - drums
Hugh Anderson, Joe Porcaro - percussion

References

Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 29, 2016
Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography Part 2, accessed January 29, 2016
Yanow, Scott. California Soul – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2016.

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[1] Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 29, 2016

[2] Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography Part 2, accessed January 29, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. California Soul – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2016.

Tommy Flanagan
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Overseas (1957) Lonely Town (1959) The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960) Solo Piano (1974) The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975) Trinity (1976) Alone Too Long (1977) Confirmation (1977–78) Eclypso (1977) Montreux '77 (1977) Ballads & Blues (1978) More Delights (1978) Our Delights (1978) Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978) The Super Jazz Trio (1978) Together (and Kenny Barron, 1978) Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978) Something Tasty (1979) Super-Session (1980) The Standard (1980) You're Me (1980) ...And a Little Pleasure (1981) The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981) Giant Steps (1982) Thelonica (1982) The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard, 1982) Blues in the Closet (1983) I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones, 1983) The Master Trio (and Ron Carter, Tony Williams, 1983) Nights at the Vanguard (1986) Jazz Poet (1989) Beyond the Blue Bird (1990) Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993) Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993) Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993) Sea Changes (1996) Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)
With Pepper Adams	Motor City Scene (1960) Encounter! (1968) The Master (1980) The Adams Effect (1985)
With Kenny Burrell	Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956) Swingin' (1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956) All Day Long (1957) Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Weaver of Dreams (1960–61) Bluesy Burrell (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
With John Coltrane	The Cats (no leader,1957) Jazz Way Out (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Mainstream 1958 (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Tanganyika Strut (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Giant Steps (Coltrane, 1959)
With Art Farmer	Art (1960) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964) Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)
With Ella Fitzgerald	Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964) Ella in Hamburg (1965) Sunshine of Your Love (1968) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1969) Ella in Budapest (1970) Ella à Nice (1971) Ella Loves Cole (1972) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972) Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) Ella in London (1974) Fine and Mellow (1974) Montreux '75 (1975) Montreux '77 (1977)
With Curtis Fuller	Jazz ...It's Magic! (1957) Blues-ette (1959) Sliding Easy (1959) South American Cookin' (1961)
With Coleman Hawkins	At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960) Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960) Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Back in Bean's Bag (1962) Desafinado (1962) Good Old Broadway (1962) Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962) Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962) Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962) The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962) Today and Now (1962)
With Milt Jackson	Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags' Opus (1958) Bean Bags (1958) Vibrations (1960–61) Invitation (1962) Statements (1961) Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Blue Trombone (1957) Dial J. J. 5 (1957) First Place (1957) J. J. in Person! (1958) Pinnacles (1979)
With Sonny Rollins	Saxophone Colossus (1956) There Will Never Be Another You (1965) Falling in Love with Jazz (1989) Old Flames (1993) Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)
With others	Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti, 1985) Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons, 1960) Big Brass (Benny Bailey, 1960) Bash! (Dave Bailey, 1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton, 1962) Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd, 1957) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman, 1991) Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968) Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976) Collectors' Items (Miles Davis, 1956) Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham, 1959) The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976]) Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar, 1978) Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1960) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960) The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964) Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow, 1981) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) Gettin' with It (Benny Golson, 1959) Free (Benny Golson, 1962) The Panther! (Dexter Gordon, 1970) The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958) Grey's Mood (Al Grey, 1973–75) It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, 1962) Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960) New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985) Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson, released 1997) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson, 1991) Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962) Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1962) Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson, 1960) Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones, 1980) Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958) Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956) Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57) A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red, 1961) The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) Booker Little (1960) Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer, 1985) Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus, 1960) De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell, 1980) Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61) The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, 1962) Jive at Five (Joe Newman, 1960) Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster, 1960) Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961) Straight Life (Art Pepper, 1979) The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956) Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960) Wisteria (Jimmy Raney, 1985) Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell, 1960) Stable Mates (A. K. Salim, 1957) Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith, 1958) Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957) Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960) Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965) Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960) ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine, 1961) The Frank Wess Quartet (1960) Southern Comfort (Frank Wess, 1962) California Soul (Gerald Wilson, 1968) Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956) Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)
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