Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

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This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Israel - Kai Winding & J. J. Johnson

Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson

Stock Number

SP 3008

Matrix

SP 3015--SP 3016

Label

CTI Records

Country

United States

Format

vinyl album, cassette album, 8-track, open reel tape.

Released: 1968-7

Recording Notes

Gatefold original. Reissued as Audio Master Plus (AM+) Series SP 9-3008. Recorded between June 6 and 26, 1967.

Track	Track Title	Track Time
1	My Funny Valentine	00:04:23
2	Israel	00:05:22
3	Catherine's Theme	00:05:14
4	Am I Blue/Sonnyboy	00:04:32
5	Never My Love	00:02:53
6	Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week	00:02:52
7	St. James Infirmary	00:04:04
8	Django	00:04:52
9	Try to Remember	00:04:11

Credit	Role Sort ascending
Lewis Eley	violin
Leo Kruczek	violin
Charles Libove	violin
David Nadien	violin
Tosha Samaroff	violin
Eugene Orloff	violin
Al Brown	viola
Bernie Glow	trumpet
Kai Winding	trombone
J. J. Johnson	trombone
Creed Taylor	producer
Herbie Hancock	piano
Ross Tompkins	piano
Pete Turner	photography
George Marge	oboe
Romeo Penque	oboe
Phil Bodner	oboe
Ross Tompkins	harpsichord
Herbie Hancock	harpsichord
Eugene Bianco	harp
Eric Gale	guitar
Bucky Pizzarelli	guitar
George Marge	flute
Romeo Penque	flute
Phil Bodner	flute
Bernie Glow	flugelhorn
Rudy Van Gelder	engineer
Grady Tate	drums
J. J. Johnson	conductor
Kai Winding	conductor
Don Sebesky	conductor
Phil Bodner	clarinet
Romeo Penque	clarinet
George Marge	clarinet
George Ricci	cello
Frank Schwartz	bassoon
Walter Kane	bassoon
Richard Davis	bass
Ron Carter	bass
Kai Winding	arranger
J. J. Johnson	arranger
Don Sebesky	arranger

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