Madeleine Peyroux: Let’s Walk

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On June 28, 2024, “Thirty Tigers” label released “Let’s Walk”, the tenth Madeleine Peyroux album. It was recorded August – September 2023, at “The Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, and was produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

Personnel:

  • Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, guitar
  • Jon Herington – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, marimba, synth
  • Andy Ezrin – piano, Hammond organ, Vox Continental organ, harmonium, Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer organ, orchestral bells
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Graham Hawthorne – drums, percussion
  • Stan Harrison – clarinet
  • Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle, Keith Fluitt – vocals
  • Elliot Scheiner – engineer, mixing
  • Matthew Scheiner – engineer
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

  1. Find True Love
  2. How I Wish
  3. Let’s Walk
  4. Please Come on Inside
  5. Blues for Heaven
  6. Et Puis
  7. Me and the Mosquito
  8. Nothing Personal
  9. Showman Dan
  10. Take Care

Irving Joseph: Murder. Inc.

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In June 1960, “Time Records” label released “Murder. Inc.”, the third Irving Joseph album. It was recorded in 1960, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Irving Joseph – conductor
  • Arpena Spargo – coordinator
  • Phil Bodner – alto saxophone
  • Saul Schlinger – baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet
  • Louis R, Mucci – trumpet
  • Richard Hichson – trombone
  • Tommy Mitchell – trombone
  • Phil Bodner – clarinet, flute
  • Art Ryerson – guitar
  • Barry Galbraight – guitar
  • Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
  • Bernie Leighton – piano
  • Moe Wechsler – piano
  • George Duviver – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Eddie Costa – percussion
  • George Fevens – percussion
  • Phil Kraus – percussion
  • Earle Brown, John Cue, Victor Brainard – engineer
  • Saul Kessler – mastering
  • Murray Stein – design
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Irving Joseph.

  1. Prison Break
  2. State’s Evidence
  3. Third Degree
  4. The Contract
  5. We the Jury
  6. Crime Wave
  7. Stool Pigeon
  8. Bad Day in Brooklyn
  9. Murder, Inc.
  10. The Big Six
  11. Double Cross
  12. April In Brownsville

Cal Tjader: Latin Kick

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In June 1958, “Fantasy” label released “Latin Kick”, album by Cal Tjader.

Personnel:

  • Cal Tjader – vibraphone
  • Brew Moore – tenor saxophone
  • Manuel Duran – piano
  • Carlos Duran – bass
  • Luis Miranda – congas
  • Bayardo Velarde – timbales
  • Arnold Roth – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Invitation – Paul Francis Webster, Bronisław Kaper
  2. Lover Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein
  3. September Song – Kurt Weil
  4. Will You Still Be Mine – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  5. I Love Paris – Cole Porter
  6. Tropicana – Cal Tjader
  7. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  8. Bye Bye Blues – Dave Bennet, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray
  9. Manuels Mambo – Manuel Duran
  10. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern
  11. Blues form Havana – Cal Tjader

Robert Randolph: Preacher Kids

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On June 27, 2025, “Sun” label released “Preacher Kids”, the fifth Robert Randolph album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Shooter Jennings. “Preacher Kids” won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Robert Randolph – vocals, pedal steel guitar
  • Tash Neal – guitar
  • Jay White – bass
  • Willie Barthell – drums
  • Margo Price – vocal
  • Judith Hill – vocal
  • David Spreng – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Julian Gross – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Big Women – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
  2. 7 Generations – Robert Randolph, Stephen Kellogg
  3. Gravity – Robert Randolph
  4. I’d Like to Love You Baby – JJ Cale
  5. Choir Woman – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
  6. Sinner – Robert Randolph, Aaron Raitiere
  7. King Karma – Robert Randolph, JT Nero
  8. When Will the Love Rain Down – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
  9. All Night Lover – Robert Randolph, Sam Hollander
  10. Roosevelt Pool – Robert Randolph

Fuubutsushi: Meridians

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On June 27, 2024, “Cached Media” label released “Meridians”, the debut Fuubutsushi album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, in California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania.

Personnel:

  • Chaz Prymek – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, double bass, field recording, recording
  • Mathew Sage – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, harmonica, accordion, guitar, field recording, recording
  • Patrick Shirosihi – vocals, alto and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, accordion, glockenspiel, melodica, field recording, recording
  • Chris Jusell – violin, mandolin, marimba, vibraphone, recording
  • Amber Navran – mixing
  • Sean McCann – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Chaz Prymek, Mathew Sage, Patrick Shirosihi and Chris Jusell.

Pacific

  1. Blue Rose
  2. Hamilton
  3. Distance Learner
  4. Tenel Ka (First Crush)

Mountain

  • Prelude to New Flora
  • New Flora
  • Circulating Air
  • Light in the Annex

Central

  • Midori
  • Nora Nora
  • Pool Tile Blue
  • Barrel Duet

Eastern

  1. Wonder Years
  2. Spent for Light
  3. Meridians

Demon: The Plague

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In June 1983, “Clay Records” label released “The Plague”, the third Demon album.  It was recorded in 1983, at “Highland Studios” in Inverness, Scotland, and was produced by Dave Hill, Les Hunt, Ma; Spooner, Chris Ellis and John Wright.

Personnel:

  • Dave Hill – lead vocals, art direction
  • Les Hunt – guitars
  • Mal Spooner – guitars, art direction
  • Chris Ellis – bass
  • John Wright – drums, percussion
  • Andy Richards – keyboards
  • Lorne Balfe – child voice
  • Stuart Eales – engineer
  • Julian Mendelson – mixing
  • Mike Stone – mixing
  • Denis Blackham – lacquer cut
  • PAG – plated
  • Mike Hannah – art direction, paintings

Track listing:                                                                             

All tracks by Dave Hill and Mal Spooner.

  1. The Plague
  2. Nowhere to Run
  3. Fever in the City
  4. Blackheath
  5. Blackheath Intro
  6. The Writings on the Wall
  7. The Only Sane Man
  8. A Step Too Far

Cosmic Dealer: Crystallization

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In June 1971, “Negram” label released “Crystallization”, the debut Cosmic Dealer album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Eddy Ouwens.

Personnel:

  • Jan Reynders – vocals, lead guitar
  • Bas Van Der Pol – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Angelo Noce Santoro – bass guitar
  • Ad Vos – drums
  • Frans Poots – vocals, percussion
  • Eichard Emmery – arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Daybreak – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots
  2. If There Is Nothing Behind the Hills – Bas Van Der Pol
  3. Child of the Golden Sun – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots
  4. Swinging Joe Brown – Bas Van Der Pool
  5. I Had a Friend – Frans Poots, Jan Reynders
  6. Crystallization – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots, Jan Reynders, Angelo Noce Santoro, Ad Vos
  7. The Scene – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots
  8. The Fly – Bas Van Der Pol, Kort
  9. One Night with You – Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King
  10. Find Your Way – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots
  11. Flying In the Winter – Bas Van Der Pol, Frans Poots
  12. Head in the Clouds – Paul Curtis
  13. Illusions – Jan Reynders

Amaro Freitas: Sankofa

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On June 25, 2021, “Far Out Recordings” label released “Sankofa”, the third Amaro Freitas album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Estúdio Carranca” in Torre, Recife, Brazil, and was produced by Amaro Freitas.

Personnel:

  • Amaro Freitas – piano
  • Jean Elton – double bass
  • Hugo Medeiros – drums, percussion
  • Vinicius Aquino – recording, mixing
  • Arthur Joly – mastering
  • Laercio Costa – art direction
  • Acidum Project – artwork
  • Bloco Gráfico – design
  • Alessandro Renaldin – additional design
  • Carlo Mesquita – image editor
  • Helder Tavares – photography
  • Pete Norman – lacquer cut
  • Joe Davis – A&R
  • Laercio Costa – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Amaro Freitas.

  1. Sankofa
  2. Ayeye
  3. Baquaqua
  4. Vila Bela
  5. Cazumbá
  6. Batucuda
  7. Malakoff
  8. Nascimento

Paul Desmond: Easy Living

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In June 1966, “RCA Victor” label released “Easy Living”, the ninth Paul Desmond album. It was recorded June 1963, September 1964, June 1965, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico, Percy Heath, Eugene Wright – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Desmond except where noted.

  1. When Joanna Loved Me – Robert Wells, Jack Segal
  2. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  6. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
  7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Blues for Fun

Jeff Parker: The New Breed

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On June 24, 2016,”International Anthem” label released “The New Breed”, the seventh Jeff Parker album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Paul Bryan and Jeff Parker.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Parker – electric guitar, Korg MS-20, Wurlitzer electric piano, mellotron, loops and samplers, MIDI and drum programming, arrangements
  • Josh Johnson – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, mellotron
  • Paul Bryan – electric bass guitar, engineer, editing, mixing
  • Jamire Williams – drums
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Ruby Parker – vocals
  • John McEntire – vocal recording
  • Dave Cooley – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Parker, except where noted.

  1. Executive Life
  2. Para Ha Tay
  3. Here Comes Ezra
  4. Visions – Bobby Hutcherson
  5. Jrifted
  6. How Fun It Is to Year Whip
  7. Get Dressed
  8. Cliché

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