Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine

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On November 3, 1977, “Attic” label released “Rock & Roll Machine”, the second Triumph studio album. It was recorded August – September 1977, at “Phase One Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Mike Levine and Doug Hill.

Personnel:

  • Rik Emmett – vocals, guitars
  • Mike Levine – bass, keyboards
  • Laurie Delgrande – keyboards
  • Mike Danna – keyboards
  • Gil Moore – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Beau David – backing vocals
  • Elaine Overholt – backing vocals
  • Gord Waszek – backing vocals
  • Colina Phillips – backing vocals
  • Rosie Levine – backing vocals
  • Mike Jones – engineer
  • George Semkiw – remixing
  • Doug Neil – assistant
  • Hugh Cooper – assistant
  • Rene Zamic – cover illustration
  • Gary Kremnitz – photography
  • Lynne Waggett – photography
  • Jim Murray – photography

Track listing:

  1. Takes Time – Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore
  2. Bringing It on Home – Rik Emmett, Mike Levine
  3. Little Texas Shaker – Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore
  4. New York Streets Pt. 1 – Gil Moore
  5. New York City Streets Pt. 2 – Gil Moore
  6. The City: War March / El Duende Agoniziante / Minstrel’s Lament – Rik Emmett
  7. Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Rocke Grace
  8. Rock & Roll Machine – Gil Moore

Horace Silver Quintet & Trio: Blowin’ The Blues Away

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In November 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Blowin’ the Blues Away”, album by Horace Silver Quintet & Trio (ninth Horace Silver album overall). It was recorded August (The Quintet) – September (The Trio) 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

August 1959           

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Eugene Taylor – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums

September 1959

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Eugene Taylor – bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Paula Donohue – cover art
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver.

  1. Blowin’ the Blues Away
  2. The St. Vitus Dance
  3. Break Citu
  4. Peace
  5. Sister Sadie
  6. The Bagdad Blues
  7. Melancholy Mood

Bud Powell: Time Waits

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In November 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Time Waits”, the eight Bud Powell album. It was recorded in May 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Bud Powell.

  1. Buster Rides Again
  2. Sub City
  3. Time Waits
  4. Marmalade
  5. Monopoly
  6. John’s Abbey
  7. Dry Soul
  8. Sub City (alternate take)

Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words

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In November 1958, “Riverside” label released “Deeds, Not Words”, the tenth Max Roach album. It was recorded in September 1958, in New York City, and was recorded in Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Max Roach – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Booker Little – trumpet
  • Ray Draper – tuba
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass

Track listing

  1. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  2. Filidé – Ray Draper
  3. It’s You or No One – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  4. Jodie’s Cha-Cha – Bill Lee
  5. Deeds, Not Words – Bill Lee
  6. Larry-Larue – Booker Little
  7. Conversation – Max Roach
  8. There Will Never Be Another You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren

Charles Mingus: Mingus Three

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In November 1957, “Jubilee” label released “Mingus Three”, the eight Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in July 1957, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Dannie Richmond – drums, tambourine

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. Back Home Blues
  3. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  4. Hamp’s New Blues – Hampton Hawes
  5. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  6. Dizzy Moods
  7. Laura – Johnny Mercer, David Raksin

Abstract Orchestra: Madvillain Vol 1

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On November 2, 2018, “ATA” label released “Madvillain Vol 1”, the second Abstract Orchestra album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Rob Mitchell.

Personnel:

  • Anna Uhuru – vocals
  • George Cooper – piano, keyboards
  • Chris ‘Falty’ Hargreaves – bass
  • Joost Hendrickx – drums
  • Evie Mitchell – harmonica
  • Jim Corry – alto saxophone
  • Dan Brunskill – alto saxophone
  • James Russell, Luke Foreman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Jack Davis, Malcolm Strachan, Simon ‘Bobby’Beddoe – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • George Wrench, Kev Holbrough, Patrick Martin – trombone
  • Richard Jones – bass trombone
  • Rob Mitchell – arrangements, directed by
  • Neil Innes – engineer
  • Lewis Hopkin – mastering
  • Vassilis Skandalis – design

Track listing:

  1. Accordion
  2. Curls
  3. All Caps
  4. Bistro
  5. Fancy Clown
  6. Raid
  7. Madmix I
  8. Great Day
  9. Madmix 2

Midlife: Phase

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On November 2, 2017, “Research Records” label released “Phase”, the debut Midlife studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Kevin McDowell, Adam Halliwel, Tomas Shanahan and James Donald.

Personnel:

  • Kevin McDowell – vocals, synthesizers, Rhodes, electronics, engineer
  • Adam Halliwell – vocals, guitar, vocoder, flute, engineer
  • Tomas Shanahan – bass guitar, engineer
  • James Donald – drums, engineer
  • Craig Shanahan – congas, güiro, shaker
  • Jim Rindfleish – engineer
  • Steve Schram – mixing
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Confetti Studio – artwork
  • Tom Ross – photography

Track life:

All tracks by Kevin McDowell, Adam Halliwel, Tomas Shanahan and James Donald.

  1. The Magnificient Moon
  2. Zwango Zop
  3. Im Blau
  4. Phase
  5. Two Horizons
  6. The Gloves Don’t Bite

Fusion Orchestra: Skeleton In Armour

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In November 1973, “EMI” label released “Skeleton in Armour”, the debut Fusion Orchestra album. It was recorded June – July 1973, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Jarratt.

Personnel:

  • Jill Saward – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, flute, harmonium, synthesizer, celesta
  • Colin Dawson – lead guitar, synthesizer, inside lettering
  • Stan Land – guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, synthesizer
  • Dave Cowell – bass guitar, harmonica, Jew’s harp, percussion, design concept
  • Dave Bell – drums, gong, timpani, percussion, design
  • Jeff Jarratt – piano, brass arrangements
  • John Kurlander, Mike Jarratt, Pete Mew*, Richard Langham, Sam – engineer
  • Hans Holbein – illustration
  • Richard Stirling – photography

Track listing:

  1. Fanfaire Suite for 1000 Trampits (part one) – Jeff Jarratt
  2. Sonata in Z – Colin Dawson, Dave Cowell, Jill Saward
  3. Have I Left the Gas On? – Colin Dawson, Dave Cowell, Jill Saward
  4. O.K. Boys, Now’s Our Big Chance – Dave Cowell, Stan Land
  5. Skeleton in Armour – Colin Dawson, Dave Cowell, Jill Saward
  6. When My Mamma’s Not at Home – Colin Dawson, Jill Saward
  7. Don’t Be Silly Jilly – Jill Saward
  8. Talk to the Man in the Sky – Colin Dawson, Dave Cowell, Jill Saward
  9. Fanfairy Suite for 1000 Trampits (part two)

Jackie McLean: 4, 5 And 6

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In November 1956, “Prestige” label released “4, 5 and 6”, the third Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto sax
  • Hank Mobley – tenor sax
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Sentimental Journey – Ben Homer, Bud Green, Les Brown
  2. Why Was I Born? – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Contour – Kenny Drew
  4. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  5. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  6. Abstraction – Mal Waldron

Benny Goodman, His Orchestra, And His Combos: B.G. in Hi-Fi

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In November 1955, “Capitol” label released “B.G. in Hi-Fi”, album by Benny Goodman, His Orchestra, And His Combos, (the 30th Benny Goodman album overall). It was recorded in November 1954, at “Riverside Studios” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Benny Goodman – clarinet
  • Boomie Richman, Al Klink, Hymie Shertzer, Paul Ricci, Sol Schlinger – saxophone
  • Bernard Privin, Carl Poole, Chris Griffin, Ruby Braff – trumpet
  • Cutty Cutshall, Vernon Brown, Will Bradley – trombone
  • Mel Powell – piano
  • Steve Jordan – guitar
  • George Duviver – bass
  • Robert Donaldson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Dance – Fanny May Baldridge, Gregory Stone, Joseph Bonime
  2. Jumpin’ at the Woodside – Count William Basie
  3. Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
  4. What Can I Say After I Say I Am Sorry? – Abe Lyman, Walter Donaldson
  5. When I Grow Too old to Fream – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  6. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  7. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – Irvin Kahal, Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain
  8. Rock Rimmon – Benny Goodman, Mel Powell
  9. Somebody Stoel My Gal – Lee Wood
  10. Blue Lou – Edgar Sampson, Irwing Mills
  11. Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today – Jimmy Rushing, Eddie Durham, Count Basie
  12. You’re a Sweetheart – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  13. Big John Special – Horace Henderson
  14. Jersey Bounce – Bobby Plater, Robert Wright, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson
  15. Air Mail Special – Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy
  16. Let’s Dance – Fanny May Baldridge, Gregory Stone, Joseph Bonime

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