The Flower Kings: Look At You Now

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On September 8, 2023, “Inside Out Music” label released “Look at You Now”, the sixteenth Flower Kings (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, mixing
  • Hasse Fröberg – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Stolt – vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion, keyboard
  • Jannica Lund – backing vocals
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Lalle Larsson – synthesizers
  • Jörgen Sälde – nylon guitar
  • Marjana Semkina – vocals
  • Lars Hallbäck – engineer
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout

Track listing:

  1. Beginner’s Eyes
  2. The Dream
  3. Hollow Man
  4. Dr. Ribedeaux
  5. Mother Earth
  6. The Queen
  7. The Light in Your Eyes
  8. Seasons End
  9. Scars
  10. Stronghold
  11. Father Sky
  12. Day for Peace
  13. Look at You Now

Tomas Bodin: Sonic Boulevard

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In September 2003, “Inside Out Music” label released “Sonic Boulevard”, the third Tomas Bodin album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Tomas Bodin.

Personnel:

  • Tomas Bodin – vocals, keyboards, bass, arrangements, engineer, liner notes
  • Andrers Jansson – lead and backing vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jocke JJ Marsh – electric guitar, scat
  • Roine Stolt – electric guitar
  • Jonas ‘Reine’ Reingold – electric bass, recording, mixing
  • Zoltan Csorsz – drums
  • Hans Bruniusson – percussion
  • Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
  • Jonas Knutsson – soprano saxophone
  • N’Nogo Bjurhall – African scat
  • Allan Hope – mixing
  • Don Azzaro – mastering
  • Thomas Ewerhard – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Tomas Bodin.

  1. The Prayer
  2. The Hero from Cloud City
  3. Back to the African Garden
  4. Pictures
  5. Walkabout
  6. The Horses from Zaad
  7. A Beautiful Mind
  8. The Happy Frog
  9. Morning will Come
  10. The Night Will Fall

Paul Desmond: Glad To Be Unhappy

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In September 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Glad to Be Unhappy”, the seventh Paul Desmond album. It was recorded in 1963 at “Webster Hall” in New York City, July, August and September 1964, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

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

Track listing:

  1. Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden
  3. Stranger in Town – Mel Tormé
  4. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott
  5. Any Other Time – Paul Desmond
  6. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch
  7. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent

Sonny Rollins: Now’s The Time

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In September 1964, “RCA Victor” label released “Now’s the Time”, the 23rd Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January, February and April 1964, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano 
  • Thad Jones – cornet 
  • Ron Carter – bass 
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

  1. Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
  2. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  3. I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
  4. 52nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk
  5. St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
  6. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  7. Afternoon in Paris – John Lewis
  8. Four – Miles Davis

Stanley Turrentine: That’s Where It’s At

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In September 1962, “Blue Note” label released “That’s Where It’s At”, the fifth Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Les McCann – piano
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Otis Finch – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Smile, Stacey – Les McCann
  2. Soft Pedal Blues – Stanley Turrentine
  3. Pia – Les McCann
  4. We’ll See Yaw’ll After While, Ya Heah – Les McCann
  5. Dorene Don’t Cry – Les McCann
  6. Light Blue – Tommy Turrentine

Magenta: New York Suite

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In September 2006, “F2 Music Ltd.” label released “New York Suite”, the fifth Magenta album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Robert Reed.

Personnel:

  • Christina Booth – vocal
  • Chris Fry – guitars
  • Colin Edwards – keyboards, guitar
  • Dan Nelson – bass
  • Robert Reed – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Adam J Hodgson – design
  • Chris Walkden – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Reed, all music by Robert Reed.

  1. Arrival
  2. Home from Home
  3. White Lies
  4. Truth
  5. This Life (reprise)

Carmell Jones Featuring Harold Land: The Remarkable Carmell Jones

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In September 1961, “Pacific Jazz” label released “The Remarkable Carmell Jones”, album by Carmell Jones featuring Harold Land (the debut Carmell Jones album). It was recorded in 1961, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Strazzeri – piano
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Leon Pettis – drums
  • Richard Bock – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – design, back cover photography
  • Barry Feinstein – cover photography
  • John William Hardy – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I’m Gonna Go Fishing
  2. Come Rain or Come Shine
  3. Night Tide
  4. Sad March
  5. Stellisa
  6. Full Moon and Empty Arms

Rabih Abou-Khalil: Nafas

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In September 1988, “ECM” label released “Nafas” the fifth Rabih Abou-Khalil album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Rabih Abou-Khalil – oud, arrangements
  • Glen Velez – frame drums
  • Setrak Sarkissian – darabukka
  • Selim Kusur – voice, ney
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Dieter Rehm – design photography

Track lisring:

All tracks by Rabih Abou-Khalil, except where noted.

  1. Awakening – Glen Velez
  2. Window – Glen Velez, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Setrak Sarkissian, Selim Kusur
  3. Gaval Dance – Glen Velez
  4. The Return I
  5. The Return II
  6. Incantation
  7. Waiting
  8. Amal Havati – Mohammad Abdul Wahah
  9. Nafas
  10. Nandi – Glen Velez

Cecil Taylor: Love For Sale

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In September 1959, “United Artists” label released “Love for Sale”, the fifth Cecil Taylor album. It was recorded in April 1959, at “Nola’s Penthouse Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Cecil Taylor – piano
  • Bill Barron – tenor saxophone 
  • Ted Curson – trumpet 
  • Buell Neidlinger – bass
  • Denis Charles – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Cecil Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Get Out of Town – Cole Porter
  2. I Love Paris – Cole Porter
  3. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  4. Little Less (a.k.a. Louise)
  5. Matie’s Trophies (a.k.a. Motystrophe of Blues)

Vince Guaraldi: Vince Guaraldi Trio

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In September 1956, “Fantasy” label released “Vince Guaraldi Trio”, the debut Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio) album. It was recorded in April 1960, at “Fantasy Recording Studios” in san Francisco.

Personnel:

  • Vince Guaraldi – piano
  • Eddie Duran – guitar
  • Dean Reilly – double bass
  • Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Django – John Lewis
  2. Fenwyck’s Farfel – Vince Guaraldi
  3. Never Never Land – Betty Comden, Adolpi Green, Jule Styne
  4. Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
  5. Fascinating – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. The Lady’s in Love with You – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
  7. Sweet and Lovely – Gris Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias
  8. Ossobuco – Eddie Duran
  9. Three Coins in the Fountain – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  10. It’s De-Lovely – Cole Porter

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