Bill Evans: Trio 64

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In July 1964, “Verve” label released “Trio 64”, the 23rd Bill Evans album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Gary Peacock – acoustic bass
  • Paul Motian – drums
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Jack Maher – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Little Lulu – Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, Fred Wise
  2. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  3. Always – Irving Berlin
  4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  5. I’ll See You Again – Noel Coward
  6. For Heaven’s Sake – Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer
  7. Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  8. Everything Happens to Me – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis

Charles Mingus: Tonight At Noon

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In July 1964, “Atlantic” label released “Tonight at Noon”, the 21st Charles Mingus album. It was recorded March 1957 – November 1961, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – vocals, bass, piano
  • Shafi Hadi (as Curtis Porter) – alto saxophone
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, siren, flute
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Wade Legge – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. Tonight at Noon
  2. Invisible Lady
  3. “Old” Blues for Walt’s Torin (aka Roland Kirk’s Message)
  4. Peggy’s Blue Skylight
  5. Passions of a Woman Loved

Ask My Bull: Creature

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On July 6, 2019, Ask My Bull self-released “Creature”, band’s debut album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Tom Le Cocq.

Personnel:

  • Fritz Lindner – vocals, guitar, lampshade
  • Elliot Slater – vocals, saxophone, clarinet
  • Tom Le Cocq – vocals, bass
  • Harry Summers – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Nick Beech, Steve Moon, Luka Slater, Degs E Norman, Simon Beulah-Barnes – vocals 
  • Amberr Fern – choir
  • Luke Clarke – recording, mixing
  • Andy Hammond, Andy Garvey – recording
  • Erinn Lucas – cat illustration
  • Amber Fern – artwork
  • Kalina Ismena Kubiniok – tentacle collaboration

Track listing:

  1. Powder Keg
  2. Army of Swans
  3. Machete
  4. Catfish
  5. Ulysses the Shrimp
  6. Punchline
  7. Turnip Transplant
  8. Oct.O.Pus
  9. Prophets & Primates
  10. Magpie Manoeuvre

Stephane Grappelli: Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark

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On July 6, 1980, “Pablo” label released “Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark”, the 23rd Stéphane Grappelli album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Tivoli Gardens” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Stéphane Grappelli – violin
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

Track listing:

  1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  4. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  5. How Deep is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
  6. I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
  7. I Can’t Get Started – Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke
  8. I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp: The First Day

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On July 5, 1993, “Virgin” label released “The First Day”, album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was recorded December 1992 – March 1993, at “Dreamland” in Hurley, New York, “Kingsway Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana. And was produced by David Sylvian and David Botrill.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, tapes
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, Frippertronics
  • Trey Gunn – vocals, chapman stick
  • Ingrid Chavez – vocals
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming, engineer
  • Richard Chadwick – recording co-ordination
  • Natasha White – recording co-ordination assistant
  • Dan McLoughlin, John Yates, Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker – engineer assistant
  • Catherine McRae – design co-ordination
  • Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography
  • John Sinks – technical and strategic Liaison

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Sylvian, all music by Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and David Sylvian, except where noted.

  1. God’s Monkey – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  2. Jean the Birdman
  3. Firepower
  4. Brightness Falls
  5. 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman’s Song)
  6. Darshan (The Road to Graceland) – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  7. Bringing Down the Light – Robert Fripp

John Coltrane: Coltrane Plays The Blues

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In July 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Coltrane Plays the Blues”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane — soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner — piano
  • Steve Davis — bass
  • Elvin Jones — drums
  • Tom Dowd — engineer
  • Marty Norman (Bob Slutzky Graphics) — design
  • Joe Goldberg — liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Blues to Elvin – Elvin Jones
  2. Blues to Bechet
  3. Blues to You
  4. Mr. Day
  5. Mr. Syns
  6. Mr. Knight

Jonathan Richman: Only Frozen Sky Anyway

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On July 4, 2025, “Blue Arrow” label released “Only Frozen Sky Anyway”, the 18th Jonathan Richman album. It was recorded in 2024, at “The Mountain Studio” in Marin County, California, and was produced by Jonatham Richman, Nicole Montalbano and Jerry Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Richman – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Dunbar – acoustic guitar
  • David Alvarez – acoustic guitar
  • Tommy Larkins – drums
  • Don Spindt – drums
  • Nicole Montalbano – strings
  • Jake Sprecher – backing vocals
  • Marty Parker – backing vocals
  • Kenny Parker – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonathan Richman, except where noted.

  1. I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky Anyway
  2. But We Might Try Weird Stuff
  3. Night Fever – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
  4. You Need Me Too
  5. The Dog Star
  6. Se Va Pa’volver
  7. That Older Girl
  8. Little Black Bat – Jonathan Richman, Mauro Vacca
  9. O Guitar
  10. David & Goliath
  11. The Wavelet – Paramahansa Yogananda
  12. I Am the Sky – Paramahansa Yogananda

Baby Face Willette: Face To Face

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In July 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Face to Face”, the debut Baby Face Willette studio album. It was recorded in January 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Baby Face Willette – organ
  • Fred Jackson – tenor saxophone
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ben Dixon – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Baby Face Willette, except where noted.

  1. Swingin’ at Sugar Ray’s
  2. Goin’ Down
  3. Whatever Lola Wants – Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
  4. Face to Face
  5. Somethin’ Strange
  6. High ‘N’ Low

Casiopea: Right Now

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On July 3, 2024, “Hats Unlimited” label released “Right Now”, the 36th Casiopea album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Issei Noro, Kiyomi Otaka, Toshihiro Naruse and Yoshihiro Imai.

Personnel:

  • Issei Noro – guitar
  • Kiyomi Otaka – keyboards
  • Yoshihiro Naruse – bass
  • Yoshihiro Imai – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Time Has Come
  2. The Hopeful World
  3. Which Way
  4. No Place Like Here
  5. Challengers
  6. Admiration
  7. Hour of the Rainbow
  8. 90’s A Go Go
  9. Look Up the Stars
  10. Happiness

Greg Foat: Symphonie Pacifique

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On July 3, 2020, “Strut” label released “Symphonie Pacifique”, the ninth Greg Foat album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Fish Factory Studio” in London, “Post Electric Studio” in Edinburgh, “Kungsten Studios” in Göteborg, Sweden, and was produced by Greg Foat.

Personnel:

  • Greg Foat – piano, keyboards, tubular bells
  • Warren Hampshire – guitar, tubular bells, percussion
  • Thomas Frank – pedal steel guitar
  • Philip Achille – double and electric bass
  • Clark Tracey – drums
  • Moses Boyd – drums
  • Eric Young – percussion, congas
  • Art Themen – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Kano Kawashima – violin
  • Felix Tanner – viola
  • Jessica Kerr, Niamh Molloy – cello
  • Heather Wrighton – harp
  • Elina Ryd, Erik Dahl, Hannah Tolf, Pablo Cope – choir
  • Mattias Glava – choir recording, engineer
  • Rod Jones – strings recording
  • James Thorpe – engineer
  • Mark Ashfield – mastering
  • Peter Beckmann – mastering
  • Henry Valensi – artwork
  • Matt Thame – design
  • James Thorpe – photography
  • Frank Merritt – lacquer cut
  • Quinton Scott – coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Foat, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Symphonie Pacifique
  3. Undulation – Philip Achille
  4. Anticipation
  5. Mu
  6. Yonaguni
  7. Island Life
  8. Nikinakinu
  9. Man vs Machine – Greg Foat, Moses Boyd
  10. Before the Storm
  11. After the Storm
  12. Meditation on a Pedal Steel – Thomas Frank
  13. Lament for Lamont
  14. Pointe – Vénus – Greg Foat, Warren Hampshire
  15. Mother’s Love – Greg Foat, Sam Chagumachinyi
  16. Epilogue Three Tenors – Art Themen, Favid Bitelli, Rob Мach

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