Jason Isbell: Here We Rest

On April 12, 2011, “Lightning Rod Records” label released “Here We Rest”, album by Jason Isbell and the 400 Units (third Jason Isbell studio album overal). It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Jason Isbell and 400 Unit.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – lead vocal, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, organ
  • Browan Lollar – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Derry deBorja – piano, organ, accordion, backing vocals
  • Jimbo Hart – electric bass, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Gamble – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Abby Owens – harmony vocals
  • Amanda Shires – fiddle, harmony vocals

Track listing:

  1. Alabama Pines
  2. Go It Alone
  3. We’ve Met
  4. Codeine
  5. Stopping By
  6. Daisy Mae
  7. The Ballad of Nobeard
  8. Heart on a String
  9. Save It for Sunday
  10. Tour of Duty

Booker Ervin: Groovin’ High

In April 1966, “Prestige” label released “Groovin’ High”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded December 1963 – June / October 1964, at “Van Gelder Sudio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitte.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Jaki Byard – piano 
  • Gildo Mahones – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Second #2 – Booker Ervin
  2. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Bass-IX – Booker Ervin
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young

The Mars Volta: Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio

On April 11, 2025, “Clouds Hill” label released “Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio”, the ninth Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2024 – 2025, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – synths, guitars, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synths, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards, saxophone
  • Josh Moreau – bass guitar
  • Linda-Philomène Tsoungui – drums
  • Daniel Diaz – percussion
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez – drums
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • John Frusciante – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer, mastering
  • Adán Guevara – artwork

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Cedric Bixler-Zavala; all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Fin
  2. Reina Tormnenta
  3. Enlazan las Tinieblas
  4. Mictlán
  5. The Iron Rose
  6. Cue the Sun
  7. Alba del Orate
  8. Voice in My Knives
  9. Poseedora de Mi Sombra
  10. Celaje
  11. Vociferó
  12. Mito de los Trece Cielos
  13. Un Disparo al Vacío
  14. Detrás de la Puerta Dorada
  15. Maullidos
  16. Morgana
  17. Cue the Sun (reprise)
  18. Lucro Sucio

Pendragon: Passion

On April 11, 2011, “Madfish” and “Toff Records” labels released “Passion”, the ninth Pendragon studio album. It was recorded September 2010 – January 2011, and was produced by Karl Groom and Nick Barrett.

Personnel:

  • Nick Barret – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Peter Gee – bass
  • Scott Higham – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Barrett.

  1. Passion
  2. Empathy
  3. Feeding Frenzy
  4. This Green And Pleasant Land
  5. It’s Just A Matter Of Not Getting Caught
  6. Skara Brae
  7. Your Black Heart

Amadou & Mariam: Folila

On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Santigold – vocals
  • Jake Shears – vocals
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
  • Ebony Bones – vocals
  • Kyp Malone – vocals
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
  • Theophilus London – vocals
  • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
  • Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
  • Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
  • Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
  • Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
  • Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
  • Laurent Griffon – bass
  • Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
  • Vieux Dembélé – djembe
  • Sidiki Diabate – kora
  • Tomani Diabate – kora
  • Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
  • Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
  • Manjul – percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
  • Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet
  • Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
  • Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
  • Julien Bescond – A&R
  • François Morel – design
  • Thomas Moulin – assistant
  • Benoît Peverelli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
  2. Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
  3. Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
  5. Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  6. Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  7. C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
  8. Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  10. Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
  11. Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
  12. Chérie – Mariam Doumbia

Luis Gasca: For Those Who Chant

In April 1972, “Blue Thumb” label released “For Those Who Chant”, the second Luis Gasca album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Luis Gasca.

Personnel:

  • Luis Gasca – trumpet, flugelhorn, mixing
  • Carlos Santana – guitar
  • Neal Schon – guitar
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • Greg Rolie – piano, electric piano
  • Mark Levine – piano, electric piano
  • Richard Kermode – organ
  • Stanley Clark – bass
  • Lenny White – drums
  • Mike Shrieve – drums
  • Mike Carabello – congas
  • Victor Pantoja – congas
  • Snooky Flowers – percussion
  • Garnette Mims – percussion
  • Jean MacGregor – percussion
  • Rico Reyes – percussion
  • Jose “Chepito” Areas – vibraphone
  • Carmelo Garcia – timbales
  • Coke Escovedo – timbales
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Hadley Caliman – flute
  • Moon – cosmic dog
  • Glen Kolotkin – engineer
  • Mike Larner – engineer
  • Ken Hopkins – mixing
  • Stan Marcum – mixing
  • Phillip Lindsay Mason – painting
  • Victor Aleman – photography
  • Stan Marcum – production suipervision

Track listing:

  1. Street Dude – Luis Gasca
  2. La Raza – Luis Gasca
  3. Spanish Gypsy – Don Menza, Luis Gasca
  4. Little Mama – Luis Gasca

Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc.: Music Inc.

In April 1971, “Strata-East” label released “Music Inc.”, album by Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver fifth album overall). It was recorded in November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by George Klabin.

Personnel:

  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • Stanley Cowell – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Jimmy Hopps – drums
  • Bobby Brown – flute
  • Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba
  • Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Tolliver, except where noted.

  1. Ruthie’s Heart
  2. Brilliant Circles – Stanley Cowell
  3. Abscretions – Stanley Cowell
  4. Household of Saud
  5. On the Nile
  6. Departure – Stanley Cowell

Ars Nova: Same

In April 1968, “Elektra” label released the self-titled, debut Ars Nova album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Paul Rothchild.

Personnel:

  • Jon Pierson – lead vocals, bass trombone, arrangements
  • Giovanni Papalia – lead guitar, arrangements
  • Wyatt Day – rhythm guitar, piano, organ,backing vocals, arrangements
  • Jonathan Raskin – bass, backing vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Bill Folwell – trumpet, double bass, backing vocalls, arrangements
  • Maury Baker – drums, percussion, organ, arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Pavane For My Lady – Wyatt Day
  2. General Clover Ends A War – lyrics by Gregory Copeland; music by Wyatt Day
  3. Entracte: Le Messe Notre Dame – Guillaume De Machaut
  4. And How Am I To Know – Wyatt Day
  5. Entracte: Dancer – Maury Baker
  6. Album In Your Mind – lyrics by Jon Pierson, Wyatt Day; music by Wyatt Day
  7. Zarathustra – Maury Baker
  8. Fields Of People – lyrics by Jon Pierson, Wyatt Day; music by Wyatt Day
  9. Entracte: Vita De L’Alma Mia – Claudio Monteverdi
  10. Automatic Love – Wyatt Day
  11. Entracte: A Thought – Jon Pierson, Jonathan Raskin
  12. I Wrapped Her In Ribbons (After Ibiza) – lyrics by Gregory Copeland; music by Wyatt Day
  13. Entracte: Ada Wulff November 12, 1956 – Wyatt Day
  14. Song To The City – lyrics by Gregory Copeland, music by Wyatt Day
  15. Entracte: Aquel Cabellero – anonymous, Spanish renaissance
  16. March Of The Mad Duke’s Circus – lyrics by Gregory Copeland, music by Wyatt Day

Papa Roach: Ego Trip

On April 8, 2022, “New Noize” label released “Ego Trip”, the eleventh Papa Roach studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Jason Evigan, Nicholas Furlong, Andrew Goldstein, Drew Fulk, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and Tony Palermo.

Personnel:

  • Jacoby Shaddix – vocals
  • Jerry Horton – guitars
  • Tobin Esperance – bass
  • Tony Palermo – drums
  • Anthony Esperance – additional guitars
  • Jonathan Gering – keyboards, programming
  • Erica Sliver – backing vocals
  • Meron Ryan – backing vocals
  • Fever 333
  • Sueco
  • Andrew Migliore – string arrangements
  • Jason Evigan – engineer
  • Nicholas Furlong – engineer
  • Drew Fulk – engineer
  • Michael Nolasco – engineer
  • Brenden Collins – engineer assistant
  • Colin Brittain – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Kevin McCombs – additional production
  • Darren Craig – creative director, design
  • Bryson Roatch – creative director
  • Jim Hughes – layout

Track listing:

  1. Kill the Noise
  2. Stand Up
  3. Swerve
  4. Bloodline
  5. Liar
  6. Ego Trip
  7. Unglued
  8. Dying to Believe
  9. Killing Time
  10. Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)
  11. Always Wandering
  12. No Apologies
  13. Cut the Line
  14. I Surrender

Father John Misty: Chloë and the Next 20th Century

On April 8, 2022, “Sub Pop” label released “Chloë and the Next 20th Century”, the fifth Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) studio album. It was recorded August – December 2020, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Josh Tillman.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman – performance
  • Jonathan Wilson – performance
  • Drew Erickson – performance, arrangements
  • Chris Darley – guitar
  • Nona Quartet
    • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
    • Wynton Grant – violin
    • Zach Dellinger – viola
    • Jake Braun – cello
  • Dan Higgins – flute, clarinet, saxophone, additional arrangements
  • Steve Holtman – trombone, bass trombone
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Greg Huckins – flute, clarinet
  • Chad Smith – bassoon
  • John Yoakum – oboe, clarinet
  • Mark Hollingsworth – flute, clarinet
  • Grant Milliken – vibraphone
  • Jason Crosby – fiddle
  • Davey Chegwidden – congas, bongos, percussio
  • Cristina Black – harp
  • Dave Cerminara – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Erickson – additional production
  • Sasha Barr – layout, design
  • Josh Tillman – concept, art direction
  • Kelci Tillman – illustration
  • Lauren Ward – photography
  • Alex Kweskin – photography
  • Steve Moulton – darkroom printing, comping
  • Alia Penner – costume design, collage
  • Payton Morse – model

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Tillman.

  1. Chloe
  2. Goodbye Mr. Blue
  3. Kiss Me (I Loved You)
  4. (Everything But) Her Love
  5. Buddy’s Rendezvous
  6. Q4
  7. Olvidado (Otro Momento)
  8. Funny Girl
  9. Only a Fool
  10. We Could Be Strangers
  11. The Next 20th Century

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