Flamengo: Chicken In A Watch

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In May 1972, “Supraphon” label released “Chicken in a Watch”, the only Flamengo studio album. It was recorded October 1971 – March 1972, at Prague studio in Dejvice, and was produced by Hynek Zalcik.

Personnel:

  • Pavel Fořt – guitars, choir vocals
  • Ivan Khunt – vocals, organ, choir singing
  • Jan Kubík – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, choir singing
  • Vladimír Kulhánek – bass guitar, choir vocals
  • Vladimír Mišík – vocals, conga, guitar
  • Jaroslav Erno Šedivý – drums
  • Petr Král – tenor saxophone
  • Vladimír Hruška – baritone saxophone
  • Ilja Bartošek – guitar
  • Karel Velebny – vibraphone
  • Pavel Fořt – arrangements
  • Václav Hybš – orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Chicken in a Watch (introduction) – Jan Kubik
  2. Frame of Future Paintings – Josef Kainar, Vladimír Mišík
  3. Only Love Knows Where – Pavel Fořt , Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek , Vladimir Mišík, Josef Ředivý, Josef Kainar
  4. Me and the Smoke – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  5. Wait a Minute – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  6. A Few Centuries – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  7. Docks, Trains, Hunger and Shoes – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  8. Still Going On – Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek, Hynek Žalčík
  9. Chicken in a Watch – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar

Lee Morgan: Same

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In May 1957, “Blue Note” label released the self – titled, third Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in December 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Kenny Rodgers – alto saxophone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Owen Marshall – arrangements
  • Benny Golson – arrangements
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. Whisper Not
  2. Latin Hangover
  3. His Sister – Owen Marshall
  4. Slightly Hep
  5. Where Am I?
  6. D’s Fink – Owen Marshall

Jorge López Ruiz: Bronca Buenos Aires

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On May 20, 1971, “Trova” label released “Bronca Buenos Aires”, the fifth Jorge López Ruiz album. It was recorded in 1970, at “Estudios ION” in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was produced by Jorge Lopez Ruiz.

Personnel:

  • Jorge Lopez Ruiz – contrabass
  • Fernando Gelbard – piano, flute
  • Santiago Giacobbe – organ
  • Alfredo Remus – electric bass
  • Carlos “Pocho” Lapouble – drums
  • Enrique “Zurdo” Roizner – percussion
  • Francisco “Paco” Freigido – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Horacio “Chivo” Borraro – tenor saxophone
  • Pompeyo “Cholo” Carlo – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Alberto Mizrahi – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Alfredo Mariconda, Americo Belloto, Domingo Mariconda, S. D’Amico, Tomas Lepere – trumpet
  • Gregorio Golinsky, Horacio Cusato, Jorge Pataro – trombone
  • Gustavo Bergalli – flugelhorn
  • Alicia Varady, Donna Carbol, Helen Jackson, Julio Darre, Maria Eugenia Dabre, Mario Orliac, Roberto Aguirre – coro
  • Jose Tcherkaski – narrator
  • Oscar Lopez Ruiz – directed by, recording supervisor
  • Luis A. Quinteros – mastering
  • Juan B. Arruabarrena – design
  • Nilo Silvestrone – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge López Ruiz.

  1. La Ciudad Vacía
  2. Relatos
  3. Amor Buenos Aires
  4. Bronca Buenos Aires

Dorothy Ashby: Dorothy’s Harp

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In May 1969, “Cadet” label released “Dorothy’s Harp”, the ninth Dorothy Ashby album. It was recorded in March 1969, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Odell Brown – electric piano
  • Lennie Druss – flute, oboe
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Randy Harter – design
  • Jeff Lowenthal – photography

Track listing:

  1. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  2. Canto De Ossanha – Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes
  3. Love Is Blue – André Popp, Bryan Blackburn
  4. Reza – Edu Lobo, Ruy Guerra
  5. This Girl’s In Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  6. Truth Spoken Here – Richard Evans
  7. Tornado – Richard Evans
  8. The Windmills of Your Mind – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michael Legrand
  9. Cause I Need It – Dorothy Ashby
  10. Just Had to Tell Somebody – Dorothy Ashby
  11. Fool on the Hill – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Kenny Cox: Introducing Kenny Cox

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In May 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Introducing Kenny Cox”, the debut Kenny Cox album. It was recorded in December 1968 at “United Sound System” in Chicago, and was produced by Michael Cuscuna.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Cox – piano
  • Leon Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Moore – trumpet
  • Ron Brooks – bass
  • Danny Spencer – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Cox, except where noted.

  1. Mystique
  2. You – David Durrah
  3. Trance Dance
  4. Eclipse – Leon Henderson
  5. Number Four – Charles Moore
  6. Diahnn – Leon Henderson

Alaide Costa: O Que Meus Calos Dizem Sobre Mim

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On May 19, 2022, “Três Selos” label released “O Que Meus Calos Dizem Sobre Mim”, the 22nd Alaide Costa album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Da Pá Virada” and “Estúdio Space Blues” in Sao Paolo, “Orbita Studio” and “Cia. Dos Técnicos Studios” in Rio De Janeiro, and was produced by Emicida (Leandro Roque de Oliveira), Marcus Preto and Pupillo (Romário Menezes de Oliveira Jr).

Personnel:

  • Alaide Costa – vocal
  • Leo Mendes – acoustic guitar
  • Fábio Sá – contrabass
  • Pupillo – drums, percussion, music director, liner notes
  • Jota Moraes – vibraphone
  • Antonio Neves, Eduardo Neves, Henrique Albino, Tiquinho – arrangements
  • Alexandre Fontanetti, Big Rabello – recording
  • Elton Bozza, William Luna Jr. – recording
  • Carlos Trilha – mixing, mastering
  • Ariel Nunes – artwork
  • Ênio Cesar – photography
  • William Carvalho – lacquer cut
  • Emicida – liner notes, executive producer 
  • Fátima Guedes, Guilherme Arantes, Lorena Calábria, Ramiro Zwetsch, Tim Bernardes – liner notes
  • Marcus Preto – executive producer
  • João Noronha, Mateus Mondini, Rafael Cortes – project manager
  • Gustavo Paim, Lorena Calábria, Ramiro Zwetsch – project manager
  • Aline Vieira, Amanda Pires, Ana Esaú, Caio Antunes – project manager
  • Daniel Moura, Francesca Ribeiro – project manager
  • Marina Santa Helena – styling
  • Guta Braga – legal

Track listing:

  1. Turmalina Negra – Céu (Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças), Diogo Poças
  2. Nenhuma Ilusão – Fátima Guedes
  3. Tristonho – Alaíde Costa, Nando Reis
  4. Berceuse – Guilherme Arantes
  5. Pessoa-Ilha – Emicida, Ivan Lins
  6. Praga – Erasmo Carlos, Tim Bernardes
  7. Aos Meus Pés – Francisco Bosco, João Bosco
  8. Aurorear – Emicida, Joyce (Joyce Silveira Moreno)

Kronos Quartet: Floodplain

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On May 19, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released “Floodplain”, the 44th Kronos Quartet (The) album. It was recorded August 2007 – October 2008, at “Architecture” in Los Angeles, “Ramadan Nights Festival” in Barbican Centre, London, “Skywalker Sound” in Nicasio, California, “Whip Records” in Berkeley, California  and was produced by David Harrington.

Personnel:

  • David Harrington – violin, arrangements
  • John Sherba – violin, arrangements
  • Hank Dutt – viola, arrangements
  • Jeffrey Zeigler – cello, arrangements
  • Osvaldo Golijov – arrangements
  • Jacob Garchik – arrangements
  • Stephen Prutsman – arrangements
  • Alim Qasimov – arrangements
  • Ljiva – arrangements
  • Scott Fraser – engineer
  • Adam Whitford – engineer
  • Scott Fraser – engineer
  • Dann Thompson – engineer assistant
  • David Landon – engineer assistant
  • Dann Thompson – engineer assistant
  • Jeanne Velonis – editing assistant
  • Judith Sherman – producer

Track listing:

  1. Ya Habibi Ta’ala – Midhat Assem
  2. Tashweesh – Ramallah Underground
  3. Wa Habibi – traditional
  4. Getme, Getme – Said Rustamov
  5. Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap – Ram Narayan
  6. Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me – unknown
  7. Mugam Beyati Shiraz – Rahman Asadollahi
  8. Lullaby – traditional
  9. Nihavent Sirto – Tanburi Cemil Bey
  10. Kara Kemir – Kuat Shildebaev
  11. Tèw semagn hagèré – Alèmu Aga
  12. …Hold Me, Heighbor, in This Storm.. – Aleksandra Vrebalov

Dennis Locorriere

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On May 16, 2026, Dennis Michael Locorriere died aged 76. He was musician (guitar, harmonica, drums), singer and songwriter, best known as guitarist and one of the lead vocalists of the band Dr. Hook (formerly Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show). His songs were recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, BJ Thomas, Olivia Newton-John, Eillie Nelson, Crystal Gayle, Southside Johnny and Helen Reddy. As leader he released three albums.

Bill Frisell: Good Dog, Happy Man

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On May 18, 1999, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Good Dog, Happy Man”. the 11th Bill Frisell album. It was recorded in 1998, at “O’Henry Sound” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Lee Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitars, loops, music boxes
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel, Weissenborn, National steel guitar, mandolin
  • Ry Cooder – guitar
  • Wayne Horvitz – organ, piano, samples
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Frisell, except where noted.

  1. Rain, Rain
  2. Roscoe
  3. Big Shoe
  4. My Buffalo Girl
  5. Shenandoah – for Johnny Smith – traditional
  6. Cadillac 1959
  7. The Pioneers
  8. Cold, Cold Ground
  9. That Was Then
  10. Monroe
  11. Good Dog, Happy Man
  12. Poem For Eva

Grant Green: Goin’ West

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In May 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Goin’ West”, the 13th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. On Top of Old Smokey – traditional
  2. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
  3. Wagon Wheels – Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  4. Red River Valley – traditional
  5. Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Bob Nolan

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