Monthly Archives: September 2019

Bill Laswell: Points of Order

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On October 1, 2001,” Innerhythmic” label released “Points of Order”, the fourteenth Bill Laswell album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Orange Music” in West Orange, NJ, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell– bass guitar, drum programming, effects
  • Buckethead– guitar
  • Antipop Consortium– rap
  • Karl Berger– piano
  • Karsh Kale– drums
  • Toshinori Kondo– trumpet
  • Graham Haynes– cornet
  • Robert Musso– engineer
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
  • John Brown – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell, except where noted.

  1. X29
  2. Staple Nex – Beans, High Priest, Bill Laswell, M. Sayyid
  3. Broken Toenail Gland – Beans, High Priest, Bill Laswell, M. Sayyid
  4. Cyclops
  5. White Ark
  6. Iron Cross
  7. Conquer Worm
  8. Lightning Teleportation

Charles Mingus: Changes One

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On October 1, 1975, “Atlantic” label released “Changes One”, the 47th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in December 1974, at “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ilhan Mimaroglu.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus– bass
  • George Adams– tenor saxophone
  • Jack Walrath– trumpet
  • Don Pullen– piano
  • Dannie Richmond– drums
  • Gene Paul– recording
  • Paula Scher– design
  • Nesuhi Ertegün– executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. Remember Rockefeller at Attica
  2. Sue’s Changes
  3. Devil Blues – George Adams, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Charlie Mingus
  4. Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dear Ella

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On September 30, 1997, “Verve” label released “Dear Ella”, the eleventh Dee Dee Bridgewater studio album. It was recorded January – February 1997.  At the 40th Grammy Awards, the album won Bridgewater the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album” and Slide Hampton the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist”, for the arrangement of “Cotton Tail”.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater– vocals
  • Cecil Bridgewater– trumpet, arranger, conductor
  • Antonio Hart– alto saxophone, soloist
  • Jeff Clayton– alto saxophone
  • Teodross Avery– tenor saxophone
  • Bill Easley– tenor saxophone
  • Patience Higgins – baritone saxophone
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet, horn, soloist
  • Byron Stripling– trumpet
  • Ron Tooley – trumpet
  • Diego Urcola – trumpet
  • Slide Hampton– trombone, arranger, conductor
  • Clarence Banks – trombone, horn, soloist
  • Benny Powell– trombone
  • Robert Trowers– trombone
  • Douglas Purviance– bass trombone
  • Robert Lloyd – horn
  • Anderson – tuba
  • Taylor – flute
  • Jowitt – clarinet
  • Wallbank – bass clarinet
  • J. Morgan – oboe
  • Lou Levy– piano, arranger
  • Milt Jackson– vibraphone
  • Kenny Burrell– guitar, arranger
  • Ray Brown– double bass
  • Grady Tate– drums
  • André Ceccarelli– drums
  • Hakin – percussion
  • Boguslaw Kostecki, A. Noland, T. Williams, R. Wilson – violin
  • Graham and G. Jackson – viola
  • Peter Willison – cello
  • John Clayton – big band arranger, conductor
  • Rob Eaton, Keith Grant, Al Schmitt– engineer
  • Peter Doell, Koji Egawa, Brian Garten, Alex Marcou – engineer assistant
  • Jean Luc Barilla – design
  • Philippe Pierangeli – photography

Track listing:

  1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
  2. Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  3. Undecided – Leo Robin, Charlie Shavers
  4. Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
  5. Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love – Cole Porter
  6. How High the Moon – Morgan Hamilton, Nancy Lewis
  7. (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) – Sam Coslow
  8. Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
  9. My Heart Belongs to Daddy – Cole Porter
  10. (I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China – Frank Loesser
  11. Oh, Lady be Good! – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  12. Stairway to the Stars — Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
  13. Dear Ella – Kenny Burrell

Porcupine Tree: Signify

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On September 30, 1996, “Delerium” label released “Signify”, the fourth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, “The Doghouse”  in Henley-on-Thames,” Katrina & the Waves’ Studio” in Cambridge, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, organ, mellotron, samples,  tapes, banshee guitar, drum programming, chimes, musical boxes, mixing
  • Richard Barbieri- synthesizers, Hammond organ, Prophet V/System 700 electronics, piano, tapes, texture, sequencers
  • Colin Edwin- electric bass, double bass
  • Chris Maitland- voices, drums, cymbals, percussion, vocal harmonies, drum loops, keyboards
  • Terumi – voices
  • Chris Thorpe – mastering
  • John Blackford – art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Bornlivedie – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri
  2. Signify
  3. Sleep of No Dreaming
  4. Pagan
  5. Waiting (Phase One)
  6. Waiting (Phase Two)
  7. Sever
  8. Idiot Prayer – Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
  9. Every Home Is Wired
  10. Intermediate Jesus – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland
  11. Light Mass Prayers – Chris Maitland
  12. Dark Matter (song ends at 8:10; after 19 seconds a hidden track plays)

 

 

Benjamin Clementine: I Tell a Fly

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On September 29, 2017, “Behind” and “Virgin EMI” labels released “I Tell a Fly”, the second Benjamin Clementine studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “RAK Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios”, “Studio 13” in London, and was produced by Benjamin Clementine.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Clementine– vocals, artwork
  • Alexis Bossard – drums
  • Steve Sedgwick – recording, mixing
  • Max Anstruther – recording
  • Wes Maebe – recording
  • Robbie Nelson – recording
  • Duncan Fuller – recording assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Craig Mcdean – photography
  • Akatre – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Benjamin Clementine.

  1. Farewell Sonata
  2. God Save the Jungle
  3. Better Story Than a Safe
  4. Phantom of Aleppoville
  5. Paris Cor Blimey
  6. Jupiter
  7. Ode from Joyce
  8. One Awkward Fish
  9. By the Ports of Europe
  10. Quintessence
  11. Ave Dreamer

Lynyrd Skynyrd: God & Guns

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On September 29, 2009, “Roadrunner” label released “God & Guns”, the thirteenth Lynyrd Skynyrd studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Studio Sea” in Fort Myers, Florida, “Sound Kitchen” in Franklin, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Marlette.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Van Zant– lead vocals, harmonica
  • Gary Rossington– guitars
  • Rickey Medlocke– guitars, backing vocals, harmonica
  • Mark Matejka– guitars, backing vocals
  • Ean Evans– bass, backing vocals
  • Michael Cartellone– drums
  • John 5– guitars
  • Billy Powell– keyboards
  • Bob Marlette– piano
  • Michael Rhodes– bass
  • Greg Morrow– drums
  • Jerry Douglas– dobro
  • Rob Zombie– vocals
  • The Honkettes(Dale Krantz-Rossington & Carol Chase) – backing vocals
  • Perry Coleman – backing vocals
  • Lisa Parade – strings arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Still Unbroken – Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Van Zant
  2. Simple Life – Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Jeffrey Steele, Johnny Van Zant
  3. Little Thing Called You – John Lowery, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant
  4. Southern Ways – John Lowery, Bob Marlette, Rickey Medlocke
  5. Skynyrd Nation – John Lowery, Bob Marlette, Rickey Medlocke, Johnny Van Zant
  6. Unwrite that Song – Rickey Medlocke, Tony Mullins, Gary Rossington, Steele, Johnny Van Zant
  7. Floyd – John Lowery, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johhny Van Zant
  8. That Ain’t My America – Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Brad Warren, Brett Warren
  9. Comin’ Back For More – Blair Daly, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant
  10. God & Guns – Mark Stephen Jones, Travis Meadows, Bud Tower
  11. Storm – John Lowery, Bob Marlette, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant
  12. Gifted Hands – John Lowery, Bob Marlette, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant

Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better

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On September 28, 2005, “Domino” label released “You Could Have It So Much Better”, the second Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2005 in New York City and Scotland, and was produced by Rich Costey, Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson. The cover design is modeled on Alexander Rodchenko’s 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos– lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Nick McCarthy– vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Bob Hardy– bass
  • Paul Thomson– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson.

  1. The Fallen
  2. Do You Want To
  3. This Boy
  4. Walk Away
  5. Evil and a Heathen
  6. You’re the Reason I’m Leaving
  7. Eleanor Put Your Boots On
  8. Well That Was Easy
  9. What You Meant
  10. I’m Your Villain
  11. You Could Have It So Much Better
  12. Fade Together
  13. Outsiders

Dan Fogelberg: River Of Souls

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On September 28, 1993, “Full Moon” label released “River of Souls”, the thirteenth Dan Fogelberg album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Mountain Bird Studios” in Boulder, CO, “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, CA, and was produced by Dan Fogelberg.

Personnel:

  • Dan Fogelberg – vocals, acoustic, rhythm and classical guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synth steel drum, horn arrangement, electric guitar, percussion, acoustic piano, mandolin, Hammond B3 organ, drum programming, cymbal, cowbell, sampling, synth flute, strings
  • Robert McEntree – electric guitar
  • Bill Payne– acoustic piano
  • Mike Finnigan– Hammond B3 organ
  • Michael Hanna – keyboards
  • Larry Klein– fretless bass, bass guitar
  • Bob Glaub– bass guitar
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • Russ Kunkel– drums, cymbal
  • Mike Botts– drums, shaker, bass drum, hi-hat, cymbal
  • Alex Acuña– congas, udu, shaker, triangle, woodblock
  • Lenny Castro – congas, shaker, timbales
  • Gene Elders – fiddle
  • Pam Boulding – hammered dulcimer
  • Bill Bergman – saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Stephen “Doc” Kupka– baritone saxophone
  • Dennis Farias – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero – trumpet
  • Vince Melamed– synth marimba
  • Philip Boulding – pennywhistle, Celtic harp
  • David Campbell– orchestra and string arrangement , conductor
  • Lebohang Morake – backing vocals
  • Mike Porcaro– bass guitar
  • Josef Powell – backing vocals
  • Abner Mariri – backing vocals
  • Ronald Kunene – backing vocals
  • Maxine Anderson – backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  • Oren Waters– backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
  • Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis, Dave Reynolds, Elliot Scheiner, James Tuttle – engineer
  • Neal Avron, Anastasia Fogelberg, Dave Glover, Mike Kloster, Kevin Nimmo – engineer assistant
  • Elliot Scheiner at – mixing
  • Tom Winslow – mixing assistant
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • John Kosh, Brian Wittman – art direction, design
  • Henry Diltz – photography
  • Remington Buckaroo Boone – executive producer

All tracks by Dan Fogelberg.

  1. Magic Every Moment
  2. All There Is
  3. The Minstrel
  4. Faces of America
  5. Holy Road
  6. Serengeti Moon
  7. Higher Ground
  8. A Love Like This
  9. River of Souls
  10. A Voice for Peace

Christian McBride Big Band: The Good Feeling

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On September 27, 2011, “Mack Avenue” label released “The Good Feeling”, album by the Christian McBride Big Band. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Christian McBride. In 2011, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride– double bass
  • Steve Wilson– alto saxophone, flute
  • Todd Bashore – alto saxophone, flute
  • Ron Blake– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Todd Williams – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Loren Schoenberg– tenor saxophone
  • Carl Maraghi – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Frank Greene – trumpet
  • Freddie Hendrix – trumpet
  • Nicholas Payton– trumpet
  • Nabati Isles – trumpet
  • James Burton – trombone
  • Steve Davis– trombone
  • Michael Dease– trombone
  • Douglas Purviance– bass trombone
  • Xavier Davis– piano
  • Ulysses Owens– drums
  • Melissa Walker – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride except where noted.

  1. Shake ‘n’ Blake
  2. Broadway – Bill Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode
  3. Brother Mister
  4. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  5. Science Fiction
  6. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
  7. The More I See You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  8. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  9. A Taste of Honey – Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott
  10. Bluesin’ in Alphabet City
  11. In a Hurry

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: In The Hot Seat

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On September 27, 1994, “Victory” label released “In the Hot Seat”, the ninth and final Emerson, Lake & Palmer studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Goodnight L.A.” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Keith Olsen.

Personnel:

  • Keith Emerson– keyboards
  • Greg Lake– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Carl Palmer– drums
  • Bill Wray– backing vocals
  • Paula Mattioli – backing vocals
  • Kristen Olsen – additional vocal, engineer
  • Fred White – choir
  • Ricky Nelson – choir
  • Lynn B. Davis– choir
  • Linda McCrary – choir
  • Brian Foraker – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt– mastering
  • Karl Kristkeitz – package design
  • Hans Neleman– cover photography
  • Brian Aris– band photography

Track listing:

  1. Hand of Truth – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
  2. Daddy – Greg lake
  3. One by One – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Keith Olsen
  4. Heart on Ice – Greg Lake, Keith OIsen
  5. Thin Line – Bill Wray, Keith Olsen, Keith Emerson
  6. Man in the Long Black Coat – Bob Dylan
  7. Change – Link Wray, Keith Emerson, Keith Olsen
  8. Give Me a Reason to Stay – Steve Diamond, Sam Lorber
  9. Gone Too Soon – Greg lake, Link Wray, Keith Wechsler
  10. Street War – Keith Emerson, Greg Lake