Yearly Archives: 2019

Steve Kuhn: Wisteria

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On April 20, 2012, “ECM” label released “Wisteria”, the thirty-first Steve Kuhn album. It was recorded in September 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Steve Kuhn- piano
  • Steve Swallow- bass guitar
  • Joey Baron- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Kuhn, except where noted.

  1. Chalet
  2. Adagio
  3. Morning Dew
  4. Romance – Dori Caymmi
  5. Permanent Wave – Carla Bley
  6. A Likely Story
  7. Pastorale
  8. Wisteria – Art Farmer
  9. Dark Glasses – Steve Swallow
  10. Promises Kept
  11. Good Lookin’ Rookie – Steve Swallow

Tune-Yards: Whokill

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On April 19, 2011, “4AD” label released “Whokill”, the second Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus’ project) album. It was recorded 2010 -2011, and was produced by Merrill Garbus.

Personnel:

  • Merrill Garbus – vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion,drum machine, loops, ukulele, horns arrangements
  • Nate Brenner – upright bass, bass, marimba, percussion, backing vocals, horns arrangements
  • Michael Coleman – electric piano, effects
  • Patrick Gregoire – guitar
  • Kasey Knudsen – alto saxophone
  • Matt Nelson – tenor and baritone saxophone, percussion
  • Jordan Glenn – drums, percussion
  • Sam Ospovat – percussion
  • Lisa Schonberg – percussion
  • Eli Crews – ukulele, upright bass, delays, echoplex
  • Harry Bolles, Jem Fanvu, Mark Allen-Piccolo, Melody Parker – backing vocals
  • Leah Fallon – talkin’
  • Betty Garbus, Lou Garbus, Little Merrill – voice
  • Mark Allen Piccolo, Harry Bolles, Jem Fanvu – noises
  • Noah Bernstein-Hanley – horns arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Merrill Garbus, except where noted.

  1. My Country
  2. Es-So
  3. Gangsta – Nate Brenner, Merrill Garbus
  4. Powa
  5. Riotriot
  6. Bizness – Nate Brenner, Merrill Garbus
  7. Doorstep
  8. You Yes You – Nate Brenner, Merrill Garbus
  9. Wooly Wolly Gong
  10. Killa – Nate Brenner, Merrill Garbus

Kate Nash: My Best Friend Is You

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On April 19, 2010, “Geffen” label released “My Best Friend Is You”, the second Kate Nash studio album. It was recorded 2010 -2011, at “Studio 355” and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Bernard Butler, Jay Malhotra and Kate Nash.

Personnel:

  • Kate Nash– vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, keyboards, drums, synthesizers, organ, string arrangements, engineering, mixing, art direction
  • Jay Malhotra – bass, guitar, glockenspiel, ukulele, engineering, mixing
  • Bernard Butler– acoustic guitar, synthesizers, bass, bongos, organ, engineering, mixing
  • Brett Alaimo – guitar
  • Elliott Andrews – drums
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Jon Jackson – guitar, bass
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Ali Dods – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Louisa Fuller – violin
  • Sonia Slaney – violin
  • Ryan Jarman– violin
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineer
  • Robbie Nelson – engineer
  • Adie Kaye – engineer assistant
  • Chris Potter– mastering
  • Mat Maitland– art direction
  • Kate Gibb – artwork
  • Clare Nash – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Nash.

  1. Paris
  2. Kiss That Grrrl
  3. Don’t You Want To Share The Guilt?
  4. I Just Love You More
  5. Do-Wah-Doo
  6. Take Me To A Higher Plane
  7. I’ve Got a Secret
  8. Mansion Song
  9. Early Christmas Present
  10. Later On
  11. Pickpocket
  12. You Were So Far Away
  13. I Hate Seagulls (silence from 4:13 to 7:11 – then hidden track My Best Friend Is You begins)

John Zorn: Moonchild: Songs Without Words

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On April 18, 2006, “Tzadik” label released “Moonchild: Songs Without Words”, John Zorn album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn– conductor
  • Mike Patton– voice
  • Trevor Dunn– bass
  • Joey Baron– drums

Track listing:

  1. Hellfire
  2. Ghosts of Thelema
  3. Abraxas
  4. Possession
  5. Caligula
  6. 616
  7. Equinox
  8. Moonchild
  9. Le Part Maudit
  10. The Summoning
  11. Sorceress

Brand X: Do They Hurt?

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On April 18, 1980, “Charisma” label released “Do They Hurt?”, the fifth Brand X album. It was recorded in April 1979, at “Startling Studios” in Ascot, UK, and was produced by Neil Kernon, John Goodsall, J. Peter Robinson, Percy Jones, Phil Collins, Robin Lumley and John Giblin.

Personnel:

  • John Goodsall– vocals, guitar
  • Peter Robinson– keyboards, gong, synth
  • Robin Lumley– piano, keyboards
  • Percy Jones– vocals, bass
  • John Giblin– bass
  • Mike Clark– drums
  • Phil Collins– drums
  • Morris Pert– percussion

Track listing:

  1. Noddy Goes to Sweden – Percy Jones
  2. Voidarama – John Goodsall
  3. Act of Will – John Goodsall
  4. Fragile – Percy Jones, Peter Robinson
  5. Cambodia – John Goodsall
  6. Triumphant Limp – John Goodsall, John Giblin, Robin Lumley, Phil Collins
  7. D. M.Z. – Percy Jones

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth

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On April 17, 2007, “Universal/DDB Records/EmArcy Records” labels released “Red Earth”, the 16th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded August – November 2006, at “Studio Bogolan” in Bamako, Mali, and “Studio Davout” in Paris, and was produced by Jean Marie Durand, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater- lead vocal
  • Cheick Tidiane Seck- calebasse, Fender rhodes, karignan, Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Edsel Gomez – piano
  • Ira Coleman- nass
  • Minino Garay – cajon, caxixi, cymbals, drums, percussion
  • Lansiné Kouyaté – balafon
  • Habib “Dia” Sangaré – bolon
  • Alou Kouloubali – calebasse
  • Lassy “King” Massassy – rap vocals
  • “Petit” Adama Diarra – djembe
  • Cheick “Sékou” Oumar – djembe
  • Djifli Mamadou Sanogo – djembe
  • Moussa Sissikho – djembe, soloist
  • Maré Sanogo – doum-doum
  • Lamine Tounkara – doum-doum
  • Aly Wagué – flute
  • Gabriel Durand – guitar
  • Modibo Kouyaté – guitar
  • Jacob Soubeiga – guitar
  • Djelimady Tounkara- guitar, soloist
  • Benogo Diakite – kamalngoni, soloist
  • Mamadou Diabaté – kora
  • Cherif Samano – kora
  • Yakhoba Sissokho – kora, soloist
  • Adama Tounkara – ngoni
  • Moriba Koïta – ngoni, soloist
  • Bassekou Kouyate- ngoni, soloist
  • “Pepito” Sekouba Kouyaté – tamav
  • Moussa Sissoko – tama
  • Ramata Diakité- vocals
  • Oumou Sangare- vocals
  • Fatou- background vocals
  • Mamani Keïta- vocals, backing vocals
  • Fatoumata Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Kabiné Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Amy Sacko – vocals, backing vocals
  • Baba Sissoko- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dee Dee Bridgewater, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Oscar Brown, Jr., Mongo Santamaría
  2. Bad Spirits
  3. Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Baba Sissoko
  4. Mama Don’t Ever Go Away
  5. Long Time Ago – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Wayne Shorter
  6. Children Go ‘Round
  7. The Griots
  8. Oh My Love
  9. Four Women – Nina Simone
  10. No More
  11. Red Earth
  12. Meanwhile – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Edsel Gomez
  13. Compared to What – Lassy “King” Massassy, Gene McDaniels

Unwound: Leaves Turn Inside You

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On April 17, 2001, “Kill Rock Stars” label released “Leaves Turn Inside You”, the eighth and final Unwound studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “MagRecOne” in Olympia, Washington, and was produced by Phil Ek, Justin Trosper, Sara Lund and Vern Rumsey.

Personnel:

  • Justin Trosper– lead and backing vocals, guitar, mellotron, Rhodes piano, piano, synthesizer, engineer, tape operation
  • Sara Lund – drums, percussion, backing vocals, tape operation, engineer
  • Vern Rumsey– vocals, bass, guitar, organ, piano,  tape operation, engineer
  • Brandt Sandeno – harpsichord, mellotron, organ, Rhodes piano, slide guitar, , vibraphone, backing vocals, tape operation, engineer
  • Murray W. – optiphone, dynachord
  • Steve Fisk – mellotron
  • Derek Johnson – cello
  • Janet Weiss– backing vocals
  • Kip Beelman – tape operation, engineer
  • Phil Ek– tape operation, engineer
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Pat Castaldo – layout
  • Stefano Giovaninni – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Trosper, Sara Lund and Vern Rumsey.

  1. We Invent You
  2. Look a Ghost
  3. December
  4. Treachery
  5. Terminus
  6. Demons Sing Love Songs
  7. Off This Century
  8. One Lick Less
  9. Scarlette
  10. October All Over
  11. Summer Freeze
  12. Radio Gra
  13. Bellow the Salt
  14. Who Cares

Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene

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On April 16, 2010, “ECM” label released “Crime Scene”, the 27th Terje Rypdal album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Nattjazz”, in Bergen, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Terje Rypdal— electric guitar
  • Palle Mikkelborg— trumpet
  • Ståle Storløkken— Hammond B-3 organ
  • Paolo Vinaccia— drums, sampling

Bergen Big Band

  • Olav Dale— director, flute, piccolo flute, alto flute, bass clarinet
  • Jan Kåre Hystad— alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Ole Jacob Hystad— tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Zoltan Vincze — tenor saxophone
  • Michael Barnes — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Martin Winter — lead trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Svein Henrik Giske — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Are Ovesen — flugelhorn
  • Reid Gilje — flugelhorn
  • Øyvind Hage — lead trombone
  • Sindre Dalhaug — trombone
  • Pål Roseth — trombone
  • Kjell Erik Husom — bass trombone
  • Ole Thomsen— electric guitar
  • Helge Lilletvedt— electric piano
  • Magne Thormodsæter— double bass, electric bass
  • Frank Jakobsen— drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Terje Rypdal except where noted.

  1. Clint – The Menace
  2. Prime Suspects
  3. Don Rypero
  4. Suspicious Behaviou
  5. The Good Cop
  6. Is That a Fact
  7. Parli con me?! – Paolo Vinaccia
  8. The Criminals
  9. Action
  10. One of Those
  11. It’s Not Been Written Yet
  12. Investigation
  13. A Minor Incident
  14. Crime Solved

 

Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet

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On April 16, 2007, “Roadrunner” label released “Fear of a Blank Planet”, the ninth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded October – December 2006, in London and Tel Aviv, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin and Gavin Harrison. In 2007, “Fear of a Blank Planet” won the “Album of the Year” award at “Classic Rock” magazine awards. In 2015, “Rolling Stone”  ranked it at number 39 on its list of the “Best Progressive Rock Albums of all Time.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, mixing, audio mastering, string arrangements
  • Richard Barbieri– keyboards and synthesizers
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitars
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Alex Lifeson– guitar solo
  • Robert Fripp– soundscapes
  • John Wesley– backing vocals
  • Orchestra – London Session Orchestra
  • Dave Stewart– string arrangements
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Lasse Hoile– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Fear of a Blank Planet
  2. My Ashes – music by Richard Barbier, Steven /Wilson
  3. Anesthetize
  4. Sentimental
  5. Way Out of Here – music by Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
  6. Sleep Together

SULK: Graceless

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On April 15, 2013, “Perfect Sound Forever” label released “Graceless”, the debut SULK album. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, at “ICP Studios” in Brussels, Belgium, “Gun Factory” in London, and was produced by Ed Buller and Marc Waterman.

Personnel:

  • Jon Sutcliffe – vocals
  • Tomas Kubowicz – lead guitar
  • Andrew Needle – rhythm guitar
  • Jakub Starzyński – bass guitar
  • Bhairav Gupta – drums
  • Paul-Édouard Laurendeau – engineer
  • Antti Joas, Jonas Verwijnen – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Sleeping Beauty
  2. Flowers
  3. Diamonds In Ashes
  4. The Big Blue
  5. Marian Shrine
  6. Back In Bloom
  7. Wishes
  8. Down
  9. If You Wonder
  10. End Time