Phish: Big Boat

On October 7, 2016, “JEMP” label released “Big Boat”, the fourteenth Phish studio album.It was recorded March – April 2016, at “The Barn”, “Black River Studios”,  “Anarchy Studios” in Nashville, TN, “Avatar Studios” in New York City, “Slaight Music Studios” in Toronto, “Megaplum”, “The Bunker”, “Rubber Jungle” in New York, “Starstruck Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio – lead vocals, guitar, Petrichor arranged and orchestrated, horn arrangements
  • Page McConnell – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Mike Gordon – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Jon Fishman – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Chris Bullock – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • James Casey – tenor and baritone sax
  • Natalie Cressman – trombone
  • Jim Horn – baritone sax
  • Steve Herrman – trumpet
  • Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet
  • Scott Dujac – trumpet
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Tyler Summers – alto sax
  • Denis Solee – tenor sax
  • Jeff Tanski – additional keyboards
  • Andres Forero – percussion, horn arrangements
  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements
  • Justin Cortelyou, Ben Collette – engineer
  • Drew Bollman, Bryce Roberts, Elliot Scheiner, Jared Slomoff – additional engineering
  • Justin Francis, Tyler Hartman – assistant engineer
  • Justin Cortelyou, Bob Ezrin – mixing
  • Ben Collette, Elliot Scheiner – additional mixing
  • Julia Mordaunt – art direction, design
  • Ryan Corey – layout

Track listing:

  1. Friends – Jon Fishman
  2. Breath and Burning – Trey Anastasio
  3. Home – Page McConnell
  4. Blaze on – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  5. Tide Turns – Trey Anastasio
  6. Things People Do – Page McConnell
  7. Waking Up Dead – Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski
  8. Running Out of Time – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  9. No Men in No Man’ s Land – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  10. Miss You – Trey Anastasio
  11. I Always Wanted It This Way – Page McConnell
  12. More – Trey Anastasio
  13. Petrichor – Trey Anastasio

Jackson Browne: Standing in the Breach

On October 7, 2014, “Inside Recordings” label released “Standing in the Breach”, the 14th Jackson Browne studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jackson Browne and Paul Dieter.

Personnel:

  • Jackson Browne – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Greg Leisz – electric 12-string guitar, baritone guitar, tenor acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Val McCallum – electric guitar, baritone guitar, harmony vocals
  • Carlos Varela – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Goldenberg – electric guitar
  • Aldo López-Gavilán – piano
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
  • Jeff Young – organ
  • Mike Thompson – organ
  • Alex Al – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Tal Wilkenfeld – bass
  • Taylor Goldsmith – bass, harmony vocals
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Julio César González – bass
  • Kevin McCormick – bass
  • Don Heffington – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, tambourine, harmony vocals
  • Mauricio Lewak – drums
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Jay Bellerose – snare, tambourine, cymbal, percussion
  • Luis Conte – udu, tambourine, djembe, shaker
  • David Goodstein – loops
  • Alethea Mills – harmony vocals
  • Chavonne Stewart – harmony vocals
  • Kipp Lennon – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackson Browne except where noted.

  1. The Birds of St. Marks
  2. Yeah Yeah
  3. The Long Way Around
  4. Leaving Winslow
  5. If I Could Be Anywhere
  6. You Know the Night – lyrics by Woody Guthrie, music by Jackson Browne and Rob Wasserman
  7. Walls and Doors – Carlos Varela
  8. Which Side
  9. Standing in the Breach
  10. Here

Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Spark of Life

On October 7, 2014, “ECM” label released “Spark of Life”, the third Marcin Wasilewski Trio album. It was recorded in March 2014, at “Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera” in Lugano and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Slawomir Kurkiewicz – bass
  • Michal Miskiewicz – drums
  • Joakim Milder – tenor saxophone 

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcin Wasilewski except where noted.

  1. Austin
  2. Sudovian
  3. Spark of Life
  4. Do Rycerzy, Do Szlachy, Do Mieszczan – Pawel Krawczyk, Katarzyna Nosowska, Marcin Żabiełowicz
  5. Message In a Bottle – Sting
  6. Sleep Safe and Warm – Krzysztof Komeda
  7. Three Reflections
  8. Still – Joakim Milder
  9. Actual Proof – Herbie Hancock
  10. Largo – Grażyna Bacewicz
  11. Spark of Life

Greg Howe, Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers: Extraction

On October 7, 2003, “Tone Center” label released “Extraction”, an album by Greg Howe, Dennis Chambers and Victor Wooten. It was recorded 2001 – 2003, and was produced by Greg Howe.

Personnel:

  • Greg Howe – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards
  • David Cook – keyboards
  • Victor Wooten – bass guitar
  • Dennis Chambers – drums
  • Mark Gifford – engineer, mixing
  • John Grant – engineer
  • Tony Gross – mixing
  • Ashley Moore – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Howe except where noted.

  1. Extraction
  2. Tease
  3. Crack It Way Open
  4. Contigo
  5. Proto Cosmos – Alan Pasqua
  6. A Delicacy
  7. Lucky 7
  8. Ease Up
  9. Bird’s Eye View

Azure Ray: Hold On Love

On October 7, 2003, “Saddle Creek” label released “Hold On Love”, the third Azure Ray studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Presto! Recording Studios”, and was produced by Eric Bachmann.

Personnel:

  • Orenda Fink – vocals, guitar, trumpet
  • Mike Mogis – pedal steel, engineer, mixing
  • Maria Taylor – vocals, piano, guitar, drums
  • Clark Baechle – drum programming
  • Ben Armstrong – drums
  • Andy LeMaster – additional instrumentation, engineer, mixing
  • Eric Bachmann – additional instrumentation, arrangement, mixing
  • Doug Van Sloun – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor.

  1. The Devil’s Feet
  2. New Resolution
  3. We are Mice
  4. Look to Me
  5. The Drinks We Drank Last Night
  6. Across the Ocean
  7. If You Fall
  8. Sea of Doubts
  9. Dragonfly
  10. Nothing Like a Song
  11. These White Lights will Bend to Make Blue
  12. Hold On Love
  13. Across the Ocean (video)
  14. We are Mice (live)

Coheed and Cambria: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

On October 7, 2003, “Equal Vision” label released “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3”, the second Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Applehead Recording” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner.

Personnel:

  • Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, programming
  • Travis Stever – guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Todd – bass, backing vocals
  • Josh Eppard – drums, backing vocals
  • Danny Louis – additional keyboards
  • Roger Lian – mastering
  • Bill Scoville – art direction, design
  • Justin Meyer – drum tech

Track listing:

All lyrics by Claudio Sanchez, all music by Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Todd and Josh Eppard.

  1. The Ring in Return
  2. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
  3. Cuts Marked in the March of Men
  4. Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow)
  5. The Crowing
  6. Blood Red Summer
  7. The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts
  8. The Camper Velourium II: Backend of Forever
  9. The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer
  10. A Favor House Atlantic
  11. The Light & the Glass
  12. 21:13 (hidden track)

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen

On October 6, 2020, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen died aged 65. He was a musician (guitar), songwriter, producer, and inventor, known for his work with Michael Jackson, Brian May, Sammy Hagar, and LL Cool J, but best known as a founding member, songwriter, and guitarist of band Van Halen. He was voted number one in the “Guitar World” magazine reader’s poll for “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.

Lunatic Soul: Fractured

On October 6, 2017, “Kscope” label released “Fractured”, the fifth Lunatic Soul studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Serakos Studio” in Warsaw, Poland, and was produced by Mariusz Duda, Robert Srzednicki and Magda Srzednicka.

Personnel:

  • Mariusz Duda – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, bass, acoustic guitar, piccolo bass guitar, percussion, programming
  • Wawrzyniec Dramowicz – drums
  • Sinfonietta Consonus Orchestra
  • Michał Mierzejewski – orchestra arrangements
  • Marcin Odyniec – saxophone
  • Eliza Falkowska, Ewelina Bronk-Młyńska, Krzysztof Jakob Szwarc, Maciej Rogoziński – viola
  • Judyta Sawicka, Julia Ziętek, Karolina Gutowska, Katarzyna Libront, Martyna Kopiec, Paulina Kuśmierska, Anna Gospodarek, Gabriela Żmigrodzka, Karolina Janiak, Magdalena Szczypińska, Tomasz Chyła – violin
  • Alicja Różycka, Katarzyna Kamińska, Weronika Kulla – cello
  • Damian Wdziękoński – contrabass
  • Jakub Mańkowski, Łukasz Kumański – orchestra recording
  • Magda – recording, mixing
  • Robert Srzednicki – recording, mixing
  • Travis Smith – illustration, design, layout
  • Oskar Szramka – photography.

Track listing:

All tracks by Mariusz Duda.

  1. Blood On The Tightrope
  2. Anymore
  3. Crumbling Teeth And The Owl Eyes
  4. Red Light Escape
  5. Fractured
  6. A Thousand Shards Of Heaven
  7. Battlefield
  8. Moving On

Enid: First Light

On October 6, 2014, “Operation Seraphim” label released “First Light”, the fifteenth Enid studio album. It was recorded August – September 2014, at “The Lodge Recording Studio” in Northampton, England, and was produced by Max Read and Robert John Godfrey.

Personnel:

  • Joe Payne – vocals
  • Jason Ducker – guitars
  • Robert John Godfrey – keyboards
  • Max Read – guitars, bass, vocoder
  • Dominic Tofield – bass, percussion, guitar
  • Dave Storey – drums, percussion
  • Max Read – engineer
  • Jason Ducker – engineer
  • Dominic Tofield – cover art

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joe Payne.

  • Someone Shall Rise
  • Wings
  • Leviticus
  • One and the Many
  • Terra Firma
  • Dark Hydraulic
  • Mocking Bird
  • Mayday Galliard

Paul Bley: Chaos

On October 6, 1998, “Soul Note” label released “Chaos”, the 75th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in March 1994, at “Mu Rec Studios” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Giovanni Bonandrini.

Personnel:

  • Paul Bley – piano
  • Furio Di Castri – bass
  • Tony Oxley – drums
  • Paolo Falascone – recording
  • Aldo Borelli – mastering
  • Maria Bonandrini – artwork
  • Fred Bouchard – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Bley except where noted.

  1. Chaos
  2. Touching Bass – Furio Di Castri
  3. Modulating – Tony Oxley
  4. Soft Touch – Paul Bley, Tony Oxley
  5. Poetic Justice
  6. Interpercussion 1 – Tony Oxley
  7. Touch Control
  8. Turnham Bey
  9. Street Wise
  10. Bow Out – Tony Oxley
  11. Starting Over
  12. Interpercussion 2 – Tony Oxley
  13. Template