Monthly Archives: February 2021

Belly: King

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On February 13, 1995, “Sire” label released “King”, the second Belly studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Tanya Donelly – vocals, guitar
  • Thomas Gorman – guitar, piano
  • Gail Greenwood – vocals, bass
  • Christopher Gorman – drums, percussion
  • Jack Joseph Puig – engineer
  • Oswald “Wiz” Bowe – engineer assistant
  • Glyn Johns – mixing
  • Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
  • Rail Jon Rogut – mixing assistant
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Stephen DiRado – photography
  • Chris Gorman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Puberty – Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood
  2. Seal My Fate – Tanya Donelly
  3. Red – Tanya Donelly, Tom Gorman
  4. Silverfish – Tanya Donelly, Tom Gorman
  5. Super – Connected – Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood
  6. The Bees – Tanya Donelly
  7. King – Tanya Donelly
  8. Now They’ll Sleep – Tanya Donelly, Tom Gorman
  9. Untitled and Unsung – Tanya Donelly
  10. L’il Ennio – Tanya Donelly
  11. Judas My Heart – Tanya Donelly, Tom German

Chick Corea

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On February 9, 2020, Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea died aged 79. He was musician (piano, keyboards, percussion), composer and bandleader. He is regarded as one of the major piano players to emerge in jazz during the post-John Coltrane era. Recorded and performed with the most important Jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Roy Haunes, Miroslav Vitous, Stanley Clarke, Richard Davis, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Eric Kloss, Hubert Laws, Herbie Mann, Blue Mitchell, John Patitucci, Wayne Shorter, Cal Tjader, Sonny Stitt, Dave Pike, Armando Peraza, Marion Brown, Sadao Watanabe, Larry Coryell, John Surman, Elvin Jones, Rolf Kühn, Airto Moreira, Antony Braxton, Pete La Roca, Al Di Meola, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ron Carter, Gábor Szabó, Donald Byrd, Tete Montoliu, Chaka Khan, Eddie Gomez, Wallace Rooney, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Sanches, Gary Burton and Hiromi Uehara. Corea formed and lead Return to Forever, Circle, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Chick Corea Akoustic Band and Five Peace Band. As leader he released 77 studio and 23 live albums. Corea won 23 “Grammy Awards”.

Lisa Germano: No Elephants

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On February 12, 2013, “Badman Recording Co.” released “No Elephants”, the ninth Lisa Germano studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Banana Chicken Studios”, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Germano – vocals, instrumentation
  • Jamie Candiloro – drum loop, sounds, engineer
  • Sebastian Steinberg – acoustic bass
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Lizzy Waronker – artwork, photography
  • Betty Germano, Rocco Germano – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Germano

  1. Ruminants
  2. No Elephants
  3. Apathy and the Devil
  4. Back to Earth
  5. Haunted
  6. A Feast
  7. Up in the Air
  8. Dance of the Bees
  9. Diamonds
  10. …And So On
  11. Last Straws for Sale
  12. Strange Bird

Angels & Airwaves: Love

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On February 12, 2010, “To the Stars” label released “Love”, the third Angels & Airwaves studio album. It was recorded January – November 2009, and was produced by Tom DeLonge.

Personnel:

  • Tom DeLonge – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • David Kennedy – lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Matt Wachter – bass guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Atom Willard – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tom DeLonge, all music by Tom DeLonge, David Kennedy, Matt Wachter and Atom Willard.

  1. Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
  2. The Flight of Apollo
  3. Young London
  4. Shove
  5. Epic Holiday
  6. Hallucinations
  7. The Moon-Atomic (…Fragments and Fictions)
  8. Clever Love
  9. Soul Survivor
  10. Letters to God, Part II
  11. Some Origins of Fire

Marco Benevento: Invisble Baby

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On February 12, 2008, “Hyena Records” label released “Invisible Baby”, the debut Marco Benevento studio album. It was recorded in August 2007, at “Avast!” in Seattle, Washington, and October 2007, at “Trout Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Marco Benevento.

Personnel:

  • Marco Benevento – piano, keyboards, mellotron, circuit bent toys
  • Reed Mathis – bass
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Andrew Barr – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Marco Benevento.

  1. Bus Ride
  2. Record Book
  3. Atari
  4. The Real Morning Party
  5. You Must Be A Lion
  6. If You Keep Asking Me
  7. Ruby
  8. Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Tim Hardin: Tim Hardin 4

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In February 1969, “Verve” label released “Tim Hardin 4”, the fourth Tim Hardin album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Erik Jacobsen.

Personnel:

  • Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar
  • John Sebastian – harmonica
  • Bob Bushnell – bass
  • Sticks Evans – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Hardin except where noted.

  1. Airmobile
  2. Whiskey, Whiskey
  3. Seventh Son – Willie Dixon
  4. How Long
  5. Danville Dame
  6. Ain’t Gonna Do Without (Part I)
  7. Ain’t Gonna Do Without (Part II)
  8. House of the Rising Sun – traditional
  9. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
  10. I Can’t Slow Down
  11. Hello Baby

Bobby Hutcherson: Total Eclipse

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In February 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Total Eclipse”, the eight Bobby Hutcherson album. It was recorded in July 1968, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson and Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Reggie Johnson – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bobby Hutcherson except where noted.

  1. Herzog
  2. Total Eclipse
  3. Matrix – Chick Corea
  4. Same Shame
  5. Pompeian

Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!

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In February 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Compulsion!!!!!”, the eight Andrew Hill album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Rudy Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Hill – piano
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Renaud Simmons – conga, percussion
  • Nadi Qamar – percussion, African drums, thumb piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Hill.

  1. Compulsion
  2. Legacy
  3. Premonition
  4. Limbo

Steamchicken: Look Both Ways

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On March 10, 2017, “Chicken Records” label released “Look Both Ways”, the debut Steamchicken album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Amy Kakoura, Andrew Sharpe, Becky Eden-Green, Joe Crum, Katy Oliver, Mandy Sutton, Matt Crum and Ted Crum.

Personnel:

  • Amy Kakoura – vocals, design
  • Andrew Sharpe – piano, keyboards
  • Becky Eden-Green – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass
  • Joe Crum – percussion
  • Katy Oliver – trumpet
  • Mandy Sutton – tenor saxophone, design
  • Matt Crum – soprano saxophone, melodeon, synthesizer
  • Ted Crum – harmonica, bass, melodeon
  • John Rivers – recording, mastering
  • Elly Lucas – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jericho
  2. Brigg Fair (Roud 1083)
  3. When I Get Low I Get High
  4. Western Approaches
  5. Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278)
  6. Oh Mary (Roud 11823)
  7. Big Tin Horn
  8. Foot Falling
  9. Mary and the Soldier (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91)

Motorpsycho: The Death Defying Unicorn

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On February 10, 2012, “Stickman Records” and “Rune Grammofon” labels released “The Death Defying Unicorn”, the fifteenth Motorpsycho album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim and Bent Sæther.

Personnel:

  • Hans Magnus Ryan – vocals, guitars
  • Ståle Storløkken – keyboards
  • Bent Sæther – vocals, bass
  • Kenneth Kapstad – drums
  • Ola Kvernberg – violin
  • Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs, other canned goods of the viennese persuasion
  • Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Trondheimsolistene

Track listing:

  1. Out of the Woods
  2. The Hollow Lands
  3. Through the Veil, Part I
  4. Through the Veil, Part II
  5. Doldrums
  6. Into the gyre
  7. Flotsam
  8. Oh, Proteus – A Prayer
  9. Sculls in Limbo
  10. La Lethe
  11. Oh, Proteus – A Lament
  12. Sharks
  13. Mutiny!
  14. Into the Mystic