On January 23, 2021, Thomas Howard Stevens died aged 64. He was musician (bass, guitar) and singer, recorded with Magi, Danny and Dasty, Jack Waterson, Donovan’s Brain, associated with the Paisley Underground, but was best known as member and bass player of The Long Ryders. As leader he released on EP and six albums.
Monthly Archives: January 2022
McCoy Tyner: Extensions
In January 1973, “Blue Note” label released “Extensions”, the twelve McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Duke Pearson.
Personnel:
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Alice Coltrane – harp
- Ron Carter – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- André Perry – liner notes
- Clifford Janoff – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by McCoy Tyner.
- Message from the Nile
- The Wanderer
- Survival Blues
- His Blessings
Ellen Mcllwane: We the People
In January 1973, “Polydor” label released “We the People”, the third Ellen McIlwaine album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Record Plant Studio”, “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Seigel.
Personnel:
- Ellen McIlwaine – vocals, guitar, piano
- Don Payne – bass
- Don Moore – bass
- Jimmy Madison – drums
- Jerry Mercer – drums
- Candido – conga
- Colin Tilton – saxophone
- West 44th Street Noise Choir – backing vocals
- The Persuasions – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Ellen McIlwaine except where noted.
- Ain’t No Two Ways About It (It’s Love)
- All to You
- Sliding
- Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out of Tune – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
- Farther Along – traditional
- I Don’t Want to Play
- Underground River
- Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) – Al Fields, Tom Delaney, Timmie Rogers
- Jimmy Jean
- We the People
Crazy Horse: Loose
In January 1972, “Reprise” label released “Loose”, the second Crazy Horse studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Fred Catero, George Whistell, Greg Leroy, John Blanton, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina.
Personnel:
- George Whitsell – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, congas
- Greg Leroy – lead and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitars
- John Blanton – lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, harmonica, cello
- Billy Talbot – bass, backing vocals
- Ralph Molina – drums, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Joel Tepp – harmonica
- Fred Catero – engineer
Track listing:
- Hit and Run – John Blanton
- Try – George Whitsell
- One Thing I Love – Greg Leroy
- Move – George Whitsell
- All Alone Now – George Whitsell
- All the Little Things – Greg Leroy
- Fair Weather Friend – Greg Leroy
- You Won’t Miss Me – George Whitsell
- Going Home – Greg Leroy
- I Don’t Believe It – George Whitsell
- Kind of Woman – John Blanton
- One Sided Love – George Whitsell
- And She Won’t Even Blow Smoke in My Direction – George Whitsell
Aki Rahimovski
On January 22, 2022, Aki Rahimovski died aged 66. He was singer, member of the bands Vakuum, Krvni Brakja and Tor, but was best known as the lead singer of Parni Valjak.
Typhoon: Sympathetic Magic
On January 22, 2021, “Roll Call Records” label released “Sympathetic Magic”, the fifth Typhoon studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Kyle Morton.
Personnel:
- Kyle Morton – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synths, drums
- Shannon Steele – vocals, violin
- Dave Hall – guitar
- Toby Tanabe – bass
- Alex Fitch – drums, percussion
- Devin Gallagher – kalimba, ukulele, glockenspiel, percussion
- Eric Stipe – vocals, trumpet
- Pieter Hilton – vocals, drums, percussion
- Ben Morton – guitar
- Jeff Stuart Saltzman – mixing
- Adam Gonsalves – mastering
- Jayson Payne – design
- Tyler Ferrin – layout
Track listing:
All tracks by Kyle Morton.
- Sine Qua Nonentity
- Empire Builder
- Motion and Thought
- Santos
- We’re In It
- Two Birds
- Evil Vibes
- And So What If You Were Right
- Time, Time
- Room Within the Room
- Masochist Ball
- Welcome to the Endgame
Steve Hackett: Under a Mediterranean Sky
On January 22, 2021, “Inside Out Music” label released “Under a Mediterranean Sky”, the 26th Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Roger King and Steve Hackett.
Personnel:
- Steve Hackett – nylon guitar, steel guitar, 12-string guitar, charango, Iraqi oud
- Roger King – keyboards, programming, orchestral arrangements, mixing
- John Hackett – flute
- Rob Townsend – flute, soprano saxophone
- Franck Avril – oboe
- Malik Mansurov – tar
- Arsen Petrosyan – duduk
- Christine Townsend – violin, viola
- Roger King – recording, mixing
- Armen Yeganyan – engineer
- Rob Townsend – engineer
- Tamas Barabas – engineer
- Thomas Ewerhard – design
- Tina Korhoren – photography
- Jo Hackett – photography
- Amanda Lehmann – photography
Track listing:
- Mdina (The Walled City) – Steve Hackett, Roger King
- Adriatic Blue – Steve Hackett
- Sirocco – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
- Joie de Vivre – Steve Hackett, John Hackett
- The Memory of Myth – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
- Scarlatti Sonata – Domenico Scarlatti
- Casa del Fauno – Steve Hackett, Roger King
- The Dervish and the Djin – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
- Lorato – Steve Hackett
- Andalusian Heart – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
- The Call of the Sea – Steve Hackett
James Yorkston: The Wide. Wide River
On January 22, 2021, “Domino” label released “The Wide, Wide River”, the tenth James Yorkston album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Karl-Jonas Winqvist and James Yorkston.
Personnel:
- James Yorkston – vocals, guitar, piano
- Peter Morén – vocals, electric guitar
- Emma Nordenstam – vocals, cello, piano
- Daniel Bengtsson – bass guitar
- Karl-Jonas Winqvist – vocals, drums, percussion, bells
- Ulrika “Ullis” Gyllenberg – vocals, violin
- Cecilia Österholm – vocals, nyckelharpa
- Felix Wickman – vocals, electric guitar, omnichord
- Lars Frederick Swahn – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
- Per Lager – drums
- Ylva Ceder – vocals, English horn
- Lina Langendorf – flute
- Daniel “Våldet” Holmström – flugelhorn
- John Broadley – artwork
- Matthew Cooper – design
- Paul J Street – design
- Nadja Hallstrom – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by James Yorkston, except where noted.
- Ella Mary Leather
- To Soothe Her Wee Bit Sorrows
- Choices, Like Wide Rivers
- Struggle
- There Is No Upside
- A Droplet Forms
- A Very Old Fashioned Blues
- We Test the Beams
Meat Loaf
On January 20, 2022, Michael Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf died aged 74. He was singer, song writer and actor, one of the best-selling musicians of all times. His “Bat Out of Hell” trilogy (“Bat Out of Hell”, “Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell”, and “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose”), has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. The first album stayed on the charts more than nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history of modern music. Loaf received “Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance” for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love”. In 1994, in United Kingdom he received the “Brit Award: for Best Selling Album and Single”. On VH1’s list of “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”, he is ranked at number 96.
Eumir Deodato: Prelude
In January 1973, “CTI” label released “Prelude”, the eighth Eumir Deodato studio album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
- Eumir Deodato – piano, electric piano, conductor, arranger
- John Tropea – electric guitar
- Jay Berliner – guitar
- Ron Carter – electric bass, bass
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass
- Billy Cobham – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion
- Ray Barretto – congas
- Hubert Laws – flute
- John Frosk – trumpet
- Marky Markowitz – trumpet
- Joe Shepley – trumpet
- Marvin Stamm – trumpet
- Wayne Andre – trombone
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Paul Faulise – trombone
- George Strakey – trombone
- Bill Watrous – trombone
- Jim Buffington – French horn
- Peter Gordon – French horn
- Phil Bodner – flute
- George Marge – flute
- Romeo Penque – flute
- Max Ellen – violin
- Paul Gershman – violin
- Emanuel Green – violin
- Harry Lookofsky – violin
- David Nadien – violin
- Gene Orloff – violin
- Eliot Rosoff – violin
- Emanuel Vardi – viola
- Al Brown – viola
- Harvey Shapiro – cello
- Seymore Barab – cello
- Charles McKracken – cello
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Bob Ciano = design
Track listing:
- Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
- Spirit of Summer – Eumir Deodato
- Carly & Carole – Eumir Deodato
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Robert Wright, George Forrest
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Claude Debussy
- September 13 – Emir Deodato, Billy Cobham
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