Monthly Archives: January 2024

Fool’s Garden: 25 Miles to Kissimmee

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On January 17, “Polydor” label released “25 Miles to Kissimmee”, the sixth Fool’s Garden studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Volker Hinkel, Jochen Schmalbach, Peter Freudenthaler and Roland Spremberg.

Personnel:

  • Peter Freudenthaler – vocals
  • Volker Hinkel – guitars, programming, backing vocals
  • Roland Röhl – keyboards
  • Thomas Mangold – bass
  • Ralf Wochele – drums
  • Hellmut Hattler – bass
  • Jochen Schmalbach – drums, programming
  • Müller Steeneck – artwork
  • Ben Wolf – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Volker Hinkel and Peter Freudenthaler.

  1. Closer
  2. Tears Run Dry
  3. Dreaming (original version)
  4. Bighouse Pyromaniac
  5. Bighouse (reprise)
  6. Material World
  7. Reason
  8. Glory
  9. 25 Miles to Kissimmee
  10. Silence
  11. I Won’t Kill Myself
  12. Ismael
  13. Rolling Home

Ciba Matto: Viva! La Woman

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On January 16, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “Viva! La Woman”, the debut Cibo Matto studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Sunset Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda.

  • Miho Hatori – vocals, voices, finger snapping, thigh tapping
  • Yuka Honda – keyboards, beach guitar, coughs, finger snapping, programming, additional recording
  • Bernie Worrell – organ
  • Jay Rodriguez – saxophone
  • Dave Douglas – trumpet
  • Josh Roseman – trombone
  • Rick Lee – horns
  • Dougie Bowne – percussion
  • Marc Anthony Thompson – vocal sounds
  • Tchad Blake – recording, mixing 
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Mitchell Froom – assistance
  • Jesse Habkell – assistance
  • Mike Lee – assistance
  • John Paterno – assistance
  • Mike Piersante – assistance
  • Mike Mills – art direction, design
  • Thomas Thurnauer – cover illustration
  • Miho Hatori – booklet illustrations
  • Lance Acord – basement photography
  • Dave Aron – back cover photography
  • Garland Lyn – design assistance
  • Tim Carr – A&R
  • Richard Grabel – on point

Track listing:

All tracks by Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda, except where noted.

  1. Apple
  2. Beef Jerky
  3. Sugar Water – Ennio Morricone, Miho Hatori, Yuka Honda
  4. White Pepper Ice Cream
  5. Birthday Cake
  6. Know Your Chicken
  7. Theme
  8. The Candy Man – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
  9. Le Pain Perdu
  10. Artichoke – Kudsi Erguner, Miho Hatori, Yuka Honda
  11. Jive (hidden track)

Booker Ervin: Booker’n’Brass

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In January 1968, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Booker ‘n’ Brass”, the 18th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Martin Banks, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Benny Powell – bass trombone
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Reggie Johnson – bass
  • Lenny McBrowne – drums
  • Teddy Edwards – arrangements, conductor
  • Ray Hall – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Gabor Halmos – design
  • Raymond Ross – cover photography
  • Fred Seligo – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. East Dallas Special – Booker Ervin
  2. Salt Lake City – Johnny Lange, Leon René
  3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange
  4. L.A. After Dark (Master Take 6) – Teddy Edwards
  5. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  6. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  7. Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers
  8. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory, Douglass Cross
  9. St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy

Gábor Szabó: Jazz Raga

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Jazz Raga”, the fourth Gábor Szabó studio album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gábor Szabó – vocals, guitar, sitar, cover painting
  • Bob Bushnell – guitar
  • Johnny Gregg – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Shabacon – front cover photography
  • Charles Stewart – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gábor Szabó, except where noted.

  1. Walking on Nails
  2. Mizrab
  3. Search for Nirvana
  4. Krishna
  5. Raga Doll – Gary McFarland
  6. Comin’ Back
  7. Paint It Black – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  8. Sophisticated Wheels
  9. Ravi
  10. Caravan – Juan Tizol
  11. Summertime – George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

Shame: Drank Tank Pink

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On January 15, 2021, “Dead Oceans” label released “Drunk Tank Pink”, the second Shame studio album. It was recorded January – February 2020, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Steen – lead vocals, guitars, additional piano, claps, recorder
  • Eddie Green – guitars, claps, backing vocals 
  • Sean Coyle-Smith – guitars, synthesizer, claps, percussion, backing vocals, inner sleeve photography
  • Josh Finerty – bass, guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, claps, drums, percussion, table
  • Charlie Forbes – drums, percussion, claps, inner sleeve photography
  • James Ford – keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
  • Anthony Cazade – claps, engineer
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Anne Marie Fitzgerald – design
  • Charlie Stein – painting, inner sleeve photography
  • Tegen Williams – front cover photography
  • Starkie Reay – back cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Tom Van Huisstede – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Forbes, John Finerty, Charlie Sheen, Eddie Green and Saen Coyle-Smith.

  1. Alphabet
  2. Nigel Hitter
  3. Born in Luton
  4. March Day
  5. Water in the Well
  6. Snow Day
  7. Human, for a Minute
  8. Great Dog
  9. 6/1
  10. Harsh Degrees
  11. Station Wagon

King Gnu: Ceremony

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On January 15, 2020, “Ariola Japan” label released “Ceremony”, the third King Gnu studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Daiki Tsuneta.

Personnel:

  • Daiki Tsuneta – vocal, guitar, piano, contrabass, cello, programming
  • Ayatake Ezaki – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
  • Kazuki Arai – bass
  • Yu Seki – drums
  • MELRAW – saxophone
  • Yohchi Masago – trumpet
  • Yumi Nishida – chorus

Track listing:

All lyrics by Daiki Tsuneta, all music Daiki Tsuneta, Satoru Iguchi, Kazuki Arai and Yu Seki.

  1. Kaikai-shiki – Opening Ceremony
  2. Doron
  3. Teenager Forever
  4. Humor
  5. Hakujitsu
  6. Maku-ai
  7. Hikōtei
  8. Chīsana Waku-sei
  9. Overflow
  10. Kasa
  11. Danjo
  12. Heikai-shiki – Closing Ceremony

Skunk Anansie: Anarchytecture

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On January 15, 2016, “earMusic” and “Carosello Records” labels released “Anarchytecture”, the sixth Skunk Anansie studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Skin – lead and backing vocals
  • Martin “Ace” Kent – guitar
  • Richard “Cass” Lewis – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Mark Richardson – drums, percussion
  • Pete Davis – keyboards, programming
  • Tom Dalgety – recording
  • Robbie Nelson – engineer
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
  • Ryan Art – artwork
  • No Curves – cover art
  • Emilio Tini – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Skin, Martin Kent, Richard Lewis and Mark Richardson, except where noted.

  1. Love Someone Else – Skin, Martin Buttrich
  2. Victim
  3. Beauty Is Your Curse
  4. Death to the Lovers
  5. In the Back Room
  6. Bullets
  7. That Sinking Feeling
  8. Without You
  9. Suckers!
  10. We Are Flames
  11. I’ll Let You Down

Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland: The October Suite

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “The October Suite”, album by Steve Kuhn and Gary McFarland (twelve Gary McFarland album). It was recorded October – November 1966, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • Isadore Cohen, Matthew Raimondi – violin
  • Al Brown – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Don Ashworth, Joe Firrantello (aka Joe Farrell), Irving Horowitz, Gerald Sanfino – woodwinds
  • Corky Hale – harp
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Marty Morell – drums
  • Phile Ramone – engineer
  • Sam Feldman – lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography
  • Jack Bradley – liner photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland.

  1. Remember When
  2. St. Tropez Shuffle
  3. One I Could Have Loved
  4. Traffic Patterns
  5. Childhood Dreams
  6. Open Highway

Yusef LateefL The Golden Flute

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In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “The Golden Flute”, the 24th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in June 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Herman Wright – bass
  • Roy Brooks Jr. – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Robert Flynn – cover design
  • Charles Stewart – photography
  • Joe Lebow – liner design
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. Road Runner
  2. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
  3. Oasis
  4. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  5. Exactly Like You – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  6. The Golden Flute
  7. Rosetta – Earl Hines, Henri Woode
  8. Head Hunters – Barry Harris, Hugh Lawson
  9. The Smart Set – Roy Brooks

Circa Waves: Never Going Under

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On January 13, 2023, “Lower Third” and “PIAS Recordings” labels released “Never Going Under”, the fifth Circa Waves studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Kieran Shudall.

Personnel:

  • Kieran Shudall – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Joe Falconer – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Rourke – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Colin Jones – vocals, drums
  • Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
  • Matty Green – mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Connor Dewhurst – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Kieran Shudall, except where noted.

  1. Never Going Under
  2. Do You Wanna Talk
  3. Hell on Earth
  4. Your Ghost
  5. Carry You Home
  6. Northern Town
  7. Electric City
  8. Want It All Today – Kieran Shudall, Sam Rourke
  9. Golden Days
  10. Hold On
  11. Living in the Grey