Monthly Archives: May 2024

Sonny Clark: Sonny Clark Trio

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In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Clark Trio”, the fourth Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in October 1957, and “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Be-Bop – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. I Didn’t Knew What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. Two Bass Hit – Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis
  4. Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
  5. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  6. I’ll Remember Aprill – Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye

Hank Mobley: Mobley’s 2nd Message

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mobley’s 2nd Message”, the fourth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • David Cheppa – lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

  1. These Are the Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
  2. Message from the Border
  3. Xlento
  4. The Latest
  5. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  6. Crazeology – Benny Harris

The Concretes: Same

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On May 2, 2003, “Licking Fingers” label released the self-titled, debut Concretes (The) album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Jan Haapalainen.

Personnel:

  • Victoria Bergsman – lead vocal
  • Lisa Milsberg – lead vocal
  • Maria Eriksson – vocals, guitar
  • Ludvig Rylander – vocals, guitar, saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Daniel Värjö – guitar
  • Per Nyström – keyboards
  • Ulrik Karlsson – trumpet
  • Martin Hansson – bass
  • Tomas Hallonsten – piano
  • Anna Rodell – violin
  • Jonna Sandell – violin
  • Anne Pajunen – viola
  • Thomas Ringquist – viola
  • Christian Hörgren – cello, string arrangements
  • Irene Kastner – harp
  • Jari Haapalainen – percussion, mandolin
  • Erik Bünger – backing vocals
  • Nicolai Dunger – backing vocals
  • Malte Homberg – backing vocals
  • Peter Nyhlin – backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Victoria Bergsman, all music by Victoria Bergsman, Lisa Milsberg, Maria Eriksson, Ludvig Rylander, Daniel Värjö, Per Nyström, Ulrik Karlsson and Martin Hansson.

  1. Say Something New
  2. You Can’t Hurry Love
  3. Chico
  4. New Friend
  5. Diana Ross
  6. Warm Night
  7. Foreign Country
  8. Seems Fine
  9. Lovin Kind
  10. Lonely As Can Be
  11. This One’s for You

Ween: White Paper

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On May 2, 2000, “Elektra” label released “White Pepper”, the seventh Ween studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Christopher Shaw, Gene Ween, Dean Ween, Dave Dreiwitz, Claude Coleman Jr. and Glenn McClelland.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman) – vocals, guitar
  • Dean Ween – (Michael Melchiondo Jr.) – vocals, guitar 
  • Glenn McClelland – piano, keyboards
  • Dave Dreiwitz – vocals, bass
  • Claude Coleman Jr. – drums
  • Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing
  • Danny Madorsky – engineer assistant
  • Phil Painson – engineer assistant
  • Damian Shannon – engineer assistant
  • Kirk Miller – live sound engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Gregory Burke – art direction
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Ween, Dean Ween, Dave Dreiwitz, Claude Coleman Jr. and Glenn McClelland.

  1. Exactly Where I’m At
  2. Flutes of Chi
  3. Even If You Don’t
  4. Bananas and Blow
  5. Stroker Ace
  6. Ice Castles
  7. Back to Basom
  8. The Grobe
  9. Pandy Fackler
  10. Stay Forever
  11. Falling Out
  12. She’s Your Baby

Cardiacs: On Land And In The Sea

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On May 2, 1989, “Alphabet’s Business Concern” label released “On Land and in the Sea”, the second Cardiacs studio album. It was recorded in 1988 at “The Slaughterhouse Studios” in Yorkshire, and was produced by Tim Smith.

Personnel:

  • Tim Smith – lead vocals, guitar
  • William D. Drake – vocals, keyboards
  • Sarah Smith – vocals, saxophone, clarinet, recorders
  • Jim Smith – vocals, bass
  • Dominic Luckman – drums
  • Tim Quy – percussion, synthesizer
  • Roger Tebbutt – engineer
  • Graham Simmonds – engineer
  • Steve Payne – front cover photography
  • Tony Stringer – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Smith, except where noted.

  1. Two Bites of Cherry
  2. Baby Heart Dirt
  3. The Leader of the Starry Skys
  4. I Hold My Love in My Arms
  5. The Duck and Roger the Horse
  6. Arnald
  7. Fast Robert
  8. Mare’s Nest
  9. The Stench of Honey
  10. Buds and Spawn
  11. The Safety Bowl
  12. The Everso Closely Guarded Line – William D. Drake, Tim Smith

Stan Getz: Stan Getz Collates

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In May 1956, “Esquire” label released “Stan Getz Collates”, album by Stan Getz.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Al Haig – piano
  • Tony Aless – piano
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Don Lamond – drums
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Stan Levey – drums
  • Diz Disley – design
  • Rudy Van Gelder – remastering, lacquer cut

Track listing:

  1. There’s a Small Hotel
  2. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  3. What’s New
  4. Too Marvelous for Words
  5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
  6. My Old Flame
  7. Long Island Sound
  8. Indian Summer
  9. Mar-Cia
  10. Crazy Chords
  11. The Lady in Red
  12. Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams

The Soft Pink Truth: Shal We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

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On May 1, 2020, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Shal We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, the fifth Soft Pink Truth (The) album.

Personnel:

  • Drew Daniel – piano, glockenspiel, synth, sampler, editing, mixing
  • Koye Berry – piano
  • M.C. Schmidt – piano, noise
  • Andrew Bernstein – saxophone
  • John Berndt – saxophone
  • Sarah Hennies – vibraphone, bells
  • Colin Self – vocals
  • Jana Hunter – vocals
  • David Serotte – vocals
  • Angel Deradoorian – vocals
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Robert Beatty – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Shall We Go on Swimming
  2. So That Grace May Increase

American Aquarium: Lamentations

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On May 1, 2020, “New West Records” label released “Lamentations”, the eleventh American Aquarium album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Dave’s Room” in Hollywood, and was produced by Shooter Jennings.

Personnel:

  • BJ Barham – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Shane Boeker – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Neil Jones – pedal steel guitar
  • Rhett Huffman – vocals, piano, organ, clavinet, harmonium, synthesizer, celesta
  • Alden Hedges – vocals, bass guitar
  • Ryan Van Fleet – drums, percussion
  • Matt Douglas – saxophone
  • Jamie Lin Wilson – vocals
  • The Watson Twins – vocals
  • David Spreng – recording
  • Tina Shoemaker – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Tom Jean Webb – artwork
  • Kim Buie – A&R
  • Andrew Armbrister, Barry Molnaa, Corbett Fox, David D. Schleich, Dean Bunce, John Bitzberger, Waid McMillion – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by BJ Barham.

  1. Me + Mine (Lamentations)
  2. Before the Dogwood Blooms
  3. Six Years come September
  4. Starts with You
  5. Brightleaf + Burley
  6. The Luckier You Get
  7. The Day I Learned to Lie To You
  8. A Better South
  9. How Wicked I Was
  10. The Long Haul

Feist: The Reminder

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On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman