Feist: The Reminder

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

Ran Blake: Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano

On May 1, 1965, “ESP-Disk” label released “Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano”, the second Ran Blake album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Art Crist – engineer
  • Paul Frick – art direction
  • Saul Stollman – design
  • George Klabin – photography
  • Gunther Schuller – liner notes
  • Bob Marius – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  2. Stratusphunk – George Russell
  3. Sleepy Time Gal – Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
  4. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington
  5. Eric – Ran Blake
  6. There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
  7. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  8. Sister Tee – Ran Blake
  9. Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
  10. Birmingham U.S.A. – Ran Blake

Ben E. King: Spanish Harlem

On May 1, 1961, “Atco” label released “Spanish Harlem”, the debut Ben E. King album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Personnel:

  • Ben E. King – vocals
  • Al Caiola – guitar
  • George Barnes – guitar
  • Ernest Hayes – piano
  • George Duvivier – double bass
  • Gary Chester – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Charlie Margulis – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Stan Applebaum – arrangements
  • Allen Vogel, Loring Eutemey – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Amor – Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez
  2. Sway – Norman Gimbel, Gabriel Ruíz
  3. Come Closer to Me – Al Stewart, Osvaldo Farrés
  4. Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds
  5. Granada – Agustín Lara, Dorothy Dodd
  6. Sweet and Gentle – George Thorn, Otilio del Portal, Martin Ledyard
  7. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Joe Davis, Osvaldo Farrés
  8. Frenesí – Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup
  9. Souvenir of Mexico – Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus
  10. Bésame Mucho – Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez
  11. Love Me, Love Me – Ben E. King
  12. Spanish Harlem – Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector