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Randy Brecker: Into The Sun

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In July 1996, “Concord Jazz” label released “Into the Sun”, the sixth Randy Brecker album. It was recorded in December 1995, and was produced by Randy Brecker. In 1998, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger, composer, liner notes
  • Maucha Adnet – vocals
  • Adam Rogers – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gil Goldstein – accordion, keyboards, orchestration
  • Richard Sussman – synthesizer, programming
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Dave Bargeron – trombone
  • David Taylor – tuba, bass trombone
  • Keith Underwood – alto and bass flute
  • Lawrence Feldman – bass flute
  • Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet
  • Bakithi Kumalo – bass, fretless bass
  • Jonathan Joseph – drums, percussion
  • Café – percussion
  • Bobby Brecker – performer
  • Eliane Elias – sequencing
  • Malcolm Pollack – engineer
  • Joe Ferla – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mixing
  • Lee Dick – mixing assistant
  • Barbara Lipke – mixing assistant
  • Mark Mason – mixing assistant
  • Kent Judkins – art direction
  • Paul DInnocenzo – photography
  • John Burk – executive producer
  • Mike Hoaglin – production manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Brecker.

  1. Village Dawn
  2. Just Between Us
  3. The Sleaze Factor
  4. Into the Sun
  5. After Love
  6. Gray Area
  7. Tijuca
  8. Buds
  9. Four Worlds
  10. Hottest Man in Town: Prophecy/Growth/Realization/The Horn/Finale

Don Sebesky: The Rape Of El Morro

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In July 1975, “CTI” label released “The Rape of El Morro”, the fourth Don Sebesky album. It was recorded April – May 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Don Sebesky – keyboards, arranger, conductor
  • Joan LaBarbara – vocals
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, Barry Rogers, Sonny Russo – trombone
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Ray Beckenstetein – flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Harvey Estrin, Walt Levinsky, George Marge, Al Regni – flute
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Don Grolnick, Roland Hanna, Pat Rebillot – keyboards
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • George Devens, Phil Kraus – percussion
  • Harry Cykman, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi, David Rose – violin
  • Jean R. Dane, Manny Vardi – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken – cello
  • Bob Ciano, Richard Mantel – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Don Sebesky, except where noted.

  1. The Rape of El Morro
  2. Moon Dreams – John Chalmers MacGregor, Johnny Mercer
  3. Skyliner – Charlie Barnet, Billy Moore Jr.
  4. The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
  5. Footprints of the Giant – based on themes by Béla Bartók, arranged and adapted by Don Sebesky
  6. Lucky Seven

Wynton Marsalis: Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3

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On May 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3” the 13th Wynton Marsalis album.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis- trumpet
  • Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson- alto saxophone
  • Todd Williams- tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts- piano
  • Reginald Veal- acoustic bass
  • Herlin Riley- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis, except where noted.

  1. Levee Low Moan
  2. Jig’s Jig
  3. So This Is Jazz, Huh?
  4. In the House of Williams – Todd Williams
  5. Superb Starling

Wynton Marsalis: Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2

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On July 30, 1999, “Columbia” label released “Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2”, the twelve Wynton Marsalis album. It is part two of the three-part blues cycle recorded by Marsalis and his quintet, and was recorded at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Todd Williams – tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts – piano, alto saxophone
  • Reginald Veal – double bass, trombone
  • Herlin Riley – double bass, drums
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • George Butler – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis, except where noted.

  1. Psalm 26
  2. Uptown Ruler
  3. The Truth Is Spoken Here – Marcus Robert
  4. The Burglar – Todd Williams
  5. Prayer
  6. Harmonique
  7. Down Home with Homey
  8. Psalm 26

Wynton Marsalis: Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1

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On July 30, 1991, “Columbia” label released “Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1”, the eleventh Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Marcus Roberts – piano
  • Robert Hurst – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
  • Dennis Ferrante – engineer
  • Tim Geelan – engineer
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • George Butler – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Wynton Marsalis.

  1. Harriet Tubman
  2. Elveen
  3. Thick in the South
  4. So This is Jazz, Huh?
  5. L.C. on the Cut

The Coral: Same

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On July 29, 2002, “Deltasonic” label released the self-titled, debut Coral (The) album. It was recorded in 2002, in Linford Manor, and was produced by Ian Broudie and Zion Egg.

Personnel:

  • James Skelly – vocals, guitar
  • Lee Southall – guitar
  • Bill Ryder-Jones – guitar, trumpet
  • Nick Power – keyboards
  • Paul Duffy – bass guitar, saxophone
  • Ian Skelly – drums
  • Jon Gray – engineer
  • Kenny Patterson – engineer assistant
  • Ian Skelly – sleeve illustrations
  • Scott Jones – inner sleeve illustrations
  • Juno – design
  • Steve Fellowes – logo
  • Kev Power – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Skelly and Nick Power, except where noted.

  1. Spanish Main – James Skelly
  2. I Remember When – James Skelly
  3. Shadows Fall – James Skelly, Nick Power, Paul Duffy, Lee Southall, Ian Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones
  4. Dreaming of You – James Skelly
  5. Simon Diamond
  6. Goodbye
  7. Waiting for the Heartaches – James Skelly
  8. Skeleton Key
  9. Wildfire – Nick Power
  10. Bad Man
  11. Calendars and Clocks (includes hidden track Time Travel)

Michael White: Go With The Flow

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In July 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Go With the Flow”, the fifth Michael White album (credited to Michael White’s Magic Music Company). It was recorded in June 1974, at “ABC” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Michael White – electric violin, tambourine, ashtray synthesizer, percussion
  • Ed Kelly – piano, electric piano, organ
  • Bob King – guitar
  • Kenneth Jenkins – bass, electric bass, wah-wah pedal
  • Paul Smith – drums
  • Kenneth Nash – congas, griot bells, thumb piano, vocals, gong, synthesizer, bells, percussion

Track listing:

All compositions by Michael White.

  1. Go With the Flow #1
  2. The Lady Sirro
  3. In The Silence (Listen)
  4. Spaceslide
  5. Her
  6. Moondust Shuffle
  7. Go With the Flow #2

Marion Brown: Sweet Earth Flying

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In July 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Sweet Earth Flying”, the twelve Marion Brown album. It was recorded in May 1974, at “Intermedia Sound Studios” in Boston, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Marion Brown – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Muhal Richard Abrams – piano, electric piano, organ
  • Paul Bley – piano, electric piano, organ
  • James Jefferson — bass, electric bass
  • Steve McCall — drums, percussion
  • Bill Hasson — percussion, narration

Track listing:

All tracks by Marion Brown, except where noted.

  1. Sweet Earth Flying Part 1
  2. Sweet Earth Flying Part 3
  3. Sweet Earth Flying Part 4: Prince Willie – Marion Brown, Bill Hasson
  4. Sweet Earth Flying Part 5
  5. Eleven Light City Part 1
  6. Eleven Light City Part 2
  7. Eleven Light City Part 3
  8. Eleven Light City Part 4

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah: Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning

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On July 28, 2023, “Ropeadope” label released “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning”, the 16th Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “The Champagne Room West” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, “Trombone Shorty Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was produced by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

Personnel:

  • Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Chief Adjuah’s bow, Chief Adjuah’s N’Goni, SPDSX, pan-African drum kit, bells, tambourine, percussion,  synth percussion, vocals, sound design, executive production, concept ideation
  • Lioness Sia Fodey – vocals
  • Amyna Love – vocals
  • Amina Scott – vocals
  • Weedie Braimah – vocals, djembe, congas, tambourine, dun duns, percussion
  • Luques Curtis – vocals, bass, guembri
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African drum kit
  • Corey Fonville – drums
  • Marcus Gillmore – drums
  • Elé Howell – vocals, pan-African drum kit, drums, bells, tambourines
  • Alfred Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Brian Richburg Jr. – vocals, drums, SPDSX, percussion, tambourines
  • Trail Chief Kiel Adrian Scott – vocals, percussion
  • Mizan Willis – vocals, dun duns, bells, shekere, percussion
  • Dave Weingarten – recording
  • Chris Finney – recording
  •  Qmillion – mixing 
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Devan Mayfield – creative direction, concept ideation
  • Kiel Adrian Scott – concept ideation
  • Eric Hurtgen – design
  • Eric Ryan Anderson – photography
  • Landon Edwards – photography assistant
  • Colin Fatke – photography assistant
  • Cara Harrison Daniels – executive production
  • Louis H. Marks – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

  1. Blood Calls Blood
  2. Trouble That Mornin’
  3. Xodokan Iko – Hu Na Ney
  4. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
  5. Shallow Water (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. – Guardians of the Flame)
  6. On to New Orleans (Runnin’ in 7’s Redux)
  7. End Simulation
  8. Ashé Chief Donald (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. – Congo Square Nation)
  9. Golden Crown (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation)
  10. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Duo)

James Ingram: It’s Your Night

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On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.

Personnel:

  • James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
  • Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
  • Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Larry Carlton – guitars
  • George Doering – guitars
  • Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Jimmy Smith – organ, synthesizers
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
  • Mark Vieha – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Craig Hundley – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • Rod Temperton – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Don Dorsey – synthesizers
  • David Paich – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
  • Louis Johnson – bass guitar
  • Abe Laboriel – bass guitar
  • Nathan East – bass guitar
  • Harvey Mason Sr. – drums
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Raymond Calhoun – drums
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Steve Ray – fingerpopper
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Williams – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
  • Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn 
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals
  • Zane Giles – backing vocals
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
  • Susaye Greene Brown – backing vocals
  • Howard Hewett – backing vocals
  • Bunny Hull – backing vocals
  • David Pack – backing vocals
  • Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
  • Augie Johnson – backing vocals
  • Valerie Johnson – backing vocals
  • Scherrie Payne – backing vocals
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals
  • Tom Bahler – backing vocals
  • Linda Harmon – backing vocals
  • Edie Lehmann – backing vocals
  • Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
  • Johnny Mandel – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Party Animal – James Ingram, Richard Page, Mark Vieha
  2. Yah Mo B There – James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton
  3. She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) – Jim Photoglo, Brian Francis Neary
  4. Try Your Love Again – Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh
  5. Whatever We Imagine – David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock
  6. One More Rhythm – Rod Temperton
  7. There’s No Easy Way – Barry Mann
  8. It’s Your Night – James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  9. How Do You Keep the Music Playing – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand