Casiopea: Right Now

On July 3, 2024, “Hats Unlimited” label released “Right Now”, the 36th Casiopea album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Issei Noro, Kiyomi Otaka, Toshihiro Naruse and Yoshihiro Imai.

Personnel:

  • Issei Noro – guitar
  • Kiyomi Otaka – keyboards
  • Yoshihiro Naruse – bass
  • Yoshihiro Imai – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Time Has Come
  2. The Hopeful World
  3. Which Way
  4. No Place Like Here
  5. Challengers
  6. Admiration
  7. Hour of the Rainbow
  8. 90’s A Go Go
  9. Look Up the Stars
  10. Happiness

Greg Foat: Symphonie Pacifique

On July 3, 2020, “Strut” label released “Symphonie Pacifique”, the ninth Greg Foat album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Fish Factory Studio” in London, “Post Electric Studio” in Edinburgh, “Kungsten Studios” in Göteborg, Sweden, and was produced by Greg Foat.

Personnel:

  • Greg Foat – piano, keyboards, tubular bells
  • Warren Hampshire – guitar, tubular bells, percussion
  • Thomas Frank – pedal steel guitar
  • Philip Achille – double and electric bass
  • Clark Tracey – drums
  • Moses Boyd – drums
  • Eric Young – percussion, congas
  • Art Themen – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Bitelli – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Kano Kawashima – violin
  • Felix Tanner – viola
  • Jessica Kerr, Niamh Molloy – cello
  • Heather Wrighton – harp
  • Elina Ryd, Erik Dahl, Hannah Tolf, Pablo Cope – choir
  • Mattias Glava – choir recording, engineer
  • Rod Jones – strings recording
  • James Thorpe – engineer
  • Mark Ashfield – mastering
  • Peter Beckmann – mastering
  • Henry Valensi – artwork
  • Matt Thame – design
  • James Thorpe – photography
  • Frank Merritt – lacquer cut
  • Quinton Scott – coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Greg Foat, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Symphonie Pacifique
  3. Undulation – Philip Achille
  4. Anticipation
  5. Mu
  6. Yonaguni
  7. Island Life
  8. Nikinakinu
  9. Man vs Machine – Greg Foat, Moses Boyd
  10. Before the Storm
  11. After the Storm
  12. Meditation on a Pedal Steel – Thomas Frank
  13. Lament for Lamont
  14. Pointe – Vénus – Greg Foat, Warren Hampshire
  15. Mother’s Love – Greg Foat, Sam Chagumachinyi
  16. Epilogue Three Tenors – Art Themen, Favid Bitelli, Rob Мach

Pat Martino: East

In July 1968, “Prestige” label released “East!”, the third Pat Martino studio album. It was recorded in January 1968, in New York City, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Pat Martino – guitar
  • Eddie Green – piano
  • Ben Tucker – bass, tambourine
  • Tyrone Brown – bass
  • Lenny McBrowne – drums
  • Richard Anderson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. East – Tyrone Brown
  2. Trick – Pat Martino
  3. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  4. Park Avenue Petite – Benny Golson
  5. Lazy Bird – John Coltrane

Nina Simone: The Amazing Nina Simone

In July 1959, “Colpix” label released “The Amazing Nina Simone”, the second Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded in April 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Hecky Krasnow.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Bob Mersey – arrangement, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Blue Prelude – lyrics by Gordon Jenkins, music by Joe Bishop
  2. Children Go Where I Send You – Nina Simone, traditional
  3. Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More) – Jerry Silverman, Stephen Gale
  4. Stompin’ at the Savoy – lyrics by Andy Razaf, music by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson
  5. It Might as Well Be Spring – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers
  6. You’ve Been Gone Too Long – Brother John Sellers
  7. That’s Him Over There – lyrics by Marilyn Keith, music by Lew Spence
  8. Chilly Winds Don’t Blow – William Lovelock, Hecky Krasnow
  9. Theme from Middle of the Night – lyrics by Paddy Shayefsky, music by George Bassman
  10. Can’t Get Out of This Mood – lyrics by Frank Loeser, music by Jimmy McHugh
  11. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  12. Solitaire – lyrics by Carl Nutter, Renee Borek, music by King Guion

Moor Mother: Jazz Codes

On July 1, 2022, “ANTI” label released “Jazz Codes”, the eight Moor Mother album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Moor Mother and Olof Melander.

Personnel:

  • Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) – vocal, executive producer
  • Jason Moran – piano
  • Alya Al-Sultani – vocal
  • Wolf Weston – vocal
  • Elaine Mitchener – vocal
  • Tcheser Holmes – vocal
  • Ajai Solo – rap
  • Fatboi Sharif – rap
  • Yung Morpheus – rap
  • Ken Neuringer – saxophone
  • Aquiles Navarro – trumpet
  • Melanie Charles – flute
  • Nicole Mitchell – flute
  • Kyle Kidd
  • Orion Sun
  • Irreversible Entanglements
  • Honeychile
  • Loijj
  • Thomas Stanley
  • Justmadnice
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Joe Baldacci, Willie Green – mixing
  • Alex Nagel – mastering
  • Anthony Molden – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa).

  1. Umzansi
  2. April 7th
  3. Golden Lady
  4. Joe McPhee Nation Time Intro
  5. Ode to Mary
  6. Woody Shaw
  7. Meditation Rag
  8. So Sweet Amina
  9. Dust Together
  10. Rap Jasm
  11. Blues Away
  12. Blame
  13. Arms Save
  14. Real Trill House
  15. Evening
  16. Barely Woke
  17. Noise Jism
  18. Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes Outro
  19. Black Honey
  20. We Got the Jazz
  21. Black Dust Blues

Ahmad Jamal: The Awakening

In July 1970, “Impulse!” label released “The Awakening”, the 27th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano
  • Jamil Nasser – bass
  • Frank Gant – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Awakening – Ahmad Jamal
  2. I Love Music – Emil Boyd, Hale Smith
  3. Patterns – Ahmad Jamal
  4. Dolphin Dance – Herbie Hancock
  5. You’re My Everything – Harry Warren, Joe Young, Mort Dixon
  6. Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
  7. Wave – Antônio Carlos Jobim

Myra Melford’s Extended Ensemble: Even The Sounds Shine

On June 30. 1995, “HatArt” label released “Even the Sounds Shine”, album by Myra Melford’s Extended Ensemble (the sixth Myra Melford album overall). It was recorded in May 1994, at “Die Börse” in Wuppertal, Germany, and was produced by Arnd Richter, Pia Uehlinger and Werner X. Uehlinger.

Personnel:

  • Myra Melford – piano
  • Dave Douglas – trumpet
  • Marty Ehrlich – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Lindsey Horner – double bass
  • Reggie Nicholson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Myra Melford

  1. Even the Sounds Shine
  2. La Mezquita Suite
  3. That the Peace
  4. Part II Frank Lloyd Wright Goes West to Rest
  5. Evening Might Still

Body: The Body Album

In June 1981, “Recession Records” label released “The Body Album”, the debut Body album. It was recorded in 1981, and was produced by Tony Allsiton, John Bleasdale, Ronny Nelson and Gary Alliston.

Personnel:

  • Tony Alliston – vocals, lead guitar, flute
  • John Bleasdale – keyboards
  • Ronny Nelson – vocals, bass guitar
  • Gary Alliston – vocals, percussion
  • John Amiss, John Brierley – engineer
  • Steve Tallon – artwork
  • Don MacDonald – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Allsiton, John Bleasdale, Ronny Nelson and Gary Alliston.

  1. The Sun Will Never Shine
  2. Brave New World
  3. Lights Out
  4. Silver Lady
  5. Cheater
  6. Andromeda
  7. Vacant
  8. Icopath

Pharoah Sanders: Journey To The One

In June 1980, “Theresa” label released “Journey to the One”, the 16th Pharoah Sanders album. It was recorded in December 1979, in San Francisco, and was produced by Pharoah Sanders.

Personnel:

  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, tambura, sleigh bells
  • Eddie Henderson – flugelhorn
  • John Hicks – piano
  • Joe Bonner – piano, electric piano
  • Bedria Sanders – harmonium
  • Paul Arslanian – harmonium, wind chimes
  • Mark Isham – synthesizer
  • James Pomerantz – sitar
  • Yoko Ito Gates – koto
  • Chris Hayes – guitar
  • Carl Lockett – guitar
  • Ray Drummond – bass
  • Joy Julks – bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Randy Merritt – drums
  • Phil Ford – tabla
  • Babatunde Lea – shekere, congas
  • Dee Dee Dickerson, Bobby McFerrin, Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer – vocals
  • Claudette Allen – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Pharoah Sanders, except where noted

  1. Greetings to Idris
  2. Doktor Pitt
  3. Kazuko
  4. After the Rain – John Coltrane
  5. Soledad
  6. You’ve Got to Have Freedom
  7. Yemenja – John Hicks
  8. It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  9. Think About the One
  10. Bedria

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