On December 19, 2021, Billy Conway died aged 66. He was musician (drums, percussion), member of Treat Her Right, toured as duo with Jeffrey Foucault, backed Chris Smither, but was best known as member and drummer of Morphine.
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Lee Konitz: Another Shade of Blue
On December 21, 1997, “Blue Note” label released “Another Shade of Blue”, the 120th Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in December 1997, at “Jazz Bakery” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden.
Personnel:
- Lee Konitz – alto sax, liner notes
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Kurt Lundvall – engineer
- Kenneth Noland – painting
- Aldo Sampieri – design
Track listing:
- Another Shade of Blue – Lee Konitz
- Everything Happens to Me – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
- What’s New? – Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart
- Body and Soul – Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour
- All of Us – Charlie Haden, Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau
Pelle Alsing
On December 20, 2020 Pelle Alsing died aged 60. He was musician (drums), member of the band Ratata, performed with the likes of Lisa Nilsson, Niklas Strömstedt and Ulf Lundell, but was best known as member and drummer of band Roxette.
John Coltrane: First Meditations
In December 1977, “Impulse!” label released “First Meditations”, posthumously released John Coltrane album. It was recorded in September 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – double bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Philip Chiang – design
- Mamoru Shikomochi – illustration
Track listing:
All tracks by John Coltrane.
- Love
- Compassion
- Joy
- Consequences
- Serenity
Lee Konitz: Alone Together
In December 1996, “Blue Note” label released “Alone Together”, the 113th Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in 1996, at “The Jazz Bakery” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lee Konitz and Charlie Haden
Personnel:
- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Kurt Lundvall – engineer
- Patrick Roques – design
- Kenneth Knowland – painting
- Art Lange – liner notes
Track listing:
- Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
- The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
- Cherokee – Ray Noble
- What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
- ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
- You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
Wynton Marsalis: Hot House Flowers
On December 18, 1984, “Columbia” label released “Hot House Flowers”, the third Wynton Marsalis album. It was recorded in May 1984, at “RCA Studio A” in New York City, and was produced by George Butler and Steven Epstein. The album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist” in 1985.
Personnel:
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
- Branford Marsalis – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Kent Jordan – alto flute
- Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
- Andrew Schwartz – bassoon
- Peter Gordon – French horn
- Tony Price – tuba
- Kenny Kirkland – piano
- Ron Carter – double bass
- Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
- Charles Libove (concertmaster), Ingrid Arden, Peter Dimitriades, Gayle Dixon, Guillermo Figueroa, Winterton Garvey, Harry Glickman, Regis Iandiorio, Ray Kunicki, Patmore Lewis, Diane Monroe, Louann Montesi – violin
- Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Mitsue Takayama, Harry Zaratzian – viola
- Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Alvin McCall, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
- Bob Freedman – arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Track listing:
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
- Lazy Afternoon – Jerome Moross, John Latouche
- For All We Know – John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis
- When You Wish upon a Star – Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
- Django – John Lewis
- Melancholia – Duke Ellington
- Hot House Flowers – Wynton Marsalis
- I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds
Paul McCartney: McCartney III
On December 18, 2020, “Capitol” label released “McCartney III”, the 18th Paul McCartney album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Hogg Hill Mill” in Sussex, England, and was produced by Paul McCartney.
Personnel:
- Paul McCartney – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, double bass, acoustic piano, harpsichord, mellotron, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, Wurlitzer electric piano, drums, percussion, recorder
- Rusty Anderson – electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
- Steve Orchard – engineer
- Alex Pasco – engineer
- Bob Kraushaar – engineer
- Keith Smith – assistant engineer
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Greg Kurstin – co-producer
- George Martin – co-producer
- Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design
- Ed Ruscha – cover art typography
- Mary McCartney – cover portrait, photography
- Sonny McCartney – photography
- Brian Clarke – stained glass
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul McCartney.
- Long Tailed Winter Bird
- Find My Way
- Pretty Boys
- Women and Wives
- Lavatory Lil
- Slidin’
- Deep Deep Feeling
- The Kiss of Venus
- Seize the Day
- Deep Down
- Winter Bird / When Winter Comes
Blue Mitchell: Heads Up!
In December 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Heads Up!”, the 14th Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in November 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Burt Collins – trumpet
- Jerry Dodgion – flute, alto saxophone
- Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Julian Priester – trombone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Al Foster – drums
- Jimmy Heath, Melba Liston, Duke Pearson, Don Pickett – arrangements
Track listing:
- Heads Up! Feet Down! – Jimmy Heath
- Togetherness – Jimmy Heath
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
- Good Humour Man – Don Pickett
- Len Sirrah – Melba Liston
- The People in Nassau – Blue Mitchell
Jackie McLean: Capuchin Swing
In December 1960, “Blue Note” label released “Capuchin Swing”, the 18th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in April 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jackie McLean except where noted.
- Francisco
- Just for Now – Walter Bishop, Jr.
- Don’t Blame Me – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
- Condition Blue
- Capuchin Swing
- On the Lion – Walter Bishop, Jr.
Bill Withers: Menagerie
In December 1977, “Columbia” label released “Menagerie”, the sixth Bill Withers studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “A&R Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Withers, Keni Burke, Clarence McDonald and Clifford Coulter.
Personnel:
- Bill Withers – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Clarence McDonald – keyboards, string arrangements, horn arrangements, arrangements
- Dean Gant – keyboards
- Clifford Coulter – keyboards, synthesizer solo
- Mike Jones – synthesizers
- Jerry Knight – bass
- Keni Burke – bass
- Russ Kunkel – drums, shaker
- Alvin Taylor – drums
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Paul Riser – horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Charles Veal – concertmaster
- Pat Hodges – backing vocals
- Denita James – backing vocals
- Jessica Smith – backing vocals
- Phil Jantaas – assistant engineer
- Roger Carpenter – design
- Lou Beach – illustration
- Elliot Gilbert – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Withers, except where noted.
- Lovely Day – Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough
- I Want to Spend the Night
- Lovely Night for Dancing
- Then You Smile at Me – Bill Withers, Clarence McDonald
- She Wants To (Get on Down) – Bill Withers, Larry Nash
- It Ain’t because of Me Baby – Bill Withers, Michael Jones
- Tender Things
- Wintertime – Cliff Coulter
- Let Me Be the One You Need – Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough
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