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Ray Barretto: Acid

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In February 1968, “Fania Records” label released “Acid”, the twelve Ray Barretto album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Harvey Averne and Jerry Masucci.

Personnel:

  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Adalberto Santiago – vocals, bells
  • Pete Bonet – vocals, guiro, liner notes
  • Louis Cruz – piano
  • Big Daddy – bass
  • Rene Lopez, Roberto Rodriguez – trumpet
  • Orestes Vilato – timbales
  • Izzy Sanabria – design
  • Marty Topp – photography  

Track listing:

  1. El Nuevo Barretto
  2. Mercy Mercy Baby
  3. Acid
  4. A Deeper Shade Of Soul
  5. The Soul Drummers
  6. Sola Te Dejare
  7. Teacher Of Love
  8. Espiritu Libre

Marion Brown: Three For Shepp

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In February 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Three for Shepp”, the third Marion Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Marion Brown – alto saxophone
  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Dave Burrell, Stanley Cowell – piano
  • Norris Jones – bass
  • Bobby Capp, Beaver Harris – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

All tracks by Marion Brown, except where noted.

  1. New Blue
  2. Fortunato
  3. The Shadow Knows
  4. Spooks – Archie Shepp
  5. West India – Archie Shepp
  6. Delicado – Archie Shepp

Grimes: Visions

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On February 21, 2012, “4AD” label released “Visions”, the third Grimes studio album. It was recorded in August 2011, at “La Brique Studio Space” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Grimes.

Personnel:

  • Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher) – vocals, poetry
  • Anna Akhmatova – poetry
  • Doldrums
  • Majical Cloudz
  • Sebastian Cowan – mastering, mixing
  • Mark Khair – alien head design
  • Jasper Baydala – layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Claire Elise Boucher.

  1. Infinite ♡ Without Fulfilment
  2. Genesis
  3. Oblivion
  4. Eight
  5. Circumambient
  6. Vowels = Space and Time
  7. Visiting Statue
  8. Be a Body (侘寂)
  9. Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus)
  10. Symphonia IX (my wait is u)
  11. Nightmusic
  12. Skin
  13. know the way (outro)

Laura Nyro: More Than A New Discovery

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On February 21, 1967, “Verve Forecast” label released “More Than a New Discovery”, the debut Laura Nyro studio album. It was recorded July – November 1966, at “Bell Sound” in New York, and was produced by Milton Okun.

Personnel:

  • Laura Nyro – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jay Berliner – guitar
  • Stan Free – piano
  • Buddy Lucas – harmonica
  • Lou Mauro – double bass
  • Bill LaVorgna – drums
  • James Sedlar – French horn
  • Herb Bernstein – flugelhorn, arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering
  • Harry Yarmark – engineer
  • Jean Goldhirsch – producer assistant
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision
  • Murray Laden – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Nyro.

  1. Goodbye Joe
  2. Billy’s Blues
  3. And When I Die
  4. Stoney End
  5. Lazy Susan
  6. Hands of the Man
  7. Wedding Bell Blues
  8. Buy and Sell
  9. He’s a Runner
  10. Blowin’ Away
  11. I Never Meant to Heart You
  12. California Shoeshine Boys

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford – trumpet
  • Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – double bass, electric double bass with wah-wah pedal
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper

Tindersticks: The Something Rain

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On February 20, 2012, “Lucky Dog Recordings” label released “The Something Rain”, the ninth Tindersticks studio album. It was recorded May – August, 2011, at “Le Chien Chanceux” in Creuse, France, and was produced by Stuart A. Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart A. Staples – vocals
  • David Boulter – vocals, piano, organ
  • Neil Fraser – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dan McKinna – bass
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • David Kitt – guitar
  • Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Andy Nice – soprano saxophone, cello
  • Julian Siegel – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Will Wilde – chromatic harmonica
  • Gina Foster – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Chocolate – David Boulter
  2. Show Me Everything – David Boulter, Stuart Staples
  3. This Fire of Autumn – Stuart Staples
  4. A Night So Still – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staples
  5. Slippin’ Shoes – Stuart Staples
  6. Medicine – Stuart Staples
  7. Frozen – David Kitt, Stuart Staples
  8. Come Inside – Stuart Staples
  9. Goodbye Joe – David Boulter

Tortoise: Standards

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On February 20, 2001, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Standards”, the fourth Tortoise studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Soma” in Chicago, and was produced by John McEntire.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Parker – guitar, bass
  • Dan Bitney – bass, guitar, percussion, vibes, marimba, keyboards, baritone saxophone
  • Douglas McCombs – bass, bass 6, guitar, lap steel
  • John Herndon – drums, vibes, keyboards, sequencing
  • John McEntire – drums, modular synthesizer, ring modulator guitar, electric harpsichord, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon and John McEntire.

  1. Seneca
  2. Eros
  3. Benway
  4. Firefly
  5. Six Pack
  6. Eden 2
  7. Monica
  8. Blackjack
  9. Eden 1
  10. Speakeasy

Rachel’s: Music For Egon Schiele

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On February 20, 1996, “Quarterstick” label released “Music for Egon Schiele”, the second Rachel’s album. It was recorded in July 1995. The album was composed as score to a theatrical production, “Egon Schiele”, about the life of the painter Egon Schiele

Personnel:

  • Rachel Grimes – piano, mixing, design, photography
  • Christian Frederickson – viola
  • Wendy Doyle – cello
  • Bob Weston – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Noble – mixing, design, photography
  • John Loder – mastering
  • Egon Schiele – artwork
  • Aaron Frisbee, Chip Dumstorf – Graphic Technologies
  • Gregory King – booklet printing

Track listing:

 All tracks by Rachel Grimes

  1. Family Portrait
  2. Egon & Gertie
  3. First Self-Portrait Series
  4. Mime Van Osen
  5. Second Self-Portrait Series
  6. Wally, Egon & Models in the Studio
  7. Promenade
  8. Third Self-Portrait Series
  9. Egon, Edith & Wally Meet
  10. Egon & Wally Embrace and Say Farewell
  11. Egon & Edith
  12. Second Family Portrait

Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

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On January 19, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Cloudward”, the 13th Mary Halvorson album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Sear Sound” in New York, and was produced by John Dieterich.

Personnel:

  • Mary Halvorson – guitars
  • Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
  • Jacob Garchik – trombone
  • Nick Dunston – double bass
  • Tomas Fujiwara – drums
  • Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
  • Laurie Anderson – violin

Track listing:

  1. The Gate
  2. The Tower
  3. Colapsing Mouth
  4. Unscrolling
  5. Desiderata
  6. Incarnadine
  7. Tailhead
  8. Ultramarine

Wardruna: Runaljod – Gap var ginnunga

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On January 19, 2009, “Indie Recordings/Fimbulljóð Productions” label released “Runaljod – Gap var ginnunga”, the debut Wardruna studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2008, and was produced by Kvitrafn.

Personnel:

  • Kvitrafn – vocals, instruments, arrangements
  • Gaahl – vocals
  • Lindy-Fay Hella – vocals
  • Hallvard Kleiveland – Hardanger fiddle

Tracklisting:

All tracks by Kvitrafn.

  1. Ár var alda
  2. Hagal
  3. Bjarkan
  4. Løyndomsriss
  5. Heimta Thurs
  6. Thurs
  7. Jara
  8. Laukr
  9. Kauna
  10. Algir – Stien klarnar
  11. Algir – Tognatale
  12. Dagr