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Ray Anderson: Don’t Mow Your Lawn

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On July 26, 1994, “Enja” label released “Don’t Mow Your Lawn”, album by Ray Anderson and Alligatory Band (the eleventh Ray Anderson album overall).

Personnel:

  • Ray Anderson – lead vocal, trombone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Jerome Harris – guitar, backing vocal
  • Gregory Jones – bass, backing vocal
  • Tommy Campbell – drums
  • Frank Colón – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Mow Your Lawn – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  2. Diddleybop
  3. Damaged But Good – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  4. Alligatory Pecadillo
  5. What’cha Gonna Do with That – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  6. Airwaves
  7. Blow Your Own Horn – Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven
  8. Disguise the Limit

Lalo Schifrin: More Jazz Meets the Symphony

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On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.

Personnel:

  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
  2. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Chano – Lalo Schifrin
  4. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
  7. Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

George Benson: Tell It Like It Is

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In July 1969, “A&M” label released “Tell It Like It Is”, the seventh George Benson album. It was recorded April – May 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Rodgers Grant, Richard Tee – piano
  • Bob Bushnell, Jerry Jemmott, Jim Fielder – bass guitar
  • Leo Morris – drums
  • Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
  • Arthur Clarke, Bob Porcelli, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Sonny Fortune – saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Marty Sheller – arrangements, conductor
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soul Limbo – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
  2. Are You Happy – Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble
  3. Tell It Like It Is – George Davis, Lee Diamond
  4. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  5. Jackie, All – Eumir Deodato
  6. Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya – Rudy Stevenson
  7. Water Brother – Don Sebesky
  8. My Woman’s Good to Me – Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
  9. Jama Joe – George Benson
  10. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  11. Out in the Cold Again – Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom

Frank Sinatra: Nice ‘N’ Easy

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On July 25, 1960, “Capitol” label released “Nice ‘n’ Easy”, the eighteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March – April 1960, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Orchestra Nelson Riddle
  • Nelson Riddle – orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Nice ‘n’ Easy – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence
  2. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  3. How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?) – Irving Berlin
  4. I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  6. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  7. Nevertheless (I’m in Love with You) – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
  8. (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
  9. Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
  10. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Mam’selle – Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding
  12. Dream – Johnny Mercer

Chuck Mangione

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On July 22, 2025, Charles Frank Mangione died aged 84. He was musician (flugelhorn, trumpet, piano) and composer, came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey’s band in the 1960s. With his brother Gap, he led the Mangione Brothers Sextet/Quintet, later was member of the band The National Gallery, from 1968 – 1972 was director of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble, formed quartet with Gerry Niewood, in the late 70’s he lead ensemble with Chris Vadala, Grant Geissman, Charles Meeks and James Bradley Jr. As leader he released 29th albums.

Eleventh Dream Day: Works For Tomorrow

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On July 24, 2015, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Works for Tomorrow”, the 13th Eleventh Dream Day album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Loft” in Newcastle, “Mayfair Recording Studios” in London.

Personnel:

  • Rick Rizzo – vocals, guitar
  • James Elkington – guitar, piano, organ
  • Mark Greenberg – organ, recording, mixing
  • Douglas McCombs – bass
  • Janet Beveridge Bean – vocals, drums
  • Martin Wenk, Richard Parenti – horns
  • Patrick Klem – mastering
  • T. A. Breen – artwork, design

Track listing:

  1. Vanishing Point
  2. Works for Tomorrow
  3. Cheap Gasoline
  4. Snowblind
  5. Go Tell It
  6. The People’s History
  7. Requiem for 4 Chambers
  8. The Unknowing
  9. Deep Lakes
  10. End with Me

Eliot Bronson: Empty Spaces

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On July 24, 2020, “New Pain Records” label released “Empty Spaces”, the fifth Eliot Bronson album.

Personnel:

  • Eliot Bronson – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, harmonica, mellotron
  • Bret Hartly – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Will Robertson – piano, organ, accordion, bass, double bass, guitar, mixing
  • Colin Agnew – drums, percussion
  • Marla Feeney – violin
  • Andrew Colella – viola
  • Prisca Strothers – harmony vocals
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Brad Dickson – executive producer
  • Dave Gallagher – executive producer
  • Lisa Wiffledust – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Eliot Bronson.

  1. Visitor
  2. Let Me Go
  3. Good for You
  4. She Loves the Mountains
  5. Atlanta
  6. Montana
  7. Mountain in My Mind
  8. With Somebody
  9. Empty Spaces
  10. Gone

Agusa: Två

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On July 24, 2015, “Kommun 2” label released “Två”, album by Agusa.

Personnel:

  • Mikael Ödesjö – guitar
  • Jonas Berge – organ
  • Jenny Puertas – flute
  • Tobias Petterson – bass
  • Tim Wallander – drums
  • Emil Isaksson – recording
  • Kristian Holmgren – mixing
  • Peter Wallgren – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Gånglåt Från Vintergatan
  2. Kung Bores Dans

Three: The End Is Begun

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On July 24, 2007, “Metal Blade Records” label released “The End Is Begun”, the fourth Three studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Jersville Studios” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

Personnel:

  • Joey Eppard — vocals, guitar
  • Billy Riker — guitar
  • Joe Stote — keyboards, percussion
  • Daniel Grimsland — bass guitar
  • Chris “Gartdrumm” Gartmann — drums
  • Jerry Marotta — additional percussion, taos drums
  • Daniel Grimsland — string arrangements
  • Toby Wright — mixing
  • Louie Toran — mastering
  • Roman Klum — production engineer
  • Dennis Sibeijn — artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joey Eppard, except where noted, all music by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Daniel Grimsland, Joe Stote and Chris Gartmann.

  1. The Word Is Born of Flame
  2. The End Is Begun
  3. Battle Cry
  4. All That Remains
  5. My Divided Falling
  6. Serpents in Disguise – lyrics by Joey Eppard, Billy Riker
  7. Been to the Future
  8. Bleeding Me Home
  9. Live Entertainment
  10. Diamond in the Crush
  11. Shadow Play
  12. These Iron Bones
  13. The Last Day