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Sleater – Kinney: The Center Won’t Hold

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On August 16, 2019, “Mom + Pop” label released “The Center Won’t Hold”, the ninth Sleater-Kinney studio album.  It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by St. Vincent.

Personnel:

  • Carrie Brownstein– vocals, guitar, piano
  • Corin Tucker– vocals, guitar
  • Janet Weiss– drums
  • Cian Riordan – engineer
  • Tom Elmhirst– mixing
  • Clare Byrne – styling
  • Humberto Leon– creative direction
  • João Moraes/Framework – art direction
  • Brian Phillips – creative direction
  • McLayne Ycmat – design
  • Charlie Engman – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Corin Tucker, Janet Weiss, and Carrie Brownstein.

  1. The Center Won’t Hold
  2. Hurry On Home
  3. Reach Out
  4. Can I Go On
  5. Restless
  6. Ruins
  7. Love
  8. Bad Dance
  9. The Future Is Here
  10. The Dog/The Body
  11. Broken

Frank Turner: No Man’s Land

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On August 16, 2019, “Xtra Mile” label released “No Man’s Land”, the eighth Frank Turner studio album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by Catherine Marks.

Personnel:

  • Frank Turner– lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, synthesizer
  • Andrea Goldsworthy – upright bass
  • Gill Sandell – accordion, piano
  • Holly Madge – drums
  • Carol Jarvis – trombone
  • Clare McInerney – clarinet
  • Lionicio Saenz – trumpet
  • Netty Brown – trumpet
  • Jeff Dazey – saxophone
  • Anna Jenkins – violin, viola
  • Jo Silverston – cello
  • Jessica Guise – backing vocals
  • Rio Hellyer – vocal arrangements
  • Kat Marsh – vocal arrangements
  • Rebecca Need-Menear – vocal arrangements
  • Kate Pavil – vocal arrangements
  • Rachel Still – vocal arrangements
  • Eleanor Tinlin – vocal arrangements
  • Julia Webb – vocal arrangements
  • Marianne Johnson – vocal arrangements
  • Matt Nasir– string arrangements
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Adam “Cecil” Bartlett – engineer
  • Catherine Marks– mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Olivia M Healy – illustrations

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Turner.

  1. Jinny Bingham’s Ghost
  2. Sister Rosetta
  3. I Believed You, William Blake
  4. Nica
  5. A Perfect Wife
  6. Silent Key
  7. Eye of the Day
  8. The Death of Dora Hand
  9. The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead
  10. The Lioness
  11. The Hymn of Kassiani
  12. Rescue Annie
  13. Rosemary Jane

Bob Birch

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On August 15, 2012, Bob Birch died aged 56. He was singer and musician (bass, bassoon, and saxophone), a member of Warpipes. He recorded and  performed with Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, Bryan Adams, Lionel  Richie, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Phil Collins, Keith Emerson,  Joseph  Williams, Jose Feliciano, and Edgar Winter.

John Abercrombie: Structures

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On August 15, 2006, “Chesky” label released “Structures”, the 36th John Abercrombie album. It was recorded in March 2006, at “St. Peter’s Episcopal Church” in New York City, and was produced by Charles Carlini and David Chesky.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez– double bass
  • Gene Jackson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Jazz Folk – John Abercrombie
  2. The Touch of Your Lips – Ray Noble
  3. Moon and Sand – Alec Wilder, Morty Palitz, William Engvick
  4. Walter Pigeon – Eddie Gomez
  5. Everything I Love – Cole Porter
  6. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. 3 for Three – John Abercrombie
  8. Turn out the Stars – Bill Evans
  9. Missing You – Eddie Gomez
  10. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Guitar Shorty: We The People

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On August 15, 2006, “Alligator” label released “We the People”, the seventh Guitar Shorty (David Kearney) studio album. It was recorded in 2006 and was produced by Jerry “Wyzard” Seay and Brian Brinkerhoff.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty — vocals, guitar
  • Jake Andrews — rhythm guitar
  • John Thomas — keyboards
  • Wyzard — bass, acoustic guitar
  • Alvino Bennett — drums
  • Larry Goetz — engineer, mixing
  • James Bennett — engineer assistant
  • Bruce Iglauer— mastering
  • Dan Monick — photography
  • Kevin Niemiec — package design
  • Dan Stout — mastering
  • Michael Trossman — logo

Track listing:

  1. We the People – Guitar Shorty, Harms
  2. What Good Is Life? – Jerry Wyzard Seay, Green, Guitar Shorty
  3. I Got Your Number – Bob Halligan, Jr.
  4. Runaway Train – Tommy McCoy
  5. Down That Road Again – Guitar Shorty, Harms, Ross
  6. Fine Cadillac – Grimaldi
  7. Can’t Get Enough – Jerry Wyzard Seay
  8. A Hurt So Old – Halligan
  9. Who Needs It? – Williams
  10. Blues in My Blood – Merv Goldsworthy
  11. Cost of Livin’ – Guitar Shorty, Jerry Wyzard Seay
  12. Sonic Boom – Harms

 

Fat Mattress: Same

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On August 15, 1969, “Polydor” label released the self-titled, debut Fat Mattress album. It was recorded in 1969 and was produced by Neil Landon, Noel Redding, Jimmy Leverton, and Eric Dillon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Landon– vocals
  • Noel Redding – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Leverton– vocals, bass, harpsichord, organ
  • Eric Dillon – drums, tuned percussion
  • Mitch Mitchell– drums, percussion
  • Chris Wood– flute
  • Jimi Hendrix– percussion
  • George Chkiantz– engineer
  • Paragon Publicity – design
  • Gered Mankowitz– photography
  • Adrian Morgan – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. All Night Drinker – Neil Landon, Jim Leverton
  2. I Don’t Mind – Neil Landon, Noel Redding
  3. Bright New Way – Neil Landon, Jim Leverton
  4. Petrol Pump Assistant – Neil Landon, Noel Redding
  5. Moonshine – Neil Landon, Noel Redding
  6. Magic Forest – Neil Landon, Noel Redding
  7. She Came in the Morning – Neil Landon
  8. Everything’s Blue – Noel Redding
  9. Walking Through a Garden – Noel Redding
  10. How Can I Live – Neil Landon, Noel Redding

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee’s Feathers

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On August 14, 2015, “Masterworks” and “OKeh” labels released “Dee Dee’s Feathers”, the 19th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded in March 2014, at “Esplanade Studios”, and was produced by Irvin Mayfield.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – lead vocals
  • John – vocals
  • Glen David Andrews – vocals
  • Victor Atkins – piano
  • Don Vappie – guitar, banjo
  • Jasen Weaver – bass
  • Peter Harris – bass
  • Adonis Rose – drums
  • Bill Summers – percussion
  • Khari Allen Lee – alto saxophone
  • Rex Gregory – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Jason Marshall – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Derek Douget – tenor saxophone
  • Edward Petersen – tenor saxophone
  • David Harris – trombone
  • Emily Fredrickson – trombone
  • Michael Watson – vocals, trombone
  • Bernard Floyd – trumpet
  • Branden Lewis – trumpet
  • Eric Lucero – trumpet
  • Leon Brown – alto vocals, trumpet
  • Ashlin Parker – vocals, trumpet
  • Irvin Mayfield – vocals, trumpet
  • Ronald Markham – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. One Fine Thing – Harry Connick Jr.
  2. What a Wonderful World – Bob Thiele, George David Weiss
  3. Big Chief – Earl King Johnson
  4. Saint James Infirmary – Joe Primrose (Irving Mills)
  5. Dee Dee’s Feathers – Dee Dee Bridgewater
  6. New Orleans – Hoagy Carmichael
  7. Theme Song / Do Whatcha Wanna – John Boutte
  8. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  9. Congo Square – Bill Summers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield
  10. C’est Ici Que Je T’aime – Irvin Mayfield
  11. Do You Know What It Means – Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter
  12. Whoopin’ Blues – Benny Jones, Bruce Christian Brackman, Craig Klein, Julius McKee, Lionel Batiste, Roger Hayward Lewis

Yellowcard: Southern Air

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On August 14, 2012, “Hopeless Records” label released “Southern Air”, the eighth Yellowcard studio album. It was recorded March – April 2012 and was produced by Neal Avron.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Key– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Sean Mackin– vocals, violin, string arrangements, mandolin
  • Ryan Mendez – lead guitar, bass
  • Longineu W. Parsons III– drums, percussion
  • Tay Jardine – vocals, backing vocals
  • Alex Gaskarth – backing vocals
  • Cassadee Pope– backing vocals
  • Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • Christine Lightner – cello
  • David Immergluck- pedal steel guitar, mandolin
  • Georg Egloff – piano
  • Neal Avron– keyboards, programming
  • Erich Talaba – engineer
  • Brendan Dekora – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Nicolas Fournier – mixing assistant
  • Brian Manley – design, cover photos

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ryan Key except where noted; all music by Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Ryan Mendez, and Longineu W. Parsons III except where noted.

  1. Awakening
  2. Surface of the Sun
  3. Always Summer
  4. Here I Am Alive – lyrics by Ryan Key, Patrick Stump
  5. Sleep in the Snow
  6. A Vicious Kind
  7. Telescope
  8. Rivertown Blues
  9. Ten
  10. Southern Air

Sparks: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman

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On August 12, 2009, “Lil’ Beethoven” and “SR Records” labels released “The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman”, the 22nd Sparks album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Hollywood American Studios” in Hollywood, “Radio Drama Studio” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Ron Mael, Russell Mael, and Marie Wennersten (producer for Swedish recording). The album was conceived as a radio drama, commissioned by “Sveriges Radio Radioteatern”. It was created to be listened as a single piece, rather than a collection of stand-alone songs.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael– vocals, studio chief, policeman 1 and 2
  • Ron Mael– keyboard, limo driver, Hollywood tour guide
  • Marcus Blake – autograph hound, Woody
  • Tammy Glover – Hollywood welcoming committee, Gerry
  • Saskia Husberg – interpreter
  • Elin Klinga– Greta Garbo
  • Marie-Chantal Long – Cannes Festival announcer
  • Jonas Malmsjö– Ingmar Bergman
  • Steve McDonald – hotel concierge
  • Steven Nistor– hotel doorman
  • Katie Puckrik– hotel operator
  • Rebecca Sjöwall– Hollywood starlet
  • Jim Wilson – first A.D, autograph hound
  • Jim Wilson – guitar
  • Dean Menta– guitar
  • Marcus Blake – bass
  • Tammy Glover– drums
  • Steven Nistor – drums
  • Marie Wennersten – director for Swedish recording
  • Magnus Lindman – translations
  • Sabina von Greyerz – SR Records project manager

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

  1. 1956 Cannes Film Festival
  2. I Am Ingmar Bergman
  3. Limo Driver (Welcome to Hollywood)
  4. Here He Is Now
  5. Bergman, How Are You?
  6. He’ll Come ‘Round
  7. En Route to the Beverly Hills Hotel
  8. Hollywood Welcoming Committee
  9. I’ve Got to Contact Sweden
  10. The Studio Commissary
  11. I Must Not Be Nasty
  12. Quiet on the Set
  13. Why Do You Take That Tone with Me?
  14. Pleasant Hotel Staff
  15. Hollywood Tour Bus
  16. Autograph Hounds
  17. Bergman Ponders Escape
  18. We’ve Got to Turn Him ‘Round
  19. Escape (Part1)
  20. Escape (Part 2)
  21. Oh, My God
  22. Garbo Sings
  23. Almost a Hollywood Ending
  24. He’s Home

John Patitucci: Communion

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On August 14, 2002, “Concord” label released “Communion”, the tenth John Patitucci album. It was recorded February – March 2001 and was produced by John Patitucci.

Personnel:

  • John Patitucci – bass guitar, double bass
  • Branford Marsalis– soprano sax
  • Joe Lovano– tenor sax
  • Chris Potter– tenor sax, soprano sax
  • Tim Ries– clarinet, flute
  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Bruce Barth– piano
  • Edward Simon– piano
  • Brian Blade– drums
  • Horacio Hernández– drums
  • Valtinho Anastacio – percussion
  • Duduka da Fonseca– percussion
  • Marc Quiñones– percussion, conga
  • Luciana Souza– vocals
  • Elizabeth Lim-Dutton – violin
  • Richard Rood– violin
  • Lawrence Dutton– viola
  • Sachi Patitucci – cello
  • Joe Barbaria – engineer, mixing
  • Allan Tucker – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by John Patitucci except where noted.

  1. Bariloche
  2. Calabria
  3. Choro Luoco
  4. Isabella
  5. Communion
  6. Misterioso – Thelonious Monk
  7. Valentine
  8. The Sower
  9. Soul Eyes – Mal Waldron
  10. Bohemia After Dark – Oscar Pettiford