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Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet: December Avenue

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On March 31, 2017, “ECM” label released “December Avenue”, the second Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet album.  It was recorded in 2016, at “Studios La Buissonne”  in Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tomasz Stanko – trumpet
  • David Virelles – piano
  • Reuben Rogers – double bass
  • Gerald Cleaver – drums
  • Gérard de Haro – engineer
  • Nicolas Baillard – mastering
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Woong Chul An – photography
  • Caterina di Perri – liner photos

Track listing:

All tracks by Tomasz Stanko, except where noted.

  1. Cloud
  2. Conclusion – Tomasz Stanko, David Virelles, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Cleaver
  3. Blue Cloud
  4. Bright Moon
  5. Burning Hot
  6. David and Reuben – Tomasz Stanko, David Virelles, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Cleaver
  7. Ballad for Bruno Schulz
  8. Sound Space – Tomasz Stanko, David Virelles, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Cleaver
  9. December Avenue
  10. The Street of Crocodiles
  11. Yankiels Lid
  12. Young Girl in Flower

Glass Hammer: The Breaking of the World

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On March 31, 2015, “Arion Records/Audio Resources” labels released “The Breaking of the World”, the fifteenth Glass Hammer studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sound Resources” in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb.

Personnel:

  • Carl Groves – lead vocals
  • Susie Bogdanowicz – lead and backing vocals
  • Fred Schendel – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Alan Shikoh – acoustic, classical and electric guitars
  • Steve Babb – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Aaron Raulston – drums
  • Steve Unruh – violin
  • Michele Lynn – lead and backing vocals
  • Bob Katz- mastering
  • Michal Xaay Loranc – cover and booklet art

Track listing:

  1. Mythopoeia – lyrics by Steve Babb, music by Steve Babb, Alan Shikoh
  2. Third Floor (A Play in One Act) – lyrics by Fred Schendel, music by Alan Shikoh, Fred Schendel
  3. Babylon – lyrics by Fred Schendel, music by Steve Babb
  4. A Bird When it Sneezes – music by Alan Shikoh
  5. Sand – Fred Schendel
  6. Bandwagon – lyrics by Carl Groves, music by Fred Schendel, Carl Groves
  7. Haunted – lyrics by Carl Groves, music by Fred Schendel, Susie Bogdanowicz, Michele Lynn
  8. North Wind – lyrics by Steve Babb, music by Alan Shikoh, Carl Groves
  9. Nothing, Everything – lyrics by Steve Babb, ,music by Steve Babb, Carl Groves

Leb i Sol: Kao Kakao

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On March 3, 1987, “Jugoton” label released “Kao Kakao”, the ninth Leb i Sol album. It was recorded 1986 – 1987, at “Studio M2” at “RTS Skopje” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Vlatko Stefanovski, Bodan Arsovski and Braco Zafirovski.

Personnel:

  • Vlatko Stefanovski – vocal, guitars, arranger
  • Bodan Arsovski – vocal, bass, arranger
  • Garabet Tavitijan – drums, arranger
  • Kiril Djakovski – piano, keyboards, arranger
  • Goce Micanov – saxophone
  • Ronnie Wathen – Irish bagpipes
  • Bebi Dol – backing vocals
  • Ana Kostovska – backing vocals
  • Braco Zafirovski – recording engineer, mixing
  • Paul Gauguin – front cover painting
  • Ivan Piko Stančić – design
  • Georgi Žorž Hristovski – photography
  • Fedor Džamonja – photography

Track listing:

  1. Mamurni ljudi – Vlatko Stefanovski
  2. Kao kakao – Vlatko Stefanovski
  3. Femme Fatale – lyrics by Arsen Dedić, music by Vlatko Stefanovski
  4. Čuvam noć od budnih – Vlatko Stefanovski
  5. Kriza tridesetih – Vlatko Stefanovski
  6. Autoput – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Bodan Arsovski
  7. Igraj – Vlatko Stefanovski
  8. Skopje – Vlatko Stefanovski
  9. Čekam Kišu – lyrics by Goran Stefanovski, music by Vlatko Stefanovski

John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet

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On March 30, 2006, “ECM” label released “The Third Quartet”, the 36th John Abercrombie album. It was recorded in June 2005, at “Avatar Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie – guitar
  • Mark Feldman– violin
  • Marc Johnson– double bass
  • Joey Baron– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Abercrombie except where noted.

  1. Banshee
  2. Number 9
  3. Vingt Six
  4. Wishing Bell
  5. Bred
  6. Tres
  7. Round Trip – Ornette Coleman
  8. Epilogue – Bill Evans
  9. Elvin
  10. Fine

 

Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins: Which Way is West

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On March 30, 2004, “ECM” label released “Which Way is East”, album by Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins. It was recorded in January 2001, and was produced by Charles Lloyd and Dorothy Darr.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd– voice, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, bass flute, alto flute, C flute, piano, aragato, Tibetan oboe, percussion, maracas
  • Billy Higgins– voice, drums, percussion, guitar, guimbri, Syrian one string, various Senegalese and Guinean hand drums, Indian hand drum, Juno’s wood box
  • Manfred Eicher- executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd except where noted.

  1. What Is Man: The Forest – Billy Higgins, Charles Lloyd
  2. What Is Man: Being and Becoming
  3. What Is Man: Civilization
  4. What Is Man: Sea of Tranquility
  5. Divans: Prayer, Sanctuary
  6. Divans: Supreme Love Dance
  7. Divans: A Wild and Holy Band
  8. Salaam: Oh, Karim – Billy Higgins
  9. Salaam: Akhi
  10. Salaam: Ya, Karim – Billy Higgins
  11. Salaam: Tagi
  12. All This Is That: Hanuman’s Dance
  13. All This Is That: Sky Valley
  14. All This Is That: Blues Tinge – Billy Higgins
  15. All This Is That: Atman Alone Abides
  16. Desire: Wild Orchids Bloom
  17. Desire: Advaita
  18. Desire: Chomolungma
  19. Devotion: Sally Sunflower Whitecloud
  20. Devotion: My Lord, My Lord – Billy Higgins, Charles Lloyd
  21. Devotion: Windy Mountain
  22. Devotion: Through Fields and Underground
  23. Light of Love: Mi Corazon
  24. Light of Love: Beloved, Chimes at Midnight – Billy Higgins, Charles Lloyd
  25. Light of Love: Take a Chance – Billy Higgins
  26. Surrender: Perfume of the Desert
  27. Surrender: Benares
  28. Surrender: Amor – Billy Higgins
  29. Surrender: Forever Dance – Billy Higgins, Charles Lloyd
  30. Surrender: Bis – Billy Higgins

Spiritualized: Lazer Guided Melodies

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On March 30, 1992, “Dedicated” label released “Lazer Guided Melodies”, the debut Spiritualized album. It was recorded November 1990 – July 1991, at “VHF Sound Centre” in Rugby, “Moles Studio” in Bath, “Far Heath Studio” in Northamptonshire, and was produced by Jason Pierce.

Personnel:

  • Jason Pierce– vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimer, autoharp, piano
  • Kate Radley– vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Mark Refoy– acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimer
  • Will Carruthers – bass
  • Jonny Mattock– drums, percussion, dulcimer
  • Simon Clarke – flute
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet
  • Will Gregory – saxophone
  • Colin Humphries – cello
  • Martin Robinson – cello
  • Owen John – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Pierce, except where noted.

  1. You Know It’s True
  2. If I Were with Her Now
  3. I Want You
  4. Run – J.J. Cale, Jason Pierce
  5. Smiles
  6. Step into the Breeze
  7. Symphony Space
  8. Take Your Time
  9. Shine a Light
  10. Angel Sigh
  11. Sway – Jason Pierce, Mark Refoy

 

Krzysztof Penderecki

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On March 29, 2020, Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki died aged 87. He was a Polish composer and conductor, one of the most important European and world composers of the 20th century.  Penderecki composed four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works. Among his best known works are Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Polish Requiem,  Anaklasis and Utrenja, Symphony No. 3, his St. Luke Passion,  Penderecki has won many prestigious awards, including the Commander’s Cross in 1964, the Prix Italia in 1967 and 1968, the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1964, four Grammy Awards in 1987, twice in 1998, and 2017, Wolf Prize in Arts in 1987 and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1992.

Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May

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On March 29, 2019, “Nonesuch” label released “Come What May”, the 20th Joshua Redman album. It was recorded in May 2018, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Joshua Redman.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Reuben Rogers– bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson– drums
  • Aaron Goldberg– piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Redman.

  1. Circle of Life
  2. I’ll Go Mine
  3. Come What May
  4. How We Do
  5. DGAF
  6. Stagger Bear
  7. Vast

Phish: Hoist

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On March 29, 1994, “Elektra” label released “Hoist”, the fifth Phish studio album. It was recorded October – November 1993, at “American Recording Co.” in Woodland Hills, California, and was produced by Paul Fox.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio– lead vocals, guitars
  • Page McConnell– pianos, organ, backing vocals
  • Mike Gordon– electric and upright basses, mandolin
  • Jon “Greasy Fizeek” Fishman– drums, backing vocals
  • Morgan Fichter – violin
  • Alison Krauss– additional lead and backing vocals
  • Rickey Grundy Chorale – backing vocals
    • Rickey Grundy – conductor
    • Trelawney McLaurin
    • Beverly Witherspoon
    • Theodore Trent III
    • Beretta Thomas
    • Angela Brown
    • Hosea Belcher
  • Rose Stone, Jean McClain – backing vocals
  • Tower of PowerHorn Section – horns
    • Greg Adams – fluegelhorn
    • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
    • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone
    • David Mann – alto saxophone
    • Emilio Castillo– tenor saxophone
  • Jonathan Frakes– trombone
  • Béla Fleck– banjo
  • The Richard Greene Fourteen – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Trey Anastasio and Marshall, except where noted.

  1. Julius
  2. Down with Disease
  3. If I Could – Trey Anastasio
  4. Riker’s Mailbox – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell
  5. Axilla (Part II)
  6. Lifeboy
  7. Sample in a Jar
  8. Wolfman’s Brother – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Marshall, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell
  9. Scent of a Mule – Mike Gordon
  10. Dog Faced Boy – Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Marshall, Page McConnell
  11. Demand (song ends at 1:56, followed by Split Open and Melt jam from 4/21/93 and Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) – Trey Anastasio, Marshall, Naomi Shemer

Gil Scott-Heron: Spirits

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On March 29, 1994, “TVT Records” label released “Spirits”, the 14th Gil Scott – Heron album. It was recorded in April 1993, and was produced by Gil Scott-Heron, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Malcolm Cecil.

Personnel:

  • Gil Scott-Heron – vocals, piano
  • Ed Brady – guitar
  • Fima Ephron, Robbie Gordon – bass guitar
  • Malcolm Cecil- bass guitar, piano
  • Brian Jackson, Kim Jordan, Vernard Dickson – piano
  • Rodney Youngs – drums
  • Larry McDonald, Tony Duncanson – percussion
  • Leon William, Ron Holloway- saxophone
  • Ibrahim Shakur – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Gil Scott-Heron.

  1. Message to the Messengers
  2. Spirits
  3. Give Her a Call
  4. Spirits Past
  5. The Other Side (Parts I-III)
  6. Don’t Give Up