Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: Live Alive

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On November 15, 1986, “Epic” label released “Live Alive”, the first live Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble album (the fourth Stevie Ray Vaughn album overall).The performances were recorded in July 1985 at the “Montreux Jazz Festival”, July 1986 at the “Austin Opera House”, July 1986 at “Dallas Starfest”, and was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tommy Shannon, Chris “Whipper” Layton and Reese Wynans.

Personnel:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Reese Wynans – keyboards
  • Tommy Shannon – bass
  • Chris “Whipper” Layton – drums
  • Gary Olazabal – engineer
  • Dave Richards – engineer
  • Chris Austopchuk – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.

  1. Say What
  2. Ain’t Gone’ Give Up on Love
  3. Pride and Joy
  4. Mary Had a Little Lamb – Buddy Guy
  5. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
  6. I’m Leaving You (Commit a Crime) – Chester Burnett
  7. Cold Shot – Michael Kindred
  8. Willie the Wimp – Ruth Ellsworth, Bill Carter
  9. Look at Little Sister – Hank Ballard
  10. Texas Flood – Larry C. Davis, Jospeh Wade Scott
  11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  12. Love Struck Baby
  13. Change It – Doyle Bramhall
  14. Life Without You

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messemgers: Golden Boy

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In November 1964, “Colpix” label released “Golden Boy” (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections from the New Musical Golden Boy), the 21st Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in 1963 in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone, arrangements
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Taylor – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

  1. Theme from Golden Boy
  2. Yes I Can
  3. Lorna’s Here
  4. This Is the Life
  5. There’s a Party
  6. I Want to Be with You

Roland Kirk: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra

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In November 1963, “Mercury” label released “The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra”, the seventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in June 1963 in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Abdullah Rafik – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums

The Benny Golson Orchestra

  • Benny Golson – conductor, arranger
  • Richard Williams, Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Dezső Csanády – artwork
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Ecclusiastics – Charles Mingus
  2. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Roland Speaks – Roland Kirk, Benny Golson
  4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz
  5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
  6. I’ve Got Your Number – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
  8. April Morning
  9. Get in the Basement
  10. Abstract Improvisation

Roland Kirk: Domino

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In November 1962, “Mercury” label released “Domino”, the fifth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Tel Mar Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – flute, tenor sax, vocals, stritch, manzello, nose flute, siren
  • Andrew Hill – piano, celeste
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Vernon Martin – bass
  • Henry Duncan – drums
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Joe Segal – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Domino – Don Raye, Jacques Plante, Louis Ferrari
  2. Meeting on Termini’s Corner – Roland Kirk
  3. Time – Richie Powell
  4. Lament – J. J. Johnson
  5. A Stritch in Time – Roland Kirk
  6. 3-in-1 Without the Oil – Roland Kirk
  7. Get Out of Town – Cole Porter
  8. Rolando – Roland Kirk
  9. I Believe in You – Frank Loesser
  10. E.D. – Roland Kirk

ABC: Beauty Stab

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On November 14, 1983, “Neutron” label released “Beauty Stab”, the second ABC studio album. It was recorded August – September 1983, at “Sarm Studios East and West”, “Townhouse Studios”, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Langan, Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.

Personnel:

  • Martin Fry – lead and backing vocals, string arrangements, design
  • Mark White – pianos, Roland Juno-6, E-mu Emulator, synthesizers, guitars, string arrangements, design
  • Stephen Singleton – alto saxophone, string arrangements, design
  • Alan Spenner – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Louis Jordan (Luís Jardim) – percussion
  • Howie Casey – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • David Theodore – oboe
  • David Bedford – string arrangements
  • Gary Langan – engineer
  • John Kurlander – engineer assistant
  • Bob Kraushaar – engineer assistant
  • Keith Nixon – engineer assistant
  • Keith Breeden – design assistant
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton.

  1. That Was Then but This is Now
  2. Love’s a Dangerous Language
  3. If I Ever Thought You’d Be Lonely
  4. The Power of Persuasion
  5. Beauty Stab
  6. By Default, by Design
  7. Hey Citizen!
  8. King Money
  9. Nite the Hand
  10. Unzip
  11. S.O.S.
  12. United Kingdom

Wet Willie: Manorisms

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On November 14, 1977, “Epic” label released “Manorisms”, the sixth Wet Willie album. It was recorded in “The Manor Studio”, “Chipping Norton Recording Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Gary Lyons.

Personnel:

  • Marshall Smith – guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Berwald – guitar
  • Mike Duke – keyboards, lead vocals
  • Jack Hall – bass, backing vocals
  • Theophilus Lively – drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Jimmy Hall – lead vocals, saxophone, harmonica
  • Fiachra Trench – orchestration
  • Mick Glossop – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Rainman – Mike Duke
  2. Make You Feel Love Again – George Jackson, Thomas Jones
  3. So Blue – Mike Duke
  4. We Got Lovin’ – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Jack Hall
  5. Don’t Turn Me Away – Mike Duke
  6. Street Corner Serenade – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Marshall Smith
  7. One Track Mind – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall
  8. How ‘Bout You? – Mike Duke
  9. Doin’ All the Right Things (The Wrong Way) – Mike Duke
  10. Let It Shine – Mike Duke, Jimmy Hall, Smith

John Coltrane: Dakar

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “Dakar”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Teddy Charles.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dakar – Teddy Charles
  2. Mary’s Blues – Pepper Adams
  3. Route 4 – Teddy Charles
  4. Velvet Scene – Mal Waldron
  5. Witches Pit – Pepper Adams
  6. Catwalk – Teddy Charles

Shirley Scott: Hip Soul

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In November 1961, “Prestige” label released “Hip Soul”, the 13th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Stan Turner (Stanley Turrentine) – tenor sax
  • Herbie Lewis – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hip Soul – Stanley Turrentine
  2. 411 West – Benny Golson
  3. By Myself – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  4. Trane’s Blues – John Coltrane
  5. Stanley’s Time – Stanley Turrentine
  6. Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

Them Crooked Vultures: Same

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On November 13, 2009, “Interscope” label released the self-titled, only Them Crooked Vultures album. It was recorded January – August 2009, at “Pink Duck Studios” in Burbank, California, “Chalice Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme – vocals, guitars
  • John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, clavinet, optigan, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dave Grohl – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Alain Johannes – backing vocals, guitar overdubs, recording
  • Alan Moulder – recording, mixing
  • Justin Smith – recording assistant
  • Chris Kaysch – mixing assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering assistant
  • Morning Breath – art direction
  • Liam Lynch – artwork, graphic design

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Dave Grohl.

  1. No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
  2. Mind Eraser, No Chaser
  3. New Fang
  4. Dead End Friends
  5. Elephants
  6. Scumbag Blues
  7. Bandoliers
  8. Reptiles
  9. Interlude with Ludes
  10. Warsaw or the First Breath You take After You Give Up
  11. Caligulove
  12. Gunman
  13. Spinning in Daffodils

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