Al Cohn: Cohn On The Saxophone

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In February 1957, “Dawn” label released “Cohn on the Saxophone”, the tenth Al Cohn album. It was recorded in September 1956, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Chuck Darwin.

Personnel:

  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Fran Scott Studio – design
  • Gary Kramer – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Cohn except where noted.

  1. We Three – Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson
  2. Idaho – Jesse Stone
  3. The Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
  4. Singing The Blues – J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
  5. Be Loose
  6. When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
  7. Good Old Blues
  8. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  9. Abstract of You
  10. Blue Lou – Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson

Bettie Serveert: Oh, Mayhem!

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On February 5, 2013, “Palomine Records” label released “Oh, Mayhem!”, the ninth Bettie Serveert studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “La Chapelle Studios” in Waimes, Belgium, and “Ijland Studio” in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 Personnel:

  • Carol Van Dyk – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Visser – guitar
  • Herman Bunskoeke – bass guitar
  • Joppe Molenaar – drums
  • Bettie Serveert – recording, photography
  • Remko Schouten – recording, mixing
  • Carol Van Dijk – mixing
  • Peter Visser – mixing
  • Huub Reijnders – mixing
  • Darius van Helfteren – mastering
  • Maarten Diesfeldt – recording assistant
  • Daan Postume – recording assistant
  • Mark Bakker – artwork
  • Tinca Veerman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Shake-Her
  2. Mayhem
  3. Sad Dog
  4. Had2Byou
  5. Tuf Skin
  6. Monogamous
  7. Receiver (alternative version)
  8. Loser Track
  9. iPromise
  10. D.I.Y.

Everything But The Girl: Language Of Life

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On February 5, 1990, “Atlantic” and “Blanco y Negro Records” labels released “The Language of Life”, the fifth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Bill Schnee Studios”, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Larry Williams – piano, synthesizers
  • Russell Ferrante – piano
  • Joe Sample – piano
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Omar Hakim – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Marc Russo – alto saxophone
  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, horn arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Nick Knight – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt, except where noted.

  1. Driving
  2. Get Back Together
  3. Meet Me in the Morning – Ben Watt, Tracey Horn
  4. Me and Bobby D – Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn
  5. The Language of Life – Ben Watt, Tracey Horn
  6. Take Me – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
  7. Imagining America
  8. Letting Love Go
  9. My Baby Don’t Love Me
  10. The Road

Rolo Tomassi: Where Myth Becomes Memory

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On February 4, 2022, “MNRK Heavy” label released “ Where Myth Becomes Memory”, the sixth Rolo Tomassi studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Ranch Production House” in Southampton, UK, “Vintage Keys Studio” in Lockerly, UK, “Brady St. Recordings” in Waldwick, New Jersey, and was produced by Lewis John.

Personnel:

  • Eva Korman – lead vocals
  • Chris Cayford – electric guitar
  • James Spence – co-lead vocals, electronic keyboards, piano
  • Nathan Fairweather – electric bass guitar
  • Al Pott – drum kit
  • Lewis Johns – horn arrangements, mixing
  • Mikhail Marinas – additional engineering
  • Grant Berry – mastering
  • Simon Moody – cover art, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Eva Korman and James Spence, all music by Eva Korman, Chris Cayford, James Spence, Nathan Fairweather and Al Pott.

  1. Almost Always
  2. Cloaked
  3. Mutual Ruin
  4. Labyrinthine
  5. Closer
  6. Drip
  7. Prescience
  8. Stumbling
  9. To Resist Forgetting
  10. The End of Eternity

Black Country, New Road: Ants From Up There

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On February 4, 2022, “Ninja Tune” label released “Ants from Up There”, the second Black Country, New Road studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Chale Abbey” on the Isle of Wight, and was produced by Sergio Maschetzko.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Wood – vocals, guitar
  • Luke Mark – guitar, backing vocals
  • May Kershaw – keyboards, marimba, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Lewis Evans – saxophone, flute, backing vocals
  • Georgia Ellery – violin, mandolin, cello, backing vocals
  • Tyler Hyde – bass, backing vocals
  • Charlie Wayne – drums, backing vocals
  • Tony Fagg – banjo
  • Mark Paton – vocals
  • Basil Tierney – additional drums
  • Sergio Maschetzko – engineer, mixing
  • David Granshaw – engineer, mixing
  • Tomas Moreno – additional engineering
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Simon Monk – art
  • Joseph Durnan – layout

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Chaos Space Marine
  3. Concorde
  4. Bread Song
  5. Good Will Hunting
  6. Haldern
  7. Mark’s Theme
  8. The Place Where He Inserted Blade
  9. Basketball Shoes

God Is An Astronaut: All Is Violent, All Is Bright

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On February 4, 2005, “Revive Records” label released “All Is Violent, All Is Bright”, the second God Is an Astronaut studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Torsten Kinsella, Niels Kinsella and Lloyd Hanney.

Personnel:

  • Torsten Kinsella – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Niels Kinsella – bass guitar, guitars, keyboards
  • Lloyd Hanney – drums, loops, synths
  • Torsten Kinsella – mixing
  • Niels Kinsella – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Fragile – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella
  2. All Is Violent, All Is Bright – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney, Thomas Kinsella
  3. Forever Lost – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Pat O’Donnell
  4. Fireflies and Empty Skies – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  5. A Deafening Distance – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  6. Infinite Horizons – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella
  7. Suicide by Star – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  8. Remembrance Day (a new version of Remembrance from The End of Beginning) – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Thomas Kinsella
  9. Dust and Echoes – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney
  10. When Everything Dies / Halo of Flies (hidden track) – Torsten Kinsella, Neils Kinsella, Lloyd Hanney

Aston “Family Man” Barrett

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On February 3, 2024, Aston Francis Barrett aka Aston “Family Man” Barrett, died aged 77. He was musician (bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, percussion), song-writer, arranger and producer. Barrett was member of the bands The Hippy Boys, Lee Perry’s The Upsetters, but was best known as member and bandleader of The Wailers (Bob Marley and the Wailers).  

Wayne Kramer

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On February 2, 2024, Wayne Kramer died aged 75. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, producer and film and television composer. He was member of the band Gang War, but was best known as co-founder, and guitarist of MC5. Kramer recorded with various musicians and bands including Bad Religion, Marshall Crenshaw, Jill Sobule and Was (Not Was). As leader he released five studio albums.

Young Fathers: Heavy, Heavy

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On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.

Personnel:

  • Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
  • Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
  • Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
  • Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
  • Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
  • Richard Adlam – drums, programming
  • Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
  • Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
  • Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
  • Anele Mthembu – vocals
  • Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
  • Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
  • Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
  • Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
  • Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
  • Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
  • Ben Baptie – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design, art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.

  1. Rice
  2. I Saw
  3. Drum
  4. Tell Somebody
  5. Geronimo
  6. Shoot Me Down
  7. Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
  8. Sink or Swim
  9. Holy Moly
  10. Be Your Lady

Robert Foster: The Candle And The Flame

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On February 3, 2023, “Tapete Records” label  released “The Candle and the Flame”, the eighth Robert Forster album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Alchemix Studios” in Brisbane, Australia, and was produced by Karin Baumler, Robert Foster and Louis Forster.

  • Robert Forster – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Loretta Forster – vocals, electric guitar
  • Louis Forster – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, toy piano
  • Adele Pickvance – bass, congas
  • Luke McDonald – vocals, bass, piano, electric guitar
  • Tony McCall – drums
  • Scott Bromiley – vocals, drums, organ, acoustic guitar
  • Chrissy Dunaway Reilly – violin
  • James Harrison – cello
  • Karin Bäumler – vocals, xylophone
  • Marly Luske – recording
  • Victor Van Vugt – mixing
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jan Lankisch – art direction
  • Katrin Schubert – drawing
  • Bleddyn Butcher – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Forster.

  1. She’s a Fighter
  2. Tender years
  3. It’s Only Poison
  4. The Roads
  5. I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time
  6. Always
  7. There’s a Reason to Live
  8. Go Free
  9. When I Was Young Man

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