Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The African Beat”, album by Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble (the fifth Art Blakey album overall). It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs”, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums, timpani, telegraph drum, gong
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
  • Yusef Lateef — cow horn, flute, tenor saxophone, mbira, oboe
  • Curtis Fuller — timpani
  • Chief Bey — double gong, conga, telegraph drum
  • Robert Crowder — Batá drum, conga
  • James Ola. Folami — conga
  • Solomon G. Ilori — vocals, talking drum, pennywhistle
  • Montego Joe — corboro drum, log drum, bambara drum, double gong
  • Garvin Masseaux — shekere, African maracas, conga
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Prayer – Solomon G. Ilori
  2. Ife L’ayo (There Is Happiness in Love) – Solomon G. Ilori
  3. Obirin African (Woman of Africa) – Garvin Masseaux
  4. Love, The Mystery of – Guy Warren
  5. Ero Ti Nr’Ojeje – Solomon G. Ilori
  6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) – Solomon G. Ilori
  7. Tobi Ilu – James H. Bey

Horace Silver: The Tokyo Blues

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The Tokyo Blues”, the eleventh Horace Silver album. It was recorded in July 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • John Harris, Jr. – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

 All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

  1. Too Much Sake
  2. Sayonara Blues
  3. The Tokyo Blues
  4. Cherry Blossom – Ronnell Bright
  5. Ah! So

Mark Knopfler: Down The Road Wherever

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On November 16, 2018, “British Grove Records” label released “Down the Road Wherever”, the ninth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2017, January – February 2018, at “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.

Personnel:

  • Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
  • Richard Bennett – guitars
  • Robbie McIntosh – guitar
  • Guy Fletcher – keyboards, engineer
  • Jim Cox – keyboards
  • Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Danny Cummings – percussion
  • Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
  • Tom Walsh – trumpet
  • Trevor Mires – trombone
  • John McCusker – fiddle
  • Mike McGoldrick – whistle
  • Lance Ellington – backing vocals
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
  • Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
  • Kris Drever – backing vocals
  • Imelda May – backing vocals
  • Martin Hollis – engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Trapper Man
  2. Back on the Dance Floor
  3. Nobody’s Child
  4. Just a Boy Away from Home
  5. When You Leave
  6. Good on You Son
  7. My Bacon Roll
  8. Nobody Does That
  9. One Song at a Time
  10. Floating Away
  11. Slow Learner
  12. Heavy Up
  13. Matchstick Man

The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun

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On November 16, 2018, “Napalm Records” label released “Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun”, the tenth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. It was recorded February – June 2018, at “Shangri La Studios”, in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar, bass guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Eric Forman – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Charissa Nielsen, Briana Lee, Missi Hale – additional backing vocals
  • Dana Nielsen – recording, mixing
  • Jason Lader – additional recordings, strings recording
  • Davis Spreng – additional recordings
  • Vlado Meller – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

  1. Knights of Malta
  2. Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)
  3. Travels
  4. Solara
  5. Alienation
  6. Marchin’ On
  7. With Sympathy – Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin
  8. Seek and You Shall Destroy

Miyuki Nakajima: Goodbye Girl

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On November 16, 1988, “Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK” label released “Goodbye Girl”, the 16th Miyuki Nakajima studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Sound Valley”, “Z’d, Sound Inn”, “Vincent and Epicurus Studios”, and was produced by Ichizo Seo and Miyuki Nakajima.

Personnel:

  • Miyuki Nakajima – lead and backing vocals
  • Tsuyoshi Kon – electric guitar
  • Hideo Saitō – electric guitar
  • Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
  • Ichizo Seo – keyboards, computer programming, backing vocals
  • Nobuo Kurata – keyboards
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
  • Ken Shima – keyboards
  • Elton Nagata – keyboards
  • Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
  • Yasuo Tomikura – bass guitar
  • Jun Aoyama – drums
  • Hideo Yamaki – drums
  • Toru Hasebe – drums
  • Toshihiko Furumura – tenor sax
  • Tomota Group – strings
  • Masatsugu Shinozaki – electric violin
  • Kazuyo Sugimoto – backing vocals
  • Tatsuhiko Mori – computer programming
  • Keishi Urata – computer programming
  • Nobuhiko Nakayama- computer programming
  • Fairlight CMI, TR-707 – programming drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Miyuki Nakajima.

  1. Nousagi no You ni 
  2. Fura Fura
  3. Megami
  4. Ki ni Shinaide
  5. December
  6. Tatoe Sekai ga Sora kara Ochitemo 
  7. Ai Yorimo
  8. Namida -Made in Tears
  9. Fubuki 

The Smashing Pumpkins: Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts

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On November 15, 2022, “Martha’s Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels released “Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts”, the twelfth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. The album was released in three separate installments of 11 songs – “Atum: Act One” was released on November 15, 2022, “Atum: Act Two” was released on January 31, 2023, and “Atum: Act Three” was released on May 5, 2023. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Billy Corgan.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar, keyboards
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • Katie Cole – backing vocals
  • Sierra Swan – backing vocals
  • Linda Strawberry – backing vocals
  • Matt Walker – additional incidental programming

Track listing:

Atum: Act One

  1. Atum
  2. Butterfly Suite
  3. The Good in Goodbye
  4. Embracer
  5. With Ado I Do
  6. Hooligan
  7. Steps in Time
  8. When Rain Must Fall
  9. Beyond the Vale
  10. Hooray!
  11. The Gold Mask

Atum: Act Two

  1. Avalanche
  2. Empires
  3. Neophyte
  4. Moss
  5. Night waves
  6. Space Age
  7. Every Morning
  8. To the Grays
  9. Beguiled
  10. The Culling
  11. Springtimes

Atum: Act Three

  1. Sojourner
  2. That Which Animates the Spirit
  3. The Canary Trainer
  4. Pacer
  5. In Lieu of Failure
  6. Cenotaph
  7. Harmageddon
  8. Fireflies
  9. Intergalactic
  10. Spellbinding
  11. Of Wings

Zodeon at Crystal Hall

  1. Simmatar
  2. Magdalena
  3. Saffron
  4. Zope
  5. Huzzah
  6. Automation
  7. Mary Q
  8. Burr
  9. Excelsior
  10. Necromance

Etta James: At Last!

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On November 15, 1960, “Argo” label released “At Last!”, the debut Etta James studio album. It was recorded January – October 1960, and was produced by Phil Chess and Leonard Chess. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “At Last!” at number 191 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – vocals
  • Harvey Fuqua – vocals
  • Riley Hampton – arrangements, conductor
  • Don Bronstein – cover
  • Don Kamerer – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Anything to Say You’re Mine – Sonny Thompson
  2. My Dearest Darling – Edwin “Eddie Bo” Bocage, Paul Gayten
  3. Trust in Me – Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Wever
  4. A Sunday Kind of Love – Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes
  5. Tough Mary – Etta James, Joe Josea
  6. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Willie Dixon
  7. At Last – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
  8. All I Could Do Was Cry – Billy Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy
  9. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  10. Girl of My Dreams – Charles “Sunny” Clapp

Gemma Hayes: Bones + Longing

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On November 14, 2014, “Chasing Dragons” label released “Bones + Longing”, the fifth Gemma Hayes studio album. It was recorded in Dublin Ireland, Noyant-la-Gravoyère in France, in London, and was produced by David Odlum and Gemma Hayes.

  • Gemma Hayes – vocals, guitar, piano, programming, bassline programming, vocal arrangements, voice arrangements, arrangements
  • David Odlum – vocals, guitar, synth, beats, bass, engineer
  • Romy – vocals, keys, synthesizers
  • Mark Stanley – drums
  • Jayne Gould – design
  • Humphrey Bangham – artwork
  • Simon Long – photography
  • Pip – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gemma Hayes.

  1. Laughter
  2. Dreamt You Were Fine
  3. Iona
  4. Joy
  5. Dark Moon
  6. Palomino
  7. To Be Your Honey
  8. Chasing
  9. Making My Way
  10. Caught
  11. Bones and Longing

Dave Burrell: Momentum

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On November 14, 2007, “High Two” label released “Momentum”, the 27th Dave Burrell album. It was recorded in November 2005, at “Systems Two Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Jon Rosenberg.

Personnel:

  • Dave Burrell — piano
  • Michael Formanek — double bass
  • Guillermo E. Brown — drums
  • Jon Rosenberg — engineer
  • Eugen Lew – mixing
  • Mark Christman – mixing
  • Chris Flam — mastering
  • Soma – artwork
  • Shawn Brackbill — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Burrell.

  1. Downfall
  2. Broken Promise
  3. Fade to Black
  4. 4:30 to Atlanta
  5. Cool Reception
  6. Momentum
  7. Coup d’État

Geddy Lee: My Favourite Headache

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On November 14, 2000, “Anthem Records” label released “My Favourite Headache”, the debut Geddy Lee album. It was recorded in 2000, at “The Peasant’s Tent and Reaction Studios” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Geddy Lee, Ben Mink and David Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, percussion, programming, string arrangements, engineer
  • Ben Mink – guitars, violin, violas, programming, string arrangements, engineer
  • Waylon Wall – steel guitar
  • Matt Cameron – drums
  • Jeremy Taggart – drums
  • John Friesen – cello
  • Pappy Rosen – backing vocals
  • Chris Stringer – additional percussion
  • Ed Wilson – additional programming
  • David Leonard – engineer, mixing 
  • Adam Kasper, Dennis Tougas – engineer
  • Sam Hofstedt, Sheldon Zaharko, Chris Stringer, Tom Heron, Jeff Elliot, Joel Kazmi, Ian Bodzasi – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Daniel Séguin – computer technical assistance

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Geddy Lee, all music by Geddy Lee and Ben Mink.

  1. My Favourite Headache
  2. The Present Tense
  3. Window to the World
  4. Working at Perfekt
  5. Runaway Train
  6. The Angel’s Share
  7. Moving to Bohemia
  8. Home on the Strange
  9. Slipping
  10. Still
  11. Grace to Grace

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