Tony Bennett With The Count Basie Orchestra: Strike Up The Band

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In May 1959, “Roulette” label released “Strike Up the Band”, album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Sharon – piano, arrangements

The Count Basie Orchestra:

  • Count Basie – piano
  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey – trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums

Track listing:

  1. Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Chicago – Fred Fisher
  4. With Plenty of Money and You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  5. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  6. Life Is a Song – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  7. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  8. Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
  9. Growing Pains – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
  10. Poor Little Rich Girl – Noël Coward
  11. Are You Havin’ Any Fun? – Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen

The Waterboys: All Souls Hill

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On April 6, 2022, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “All Souls Hill”, the fifteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Sussex, “The Bunker” in Welwyn, “Crow’s Nest” in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US, “Goyt Valley Sound”, “Miracle Studios”, “Nabby Road Studio” in Liverpool, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “Puck Towers”, “Rustic Souls” “Verlimont Studios” in Hampstead, England, “Wilbury Road Studios”, and was produced by Paul Brown, Simon Dine, James Hallawell and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, sound effects, soundscaping
  • “Brother” Paul Brown – keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • James Hallawell – piano, organ, mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Simon Dine – sound effects, lead guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Aongus Ralston – bass guitar
  • Ralph Salmins, Greg Morrow – drums
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Ian McNabb – backing vocals
  • Barny Fletcher – backing vocals
  • Rob D. Cureton – choir vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jason Eskridge – choir vocals, engineer
  • Niki Conley, Kiley Phillips – choir vocals
  • Ciaron Bell – engineer
  • Don Jackson – mastering
  • Ian James Ross – design
  • Kahn & Selesnik – photography
  • Howard Rankin – photography
  • Charlotte Annand – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Dine and Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. All Souls Hill
  2. The Liar
  3. The Southern Moon
  4. Blackberry Girl
  5. Hollywood Blues – James Hallawell, Aongus Ralston, Ralph Salmins, Mike Scott
  6. In My Dreams
  7. Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson
  8. Here We Go Again
  9. Passing Through – Dick Blakeslee

Pino Presti: 1st Round

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On May 6, 1976, “Atlantic” label released “1st Round”, the debut Pino Presti album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Regson Studio” in Milan, Italy, and was produced by Pino Presti.

Personnel:

  • Pino Presti – vocal, electric bass, Fender Rhodes, percussions, conductor, arrangements
  • Andrea Sacchi – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Massimo Luca – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ernesto Massimo Verardi – acoustic and twelve string guitar
  • Claudio Bazzari – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Riccardo Zappa: acoustic guitar 
  • Alberto Radius – synth guitar
  • Alberto Baldan Bembo – Moog, marimba
  • Alberto Mompellio – Hammond organ, Eminent, piano
  • Bruno De Filippi – harmonica
  • Ellade Bandini – drums
  • George Aghedo – rap vocals, conga, percussions
  •  Renè Mantegna – conga, percussions
  • Attilio Donadio – alto saxophone 
  • Giorgio Baiocco – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Fermo Lini – trumpet
  • Giuliano Bernicchi – trumpet
  • Gianni Caranti – trombone
  • Sergio Almangano -1st violin
  • Arturo Prestipino Giarritta – 1st violin
  • La Bionda – vocals
  • Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
  • Gianluigi Pezzera, Paolo Bocchi – engineer
  • Mario Convertino – artwork
  • Karin Hemp – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Pino Presti, except where noted.

  1. Smile – Charlie Chaplin
  2. L’estate di Laura
  3. Funky Bump – lyrics by Ronnie Jones
  4. Aspettando Il Giorno
  5. Aghedo Osanwony
  6. Angie
  7. E Se Non Arrivasse
  8. C.so Buenos Aires
  9. Firefly – Kenny Nolan
  10. Sunny – Bobby Hebb
  11. C’era Una Volta

Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread

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On May 5, 2023, “ECM” label released “Our Daily Bread”, the third Trio Tapestry studio album (the 40th Joe Lovano album overall). It was recorded in May 2022, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI”, Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, tárogató, gong
  • Marilyn Crispell – piano
  • Carmen Castaldi – drums, gong, temple bells
  • Stefano Amerio – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Joe Lovano.

  1. All Twelve
  2. Grace Notes
  3. Le Petit Opportun
  4. Our Daily Bread
  5. One for Charlie
  6. The Power of Three
  7. Rhythm Spirit
  8. Crystal Ball

Kaukasus: I

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On May 5, 2014, “Autumnsongs Records” label released the “I”, the debut Kaukasus album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Hestehagen Studio” in Oslo, Norway, “Autumnsongs Recording Studio” in Trondheim, Norway, “Roth Händle Studios” in Sollentuna, in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Ketil Vestrum Einarsen, Rhys Marsh and Mattias Olsson.

Personnel:

  • Ketil Vestrum Einarsen – alto flute, soprano flute, treated flute, tenor horn, reeds, electric piano, electronic wind instrument, sounds, synthesizer
  • Rhys Marsh – voice, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, electric piano, bass guitar, electric piano, mellotron, drum machine mixing, mastering
  • Mattias Olsson – drums, percussion, mellotron, keyboards, synthesizers, baritone guitar, marimba
  • Henning Lindahl – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Ketil Vestrum Einarsen, Rhys Marsh and Mattias Olsson.

  1. The Ending of the Open Sky
  2. Lift the Memory
  3. In the Stillness of Time
  4. Starlit Motion
  5. Reptilian
  6. The Witness
  7. The Skies Give the Meaning

The Rascals: Peaceful World

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On May 5, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Peaceful World”, the eighth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1970 – March 1971, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey, William Salter – bass guitar
  • Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
  • Jon Robert Smith , Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Annie Sutton – backing vocals
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Buddy Buono – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals
  • James Green, Jerry Lee Smith – recording
  • Bob Irwin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Sky Trane
  2. In and Out of Love – Buzzy Feiten
  3. Bit of Heaven
  4. Love Me
  5. Mother Nature Land
  6. Icy Water – Buzzy Feiten
  7. Happy Song
  8. Love Letter
  9. Little Dove
  10. Visit to Mother Nature Land
  11. Getting Nearer
  12. Peaceful World

Toshiaki Yokota, Primitive Community: Primitive Community

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On May 5, 1971, “Toshiba Records” label released “Primitive Community”, album by Toshiaki Yokota, Primitive Community.

Personnel:

  • Toshiaki Yokota – flute, arrangements
  • Kimio Mizutani – guitar
  • Yusuke Hoguchi – organ
  • Kimio Koizumi – bass
  • Chito Kawachi – drums
  • Fujio Saito – percussion
  • Larry Sunaga – percussion
  • Minoru Ishiyama – percussion
  • Pedru Umemura – percussion
  • Tadaomi Anai – percussion
  • Yoshinori Nohmi – percussion
  • Shunzo Ohno -trumpet
  • Shigeki Fujino – remastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Toshiaki Yokota, except where noted.

  1. Forbidden Rituals
  2. Devil’s Tears – Kuni Kawachi
  3. Harikrishna – Kuni Kawachi
  4. Savanna
  5. Flying
  6. Black Narcissus

Sun Ra: Jazz In Silhouette

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In May 1959, “Saturn” label released “Jazz in Silhouette”, the third Sun Ra studio album. It was recorded on March 1959, at “El Saturn” in Chicago, and was produced by Alton Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, celeste, gong
  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute, percussion
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, percussion
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, flute, percussion
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone, percussion
  • Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • Bo Bailey – trombone
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • William Cochran – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra except where noted.

  1. Enlightenment – Sun Ra, Hobart Dotson
  2. Saturn
  3. Velvet
  4. Ancient Aiethopia
  5. Hours After – Sun Ra, Everett Turner
  6. Horoscope
  7. Images
  8. Blues at Midnight

Mal Waldron: Mal -1

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mal-1”, album by Mal Waldron Quintet (the debut Mal Waldron album). It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Julian Edgehill – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Phil De Lancie – remastering
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  2. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern
  3. Transfiguration – Lee Sears
  4. Bud Study – Mal Waldron
  5. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  6. Shome – Idrees Sulieman

Willow: Empathogen

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On May 3, 2024, “Three Six Zero” and “Gamma” labels released “Empathogen”, the sixth Willow studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by John Batiste, Eddie Benjamin, Chris Greatti and Willow.

Personnel:

  • Willow Smith – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar
  • Brad Oberhofer – piano
  • Zach Tenorio – piano, synthesizer; strings
  • Elijah Rawk – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Zach Brown – bass guitar, percussion
  • Eddie Benjamin – bass guitar, drums, guitar, synthesizer
  • Chris Greatti – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jon Batiste – vocals, drums, piano
  • Asher Bank – drums
  • Annie Clark – vocals
  • Zach Brown – engineer
  • Adam Schoeller – engineer
  • Chris Greatti – engineer
  • Oscar Cornejo – engineer
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Home – Willow Smith, Jon Batiste, Kate Munger
  2. Ancient Girl – Willow Smith
  3. Symptom of Life – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Brad Oberhofer
  4. The Fear is Not Real – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  5.  False Self – Taylor Gordon, Chris Greatti
  6. Pain for Fun – Willow Smith, Annie Clark, Chris Greatti
  7. No Words 1 & 2 – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  8. Down – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  9. Run! – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  10. Between I and She – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Elijah Rawk
  11. I Know That Face – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  12. Big Feelings – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio

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