On July 18, 1995, “Tzadik” label released “Null & Void”, the second Ground Zero album. It was recorded July – August 1993, at “GOK Sound” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Otomo Yoshihide.
On July 17, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled Lianne La Havas third album. It was recorded October – December 2019, in London, Bath and New York, and was produced by Lianne La Havas, Matt Hales, Beni Giles, Chris Tabron, Nick Hakim, Sam Crowe and Mura Masa.
Personnel:
Lianne La Havas – lead and backing vocals, guitar, snare drums
Elroy Powell – vocals
Bruno Major – guitar, piano
Nick Hakim – electric guitar, Mellotron, Minimoog, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, drum programming
On July 17, 1971, “RCA” label released “Ain’t No Big Thing, But It’s Growing”, the second New Birth studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “RCA’s Mid-America Center” in Chicago, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.
Personnel:
Vernon Bullock
Harvey Fugua
Tony Churchill
James Baker
Robin Russell
Austin Lander
Robert “Lurch” Jackson
Leroy Taylor
Charlie Hearndon
Bruce Marshall
Nathaniel “Nebs” Neblett
Track listing:
O-O-H Child – Stan Vincent
Make It with You – David Gates
Never Can Say Goodbye – Clifton Davis
How Good It Feels – Harvey Fuqua
It’s Impossible – Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne
Honeybee – Harvey Fuqua, Ann Bogan, Edwenna Edwards, Robert Earl Walker
On July 16, 2021, “Abstract Logix” label released “Liberation Time”, the 20th John McLaughlin album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, in Monaco, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Cairo, and was produced by John McLaughlin.
Personnel:
John McLaughlin – guitar, piano
Julian Siegel – tenor saxophone
Gary Husband – keyboards, drums
Oz Ezzeldin – piano
Roger Rossignol – piano
Sam Burgess – bass
Etienne Mbappe – bass
Jérôme Regard – bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Jean-Michel Aublette – drums, bass
Ranjit Barot – drums, Konokol vocals
Nicolas Viccaro – drums
Track listing:
As the Spirit Sings – Sam Burgess, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin
Singing Our Secrets – Jean Michel Aublette, John McLaughlin, Roger Rossignol
Lockdown Blues – Ranjit Barot, Gary Husband, Etienne Mbappe, John McLaughlin
Mila repa – John McLaughlin
Right Here, Right Now, Right On – Osam Exeldin, John McLaughlin, Jerome Regard, Julian Siegal, Nicolas Viccaro
Shade of Blue – John McLaughlin
Liberation Time – Sam Burgess, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin
On July 16, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961”, the sixth Miles Davis live album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
The Gil Evans Orchestra
Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
Miles Davis – trumpet soloist
Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpets
Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak – trombones
Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm – French horns
Bill Barber – tuba
Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank – reeds, woodwinds
Janet Putnam – harp
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.
So What
Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
No Blues
Oleo – Sonny Rollins
Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
The meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba – Bobby Troup / Leh Worth, J.J. Johnson, Ahmad Jamal
On July 15, 2022, “Pure Noise Records” label released “Hell Is in Your Head”, the eighth Senses Fail studio album. It was recorded February – September 2020, and was produced by Beau Burchell.
On July 15, 2022, “Matador” label released “The Other Side of Make Believe”, the seventh Interpol studio album. It was recorded September 2021 – January 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark “Fllod” Ellis.
Personnel:
Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
Daniel Kessler – lead guitar, piano
Sam Fogarino – drums
Flood – guest vocals
Richie Kennedy – guest vocals
Juliet Seger – guest vocals
Jacob Tressider – guest vocals
Richie Kennedy – recording, additional production
Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
Tom Herbert – mixing
Alan Moulder – mixing, additional production
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering
Jacob Tressider – studio assistant
Undercard (Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina) – artwork
Tim Head – front cover art
Nicolas Ortega – rear cover art
Atiba Jefferson – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.
On July 15, 1977, “Oyster” and “Polydor” labels released “On Stage”, the first Rainbow live album. It was recorded September – December 1976, in Japan and Germany, and was produced by Martin Birch.
Personnel:
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitars
Tony Carey – keyboards
Jimmy Bain – bass
Cozy Powell – drums
Track listing:
Kill the King – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell
Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck – Ritchie Blackmore Ronnie James Dio
Catch the Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
Mistreated – Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale
Sixteen Century Greensleeves – Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
Still I’m Sad (The Yardbirds cover) -Paul Samwell – Smith, Jim McCarty
In July 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Jimmy Smith at the Organ”, the third Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jimmy Smith – organ
Thornel Schwartz – guitar
Donald Bailey – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.
Judo Mambo
Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
Lover, Come Back to Me – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
Fiddlin’ the Minors
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman