On April 11, 2017, John Warren Geils Jr. aka J. Geils, Died aged 71. He was singer, songwriter, musician (guitar) and record producer, member of Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels, best known as founding member and leader of the J. Geils Band. In 2015, Geils was named to the “Wall of Honor” at his alma mater, “Bernards High School” in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
I Am Kloot: Gods and Monsters
On April 11, 2005, “the Echo Label” label released “Gods and Monsters”, the third I Am Kloot album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Joe Robinson.
Personnel:
- John Bramwell – vocals, guitar
- Peter Jobson – bass
- Andy Hargreaves – drums
- Norman McLeod – pedal steel guitar
- Robert Marsh – trumpet
- Dan Broad – engineer
- Joe Robinson – mixing
- Jay Ryan – artwork, design
Tracks listing:
All tracks by John Bramwell.
- No Direction Home
- Gods and Monsters
- Over My Shoulder
- An Ordinary Girl
- The Stars Look Familiar
- Strange Without You
- Astray
- Hong Kong Lullaby
- Sand and Glue
- Avenue of Hope
- Dead Men’s Cigarettes
- Coincidence
- I Believe
Tony Levin: Waters of Eden
On April 11, 2000, “Narada” label released “Waters of Eden”, the second Tony Levin album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Tony Levin and Artie Traum.
Personnel:
- Tony Levin – Music Manelectric bass, fretless bass, NS electric upright bass, NS electric cello, engineer
- Warren Bernhardt– piano, engineer
- California Guitar Trio– acoustic guitars
- Larry Fast– synthesizer, engineer
- Steve Gorn– bansuri flute, engineer
- Pete Levin – synthesizer
- Jerry Marotta– percussion, drums, Taos drum, engineer
- Jeff Pevar – acoustic and electric guitars, engineer
- David Sancious– synthesizer, piano, virtual soprano saxophone
- David Torn– acoustic and electric guitars, electric oud, loops, drum processing
- David Tom – engineer
- Robert Frazza – engineer
- Brandon Mason – engineer
- David Bottrill – mixing
- Trevor Sadler – mastering
Tracks listing:
All tracks by Tony Levin.
- Bone & Flesh
- Waters of Eden
- Icarus
- Gecko Walk
- Belle
- Pillar of Fire
- Boulevard of Dreams
- Opal Road
- Utopia
Larry Coryell: New High
On April 11, 2000, “High Note” label released “New High”, the 48th Larry Coryell album. It was recorded in September 1999, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Don Sickler.
Personnel:
- Larry Coryell – guitar, liner notes
- Ronnie Mathews– piano
- Buster Williams– bass
- Yoron Israel– drums
- Shunzo Ono – trumpet
- Mark Sherman– vibraphone
- Maureen Sickler – engineer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Jimmy Bruch – photography
- Joe Fields – executive producer
Tracks listing:
All tracks by Larry Coryell except where noted
- Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
- Like Sonny – John Coltrane
- Funereal
- Ursula – Harold Land
- John Charles – Ronnie Mathews
- Spiral Staircase – Mark Sherman
- Old Folks – Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill
- New High
Mel Parsons: Drylands
On April 10, 2015, “Cape Road Recordings” label released “Drylands”, the third Mel Parsons album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Surgery Studios” in Wellington, New Zealand and was produced by Mel Parsons and Gerry Paul.
Personnel:
- Mel Parsons – vocals, guitar
- Gerry Paul – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo
- Neil Watson – guitar
- Aaron Stewart – bass
- Trevor Hutchinson- double bass
- Craig Terris – drums
- Nick George – drums
- Ed Zuccollo – piano, Hammond organ
- Vyvienne Long- cello
- Ron Sexsmith – vocals
- Andrew Keoghan- vocals
- Anika Moa- backing vocals
- Lisa Tomlins – backing vocals
- Anji Sami – backing vocals
- Lex French – trumpet
- Ebony Lamb – choir
- Anna Shaw – choir
- Jamie Parlett – choir
- Cameron “Dusty” Burnell
- Kim Bonnington – choir
- Louis Thompson-Munn – choir
- Imogen Holmstead-Scott – choir
- Katie McCarthy-Burke – choir
- Justin Firefly Clarke – choir
- Manu Scott – choir
Track listing:
All tracks by Mel Parsons.
- Far Away
- Alberta Sun
- Driving Man
- Non Communicado
- Don’t Wait
- Far North Coast
- Good Together
- Friend
- Get Out Alive
- Down So Long
- First Sign of Trouble
- Fireworks
- Another City
Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano: Bittersweet
On April 10, 2009, “Universal Music Australia” label released “Bittersweet”, album by Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano. It was recorded in 2009, at “Mad Hatter Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mark Isham.
Personnel:
- Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Kate Ceberano – vocal
- Alan Pasqua – piano
- Tom Warrington – bass
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Bernie Kirsh – recording, mixing
- Buck Snow, Melissa Kirkland – recording assistant, mixing
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Tyler Parkinson – design
- Michael Doven – photography
- Donna Isham – executive producer
Track listing:
- My One and Only Love – Frank Sinatra
- Skylark – Anita O’Day
- In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington
- In My Solitude – Paul Robeson
- Night and Day – Cole Porter
- I Wanna Be Loved – The Andrew Sisters
- Easy Living – Ralph Rainger
- Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
- Do It Again – Irène Bordoni
- Every Time We Say Good Bye – Cole Porter
Natalie Merchant: Leave Your Sleep
On April 9, 2010, “Nonesuch” label released “Leave Your Sleep”, the fifth Natalie Merchant studio album. It was recorded July 2008 – May 2009, and was produced by Nathalie Merchant and Andres Levin.
Personnel:
- Natalie Merchant – vocals, Introduction, orchestration, string arrangements, arranger
- Amanda Barrett – vocals
- Joseph Thompson – vocals
- Kimberly Miller – vocals
- Joanne Williams – vocals
- Joe Rice – vocals
- Katell Keineg – vocals
- Abby DeWald – vocals
- Isaac Freeman – vocals
- Edward Hall – vocals
- Robert Hamlett – vocals
- Kevin Crawford – vocals, bodhran, flute, low whistle, tin whistle
- John Roberts – concertina, voices
- John Medeski – piano
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Bobby Wood – piano, Wurlitzer
- Artis Wodehouse – pump organ
- Dieter Hennings – Baroque guitar, acoustic guitar, lute, theorbo
- Paul Morrisset – bass guitar, baritone horn
- Paul Meehan – acoustic guitar
- Andy Bassford – guitar
- Reggie Young – guitar
- Gabriel Gordon – guitar
- Erik Della Penna – guitar
- Michael Gomez – lap steel guitar, dobro
- Pete Smith – electric guitar, banjo
- Doug Wamble – guitar, banjo
- Richie Stearns – banjo
- Horace James – keyboards
- Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ
- Trevor Hutchinson – upright bass
- Mark Murphy – upright bass
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Chris Wood – bass
- Hoova Simpson – bass
- Jeremy McCoy – bass
- Carlos Henríquez – bass
- Michael Leech – bass
- Marc Friedman – bass
- William Barrett – chromatic harmonica
- Uri Sharlin – accordion
- Lorin Sklamberg – accordion
- Dan Aran – drums, percussion
- Richie Barshay – snare drums, poyk, frame drum
- Joseph Fire Crow – drums, native American flute, rattles, spoken word
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Rich Huntley – drums
- Billy Martin – drums
- Gene Chrisman – drums
- Paul Sutton – drums
- Erik Charlston – percussion
- Larry McDonald – percussion
- Minyoung Baik – violin
- Sharon Yamada – violin
- Anne Lehmann – violin
- Arnaud Sussmann – violin
- Lisa Kim – violin
- Matt Lehmann – violin
- Sandra Park – violin
- Shan Jiang – violin
- Karen Dreyfus – viola
- Robert Rinehart – viola
- Motomi Igarashi – viola da gamba
- Greg Heffernan – cello
- Eileen Moon – cello
- Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
- Mihail Jojatu – cello
- Owen Young – cello
- Alberto Parrini – cello
- Ina Zdorovetchi – harp
- Deidre Rodman – harpsichord
- Lisa Gutkin – fiddle
- Judy Hyman – fiddle
- Sean Smyth – fiddle
- Cillian Vallely – low whistle, uillean pips
- Bill Spence – Hammer dulcimer
- Jessica Lizak – flute
- Daniel Grabois – horn
- Frank London – alto horn, trumpet
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, arranger
- Eddie Allen – trumpet
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Brian McWhorter – trumpet
- Pam Fleming – trumpet
- Jon Nelson – trumpet
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet, horn arrangements
- Joseph Daley – tuba
- Kyle Turner – tuba
- Raymond G. Stewart – tuba
- Sherry Sylar – oboe
- Jack Hale – trombone
- Benjamin Herrington – trombone
- Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
- Birch Johnson – tenor trombone
- Mike Davis – tenor trombone
- George Flynn – bass trombone
- Clark Gayton – trombone, horn arrangements
- Dan Levine – alto horn, bass trombone, tuba
- Marc Goldberg – bassoon
- Bruce Creditor – clarinet
- Gilad Harel – clarinet
- Victor Goines – clarinet
- Matt Darriau – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Lino Gomez – bass clarinet
- Steve Elson – baritone saxophone, B-flat clarinet, clarinet
- Michelle Baker – French horn
- Erik Ralske – French horn
- Howard Wall – French horn
- Phil Myers – French horn
- Jim Spake – saxophone, horn arrangements
- Walter Blanding – saxophone
- Gerald Johnson – saxophone
- Stephen Barber – arranger, string arrangements, orchestration
- Sean O’Loughlin – string arrangements, orchestration
- Sun Li – pipa
- Wang Guo Wei – erhu
- Weng Po Wei – dizi
- Jennifer Kreisberg – chant
- Nina Stern – recorder, chalumeau
- Nick Brophy – engineer
- Steve Rosenthal – mixing
- Joseph Martin Kronheim – illustrations
- David Pearson – design
- Mark Seliger – cover photography
- Matthew Brady – photography
- Charles Ritzmann – photography
- Marion Ettlinger – photography
- Edward Weston – photography
- Sebastian Peake – photography
- Ben Pinchot – photography
Track listing:
Leave Your Supper
- Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience
- Equestrienne
- Calico Pie
- Bleezer’s Ice – Cream
- It Makes a Change
- The King of China’s Daughter
- The Dancing Bear
- The Man in the Wilderness
- Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
- If No One Ever Marries Me
- The Sleepy Giant
- The Peppery Man
- The Blind Men and the Elephant
Leave Your Sleep
- Adventures of Isabel
- The Walloping Window Blind
- Topsyturvey-World
- The Janitor’s Baby
- Griselda
- The Land of Nod
- Vain and Careless
- Crying, My Little One
- Sweet and a Lullaby
- I Saw a Ship A – Sailing
- Autumn Lullaby
- Spring and Fall: to a Young Child
- Indian Names
Medeski, Martin & Wood: Uninvisible
On April 9, 2002, “Blue Note” label released “Uninvisible”, the twelve Medeski, Martin & Wood. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, and was produced by Scotty Hard.
Personnel:
- John Medeski– keyboards
- Billy Martinaka illy B – drums, percussion
- Chris Wood– basses
- Danny Blume– guitar, baritone guitar, ambient guitar
- Scotty Hard– Nomad Rhythm Maker, rhythm guitar, turntables, feedback
- Eddie Bobé – congas, bata, shekere, bottle and bell
- Michael Herbst – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Stuart D. Bogie– tenor saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
- Jordan McLean– trumpet, flugelhorn
- Todd Simon – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Aaron Johnson – trombone
- DJ Olive– turntables
- DJ P Love – turntables
- Brad Roberts– vocals
- Bruce Hampton– vocals
- Greg Griffiths – additional engineering
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Mike Fossenkemper – assembled, edited, tweaked
- Juan Garcia, Tom Camuso, Philip Harvey, Jeff Jakubowski – assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by John Medeski, Billly Martin and Chris Wood except where noted.
- Uninvisible
- I Wanna Ride You – Martin Medeski
- Your Name is Snake Anthony – Col. Bruce Hampton, Martin Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood
- Pappy Check
- Take Me Nowhere
- Retirement Song
- Ten Dollar High
- Where Have You Been?
- Reprise – Martin Medeski
- Nocturnal Transmission
- Smoke
- First Time Long Time
- The Edge of Night
- Off the Table
After The Fire: Laser Love
On April 5, 1979, “CBS” label released “Laser Love”, the second After the Fire studio album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Muff Winwood, Rhett Davies, Rupert Hine, John Leckie, Andy Piercy, Peter Banks, John Russell and Igor Twidell.
Personnel:
- Andy Piercy – vocals, guitar, bass
- John Russell – guitar
- Peter Banks – keyboards
- Igor Twidell – drums
Track listing:
- Laser Love – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Joy – Peter Banks, Andy Piercy, John Russell, Ivor Twiddell
- Take Me Higher – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Life in the City – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Suspended Animation – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Like the Power of a Jet – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- One Rule For You – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Time to Think – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
- Timestar – Peter Banks
- Check It Out – Andy Piercy, Peter Banks
John Prine
On April 7, 2020, John Prine died aged 73. He was singer – songwriter and musician (guitar), known for his music that has elements of protest and social commentary. His song “Sam Stone” stands as a reference to the phenomenon of heroin or morphine addiction among Vietnam war veterans. During 2005 at the request of U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser, John Prine became the first singer – songwriter to read and perform at the Library of Congress. Prine won two “Grammy Awards” and recorded eighteen albums.
