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T Bone Burnett: The Other Side

On April 19, 2024, “Verve” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th T Bone Burnett album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Pinhead Recorders” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden and Mike Piersante.

Personnel:

  • T Bone Burnett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Colin Linden – dobro, acoustic and electric guitar, Kalamazoo guitar, National guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar 
  • Steven Soles – hi-strung acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rory Hoffman – dobro, claviola, clarinet, cuatro, acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
  • Mike Piersante – tambourine, handclaps
  • Jay Bellerose – tambourine, handclaps
  • Dennis Crouch – string bass
  • Rosanne Cash – harmony vocals
  • Lucius – harmony vocals
  • Peter More – harmony vocals
  • Weyes Blood – harmony vocals
  • Colin Linden – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiewicz – engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Kyledidthis – creative direction, design
  • Tai Linzie – art coordination
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. He Came Down
  2. Come Back (When You Go Away
  3. (I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day
  4. Waiting for You – Colin Linden
  5. The Pain of Love
  6. The Race Is Won
  7. Sometimes I Wonder – Colin Linden
  8. Hawaiian Blue Song – Bob Neuwirth, Steven Soles
  9. The First Light of Day – Steven Soles
  10. Everything and Nothing – Gary Nicholson
  11. The Twon That Time Forgot – Peter Moore
  12. Little Darling

George Shearing: Latin Lace

In March 1958, “Capitol” label released “Latin Lace”, the 15th George Shearing album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • George Shearing – piano
  • Toots Thielemans – guitar
  • Al McKibbon – double bass
  • Percy Brice – drums
  • Armando Peraza – congas
  • Emil Richards – vibraphone

Track listing:

  1. The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
  2. Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
  3. Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
  4. Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
  5. Rondo – Carlos Federico
  6. To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
  7. The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
  8. Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
  9. Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
  10. Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
  11. It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
  12. Mambo No. 2 – Torrie Zito

John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard Again

In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Live at The Village Vanguard Again!”, album by John Coltrane (the 15th album for “Impulse!). It was recorded in May 1966, at the “Village Vanguard” jazz club in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Alice Coltrane – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Emanuel Rahim – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Naima – John Coltrane
  2. Introduction to My Favorite Things – Jimmy Garrison
  3. My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein

The Kingston Trio: The Kingston Trio (Nick, Bob, John)

On December 7, 1964, “Decca” label released “The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob, John)”, the 15th Kingston Trio (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Frank Werber.

Personnel:

  • Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
  • Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar
  • John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • Dean Reilly – bass
  • Bob Norberg – engineer

 Track listing:

  1. Midnight Special – Lead Belly
  2. Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
  3. Poverty Hill – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff
  4. Someday Soon – Ian Tyson
  5. Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Dave Lazar, Pete Seeger
  6. Hope You Understand – John Stewart
  7. Little Play Soldiers – Martin Cooper
  8. Love Comes a Trickling Down – Jonathan Harris
  9. My Ramblin’ Boy – Tom Paxton
  10. More Poems – Mason Williams
  11. Farewell (Fare Thee Well) – Bob Dylan
  12. I’m Going Home – Fred Geis

Randy Weston: Randy

In November 1964, “Bakton” label released “Randy”, the 15th Randy Weston album. It was recorded in October 1964, at “Nola Penthouse Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Donald Elfman and Naomi Yodhil.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – piano, celeste
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Copeland – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
  • Vishnu Bill Wood – bass
  • Lennie McBrowne – drums
  • Big Black – percussion, vocals
  • Harold Murray – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.

  1. Berkshire Blues
  2. Portrait of Vivian
  3. Willie’s Tune
  4. Niger Mambo – Bobby Benson
  5. African Cookbook
  6. Congolese Children
  7. Blues for Five Reasons

The Kinks: Schoolboys In Disgrace

On November 17, 1975, “RCA” label released “Schoolboys in Disgrace”, (The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace), the 15th Kinks (The) studio album, it was recorded August – October 1975, at “Konk” in London, and was produced by Ray Davies.

Personnel:

  • Ray Davies – vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements
  • Dave Davies – vocals, lead guitar
  • John Gosling – keyboards
  • John Dalton – bass guitar
  • Mick Avory – drums
  • Alan Holmes – saxophones
  • Nick Newell – tenor saxophone
  • John Beecham – trombone
  • Pamela Travis – backing vocals
  • Debbie Doss – backing vocals
  • Shirley Roden – backing vocals
  • Roger Wake – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Colin Mickey Finn – front cover illustration
  • Chris Hopper – photography
  • Pat Doyle – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Ray Davies.

  1. Schooldays
  2. Jack the Idiot Dunce
  3. Education
  4. The First Time We Fall in Love
  5. I’m in Disgrace
  6. Headmaster
  7. The Hard Way
  8. The Last Assembly
  9. No More Looking Back
  10. Finale

Ben Harper: Winter Is For Lovers

On October 23, 2020, “Anti-“ label released “Winter Is For Lovers”, the 15th Ben Harper album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – lap steel guitar, arrangements
  • Sheldon Gomberg – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Gossman, Johnnie Burik, Larry Ferguson, Tim Sonnefeld – engineer assistant
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper.

  1. Istanbul
  2. Manhattan
  3. Joshua Tree
  4. Inland Empire
  5. Harlem
  6. Lebanon
  7. London
  8. Toronto
  9. Verona
  10. Brittany
  11. Montreal
  12. Bizanet
  13. Toronto (reprise)
  14. Islip
  15. Paris

Natalie Cole: Stardust

On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.

Personnel:

  • Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
  • Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
  • John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • John Pizzarelli – guitar
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
  • Michael Lang – acoustic piano
  • Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
  • George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
  • Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica 
  • Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
  • Chuck Domanico – bass
  • David Finck – bass
  • Reggie Hamilton – bass
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Harold Jones – drums
  • Ralph Penland – drums
  • Chris Parker – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Rafael Padilla – percussion
  • Dan Higgins – saxophone
  • Everette Harp – alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • George Bohanon – trombone
  • Jon Clarke – oboe
  • Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
  • John Clayton – music arrangements
  • David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
  • Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
  • Charles Floyd – music arrangements
  • Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
  • Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
  • Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
  • Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
  • Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
  • Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
  • Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
  • Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
  • Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
  • Emily Rich – design
  • Rocky Schenck – photography
  • Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
  • Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
  • Dick La Palm – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
  2. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  3. Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
  5. When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  6. What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
  7. Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
  8. He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  9. Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
  10. Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
  11. If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
  12. To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
  13. Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
  14. Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
  15. Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  16. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  17. Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
  18. This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
  19. When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman

Dexter Gordon: Doin’ Alright

In August 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Doin’ Allright”, the 15th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Horace Parlan – piano
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Al Harewood – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Gordon except where noted.

  1. I Was Doing All Right – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer
  3. For Regulars Only
  4. Society Red
  5. It’s You or No One – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Mickey Hart Band: Superorganism

On August 13, 2013, “360 Production” label released “Superorganism”, album by Mickey Hart Band (the 15th Mickey Hart album overall). It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Ben Yonas.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, brain waves
  • Joe Bagale – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Crystal Monee Hall – vocals
  • Chris Kelley – vocals
  • Steve Kimock – guitar
  • Gawain Mathews – guitar
  • Jonah Sharp – keyboards
  • Adam Theis – bass
  • Reed Mathis – bass
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Greg Shutte – drums
  • Ian “Inkx” Herman – drums
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – percussion
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion
  • African Showboyz – additional percussion
  • Ben Yonas – recording
  • Alex McGraw, Noa Yonas – recording assistant
  • John Paul McClean – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • Frederic Lieberman – musicology consultant
  • Malea Clark-Nicholson – design
  • Roxanne Smith – lettering
  • John Werner – photography

Track listing:

The lyrics for four of tracks by Robert Hunter. 

  1. Falling Stars – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Robert Hunter
  2. The Sermon – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Robert Hunter
  3. Chabadas – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  4. Don’t Let Your God Down – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Andre Pessis, Cliff Goldmacher, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Reya Hart
  5. I Want It Back – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Andre Pessis, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  6. Aliromba O Saro – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Jonah Sharp, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  7. Rage On – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  8. Mind Your Head – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  9. Bully Boy – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  10. Ghost Rider – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo