In November 1963, “Verve” label released “Kai Winding”, the 17th Kai Winding album. It was recorded August – October 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Kai Winding – trombone, arrangements
Gary Sherman – organ
Other unidentified musicians
Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Get Lost – Claus Ogerman
Only in America – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
On October 31, 1991, “Private Music” label released “Like Never Before”, the 17th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Studio 4 Recording”, “Paramount Recording Studios”, “Studio 55”, “Orca Studios”, “Platinum Island Studios”, “Criteria Recording Studios”, and was produced by Skip Drinkwater.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
Hiram Bullock – guitar
David Lindley – guitar, lap steel guitar
Mark Tyler – guitar
Paul Barrere – guitar
Jerry Williams – guitar, backing vocals
Eric Bazilian – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
Sonny Rhodes – lap steel guitar
Dr. John – piano
Mark Goodman – electric piano, synthesizer
Donald Robinson – keyboards
Mark Jordan – piano, organ, synthesizer
Jim Salomone – synthesizer
Rob Hyman – organ, accordion
Jerry Cohen – organ
Doug Grisby – bass
Tony Jones – bass
Andy Kravitz – drums, percussion, castanets, tambourin
Bill Summers – congas, percussion triangle, batas, guiro, percussion
David Johnson – percussion, bells
Phil Nicolo – cymbals, programming, engineer, mixing
Richard Feldman – programming
Rudy Costa – soprano saxophone
Ron Kerber – alto saxophone
Haywood Henry – alto saxophone, clarinet
“Jammin” Jay Davidson – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
Claire Daly – tenor saxophone
Ed Kalney, Gary McKeen – trumpet
Jeff Lego – trombone
Art Baron – trombone
Howard Johnson – tuba, cornet, horn arrangements
Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sheryl Crow, Porter Carroll, Augie Johanson, Greg Maha, Louis Patton, Reggie Ellis, Willie Green, Rob Hyman – backing vocals
The Pointer Sisters (Anna, June, Ruth) – backing vocals
DJ Jazzy Jeff – turntables
Myric “Freeze” Guillory – washboard
Joe Nicolo – engineer, mixing
Bruce Weeden, John Moyer, Michael Schlesinger – additional engineering
Brandon Harris, Doug DeAngelis, Steve McLoughlin, Christopher Thomas, Lou Catanzaro, Mark Schulz, Chris Furman, Kurt BuJack, Scott Blockland – engineer assistant
Skip Drinkwater – mixing
Greg Fulginiti – mastering
Andy Van Dette, Ray Legnini, Scott Hall – digital editing
Andy Bauer, Mark Goodman – guitars technician
Larry Vigon – art direction, design
Brian Jackson – design
Chris Callis – photography
Brooke Drinkwater, Robert L. Stephenson – production coordinator
Jamie Cohen – executive producer
Track listing:
Don’t Call Us – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
River of Love – Jimmy Scott, Porter Carroll, Richard Feldman
Scattered – Mark Jordan, Patrick Dollahan, Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
Ev’ry Wind (In the River) – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
On July 31, 2015, “RCA” label released “Born to Play Guitar”, the 17th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Tom Hambridge. In 2016, the album won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Buddy Guy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
Joss Stone – vocals
Van Morrison – vocals
Doyle Bramhall II – 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Rob McNelley – electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar
In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Midnight Blue”, the 17th Kenny Burrell album. It was recorded in January 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, Michael Cuscuna and Tom Vasatka.
Personnel:
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Major Holley – bass
Bill English – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remastering
Gordon Jee – creative director
Eric Bernhardi – design
Reid Miles – design, typography
Francis Wolff – photography, cover photography
Leonard Feather – original liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Kenny Burrell, except where noted.
Chitlins con Carne
Mule – Kenny Burrell, Major Holley Jr.
Soul Lament
Midnight Blue
Wavy Gravy
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
In March 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Natural Soul”, the 17th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On December 2, 2005, “Threshold House” label released “The Ape of Naples”, the 17th Coil album. It was recorded 1993 – 2004 (contains reworked and remixed material from 1993 to 2004), and was produced by Peter Christopherson and John Balance.
Personnel:
John Balance – vocals, recording
Peter Christopher – performer, sequenced by, sound designer, recording
On September 28, 2004, “Impulse” label released “Translinear Light”, the 17th and final Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded April 2000 – June 2004, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane.
Personnel:
Alice Coltrane – piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
Ravi Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, sleigh bells
In September 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Visions”, the 17th Grant Green album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by George Butler.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Billy Wooten – vibes
Emmanuel Riggins – electric piano
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Harold Caldwell – drums, percussion
Ray Armando – conga
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? – Robert Lamm
Maybe Tomorrow – Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Quincy Jones
Mozart Symphony #40 in G Minor, K550, 1st Movement – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Love on a Two-Way Street – Bert Keyes, Sylvia Robinson
Cantaloupe Woman – Ben Dixon
We’ve Only Just Begun – Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
In July 1973, “Milestone” label released “Song of the New World”, the 17th McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
In July 1970, “Impulse!” label released “For Losers”, the 17th Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in September 1968, February – August 1969, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Archie Shepp – soprano and tenor saxophone, liner notes
Robin Kenyatta – alto saxophone, flute
James Spaulding- alto saxophone
Clarence Sharpe – alto saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone, flute
Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
Martin Banks – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Leon Thomas – vocals
China-Lin Sharpe – vocals
Cedar Walton – piano
Andrew Bey – piano
Dave Burrell – organ
Wally Richardson – guitar
Bert Payne – guitar
Wilbur Ware – bass
Albert Winston – electric bass, bass
Bob Bushnell – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Beaver Harris – drums
Joe Chambers – drums
Tasha Thomas, Doris Troy – backing vocals
George Whiteman – design
Chuck Stewart – photography
Bob Thiele, Ed Michel – supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Archie Shepp, except where noted.
Stick ‘Em Up
Abstract
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
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