Tag Archives: 1998

Malachi Thompson: Rising Daystar

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October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
  • Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
  • Tony Carpenter – percussion
  • Dee Alexander – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Rising Daystar
  2. Mansa
  3. Busy Little Fingers
  4. Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
  5. Surrender Your Love
  6. Fanfare for Trane
  7. Song for Morgan
  8. Circles in the Air (Dedicated to Fred Hopkins)

Peter Gabriel: Up

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On September 23, 2002, “Geffen” and “Real World Records” label released “Up”, the seventh Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded April 1995 – October 1998, 2000 – 2002, at “Real World” in Box, UK, “The Meduse” in Senegal, “Real World Mobile” in France, “Air” in London, “Hype Studios” in Singapore, and was produced by Stephen Hague and Peter Gabriel.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, piano, keyboards, JamMan, MPC groove, electronics, organ, bass keys, sampled keyboards, bass guitar, harmonium, Telecaster, crotales, tom–tom, samples, harmonica, reversed strings, string samples, Mellotron, sampled guitar
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitars, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Dave Power – drums
  • Ged Lynch – drums, percussion
  • Dominque Mahut – percussion
  • Richard Chappell – percussion, treated loop, loop manipulation, programming
  • Alex Swift – additional programming
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Will Gregory – string arrangements
  • Isobel Griffiths – string contractor
  • Nick Ingman – orchestrations
  • Tchad Blake – tape scratches, groove treatment effects
  • Adrian Chivers – backing vocals
  • Pete Davis – additional programming
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – additional and backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Gabriel, except where noted.

  1. Darkness
  2. Growing Up
  3. Sky Blue
  4. No Way Out
  5. I Grieve
  6. The Barry Williams Show
  7. My Head Sounds Like That
  8. More Than This
  9. Signal to Noise
  10. The Drop

Cat Power: Moon Pix

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On September 22, 1998, “Matador” label released “Moon Pix”, the fourth Cat Power album. It was recorded November 1996 – January 1998, at “Sing Sing Studio” in Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Matt Voigt.

Personnel:

  • Chan Marshall – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mick Turner – guitar, engineer
  • Belinda Woods – flute
  • Jim White – drums
  • Andrew Entsch – bass
  • Matt Voigt – engineer
  • Roe Ethridge – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chan Marshall, except where noted.

  1. American Flag
  2. He Turns Down
  3. No Sense
  4. Say
  5. Metal Heart
  6. Back of Your Head
  7. Moonshiner
  8. You May Know Him
  9. Colors and the Kids
  10. Cross Bones Style
  11. Peking Saint

Marianne Faithful: Seven Deadly Sins

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On September 15, 1998, “BMG” label released “The Seven Deadly Sins”, the 14th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in June 1997, at “Wiener Konzerthaus” and  “Radio Kulturhaus” in Vienna, Austria, and was produced by Malgorzata Kragora.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Dennis Russell Davies – conductor
  • Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hudson Shad – vocal ensemble
  • Hugo Munday, Mark Bleeke – tenor vocals
  • Peter Becker – baritone vocals
  • Wilbur Pauley – bass vocals
  • Anton Corbijn – front cover photography
  • Nick Knight – back cover photography
  • Ali Schafler – opposite page photography
  • Nils Grosch – liner notes
  • Markus Spiegel – A&R
  • OKA_Lab – design

Track listing:

All music by Kurt Weill, except where noted, all lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.

  1. Prologue – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  2. Sloth
  3. Pride
  4. Anger
  5. Gluttony
  6. Lust
  7. Covetousness
  8. Envy
  9. Epilogue
  10. Alabama Song – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  11. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
  12. Bilbao Song – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Johnny Mercer
  13. Pirate Jenny – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

Muhal Richard Abrams: Vision Towards Essence

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On August 21, 2007, “Pi Recordings” label released “Vision Towards Essence”, the 24th Muhal Richard Abrams album. It was recorded in September 1998, at the “Guelph Jazz Festival” in Guelph, Canada and was produced by Yulun Wang and Muhal Richard Abrams.

Personnel:

  • Muhal Richard Abrams – piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Muhal Richard Abrams.

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3

Death Cab For Cutie: Something About Airplanes

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On August 18, 1998, “Barsuk” label released “Something About Airplanes”, the debut Death Cab for Cutie studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Hall of Justice”, in Ballard, Seattle, and was produced by Christopher Walla.

Personnel:

  • Ben Gibbard – vocals, guitar, small piano
  • Christopher Walla – guitar, organ, electric piano, mixing
  • Nick Harmer – bass guitar
  • Nathan Good – drums, mixing
  • Abi Hall – vocals
  • Erika Jacobs – cello arrangements
  • Tony Lash – mastering
  • Chuck Robertson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Gibbard, except where noted.

  1. Bend to Squares – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  2. President of What?
  3. Champagne from a Paper Cup
  4. Your Bruise – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  5. Pictures in an Exhibition
  6. Sleep Spent – Ben Gibbard, Cristopher Walla
  7. The Face That Launched 1000 Shits – Jay Chilote
  8. Amputations
  9. Fake Frowns – Ben Gibbard, Christopher Walla
  10. Line of Best Fit

Mickey Hart Planet Drum: Superlingua

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On August 4, 1998, “Rykodisc” label released “Supralingua”, album by Mickey Hart Planet Drum (tenth Mickey Hart album overall). It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, RAMU, liner notes
  • Zakir Hussain – vocals, drums, percussion, pre-production
  • Sikiru Adepoju – vocals, drums, percussion
  • David Garibaldi – drum kit, percussion
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Jorgé Bermudez – drums, percussion
  • Chalo Eduardo – drums, percussion
  • Bakithi Kumalo – vocals, electric bass, drums, percussion
  • Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
  • Mimi Spencer – drums, percussion
  • Graham Wiggins – didgeridoo sample
  • Raz Kennedy – vocals
  • Alan Kushan – vocals
  • Rebeca Mauleón – vocals
  • Joey Blake – vocals
  • Bobi Céspedes – vocals
  • Jesus Diaz – vocals
  • Reya Hart – vocal sample
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocal sample
  • Gyüto Monks Tantric Choir – vocal sample
  • Candice Pacheco – engineer, associate producer
  • Tom Flye – engineer, recording
  • Zac Allentuck – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Sellers – Pro Tools editor
  • Mark Jeffrey – additional editing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – illustration, design
  • Stevee Postman – illustration, design
  • John Werner – photography
  • Fredric Lieberman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Angola – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  2. Yabu – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Endless River – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo, Rebeca Mauleón
  4. Umayeyo – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  5. Secret Meeting Place – Sakiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  6. Tall Grass – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  7. Umasha – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  8. Frog Dance – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  9. Damawoo – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  10. Indoscrub – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  11. Wheel of Time – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  12. Space Dust – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Nakithi Kumalo

Randy Brecker: Into The Sun

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In July 1996, “Concord Jazz” label released “Into the Sun”, the sixth Randy Brecker album. It was recorded in December 1995, and was produced by Randy Brecker. In 1998, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger, composer, liner notes
  • Maucha Adnet – vocals
  • Adam Rogers – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gil Goldstein – accordion, keyboards, orchestration
  • Richard Sussman – synthesizer, programming
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Dave Bargeron – trombone
  • David Taylor – tuba, bass trombone
  • Keith Underwood – alto and bass flute
  • Lawrence Feldman – bass flute
  • Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet
  • Bakithi Kumalo – bass, fretless bass
  • Jonathan Joseph – drums, percussion
  • Café – percussion
  • Bobby Brecker – performer
  • Eliane Elias – sequencing
  • Malcolm Pollack – engineer
  • Joe Ferla – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mixing
  • Lee Dick – mixing assistant
  • Barbara Lipke – mixing assistant
  • Mark Mason – mixing assistant
  • Kent Judkins – art direction
  • Paul DInnocenzo – photography
  • John Burk – executive producer
  • Mike Hoaglin – production manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Brecker.

  1. Village Dawn
  2. Just Between Us
  3. The Sleaze Factor
  4. Into the Sun
  5. After Love
  6. Gray Area
  7. Tijuca
  8. Buds
  9. Four Worlds
  10. Hottest Man in Town: Prophecy/Growth/Realization/The Horn/Finale

Abdul Kareem “Duke” Fakir 

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On July 22, 2024, Abdul Kareem “Duke” Fakir died aged 88. He was singer, a founding member of the quartet Four Tops. In 1990, as a member of the Four Tops, Fakir was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the “Vocal Group Hall of Fame”, in 1999, in the “Grammy Hall of Fame”, in 1998, received the “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. 

Joe Pass: Joe’s Blues

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On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Monty Budwig – bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Adam Ross – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
  2. Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
  3. Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
  4. Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
  6. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  7. What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
  8. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
  9. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey