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Judge Smith: Curly’s Airships

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On October 5, 2000, “Masters of Art” label released “Curly’s Airships”, the third Judge Smith album. It was recorded 1994 – 2000, at “Masters of Art Studio” in Sussex, “The Organ Workshop” in Lymm, Cheshire, and various locations in England, France and Holland.

Personnel:

  • Judge Smith– vocals, bass, drum tracks
  • John Ellis– electric guitars, Ebow, mandolin
  • Tammo Heikens – sitar, tambura
  • David Shaw-Parker – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, actor
  • Rikki Patten – supplementary guitar
  • Hugh Banton– organ, piano
  • Joe Hinchliff – accordion
  • Ian Fordham – bass guitar, double bass
  • Pete Brown– vocals, percussion
  • David Jackson– saxophones, whistle
  • René van Commenée – tabla, ghatam, tambura
  • Arthur Brown– vocals
  • Peter Hammill– vocals
  • Paul Roberts– vocals
  • Paul Thompson – vocals
  • Nick Lucas – vocals, actor
  • Gwendolyn Gray – actress
  • Mike Bell – actor
  • The Mystery Marching Band
  • Glide Design of Eastbourne – cover art

Track listing:

Chapter One: Curly Comes Through

  1. Voices From A Crystal Set
  2. Walking Her Out

Chapter Two: Curly’s Conducted Tour

  1. Curly Takes Us Up
  2. Drifting About Like a Bad Smell

Chapter Three: Curly In The Clouds

  1. Curly In The Clouds

Chapter Four: Catastrophe

  1. A Capital Idea
  2. A Shrieking Of Aluminium

Chapter Five: Curly On Civvy Street

  1. Curly On Civvy Street

Chapter Six: A Great British Compromise

  1. That Imperial Airship Scheme
  2. From The Sidelines

Chapter Seven: A Kindly Sort Of Cove

  1. A Kindly Sort Of Cove

Chapter Eight: Curly At Cardington

  1. Curly At Cardington

Chapter Nine: Lord Of A Continent

  1. A Creature Of Grace
  2. A Byronic Sort Of Blighter

Chapter Ten: Big Chief And Some Minor Bugs

  1. Big Chief And Some Minor Bugs

Chapter Eleven: Curly’s Close Shave

  1. The Canadian Run
  2. Conan Doyle & The Flying Sieve
  3. Horrors At Hendon

Chapter Twelve: Cutting The Lady In Half

  1. As Safe As A House
  2. A Ship Of Fools

Chapter Thirteen: Curly Gets The Creeps

  1. The Night Before
  2. The Morning After

Chapter Fourteen: Curly Cashes His Chips

  1. Bedford To Hastings
  2. Hastings To Beauvais

Chapter Fifteen: Carry On Curly

  1. The Muffled Drum
  2. The Final Taboo

Bill Laswell: Lo. Def Pressure

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On October 3, 2000, “Sub Rosa” label released “Lo. Def Pressure”, the twelfth Bill Laswell album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Orange Music” in West Orange, NJ, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell– bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming
  • Hassan Akber Ali – instruments
  • Zakir Hussain– percussion
  • Badal Roy– percussion
  • Arif Singh – instruments
  • Kadri Sriram – instruments
  • Robert Musso– engineer
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell.

  1. Shyvamthscience
  2. Black Ice

Rubén González: Chanchullo

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On September 19, 2000, “World Circuit” label released “Chanchullo”, the third Rubén González studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2000, at “Egrem” in Havana, Cuba, “Angel Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Gold.

Personnel:

  • Rubén González – piano
  • Eliades Ochoa– guitar
  • Orlando “Cachaíto” López– bass
  • Joachim Cooder– drums
  • Amadito Valdés– timbales
  • Miguel “Angá” Díaz– congas
  • Ángel Terry Domech – congas
  • Roberto García – bongos, cowbell, güiro
  • Alberto “Virgilio” Valdés – maracas
  • Alejandro Pichardo Pérez – güiro, claves
  • Javier Zalba – baritone saxophone
  • Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal– trumpet
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos– trombone
  • Richard Egües– flute
  • Joaquin Oliveiras – flute
  • Lázaro Ordóñez Enríquez – violin
  • Papi Oviedo– tres
  • Ry Cooder– tres
  • Ibrahim Ferrer– vocals
  • Cheikh Lô– vocals
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos – chorus
  • Lázaro Villa – chorus
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos – musical director
  • Simon Burwell – recording assistant, mixing
  • Julío Martínez Rodríguez – recording assistant
  • Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Tom Leader – mastering
  • Kathryn Samson – design
  • Cristina Piza – cover photography
  • Christina Jaspars – other photography
  • Susan Titelman – other photography
  • David Burton – centre page photography
  • Rubén González – archive photography
  • Sigfredo Ariel – research

Track listing:

  1. Chanchullo – Israel “Cachao” López
  2. De una manera espantosa – Arsenio Rodríguez
  3. La lluvia – Miguel “Angá” Díaz, Rubén González, Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos, Orlando “Cachaíto” López, Amadito Valdés
  4. Central Constancia – Enrique Jorrín
  5. Quizás, quizás, quizás – Osvaldo Farrés
  6. Choco’s Guajira – Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros
  7. Si te contara – Félix Reina
  8. El bodeguero – Richard Egües
  9. Isora Club – Coralia López
  10. Rico vacilón – Rosendo Ruiz Jr.
  11. Pa’ gozar – Arístides Soto

Christian McBride: Sci-Fi

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On September 11, 2000, “Verve” label released “Sci-Fi”, the fourth Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded in February 2000, at “Avatar Studios”, and was produced by Christian McBride.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – upright and electric bass, keyboards
  • David Gilmore– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Herbie Hancock– piano
  • Shedrick Mitchell – piano, electric piano
  • Toots Thielemans– harmonica
  • Ron Blake– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • James Carter– bass clarinet
  • Rodney Green – drums
  • Dianne Reeves– vocalese
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. Aja – Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
  2. Uhura’s Moment Returned
  3. Xerxes
  4. Lullaby for a Ladybug
  5. Science Fiction
  6. Walking on the Moon – Sting
  7. Havona – Jaco Pastorius
  8. I’ll Guess I’ll Have to Forget
  9. Butterfly Dreams – Stanley Clarke
  10. Via Mwandishi
  11. The Sci-fi Outro

Fourplay: Yes, Please

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On August 22, 2000, “Warner Bros” label released “Yes, Please!”, the sixth  Fourplay studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Nathan East and Marcel East.

Personnel:

  • Bob James – piano, keyboards
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • Nathan East – bass guitar
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Roger Sadowski – guitar
  • Chanté Moore– vocals
  • Dee Fredrix – chant
  • Don Murray – engineer, mixing
  • Ken Freeman – additional engineering
  • Staffan “skar” Karlsson – additional engineering
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Free Range – Harvey Mason Sr.
  2. Double Trouble – Nathan East
  3. Once Upon a Love – Nathan East
  4. Robo Bop – Bob James
  5. Blues Force – Bob James, Larry Carlton, Nathan East, Harvey Mason, Sr.
  6. Save Some Love For Me – Nathan East
  7. Fortress – Bob James
  8. Go With Your Heart – Harvey Mason Sr.
  9. Poco A Poco – Harvey Mason Sr.
  10. A Little Fourplay – Marcel East, Nathan East
  11. Lucky – Bob James

Charles Lloyd: The Water Is Wide

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On August 21, 2000, “ECM” label released “The Water Is Wide”, the 31st Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded December 1999, at “Cello Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd– tenor saxophone
  • John Abercrombie– guitar
  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Darek Oles– bass
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Billy Higgins– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd except where noted.

  1. Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  2. The Water Is Wide – traditional
  3. Black Butterfly – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Ballade and Allegro
  5. Figure in Blue
  6. Lotus Blossom – Billy Strayhorn
  7. The Monk and the Mermaid
  8. Song of Her – Cecil McBee
  9. Lady Day
  10. Heaven – Duke Ellington
  11. There Is a Balm in Gilead – traditional
  12. Prayer

Bert Jansch: Crimson Moon

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On August 15, 2000, “Castle Communications” label released “Crimson Moon”, the 21st Bert Jansch album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, at Bert Jansch’s home studio, and was produced by Bert Jansch.

Personnel:

  • Bert Jansch – vocals, guitar
  • Johnny Marr- guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Bernard Butler- guitar
  • Johnny “Guitar” Hodge- guitar, harmonica
  • Adam Jansch- bass
  • Makoto Sakamoto- drums, percussion
  • Loren Jansch- vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bert Jansch except where noted.

  1. Caledonia
  2. Going Home
  3. Crimson Moon
  4. Downunder
  5. October Song – Robin Williamson
  6. Looking for Love
  7. Fool’s Mate
  8. The River Bank
  9. Omie Wise – traditional
  10. My Donald – Owen Hand
  11. Neptune’s Daughter
  12. Singing the Blues – Melvin Endsley

Todd Rundgren: One Long Year

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On June 20, 2000, “Artemis” label released “One Long Year”, the seventeenth Todd Rundgren album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren– vocals, creative director, instrumentals
  • Ken Emerson – guitar
  • Jesse Gress – guitar
  • John Ferenzik– keyboards
  • Kasim Sulton- bass
  • Prairie Prince– drums

Track listing:

  1. I Hate My Frickin’ I.S.P.
  2. Buffalo Grass
  3. Jerk
  4. Bang on the Ukulele Daily (live)
  5. Where Does the Time Go?
  6. Love of the Common Man
  7. Mary and the Holy Ghost
  8. Yer Fast (And I Like It)
  9. Hit Me Like a Train
  10. The Surf Talks

Widespread Panic: Don’t Tell the Band

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On June 19, 2001, “Widespread Records” label released “Don’t Tell the Band”, the seventh Widespread Panic studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by John Keane, John Bell, John Hermann, Michael Houser, Todd Nance, Domingo S. Ortiz and Dave Schools.

Personnel:

  • John Bell– vocals, guitar
  • Michael Houser– vocals, guitars
  • John Hermann– vocals,keyboards
  • Dave Schools- bass
  • Todd Nance– vocals, drums
  • Domingo S. Ortiz- percussion
  • Randall Bramblett- tenor sax
  • John Keane- pedal steel guitar, guitar noises, engineer, mixing
  • Doug Trantow – engineer, mixing
  • Ken Love – mastering
  • Flournoy Holmes – artwork, design

Track listing (single disc release):

All tracks by John Bell, John Hermann, Michael Houser, Todd Nance, Domingo S. Ortiz and Dave Schools, except where noted.

  1. Little Lily
  2. Give
  3. Imitation Leather Shoes
  4. This Part of Town
  5. Sometimes – Ed Crawford
  6. Thought Sausage
  7. Down
  8. Big Wolly Mammoth/Tears of a Woman
  9. Casa del Grillo
  10. Old Joe
  11. Action Man
  12. Don’t Tell the Band

The Philadelphia Experiment: Same

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On June 12, 2001, “Ropeadope Records” label released the self-titled, debut Philadelphia Experiment (The) album. It was recorded September 25-27, 2000, and was produced by Aaron Levinson and Andy Blackman Hurwitz.

Personnel:

  • Uri Caine– electric piano, acoustic piano, organ
  • Christian McBride– acoustic and electric bass
  • Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson– drums
  • Pat Martino– electric guitar
  • John Swana– trumpet
  • Larry Gold – cello, arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Philadelphia Experiment – Uri Caine
  2. Grover – Uri Caine
  3. Lesson #4 – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
  4. Call for All Demos – Sun Ra
  5. Trouble Man Theme – Marvin Gaye
  6. Ain’t It the Truth – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
  7. IIe Ife – Sherman Ferguson
  8. The Miles Hit – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
  9. (Re) Moved – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
  10. Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  11. Mister Magic – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter