Tag Archives: 2003

Arthur Blythe: Exhale

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On June 17, 2003, “Savant” label released “Exhale”, the final Arthur Blythe album. It was recorded in October 2002, at “Tedesco Studio” in Paramus, New Jersey, and was produced by Cecil Brooks III.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
  • Bob Stewart – tuba
  • John Hicks – piano, organ
  • Cecil Brooks III – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Arthur Blythe except where noted

  1. Cousin Mary – John Coltrane
  2. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  3. Exhaust Suite: Nonette – Bob Stewart
  4. Exhaust Suite: Surrender
  5. Exhaust Suite: LC
  6. Exhaust Suite: Phase Two
  7. Night Train – Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington
  8. 7/4 Thang
  9. Equinox – John Coltrane
  10. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
  11. CJ – Bob Stewart
  12. All Blues – Miles Davis
  13. Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
  14. Exhale

Michael Schenker Group: Arachnophobiac

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On June 16, 2003, “Shrapnel” label released “Arachnophobiac”, the eight Michael Schenker Group studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studio” in Cotati, California, “Field of Dreams Studios” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Mike Varney, Steve Fontano and Michael Schenker.

Personnel:

  • Chris Logan – vocals
  • Michael Schenker – guitars
  • Stuart Hamm – bass
  • Jeremy Colson – drums
  • Jeff Watson – lead guitar
  • Jeff Okolowicz – bass
  • Steve Fontano – engineer
  • Dave Stephens – design

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Chris Logan, all music by Michael Schenker

  1. Evermore
  2. Illusion
  3. Arachnophobiac
  4. Rock and Roll Believer
  5. Sands of Time
  6. Weathervane
  7. Over Now
  8. One World
  9. Break the Cycle
  10. Alive
  11. Fatal Strike

Steve Hackett: To Watch the Storms

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On June 9, 2003, “Camino Records” label released “To Watch the Storms”, the 16th Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, guitar
  • Roger King – keyboards
  • Terry Gregory – vocals, basses
  • Gary O’Toole – vocals, drums
  • Rob Townsend – brass, woodwind
  • John Hackett – flute
  • Ian McDonald – saxophone
  • Sarah Wilson – cello
  • Howard Gott – violin
  • Jeanne Downs – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hackett except where noted.

  1. Strutton Ground
  2. Circus of Becoming
  3. The Devil Is an Englishman – Thomas Dolby
  4. Frozen Statues – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  5. Mechanical Bride
  6. Wind, Sand and Stars
  7. Brand New – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  8. This World – Steve Hackett, Kim Poor
  9. Rebecca
  10. The Silk Road – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  11. Come Away
  12. The Moon Under Water
  13. Serpentine Song

Of Montreal: Satanic Panic in the Attic

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On April 6, 2004, “Polyvinyl” label released “Satanic Panic in the Attic”, the sixth Of Montreal album. It was recorded in August 2003 – January 2004, at “H. Hare Studio”, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Barnes – vocals, all instruments (except where noted), engineer, mixing
  • Sara Kirkpatrick – flute
  • Heather McIntosh – cello
  • James Huggins – arrangements
  • Glenn Shick – mastering
  • David Barnes – artwork
  • Nina Barnes – art inserts
  • Robbie Lowie – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Barnes, except where noted.

  1. Disconnect the Dots
  2. Lysergic Bliss
  3. Will You Come and Fetch Me
  4. My British Tour Diary
  5. Rapture Rapes the Muses
  6. Ero’s Entropic Tundra
  7. City Bird – lyrics by Dan Donahue, music by Kevin Barnes
  8. Erroneous Escape into Erik Eckles
  9. Chrissy Kiss the Corpse
  10. Your Magic is Working
  11. Climb the Ladder
  12. How Lester Lost His Wife
  13. Spike the Senses
  14. Vegan in Furs

Curtis Fuller: Up Jumped Spring

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On March 16, 2004, “Delmark” label released “Up Jumped Spring”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in August 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Jacey Falk.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Brad Goode – trumpet
  • Karl Montzka – piano
  • Larry Gray – bass
  • Stewart Miller – bass
  • Tim Davis – drums
  • Jacey Falk – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
  2. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  3. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  4. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
  5. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  6. Equinox – John Coltrane
  7. I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  8. Alone Together – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  9. Whisper Not – Benny Golson
  10. Black Night – Jessie Mae Robinson
  11. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye

Jane Ira Bloom: Chasing Paint

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On March 4, 2003, “Arabesque” label released “Chasing Paint”, the tenth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded April – May 2002, at “The Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
  • Fred Hersch – piano
  • Mark Dresser – bass
  • Bobby Previte – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted.

  1. Unexpected Light
  2. Chasing Paint
  3. The Sweetest Sounds – Richard Rodgers
  4. On Seeing JP
  5. Many Wonders
  6. Jackson Pollock
  7. Alchemy
  8. Reflections of the Big Dipper
  9. White Light

Marissa Nadler: Ballads of Living and Dying

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On November 11, 2004, “Eclipse Records” label released “Ballads of Living and Dying”, the debut Marissa Nadler album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, at “Black Hole Sound Studios”, and was produced by Myles Baer.

Personnel:

  • Marissa Nadler – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
  • Myles Baer – accordion, backing vocals, EBow, electric guitar
  • Kendra Flowers – harmony vocals
  • Myles Baer – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Marissa Nadler, except where noted.

  1. Fifty Five Falls
  2. Hay Tantos Muertos – Marissa Nadler, Pablo Neruda
  3. Stallions
  4. Undertaker
  5. Box of Cedar
  6. Bird Song
  7. Mayflower May
  8. Days of Rum
  9. Virginia
  10. Annabelle Lee – Marissa Nadler, Edgar Allan Poe
  11. Door Slam

Manic Street Preachers: Lifeblood

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On November 1, 2004, “Sony Music UK” label released “Lifeblood”, the seventh Manic Street Preachers studio album. It was recorded August 2003 – August 2004, at “Stir Studios” in Cardiff, Wales, “Looking Glass Studios” in New York, “Grouse Lodge” in Westmeath, Ireland, and was produced by Tony Visconti, Tom Elmhirst and Greg Haver.

Personnel:

  1. James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  2. Sean Moore – drums, drum programming
  3. Nicky Wire – bass guitar
  4. Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  5. Jeremy Shaw – keyboards
  6. Greg Haver – percussion
  7. Mario J. McNulty – engineer assistance
  8. Stefano Sofia – engineer assistance
  9. Steve Davis – engineer assistance
  10. Loz Williams – engineer assistance
  11. Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  12. Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  13. Farrow Design – art direction, artwork, design
  14. John Ross – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nicky Wire except where noted, all music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.

  1. 1985
  2. The Love of Richard Nixon
  3. Empty Souls
  4. A Song for Departure
  5. I Live to Fall Asleep
  6. To Repel Ghosts
  7. Emily
  8. Glasnost
  9. Always/Never
  10. Solitude Sometimes Is
  11. Fragments – additional lyrics by Patrick Jones
  12. Cardiff Afterlife

Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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On October 6, 2003, “Rough Trade” label released “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, the sixth Belle & Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Sarm West Studios” in London, Sarm Hook End” in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, “Berkeley Street Studios” in Glasgow, “Parkgate Studios” in Catsfield, and “Angel Studios” in London, and was produced by Trevor Horn.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, arrangements
  • Stevie Jackson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Chris Keddes – keyboards, arrangements
  • Sarah Martin – violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass, guitar, arrangements
  • Dave McGowan – bass, arrangements
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums, arrangements
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Sue Bohling – cor anglaise
  • Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – alto saxophone
  • Stan Sulzman – alto saxophone
  • Philip Todd – tenor saxophone 
  • Chris Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Daly – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins – trumpet
  • John Barclay – trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt – trumpet 
  • Noel Langley – trumpet
  • Barnaby Dickinson – tenor trombone
  • Chris Dean – tenor trombone
  • Jeremy Price – tenor trombone
  • Richard Edwards – bass trombone
  • Chris Cowie – oboe
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Richard Berry – French horn
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Kathleen Stevenson – piccolo flute
  • Perry Montague-Mason, Benedict Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Everton Nelson, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Kathy Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello 
  • David Daniels – cello
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Trevor Horn – arrangements
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements
  • Steve Price – recording
  • Julian Mendelsohn – recording
  • Mat Bartram – recording
  • Tim Lambert – additional engineering
  • Phil Tyreman – engineer assistant
  • Dan Vickers – mixing
  • Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
  • Robert Orton – mixing
  • Tony Doogan – additional mixing
  • Michael Bannister – mixing assistant
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Divine Inc. – design
  • Stuart David – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Step into my Office, Baby
  2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
  3. If She Wants Me
  4. Piazza, New York Catcher
  5. Asleep on a Sunbeam
  6. I’m a Cuckoo
  7. You Don’t Send Me
  8. Wrapped Up in Books
  9. Lord Anthony
  10. If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
  11. Roy Walker
  12. Stay Loose

Robert Palmer

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On September 26, 2003, Robert Allen Palmer died aged 54. He was musician (guitar),singer, songwriter and music producer, member of bands Joe Vinegar and The Power Station. He had powerful, distinctive, gritty, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, his music combined soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues elements. Palmer had successful solo career, received a number of awards, including “ASCAP Pop Music Award” for “Most Performed Songs” (1986 and 1990), two “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” (1989), “MTV Video Music Award” (1986), “Pollstar Concert Industry Awards” for “Small Hall Tour Of The Year” (1987). As leader, Palmer released 15 albums.