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David “Fathead” Newman: The Blessing

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On May 5, 2009, “High Note” label released “The Blessing”, the 38th and the final David “Fathead” Newman studio album. It was recorded in December 2008, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Houston Person and David “Fathead” Newman.

Personnel:

  • David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • David Leonhardt – piano
  • Peter Bernstein – guitar
  • Steve Nelson – vibraphone
  • John Menegon – bass
  • Yoron Israel – drums

Track listing:

  1. SKJ – Milt Jackson
  2. Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  4. Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria
  5. Smile – Charlie Chaplin
  6. Romantic Night – David Leonhardt
  7. Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
  8. Whispers of Contentment – David Leonhardt
  9. The Blessing – David “Fathead” Newman

Buckwheat Zydeco: Lay Your Burden Down

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On May 5, 2009, “Aligator” label released “Lay Your Burden Down”, the third Buckwheat Zydeco album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Steve Berlin. In 2010, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album.”  

Personnel:

Buckwheat Zydeco and The Ils Sont Partis Band, (shortened to Buckwheat Zydeco.)

  • Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. – lead and backing vocals, accordion, Hammond B3 organ, synth keyboard
  • Sir Reginald Master Dural – rubboard, backing vocals
  • Michael Melchione – guitar
  • Olivier Scoazec – guitar
  • Curtis Watson – trumpet
  • Lee Allen Zeno – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Menard – drums.
  • Sonny Landreth – slide guitar
  • Warren Haynes – slide guitar
  • Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
  • Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trombone
  • John “J.J.” Grey – Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • David Farrell – engineer, mixing
  • Korey Richey – second engineer

Track listing:

  1. When the Levee Breaks – Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie
  2. The Wrong Side – JJ Grey
  3. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah – James B. Chambers
  4. Don’t Leave Me – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  5. Back in Your Arms – Bruce Springsteen
  6. Throw Me Something Mister – Buckwheat Zydeco
  7. Ley Your Burden Down – Warren Heynes, Michael Berbiero
  8. Time Goes By – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  9. Ninth Place – Buckwheat Zydeco, Ted Fox
  10. Too Much Time – Don Van Vliet
  11. Finding My Way Back Home – Buckwheat Zydeco

Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi

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On April 21, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released “The Bright Mississippi”, the tenth Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded in March 2008, and was produced by Joe Henry. 

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint – vocals, piano
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Nicholas Payton – trumpet
  • Don Byron – clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Egyptian Fantasy – Sidney Bechet, John Reid
  2. Dear Old Southland – Raymond Bloch
  3. St. James Infirmary – traditional
  4. Singin’ the Blues – Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson
  5. Whinin’ Boy Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
  6. West End Blues – Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams
  7. Blue Drag – Django Reinhardt
  8. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – traditional
  9. Bright Mississippi – Thelonious Monk
  10. Day Dream – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  11. Long, Long Journey – Leonard Feather
  12. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange

Sara Watkins: Same

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On April 7, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, debut Sara Watkins album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Henson Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Paul Jones.

Personnel:

  • Sara Watkins – vocals, fiddle, ukulele
  • Sean Watkins – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jon Brion – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gillian Welch – electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Chris Eldridge – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • John Paul Jones – bass, mandolin, piano, organ, electric piano, harmony vocals
  • Billy Cardine – dobro
  • Michael Witcher – dobro
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Chris Thile – mandola
  • Benmont Tench – piano
  • Byron House – bass
  • Mark Schatz – bass
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • David Rawlings – drums, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Rayna Gellert – fiddle
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Luke Bulla – harmony vocals
  • Claire Lynch – harmony vocals
  • Jenny Anne Mannan – harmony vocals
  • Tim O’Brien – harmony vocals
  • Aoife O’Donovan – harmony vocals
  • Dave Sinko – recording, mixing
  • Eric Conn – mastering
  • Wendy Stamberger – design
  • Jeremy Cowart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Sara Watkins, except where noted.

  1. All This Time
  2. Long Hot Summer Days – John Hartfoed
  3. My Friend
  4. Freiderick
  5. Same Mistakes – Jon Brion
  6. Any Old Time – Jimmie Rodgers
  7. Pony – Tom Waits
  8. Lord Won’t You Help Me – Norman Blake
  9. Jefferson
  10. Give Me Jesus
  11. Bygones
  12. Too Much – David Garza
  13. Will We Go
  14. Where Will You Be

Bob Mould: Life And Times

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On April 7, 2009, “ANTI“ label released “Life and Times”, the ninth Bob Mould album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, mixing, layout
  • Jon Wurster – drums
  • Frank Marchand – drums recording
  • Jim Wilson – mastering
  • Tom D. Kline – layout
  • Micheal Brodbeck – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Life and Times
  2. The Breach
  3. City Lights (Days Go By)
  4. MM 17
  5. Argos
  6. Bad Blood Better
  7. Wasted World
  8. Spiraling Down
  9. I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Anymore
  10. Lifetime

Black Francis: NonStopErotik

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On March 30, 2010, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “NonStopErotik”, the sixteenth Black Francis album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Ocean Way Studios” in Los Angeles, “RAK Studios” in London, “Studios G.” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Eric Drew Feldman and Black Francis.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Phillips – guitar
  • Todd O’Keefe – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Eric Drew Feldman – keyboards, bass
  • Tony Maimone – bass, engineer assistant
  • David Henderson – drums
  • Todd Demma – drums
  • Jack Kidney – percussion
  • Wesley Siedman – engineer
  • Howard ‘Head’ Bullivant – engineer
  • Jonathan Sterling – engineer assistant
  • Robbie Nelson – engineer assistant
  • Helen Atkinson – engineer assistant
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Mark Lemhouse – design
  • Aaron Lucy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Lake of Sin
  2. O My Tidy Sum
  3. Rabbits
  4. Wheels – Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons
  5. Dead Man’s Curve
  6. Corrina
  7. Six Legged Man
  8. Wild Son
  9. When I Go Down on You
  10. Nonstoperotik
  11. Cinema Star

The Strokes: Angles

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On March 18, 2011, “RCA” label released “Angles”, the fourth Strokes (The) album. It was recorded July 2009 – December 2010, at “Electric Lady”, “Avatar” in New York City, “One Way” in Upstate New York, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, Gus Oberg, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

Personnel:

  • Julian Casablancas – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Nick Valensi – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Albert Hammond, Jr. – rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Nikolai Fraiture – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Fabrizio Moretti – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gus Oberg – recording, engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – recording
  • Justin Gerrish – engineer assistant
  • Noah Georgeson – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Guy Pouppez – cover painting
  • Lizzie Nanut – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

  1. Machu Picchu
  2.  Under Cover of Darkness
  3. Two Kind of Happiness
  4. You’re So Right
  5. Taken for a Fool
  6. Games
  7. Call Me Back
  8. Gratisfaction
  9. Metabolism
  10. Life Is Simple in the Moonlight

Lemon Demon: Spirit Phone

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On February 20, 2016, Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega) self-released “Spirit Phone” its seventh album. It was recorded 2009 – 2016, and was produced by Neil Cicierega.

Personnel:

  • Neil Cicierega – vocals, instruments, programming, recording
  • Dave Kitsberg – electric guitar
  • Ming Doyle – cover artwork, picture disc artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Cicierega, except where noted.

  1. Lifetime Achievement Award
  2. Touch-Tone Telephone
  3. Cabinet Man
  4. No Eyed Girl
  5. When He Died
  6. Sweet Bod
  7. Eighth Wonder
  8. Ancient Aliens
  9. Soft Fuzzy Man
  10. As Your Father, I Expressly Forbid It
  11. I Earn My Life
  12. Reaganomics
  13. Man-Made Object
  14. Spiral of Ants

M. Ward: Hold Time

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On February 17, 2009, “Merge” and “4AD” labels released “Hold Time”, the sixth M. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by M. Ward.

Personnel:

  • M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
  • Jason Lytle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
  • Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
  • Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
  • Bill Ritchie – upright bass
  • Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
  • Elin Palmer – violin
  • Allison Stewart – viola
  • Dave Campbell – cello
  • Zooey Deschanel – vocals
  • Lucinda Williams – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.

  1. For Beginners
  2. Never Had Nobody Like You
  3. Jailbird
  4. Hold Time
  5. Rave On – Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
  6. To Save Me
  7. One Hundred Million Years
  8. Stars of Leo
  9. Fisher of Men
  10. Oh, Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
  11. Epistemology
  12. Blake’s View
  13. Shangri-La
  14. Outro (aka: I’m a Fool to Want You) – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf

Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow

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On February 1, 2020, “Concord Music Group” label released “Yesterday You Said Tomorrow”, the sixth Christian Scott album. It was recorded in April 2009, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Chris Dunn and Christian Scott.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott – trumpet
  • Milton Fletcher, Jr. – piano
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Kristopher Keith Funn – bass
  • Jamire Williams – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
  • Alan Cole – art direction
  • Ivory Daniel – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. K.K.P.D.
  2. The Eraser – Thom Yorke
  3. After All – Matthew Stevens
  4. Isadora
  5. Angola, LA & The 13th Amendment
  6. The Last Broken Heart (Prop 8)
  7. Jenacide (The Inevitable Rise and Fall of the Bloodless Revolution)
  8. The American’t
  9. An Unending Repentance
  10. The Roe Effect (Refrain in F# Minor) – Christian Scott, Matthew Stevens