On November 25, 2011, Don DeVito died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), record producer and music business executive. He started playing guitar on tours with Al Kooper, and has his own band The Sabres. He worked with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith, but was best known as producer of some of the most important Bob Dylan’s albums, including “Blood on the Tracks”, “Desire”, “Street Legal”, “Hard rain”, and “Bob Dylan at Budokan”. In 1989 DeVito won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Folk Recording”.
Tag Archives: 2011
Randy Brecker: Night in Calisia
On November 13, 2012, “Pawlik” label released “Night in Calisia”, album by Randy Brecker, the Wlodek Pawlik Trio, the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra and Adam Klocek. The six-part jazz suite was composed to celebrate the 1850th anniversary of Kalisz (city in Poland). It was recorded in March 2011, at “Polskie Radio Studios”.
Personnel:
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
Wlodek Pawlik Trio
- Włodzimierz Pawlik – piano
- Paweł Pańta – double bass
- Cezary Konrad – drums
Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra
- Adam Klocek – conducting
Track listing:
All tracks by Włodzimierz Pawlik.
- Night in Calisia
- Amber Road
- Orienthology
- Follow the Stars
- Quarrel of the Roman Merchants
- Forgotten Song
Gugun Blues Shelter: Solid Ground
On October 28, 2011, “Grooveyard Records” label released “Solid Ground”, the fifth Gugun Blues Shelter studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Studio 88” in Cibubur, Jakarata.
Personnel:
- Gugun – lead vocals, guitars
- Jono Armstrong – bass Guitar
- Bowie – drums
- Alex Watimena – engineer
- Don Moore – mixing, mastering
- Nyxian:Drift – layout, design
- Joe Romagnola – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Gugun, Jono Armstrong and Bowie.
- Solid Ground
- One Heavy Night
- Soul on Fire
- Vixen Eyes
- Mission
- Trampled Rose
- Silent Rider
- I’m Juicy
- Funky Chicken
- Marching Strut (dedicated to Tommy Bolin)
- Hidden Bonus Track
Glass Hammer: Cor Cordium
On October 25, 2011, “Arion Records/Sound Resources” label released “Cor Cordium”, the twelfth Glass Hammer studio album. The name of the album is taken from the poem of the same name by Algernon Charles Swinburne. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sound Resources”, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb.
Personnel:
- Jon Davison – lead vocals, acoustic guitars
- Fred Schendel – keyboards, steel and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Steve Babb – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- Alan Shikoh – acoustic, electric and classical guitars, electric sitar
- Randall Williams – drums
- Jeffrey Sick – violin
- Ed Davis – viola
- Daylon Walden – co-production, engineering
- Bob Katz – mastering
- Tom Kuhn – artwork
- Julie Babb – band photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Steve Babb, Fred Schendel and Jon Davison, all music by Steve Babb, Schendel, Jon Davison and Alan Shikoh.
- Nothing Box
- One Heart
- Salvation Station
- Dear Daddy
- To Someone
- She, a Lonely Tower
Magazine: No Thyself
On October 24, 2011, “Wire-Sound” label released “No Thyself”, the fifth and final Magazine studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Red Bird”, “Apollo Control”.
Personnel:
- Howard Devoto – vocals
- Norman Fisher-Jones (aka Noko) – guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Formula – keyboards
- Jonathan “Stan” White – bass guitar, backing vocals
- John Doyle – drums
- Christine Hanson – cello, strings
- Rosalie Cunningham – backing vocals
- Ashley Krajewski – engineer
- Mike Nielsen – mixing
- Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
- Odilon Redon – illustrations
Track listing:
All lyrics by Howard Devoto, except where noted, all music by Howard Devoto, John Doyle, Dave Formula and Norman Fisher-Jones, except where noted.
- Do the Meaning – Howard Devoto, John Doyle, Dave Formula, Norman Fisher-Jones, Pete Shelley
- Other Thematic Material
- The Worst of Progress….
- Hello Mister Curtis (With Apologies)
- Physics
- Happening in English
- Holy Dotage
- Of Course Howard (1979)
- Final Analysis Waltz
- The Burden of a Song
- Blisterpack Blues” (bonus track)
Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays: Modern Music
On September 20, 2011, “Nonesuch” label released “Modern Music”, an album by Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays. It was recorded in October 2010, at “Mechanics Hall” in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was produced by Patrick Zimmerli.
Personnel:
- Brad Mehldau– piano
- Kevin Hays– piano
Track listing:
- Crazy Quilt – Patrick Zimmerli
- Unrequited – Brad Mehldau
- Generatrix – Patric Zimmerli
- Celtic Folk Melody – Patrick Zimmerli
- Excerpt from Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich
- Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
- Modern Music – Patrick Zimmerli
- Elegia – Kevin Hays
- Excerpt from String Quartet No. 5″ – Philip Glass
Marillion: Sounds That Can’t Be Made
On September 12, 2012, “Ear Music” label released “Sounds That Can’t Be Made”, the17th Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire and “Real World Studios”, and was produced by Mike Hunter, Stave Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, and Pete Trewavas.
Personnel:
- Steve Hogarth– vocals, keyboards
- Steve Rothery- guitars, backing vocals
- Pete Trewavas- bass guitar, guitars, backing vocals
- Mark Kelly- keyboards, backing vocals
- Ian Mosley- drums, backing vocals
Track listing:
All music by Stave Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, and Pete Trewavas, all lyrics by Steve Hogarth except where noted.
- Gaza
- Sounds That Can’t Be Made
- Pour My Love – lyrics by Steve Hogarth, John Helmer
- Power
- Montréal
- Invisible Link
- Lucky Man
- The Sky Above the Rain
Brad Mehldau: Where Do You Start
On September 17, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Where Do You Start”, the 29th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded November 2008 – April 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York, and was produced by Brad Mehldau.
Personnel:
- Brad Mehldau– piano
- Larry Grenadier– bass
- Jeff Ballard– drums
Track listing:
- Got Me Wrong – Jerry Cantrell
- Holland – Sufjan Stevens
- Brownie Speaks – Clifford Brown
- Baby Plays Around – Cait O’Riordan, Elvis Costello
- Airegin – Sonny Rollins
- Hey Joe – Billy Roberts
- Samba e Amor – Chico Buarque
- Jam – Brad Mehldau
- Time Has Told Me – Nick Drake
- Aquelas Coisas Todas – Toninho Horta
- Where Do You Start? – Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel
Kasabian: Velociraptor
On September 16, 2011, “RCA” label released “Velociraptor!” the fourth Kasabian studio album. It was recorded November 2010 – March 2011 in Leicester, England, and was produced by Dan the Automator and Sergio Pizzorno.
Personnel:
- Tom Meighan– lead and backing vocals
- Sergio Pizzorno– lead, co-lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, synthesizer, bass guitar
- Chris Edwards– bass guitar
- Ian Matthews – drums
- Jay Mehler– guitar
- Sandris Skyrimš – guitar
- Tim Carter – guitar, percussion
- Ben Kealey– keyboards
- Dan Ralph Martin – guitar, percussion
- Gary Alesbrook – trumpet
- Mat Coleman – trombone
- Andrew Kinsman – saxophone
- London Metropolitan Orchestra– strings
- Jessica Dannheisser – orchestration
- Andy Brown – conducting
- Tim Carter, Joe Kearns– engineeri
- Aitor Throup– design, art direction
- Neil Bedford – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Sergio Pizzorno.
- Let’s Roll Just Like We Used To
- Days Are Forgotten
- Goodbye Kiss
- La Fée Verte
- Velociraptor!
- Acid Turkish Bath (Shelter from the Storm)
- I Hear Voices
- Re-Wired
- Man of Simple Pleasures
- Switchblade Smiles
- Neon Noon
The Aristocrats: Same
On September 13, 2011, “Boing!” label released the self-titled, debut Aristocrats album. It was recorded in 2011 and was produced by Jimmy Johnson, Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller, and Marco Minnemann.
Personnel:
- Guthrie Govan- guitar
- Bryan Beller- bass
- Marco Minnemann- drums
Track listing:
- Boing!… I’m in the Back – Marco Minnemann
- Sweaty Knockers – Bryan Beller
- Bad Asteroid – Guthrie Govan
- Get It Like That – Marco Minnemann
- Furtive Jack – Guthrie Govan
- I Want a Parrot – Guthrie Govan
- See You Next Tuesday – Bryan Beller
- Blues Fuckers – Marco Minnemann
- Flatlands – Bryan Beller
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