On April 15, 2014, “Greenleaf” label released “Riverside”, the 39th Dave Douglas album. It was recorded in August 2012, at “Humber College Recording Studio” in Toronto, and was produced by Chet Doxas and Dave Douglas.
Personnel:
Dave Douglas – trumpet
Chet Doxas – clarinet, saxophone
Steve Swallow – electric bass
Jim Doxas – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Douglas, except where noted.
Thrush
The Train and the River – Jimmy Giuffre
Old Church, New Paint (Intro) – Chet Doxas
Old Church, New Paint – Chet Doxas
Handwritten Letter
Big Shorty – Chet Doxas
Front Yard
Backyard
No Good Without You
Travelin’ Light – Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer
Sing on the Mountain High/Northern Miner – Chet Doxas
On April 2, 2015, “High Note” label released “The Real Thing”, the 38th Eric Alexander album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Eric Alexander.
Personnel:
Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
Pat Martino – guitar
Harold Mabern – piano
John Webber – bass
Joe Farnsworth – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing, mastering
Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
Christopher Drukker – design, session photography
Jimmy Katz – Eric Alexander photography
Joe Fields – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Eric Alexander except where noted.
The Real Thing
Pure Pat
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
Little Boat – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal
For George and Trane
Sleep Warm – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
On March 31, 2014, “Provogue” label released “In My Soul”, the 17th Robert Cray album (credited to Robert Cray Band). It was recorded in 2013, at “Santa Barbara Sound Studios” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Steve Jordan.
Personnel:
Robert Cray – vocals, guitar
Dover Weinberg – keyboards
Richard Cousins – bass
Les Falconer – vocal, drums
Steve Jordan – drums, percussion, mixing
Trevor Lawrence – tenor sacophone
Steve Madaio – trumpet
Niko Bolas – engineer
Dom Camardella, Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineer assistant
Niko Bolas – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
Roy Koch – artwork
Jeff Katz Photography – photography
Fallout Ent – studio album
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Cray, except where noted.
You Move Me
Nobody’s Fault but Mine – Otis Redding
Fine Yesterday
You Good Thing Is Above to End – David Porter, Isaac Hayes
I Guess I’ll Never Know – Jeff Paris, Les Falconer, Rick Whitfield
On March 25, 2014, “Sony Masterworks” label released “The Rite of Spring”, the ninth Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in June 2013, at “Kaleidoscope Sound Studios” in Union City, New Jersey, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King. The album is interpretation of the Igor Stravinsky orchestral composition.
Personnel:
Ethan Iverson – piano
Reid Anderson – bass, electronics
David King – drums
Pete Rende – engineer, mixing
Huntley Miller – mastering
David King – artwork
Greg Meyers – design
Jay Fram – photography
Darryl Pitt – executive producer
Chris Hinderaker – production coordination
Track listing:
All tracks by Igor Stravinsky.
First Part: Adoration of the Earth
Introduction
The Augurs of Spring
Ritual of Abduction
Spring Rounds
Games of the Two Rival Tribes / Procession of the Sage
The Sage / Dance of the Earth
Second Part: The Sacrifice
Introduction
Mystic Circle of the Young Girls
Glorification of the Chosen One
Evocation of the Ancestors / Ritual Action of the Ancestors
On February 20, 2015, “22 Records” label released R.E.M. (rapideyemovement), the second Funk Shui album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Pripor House” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Dragan Ginovski Gino.
Personnel:
Luka Ğorgievski – vocal, guitar, piano
Mihail Namičev – bass, recording, cover
David Nikolovski – drums
Risto Solunčev – vocal
Ema Jovanoviƙ – backing vocals
Mona Jovčevska – backing vocals
Dragan Ginovski Gino – mixing, mastering
Track listing:
All lyrics by Luka Ğorgievski except where noted, music by Luka Ğorgievski, Mihail Namičev and David Nikolovski except where noted.
On January 21, 2014, “Thirty Tigers” and “Melvin Records” labels released the self-titled, debut Hard Working Americans studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “TRI Studios” in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Dave Schools and Todd Snider.
Personnel:
Todd Snider – vocals
Neal Casal – vocals, guitar
Chad Staehly – keyboards
Dave Schools – bass
Duane Trucks – drums
John Keane – vocals, banjo, guitar
John Popper – harmonica
Jason Crosby – piano, fiddle
Track listing:
Blackland Farmer – Frankie Miller
Another Train – Will Kimbrough, Gwil Owen
Down to the Well – Kevin Gordon, Colin Linden
The Mountain Song – Chad Jeffers, Kieran Kane, Sean Locke
Stomp and Holler – Hayes Carll
Straight to Hell – Kevin Kinney
Welfare Music – Brian Henneman, S. Taylor
Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man – Randy Newman
On January 17, 2014, “Prophecy Productions” label released “Shelter”, the fourth Alcest studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Sundlaugin Studio” in Iceland, and was produced by Birgir Jón Birgisson and Martin Koller.
On November 29, 2014, “We Buy Gold Records” label released “Abandoned Mansion”, the ninth Dr. Dog studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Mt. Slippery Studio” in Clifton Heights, PA, and was produced by Nathan Sabatino.
Personnel:
Francis Xavier McElroy – vocals, guitar
Scott Anthony McMicken – vocals, guitar
Zachery Ulrich Miller – keys
Toby Mark Leaman – vocals, bass
Eric James Marshall Slick – drums
Dimitri Robert Manos – percussion, drums, guitar
Conner Gallaher – pedal steel
String quartet: Sarah Larsen (viola), Valerie Vuolo (violin), Kaveh Saidi (violin), John Thorell (cello)
Sarah Larsen – arrangements
Nathan Sabatino – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Francis Xavier McElroy, Scott Anthony McMicken, Zachery Ulrich Miller, Toby Mark Leaman, Eric James Marshall Slick and Dimitri Robert Manos except where noted.
On November 14, 2014, “Chasing Dragons” label released “Bones + Longing”, the fifth Gemma Hayes studio album. It was recorded in Dublin Ireland, Noyant-la-Gravoyère in France, in London, and was produced by David Odlum and Gemma Hayes.
On October 31, 2014, “Sony Music” label released “Big Music”, the sixteenth Simple Minds studio album. It was recorded May 2009 – August 2014, in London, Bath, Ireland, and was produced by Gavin Goldberg, Steve Osborne, Owen Parker, Andy Wright, Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mel Gaynor, Andy Gillespie and Ged Grimes.
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