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Marc Ribot: Songs Of Resistance 1942 – 2018

On September 14, 2018, “Anti” label released “Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018”, the 25th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Strange Weather Studios”, “Brooklyn Recording”, “Studio G. Brooklyn”, “The School Bell”,

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – vocals, guitar, requinto guitar, electric sitar, banjo, bass, harmonica, backing vocals, arrangements, translation
  • Tom Waits – vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangement
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Earle – vocal
  • Me’Shell NdegéOcello – vocal
  • Fay Victor – vocal
  • Justin Vivian Bond – vocal
  • Sam Amidon – vocal
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Devin Hoff – bass, requinto guitar
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Chas Smith – drums, vibraphone, percussion
  • Kenny Wollesen – drums, vibraphone
  • Mauricio Herrera – congas
  • Reinaldo De Jesús – congas, percussion
  • Shahzad Ismaily – Moog synthesizer
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone, clarinet
  • James Brandon Lewis – saxophone
  • Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
  • Roy Nathanson – flute
  • Rachel Golub – violin
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Dave Eggar – cello
  • Erik Friedlander – cello
  • Ohene Cornelius – rap
  • Domenica Fossati, Tift Merritt, Luka Rutzen, Syd Straw, Rea Dubach – backing vocals
  • Daniel Schlett, Karl Derfler, Randall Dunn, Ryan Kelly – recording
  • Alexis Berthelot, Bogdan Chavez, Chris Boerner, Gregory Smelley, Jack DeBoeRyan Kelly – additional overdubs
  • Alex Berthelot, Jay Yow – additional editing
  • Kamilo Kratc – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Bryan Collins – art direction, design
  • Getty Images, Lewis W. Hinc – photography
  • George Estman Hosue – cover photography
  • Ebru Yildiz – Marc Ribot photography
  • Mary Ho – coordination

Track listing:

  1. We Are Soldiers in the Army – traditional
  2. Bella Ciao – traditional
  3. Srinivas
  4. How to Walk in Freedom
  5. Rata De Dos Patas – Norberto Eduardo Toscano
  6. The Militant Ecologist (Based On Fischia Il Vento)
  7. The Big Fool
  8. Ain’t Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round
  9. John Brown
  10. Knock That Status Down
  11. We’ll Never Turn Back – Bertha Gober

Ahmad Jamal: Tranquility

In August 1968, “ABC” label released “Tranquility”, the 25th Ahmad Jamal album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Ahmad Jamal – piano
  • Jamil Sulieman – bass
  • Frank Gant – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ahmad Jamal except where noted

  1. I Say a Little Prayer – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. When I Look in Your Eyes – Leslie Bricusse
  4. Illusions Opticas – Joe Kennedy
  5. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You – Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher
  6. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  7. Tranquility
  8. Free Again – Armand Canfora, Joss Baselli, Robert Colby
  9. Manhattan Reflections

Jackie McLean: It’s Time

In July 1965, “Blue Note” label released “It’s Time!”, the 25th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in August 1864, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackie McLean, except where noted.

  1. Cancellation – Charles Tolliver
  2. Das’ Dat
  3. It’s Time
  4. Revillot – Charles Tolliver
  5. ‘Snuff
  6. Truth – Charles Tolliver

Herbie Mann: Herbie Mann At The Village Gate

In December 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Herbie Mann at the Village Gate”, the 25th Herbie Mann album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “The Village Gate” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Mann – flute
  • Hagood Hardy – vibraharp
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Rudy Collins – drums
  • Ray Mantilla – conga, percussion
  • Chief Bey – African drum, percussion
  • Ben Tucker – additional bass
  • Willis Conover – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Home, Baby – Ben Tucker
  2. Summertime – DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
  3. It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Ramsey Lewis: The Movie Album

In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano
  • Cleveland Eaton – bass
  • Maurice White – drums
  • Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted

Track listing:

  1. Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
  2. Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
  3. The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
  4. China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
  5. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  6. Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
  7. From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  9. Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
  10. Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
  11. Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

Lee Konitz: Stereokonitz

In December 1968, “RCA” label released “Stereokonitz”, the 25th Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in 1968, in Rome, Italy.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone, varitone, flute
  • Enrico Rava – trumpet
  • Franco D’Andrea – piano
  • Giovanni Tommaso – bass
  • Gegè Munari – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Giovanni Tommaso, except where noted.

  1. A Minor Blues – Lee Konitz
  2. Five, Four and Three
  3. Kominia
  4. Midnight Mood
  5. Terre Lontane
  6. Take Seven
  7. Giovanni d’Oggi
  8. Tune Down

Van Morrison: Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison

On October 8, 1996, “Verve” label released “Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison”, the 25th Van Morrison album. It was recorded in 1996, at “The Wool Hall” in Bath, England, and was produced by Van Morrison, Ben Sidran and Georgie Fame.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Georgie Fame – vocals, Hammond organ
  • Ben Sidran – vocals, piano
  • Mose Allison – vocals, piano
  • Alec Dankworth – bass
  • Ralph Salmins – drums
  • Robin Aspland – Wurlitzer piano
  • Pee Wee Ellis – tenor saxophone
  • Leo Green – tenor saxophone
  • Guy Barker – trumpet

Track listing:

All tracks by Mose Allison.

  1. One of These Days
  2. You Can Count on Me (To Do My Part)
  3. If You Live
  4. Was
  5. Look Here
  6. City Home
  7. No Trouble Livin’
  8. Benediction
  9. Back on the Corner
  10. Tell Me Something
  11. I Don’t Want Much
  12. News Nightclub
  13. Perfect Moment

Maynard Ferguson: Come Blow Your Horn

In September 1963, “Cameo” label released “Come Blow Your Horn”, the 25th Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded August – September 1963, at “Fire Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
  • Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
  • Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Dusan Goykovitch – trumpet
  • Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
  • Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Linc Milliman – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums
  • Mike Abene, Al Cohn, Bill Holman, Willie Maiden, Don Raider, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Groove – Oliver Nelson
  2. Country Boy – Bill Holman
  3. Blues for a Four String Guitar – Elmer Bernstein
  4. Whisper Not – Benny Golson, Leonard Feather
  5. We’ve Got a World That Swings – Lil Mattis, Lois Yule Brown
  6. Chicago That Toddling Town – Fred Fisher
  7. Naked City Theme – Billy May
  8. New Hope – Don Raider
  9. Antony and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
  10. Come Blow Your Horn – Jimmy van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

Wynton Marsalis: The Marciac Suite

On August 22, 2000, “Columbia” label released “The Marciac Suite”, album by Wynton Marsalis Septet (the 25th Wynton Marsalis album overall). Wynton Marsalis recorded the music for the annual “Jazz in Marciac” festival. The album was originally included as a bonus disc with the “Swinging into the 21st series”, released in 1999.It was recorded in 1999, at “Jazz in Maricac” festival, and was produced by Delfeayo Marsalis.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Wessell Anderson – alto saxophone
  • Victor Goines – tenor vocals, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
  • Cyrus Chestnut – piano
  • Eric Lewis – piano
  • Farid Barron – piano
  • Marthaniel Roberts – piano
  • Rodney Whitaker – bass
  • Herlin Rilet – drums
  • Roland Guerrero – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Loose Duck
  2. The Big Top
  3. Jean-Louis is Everywhere
  4. Mademoiselle d’Gascony
  5. Armagnac Dreams
  6. Marciac Fun
  7. For My Kids at the Collège of Marciac
  8. Marciac Moon
  9. d’Artagnan
  10. Guy Lafitte
  11. B Is for Boussaget (and Bass)
  12. In the House of Laberriere
  13. Sunflowers

Sparks: The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

On May 26, 2023, “Island” label released “The Girl is Crying in Her Latte”, the 25th Sparks studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Sparks” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael – vocals, engineering, mixing
  • Ron Mael – keyboards, programming, string arrangements
  • Evan Weiss – guitars
  • Eli Pearl – guitars
  • Max Whipple – bass
  • Steven Nistor – drums
  • Nathan Kelly – orchestral arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Ron and Russell Mael.

  1. The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
  2. Veronica Lake
  3. Nothing Is as Good as They Say It Is
  4. Escalator
  5. The Mona Lisa’s Packing, Leaving Late Tonight
  6. You Were Meant for Me
  7. Not That Well-Defined
  8. We Go Dancing
  9. When You Leave
  10. Take Me for a Ride
  11. It’s Sunny Today
  12. A Love Story
  13. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way
  14. Gee, That Was Fun