On May 5, 2023, “ECM” label released “Our Daily Bread”, the third Trio Tapestry studio album (the 40th Joe Lovano album overall). It was recorded in May 2022, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI”, Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
On December 1, 2017, “Reprise” label released “The Visitor”, the second Neil Young and the Promise album (40th Neil Young album overall). It was recorded November 2016, June – August 2017, at “Shangri-la” in Malibu, California, “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by John Hanlon, Niko Bolas and Neil Young.
Personnel:
Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, pump organ, whistle, water bottle, bathroom whistle
Micah Nelson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, accordion, pump organ, glockenspiel, toy piano, whistle
Lukas Nelson – vocals, guitar, whistle, water bottle
Corey McCormick – vocals, bass, whistle, water bottle
Anthony LoGerfo – vocals, drums, vocals
Tato Melgar – vocals, percussion, whistle, water bottle
In December 1968, “Columbia” label released “Filles de Kilimanjaro”, the 40th Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – September 1968, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Mecero.
On December 7, 2018, “Exile Production” and “Caroline” labels released “The Prophet Speaks”, the 40th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Studio D” in Sausalito, California, and was produced by Joey DeFrancesco and Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone, harmonica
Joey DeFrancesco – organ, keyboards, trumpet
Dan Wilson – acoustic and electric guitar
Troy Roberts – acoustic bass, soprano and tenor saxophone
Michael Ode – drums
Jim Stern – tambourine, recording, mixing, mastering
Shana Morrison – backing vocals
Joel Jaffe – engineer assistant
Kenny Evans – engineer assistant
Jason Victorine – engineer assistant
Paperjam Design – design
Richard Wade – photography
Track listing:
Gonna Send Send you Back to Where I Got You From – Eddie Vinson, Leona Blackman
Dimples – John lee Hooker, James Bracken
Got to Go Where the Love Is – Van Morrison
Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
5 am Greenwich Mean Time – Van Morrison
Gotta Get You Off My Mind – Solomon Burke, Delores Burke, Josephine Burke Moore
Teardrops – J. D. Harris
I Love the Life I Live – Willie Dixon
Worried Blues / Rollin’ and Tumblin’ – J. D. Harris
On August 19, 2003, “Somethin’ Else” label released “The Golden Striker”, the 40th Ron Carter album. It was recorded in July 2002, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Retrac Productions and Ron Carter.
Personnel:
Ron Carter – bass
Mulgrew Miller – piano
Russell Malone – guitar
Track listing:
All tracks by Ron Carter, except where noted.
The Golden Striker – John Lewis
On and On – Mulgrew Miller
NY Slick
Concerto de Aranjuez (Adagio Theme) – Joaquin Rodrigo
Cedar Tree – Russell Malone
A Quick Sketch
Parade
A Theme in ¾
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer
On September 22, 2017, “Palmetto Records” label released “On a Distant Shore”, the 40th Leon Russell album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Thirty Seventeen Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Mark Lambert and Leon Russell.
Personnel:
Leon Russell – vocals, bass, keyboards
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
Andre Reiss – guitar
Mark Lambert – guitar, liner notes, engineer, mixing
Chris Leuzinger – guitar
Larry Hall – guitar, horn, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, strings
On June 29, 2015, “Reprise” label released “The Monsanto Years”, the 40th Neil Young album. On the album, Young is accompanied by the band Promise of the Real. It was recorded January – February 2015, at “Teatro Theater” in Oxnard, California, and was produced by Neil Young and John Hanion.
In May 1975, “Polydor” label released “Sex Machine Today”, the 40th James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Charles Bobbit.
Personnel:
James Brown – lead vocals, arrangements
Fred Wesley- arrangements, production supervision
Bob Both – engineer, production supervision
David Stone, Major Little – engineer assistant
Roger Huyssen – artwork
Mathieu Bitton – design
Track listing:
Sex Machine Pts. 1 & 2 – James Brown, Bobby Bird, Ron Lenhoff
In December 1965, “Limelight” label released “Feelin’ Good”, the 40th Gerry Mulligan album. It was recorded in October 1965, at “Annex Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
Gerry Mulligan- baritone saxophone, clarinet
Jimmy Helms, Johnny Gray – guitar
Jimmy Bond- bass
Hal Blaine- drums
Harry Bluestone- violin, concertmaster
Julian Lee – string arrangements, conductor
Fred Schnell – photography
Track listing:
The Lonely Night (Night Lights) – Gerry Mulligan, Judy Holliday
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone – Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare
The Second Time Around – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Not Mine – Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer
S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Mercer
The Song Is Ended – Irving Berlin
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Feeling Good – Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
Love Is the Sweetest Thing – Ray Noble
I’ll Walk Alone – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
On January 26, 2010, “Nonesuch” label released “Orchestrion”, the 40th Pat Metheny album. It was recorded in October 2008, at “Legacy/MSR Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Pat Metheny.
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