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Coleman Hawkins: Desafinado

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In November 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Desafinado”, the 49th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
  • Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith — guitar
  • Major Holley — bass
  • Eddie Locke — drums, percussion
  • Tommy Flanagan — claves
  • Willie Rodriguez — percussion
  • Manny Albam — arrangements
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
  2. I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba) – Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods
  3. Samba Para Bean – Manny Albam
  4. I Remember You – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
  5. One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
  6. O Pato (The Duck) – Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira
  7. Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace to Bonfa) – João Gilberto
  8. Stumpy Bossa Nova – Coleman Hawkins

James Brown: People

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In March 1980, “Polydor” label released “People”, the 49th James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Brad Shapiro.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – lead vocal
  • Brad Shapiro – arrangements
  • Tyrone Huntley – artwork
  • Bob Heimall – design
  • Ivar Finsen – lacquer cut
  • David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

  1. Regrets – Barbara Wyrick
  2. Don’t Stop the Funk – Brad Shapiro
  3. That’s Sweet Music – Brad Shapiro, George Jackson
  4. Let the Funk Flow – G. Stewart, George Jackson, Thomas Earl Jones III
  5. Stone Cold Drag – Brad Shapiro
  6. We Are Really Dancing – Brad Shapiro, Randy McCormick
  7. Sometimes That’s All There Is – Kerry Chater, Troy Seals

Cannanball Adderley Quintet: The Price You Got To Pay To Be Free

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In December 1970, “Capitol” label released “The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free”, album by Cannonball Adderley Quintet album (the 49th Cannonball Adderley album overall). Live material was recorded in September 1970, at the 1970 “Monterey Jazz Festival”, and studio material was recorded in October 1970, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – vocals, cornet
  • Nat Adderley Jr. – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
  • Joe Zawinul – piano, electric piano, ring modulator
  • Walter Booker – bass
  • Bob West – bass
  • Roy McCurdy – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley except where noted.

  1. Soul Virgo – George Duke, Mike Deasy, Rick Holmes
  2. Rumplestiltskin – Joe Zawinul
  3. Inquisition – Nat Adderley
  4. Devastatement – Nat Adderley
  5. Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye) – Edú Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall
  6. The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free – Nat Adderley Jr.
  7. Sometime Ago – Sergio Mihanovich
  8. Exquisition – Nat Adderley
  9. Painted Desert – Joe Zawinul
  10. Directions – Joe Zawinul
  11. Down in Black Bottom – Nat Adderley
  12. 1-2-3-Go-O-O-O! – Joe Zawinul, Roy McCurdy, Walter Booker, Nat Adderley
  13. Lonesome Stranger – Nat Adderley
  14. Get Up Off Your Knees
  15. Wild-Cat Pee
  16. Alto Sex
  17. Bridges – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant, Gene Lees
  18. Out and In
  19. Together – Nat Adderley Jr.
  20. The Scene – Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul

Ray Charles: Just Between Us

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In July 1988, “Columbia” label released “Just Between Us”, the 49th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1988, at “RPM Studios” in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was produced by Ray Charles and Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocal, piano
  • B.B. King – guitar
  • Kenny Carr – guitar
  • Gladys Knight – vocals
  • Lou Rawls – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Nothing Like a Hundred Miles – James Taylor
  2. I Wish I’d Never Loved You at All – K. Morrison Phelps, R. Hice
  3. Too Hard to Love You – Jim Johnson
  4. Now I Don’t Believe That Anymore – David A. Morgan
  5. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Stranger in My Hometown – Percy Mayfield
  7. Over the Top – Tony Colton, Keith Christopher
  8. I’d Walk a Little More for You – Ken Hirsch, Doc Pomus
  9. If That’s What’cha Want – Dave Loggins
  10. Save the Bones for Henry Jones – Danny Barker, Vernon Lee

Tim Berne: Shadow Man

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On October 4, 2013, “ECM” label released “Shadow Man”, the 49th Tim Berne album. It was recorded in January 2013, at “The Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck in New York, and was produced by Tim Berne and David Torn.

Personnel:

  • Tim Berne – alto saxophone
  • Oscar Noriega – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Matt Mitchell – piano, Tack piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Ches Smith – drums, percussion, vibraphone

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Berne except where noted.

  1. Son of Not So Sure
  2. Static – Marc Ducret, Tim Berne
  3. Psalm – Paul Motian
  4. OC/DC
  5. Socket
  6. Cornered (Duck)

Pete Seeger: Circles & Seasons

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In July 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Circles & Seasons”, the 49th Pete Seeger album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Fred Hellerman.

Personnel:

  • Pete Seeger – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, maracas, slapstick, recording
  • Fred Hellerman – guitar, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, background vocals
  • John Cutrone – drums, bongos
  • Robert Fortunato – brass
  • Ronnie Gilbert – vocals
  • Ron Bacchiochi – mixing
  • George Whiteman – art direction
  • Emilio Rodriquez – photography
  • John Pilla – photography
  • Harold Leventhal – project coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Garbage
  2. Sailing Down This Golden River
  3. Mexican Blues
  4. The Photographers
  5. I’m Gonna Be an Engineer
  6. Seneca Canoe Song
  7. Maple Syrup Time
  8. Viva La Quince Brigada
  9. As the Sun Rose
  10. Sour Cream
  11. Tarantella
  12. Golden Song
  13. Harry Sims
  14. Allelulia / Joy Upon This Earth

Sun Ra: Lanquidity

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On August 14, 1978, “Philly Jazz” label released “Lanquidity”, the 49th Sun Ra studio album. It was recorded on July 17, 1978, at “Blank tapes Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Sun Ra.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – vocals, organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano, bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, orchestra bells, Mini Moog, arranger
  • John Gilmore –  tenor saxophone
  • Danny Ray Thompson – flute, baritone saxophone
  • Eddie Gale – trumpet
  • Michael Ray – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Marshall Allen – flute, oboe, alto saxophone
  • Elo Omoe – flute, bass clarinet
  • Julian Pressley – baritone saxophone
  • James Jacson – oboe, basson, flute, voices
  • Disco Kid ( Slo Johnson ) – guitar
  • Dale Williams – guitar
  • Luqman Ali – percussion
  • Michael Anderson – percussion
  • Artaukatune – drums, tympani
  • Atakatun Odun –  congas
  • June Tyson -voices

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra.

  1. Lanquidity
  2. Where Pathways Meet
  3. That’s How I Feel
  4. Twin Stars of Thence
  5. There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)