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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Brotherman in the Fatherland

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On April 4, 2006, “Hyena” label posthumously released “Brotherman in the Fatherland”, album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “Funkhaus” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute
  • Ron Burton – piano
  • Henry Metathias Pearson – bass
  • Richie Goldberg – drums
  • Joe Habad Texidor – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Intro/Like Sonny – John Coltrane
  2. Make It with You – David Gates 
  3. Rahsaan’s Spirit
  4. My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
  5. Seasons/Serenade to a Cuckoo
  6. Pedal Up
  7. Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
  8. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaría
  9. Blue Train – John Coltrane

John Coltrane: Live At Birdland

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On January 9, 1964, “Impulse!” label released “Live at Birdland”, album by John Coltrane (the seventh album for Impulse!). It was recorded March, October and November 1963, at “Birdland” in New York City, “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – studio recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  2. I Want to Talk About You – Billy Eckstine
  3. The Promise
  4. Alabama
  5. Your Lady

McCoy Tyner: Song Of The New World

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In July 1973, “Milestone” label released “Song of the New World”, the 17th McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in April 1973, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • McCoy Tyner: piano, percussion
  • Sonny Fortune: alto and soprano saxophone, flute
  • Cecil Bridgewater: trumpet 
  • Jon Faddis: trumpet
  • Virgil Jones: trumpet
  • Garnett Brown: trombone 
  • Dick Griffin: trombone, baritone trombone
  • Willie Ruff: French horn
  • William Warnick III: French horn
  • Julius Watkins: French horn
  • Kiane Zawadi: euphonium 
  • Bob Stewart: tuba 
  • Hubert Laws: piccolo, flute
  • Harry Smyle: oboe 
  • Joony Booth: bass
  • Alphonse Mouzon: drums
  • Sonny Morgan: conga drums
  • Sanford Allen: violin
  • John Blair: violin
  • Selwart Clarke: violin
  • Winston Collymore: violin
  • Noel DaCosta: violin
  • Marie Hence: violin
  • Julian Barber: viola
  • Alfred Brown: viola
  • Ronald Lipscomb: cello
  • Kermit Moore: cello
  • William Fischer: conductor 

Track listing:

  1. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaría
  2. Little Brother
  3. The Divine Love
  4. Some Day
  5. Song of the New World

The Albion Band: Rise Up Like the Sun

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In March 1978, “Harvest” label released “Rise Up Like the Sun”, the debut Albion Band (The). It was recorded in 1977, at “Olympic Studios” and “Sound Techniques Studios” in London, and was produced by Joe Boyd and John Tams.

Personnel:

  • Simon Nicol – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Tams – vocals, melodeon
  • Graeme Taylor – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Phil Pickett – bagpipes, trumpet, shawm, crotales
  • Pete Bullock – piano, organ, synthesizer, clarinet, saxophone
  • Ric Sanders – violin, electric violin
  • Ashley Hutchings – electric bass
  • Michael Gregory – drums, percussion, mandolin
  • Dave Mattacks – drums, tambourine
  • Vic Gamm – engineer
  • Dave Ansley – art direction
  • Josh Partridge – painting
  • Pete Vernon – photography

Track listing:

  1. Ragged Heroes – John Tams
  2. Poor Old Horse – traditional
  3. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  4. Danse Royale – anonymous
  5. Ampleforth – traditional
  6. Lay Me Low – John Tams
  7. Time to Ring Some Changes – Richard Thompson
  8. House in the Country – Maggie Stewart
  9. The Primrose – traditional
  10. Gresford Disaster – Ric Sanders

Kazumi Watanabe: One for All

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On June 16, 1999, “Polydor Japan” released “One for All”, the 28th Kazumi Watanabe album. It was recorded in March 1999, at “The Bottom Line” in New York City, and was produced by Koko Tanikawa and Kazumi Watanabe.

Personnel:

  • Kazumi Watanabe – guitars, arranger
  • Larry Coryell – guitar
  • Akiko Yano – piano, arranger
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, arranger
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Mino Cinelu – drums
  • Koko Tanikawa – arranger
  • Doug Epstein – recording, mixing
  • Billy Eric, Tom Filogomo – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Yutaka Katayama – artwork director
  • Toshifumi Kusano – photography
  • Hiromi Saeki – coordination

Track listing:

  1. Havana – Koko Tanikawa
  2. Water Ways Flow Backward Again – Akiko Yano
  3. Libertango – Ástor Piazzolla
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
  5. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  6. One for All – Kazumi Watanabe
  7. Milestones – Miles Davis

Clare Fischer: Manteca!

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On November 21, 1965, “Pacific Jazz Records” label released “Manteca!”, the seventh Clare Fischer album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Clare Fischer– piano, organ
  • Conte Candoli, Bobby Bryant, Don Smith, D. Brisbois- trumpet
  • Gil Falco and Bob Edmondson – trombone
  • Ernie Tack – bass trombone
  • Nicholas “Cuco” Martinez – timbales
  • Rudy Calzado – cencero and güiro
  • Ralph Peña- bass
  • Richard West – bass
  • Adolfo “Chino” Valdes, Carlos Vidal- conga

Track listing:

  1. Manteca – G. Fuller-J. Gillespie
  2. El Toro – Mongo Santamaria
  3. Morning – Clare Fischer
  4. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  5. Favela (O Morro) – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  6. Marguerite (Suegra) – Clare Fischer
  7. Dulzura – Clare Fischer
  8. Sway – Pablo Beltran Ruiz
  9. Negrita – Rudy Calzado

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth

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On April 17, 2007, “Universal/DDB Records/EmArcy Records” labels released “Red Earth”, the 16th Dee Dee Bridgewater album. It was recorded August – November 2006, at “Studio Bogolan” in Bamako, Mali, and “Studio Davout” in Paris, and was produced by Jean Marie Durand, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater- lead vocal
  • Cheick Tidiane Seck- calebasse, Fender rhodes, karignan, Hammond organ, backing vocals
  • Edsel Gomez – piano
  • Ira Coleman- nass
  • Minino Garay – cajon, caxixi, cymbals, drums, percussion
  • Lansiné Kouyaté – balafon
  • Habib “Dia” Sangaré – bolon
  • Alou Kouloubali – calebasse
  • Lassy “King” Massassy – rap vocals
  • “Petit” Adama Diarra – djembe
  • Cheick “Sékou” Oumar – djembe
  • Djifli Mamadou Sanogo – djembe
  • Moussa Sissikho – djembe, soloist
  • Maré Sanogo – doum-doum
  • Lamine Tounkara – doum-doum
  • Aly Wagué – flute
  • Gabriel Durand – guitar
  • Modibo Kouyaté – guitar
  • Jacob Soubeiga – guitar
  • Djelimady Tounkara- guitar, soloist
  • Benogo Diakite – kamalngoni, soloist
  • Mamadou Diabaté – kora
  • Cherif Samano – kora
  • Yakhoba Sissokho – kora, soloist
  • Adama Tounkara – ngoni
  • Moriba Koïta – ngoni, soloist
  • Bassekou Kouyate- ngoni, soloist
  • “Pepito” Sekouba Kouyaté – tamav
  • Moussa Sissoko – tama
  • Ramata Diakité- vocals
  • Oumou Sangare- vocals
  • Fatou- background vocals
  • Mamani Keïta- vocals, backing vocals
  • Fatoumata Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Kabiné Kouyaté – vocals, backing vocals
  • Amy Sacko – vocals, backing vocals
  • Baba Sissoko- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Dee Dee Bridgewater, except where noted.

  1. Afro Blue – Oscar Brown, Jr., Mongo Santamaría
  2. Bad Spirits
  3. Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Baba Sissoko
  4. Mama Don’t Ever Go Away
  5. Long Time Ago – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Wayne Shorter
  6. Children Go ‘Round
  7. The Griots
  8. Oh My Love
  9. Four Women – Nina Simone
  10. No More
  11. Red Earth
  12. Meanwhile – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Edsel Gomez
  13. Compared to What – Lassy “King” Massassy, Gene McDaniels

Mongo Santamaria

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On February 1, 2003, Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez died aged 85. He was musician (congas, bongos), performed and recorded with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Lalo Schifrin and Paul Horn. His 1977 album “Amanecer” won a “Grammy” award, and his hit rendition of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame” in 1998. He is composer of the jazz standard “Afro Blue”, recorded by John Coltrane among others.