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Ben Folds: Songs For Silverman

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On April 25, 2005, “Epic” label released “Songs for Silverman”, the second Ben Folds studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Ben Folds and John Mark Painter.

Personnel:

  • Ben Folds – vocals, piano
  • Jared Reynolds – vocals, bass
  • Lindsay Jamieson – vocals, drums
  • Bucky Baxter – pedal steel, 12-string guitar
  • John Mark Painter – double bass, French horn
  • Ned Henry – violin
  • David Henry – cello
  • Frally Folds – backing vocals
  • Al Yankovic – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.

  1. Bastard
  2. You to Thank
  3. Jesusland
  4. Landed
  5. Gracie
  6. Trusted
  7. Give Judy My Notice
  8. Late
  9. Sentimental Guy
  10. Time
  11. Prison Food

Junior Mance: Blue Mance

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On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Jackie Williams – drums

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. Head Start – Keter Betts
  3. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  4. Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
  5. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
  6. Blue Mance – Junior Mance
  7. Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
  8. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
  10. Jazzspeak

Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours

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On April 25, 1955, “Capitol” label released “In the Wee Small Hours”, the ninth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March 1954 – February 1955, at “KHJ” in Hollywood, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
  • John Palladino – engineer

Track listing:

  1. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Bob Hilliard, David Mann
  2. Most Indigo – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  3. Glad to Be Unhappy – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well – Hoagy Carmichael
  5. Deep in a Dream – Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Hausen
  6. I See You Face Before Me – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
  9. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  10. Last Night When We Were Young – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  11. I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder
  12. Ill Wind – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  13. It Never Entered My Mind – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  14. Dancing on the Celling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  15. I’ll Never Be the Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
  16. This Love of Mine – Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Frank Sinatra

Marc Ribot: ¡Muy Divertido!,

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On April 25, 2000, “Atlantic” label released ¡Muy Divertido!, album by Marc Ribot and Los Cubanos Postizos (the twelve Marc Ribot album overall). It was recorded in 2000, at “The Magic Shop” in New York, and was produced by JD Foster.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – vocals, guitars
  • Anthony Coleman – keyboards
  • Andy Taub − keyboards
  • Steve Nieve – organ 
  • Riley Osborne − organ
  • Brad Jones – bass, twelve string guitar
  • JD Foster- bass
  • Roberto Rodriguez – drums, timbales, timpani, percussion
  • E.J. Rodriguez – vocals, conga, percussion
  • Marcus Rojas − tuba
  • Frankie Vasquez – vocals, backing vocals, percussion
  • Eszter Balint − vocals, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Arsenio Rodriguez, except where noted.

  1. Dame un cachito pa’ huele
  2. Las lomas de New Jersey – Marc Ribot
  3. El gaucho rojo – Marc Ribot
  4. Obsesión – Pedro Flores
  5. El divorcio
  6. Se formó el bochinche
  7. Baile baile baile – Marc Ribot
  8. No puedo frenar – Pedro Flores
  9. Jaguey
  10. Carmela dame la llave – A.L. Torruellas

Reggie and the Full Effect: Promotional Copy

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On April 25, 2000, “Vagrant” label released “Promotional Copy”, the second Reggie and the Full Effect studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Ed Rose.

Personnel:

  • Matt Pryor – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Pope – bass
  • James Dewees – lead vocals, drums, keyboards
  • Sean-O-Tronic (Sean Ingram)
  • Fluxuation
  • Common Denominator
  • Ed Rose – recording, mixing
  • Craig Conrad – additional engineering
  • Dan Askew – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by James Dewees.

  1. A.C. Lerok…Bitches Get Stitches
  2. From Me 2 U
  3. Congratulations Matt and Christine
  4. Something I’m Not
  5. Doot Doot Pause Doot Doot
  6. Relive the Magic…Bring the Magic Home
  7. Good Times, Good Times, Good Buds
  8. Megan 2K
  9. Boot to the Moon (Wade and Wayne Jentry and Band
  10. Thanx for Stayin
  11. Gloves  
  12. Fought and Won One
  13. Ode to Manheim Steamroller
  14. Dwarf Invasion

Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

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On April 25, 2012, “Blue Note” label released “Little Broken Hearts”, the fifth Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Mondo” and “Electro Vox” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse).

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Rhodes, bass, piano, organ
  • Dan Elkan– electric guitar
  • Blake Mills– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Todd Monfalcone – electric guitar
  • Brian Burton– synthesizer, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion,  piano, bass, programming, string arrangements
  • Jonathan Hischke – bass
  • Gus Seyffert – bass, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Sonus Quartet– strings
  • Heather McIntosh– cello, bass, cello arrangements
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – score preparation
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, recording
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing, recording
  • Tom Schick – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Valente Torrez – assistance
  • Masahiro Tsuzuki – assistance
  • Zach Hochkeppel – product management
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative direction
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones and Brian Burton.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Say Goodbye
  3. Little Broken Hearts
  4. She’s 22
  5. Take It Back
  6. After the Fall
  7. 4 Broken Hearts
  8. Travelin’ On
  9. Out on the Road
  10. Happy Pills
  11. Miriam
  12. All a Dream

Joe Lovano: 52nd Street Themes

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On April 25, 2000, “Blue Note” label released “52nd Street Themes”, the seventeen Joe Lovano album. It was recorded in November 1999, at “Avatar Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Joe Lovano. The album won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.”

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano– tenor saxophone
  • Steve Slagle– alto saxophone
  • George Garzone– tenor saxophone
  • Ralph Lalama – tenor saxophone
  • Gary Smulyan– baritone saxophone
  • Tim Hagans– trumpet
  • Conrad Herwig– trombone
  • John Hicks– piano
  • Dennis Irwin– bass
  • Lewis Nash– drums
  • Willie Smith – orchestration
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Aya Takemura – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Cyclone – illustration
  • Jimmy Katz – photography
  • Michael Cuscuna – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
  2. On a Misty Night – Tadd Dameron
  3. Slippin’ at Bells – Miles Davis
  4. Passion Flower – Billy Strayhorn
  5. Deal – Willie “Face” Smith
  6. The Scene Is Clean – Tadd Dameron
  7. Whatever Possess’d Me – Tadd Dameron
  8. Charlie Chan – Joe Lovano
  9. Theme for Ernie – Fred Laacey
  10. Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
  11. Abstractions on 52nd Street – Joe Lovano
  12. 52nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk
  13. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Blue Murder: Same

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On April 25, 1989, “Geffen” label released the self-titled, debut Blue Murder album. It was recorded 1988 – 1989, at “Little Mountain Sound Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • John Sykes– lead vocals, guitars
  • Nik Green – keyboards
  • Tony Franklin- bass, backing vocals
  • Carmine Appice- drums, backing vocals
  • John Webster- additional keyboard programming
  • Mike Fraser- engineer, mixing
  • Chris Taylor, Ken Lomis – engineer assistant
  • Greg Fulginiti, John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by John Sykes, except where noted.

  1. Riot
  2. Sex Child
  3. Valley of the Kings – John Sykes, Tony Martin
  4. Jelly Roll
  5. Blue Murder – Carmine Appice, John Sykes, Tony Franklin
  6. Out of Love
  7. Billy
  8. Ptolemy
  9. Black-Hearted Woman – Carmine Appice, Tony Franklin, John Sykes

Kent: Jag är inte rädd för mörkret

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On April 25, 2012, “Sonet” label released “Jag är inte rädd för mörkret”, the tenth Kent studio album. It was recorded 2011 -2012, at “Studios la Fabrique” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, “Park Studio” in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Stefan Boman, Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Sami Sirvio and Markus Muskonen.

Personnel:

  • Joakim Berg– vocals, guitar, recording
  • Sami Sirvio – lead guitar
  • Martin Sköld– keyboards, bass, recording
  • Markus Muskonen – vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Petra Marklund– backing vocals
  • Stefan Boman – recording, mixing
  • Damien Arlot – recording assistant
  • Thomas Lefebvre – recording assistant
  • Niklas Flyckt – mixing
  • Anders Pantzer – mixing assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen– mastering
  • Martin Brengesjö – instrument technician

Track listing:

All lyrics by Joakim Berg, music as noted.

  1. 999 – Joakim Berg, Markus Mustonen, Sami Sirvio, Martin Sköld
  2. Petroleum – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  3. Isis & Bast – Joakim Berg
  4. Jag ser dig – Joakim Berg
  5. Tänd på – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  6. Beredd på allt – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  7. Ruta 1 – Joakim Berg
  8. Färger på natten – Joakim Berg
  9. Låt dom komma – Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld
  10. Hänsyn – Joakim Berg, Markus Mustonen, Sami Sirvio, Martin Sköld