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Taj Mahal And The Hula Blues Band: Sacred Island

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On April 7, 1998, “Private Music” label released “Sacred Island”, album by Taj Mahal and The Hula Blues Band. It was recorded in May 1997, at “Messenger Studios” in Hawaii, and was produced by Carey Williams.

Personnel:

  • Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Carlos Andrade – lead and backing vocals, guitar, slack key guitar, tenor Ukelele, ukulele
  • Rudy Costa – clarinet, flute, kalimba, pan pipes, alto curved soprano saxophone, zither, backing vocals
  • Wayne Jacinhto – guitar, slack key guitar, tenor ukelele, ukulele, backging vocals
  • Patrick Cockett – liliu ukulele, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Michael Barretto – ukulele, backing vocals
  • Pancho Graham – acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred Lunt – steel guitar
  • Kester Smith – drums, cowbell
  • Carey Williams – backing vocals
  • John Gilleron – engineer
  • Daryn Roven – mixing
  • Dug Nichols – mixing
  • Bernd Steinwedel – mastering
  • Sonny Mediana – art direction
  • Petra Hanisch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Taj Mahal, except where noted.

  1. The Calypsonians
  2. Coconut Man – Frederic Hibbert
  3. Sacred Island (Moku La’a)
  4. Betty and Dupree – Chuck Willis
  5. The New Hula Blues
  6. No Na Mamo – Carlos Andrade
  7. Mailbox Blues
  8. Kanikapila – Taj Mahal, Rudy Costa, Kester Smith, Pancho Graham

John McLaughlin: Qué Alegría

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On April 7, 1992, “Verve” label released “Qué Alegría”, the seventh John McLaughlin album. It was recorded November 29 – December 3 1991, at “Studio Bauer” in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and was produced by John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin– acoustic guitar, Photon Midi interface
  • Dominique Di Piazza– 4 string and 5 string bass guitars
  • Kai Eckhardt– bass guitar
  • Trilok Gurtu– percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by John McLaughlin except where noted.

  1. Belo Horizonte
  2. Baba – Trilok Gurtu
  3. Reincarnation
  4. 1 Nite Stand
  5. Marie – Dominique Di Piazza
  6. Hijacked
  7. Mila Repa
  8. Qué Alegría
  9. 3 Willows

John Scofield: Grace Under Pressure

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On April 7, 1992, “Blue Note” label released “Grace Under Pressure”, the 17th John Scofield album. It was recorded in December 1991, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Swallow.

Personnel:

  • John Scofield – electric guitar
  • Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Charlie Haden- bass
  • Joey Baron- drums
  • Randy Brecker- flugelhorn
  • Jim Pugh- trombone
  • John Clark- French horn

Track listing:

All tracks by John Scofield

  1. You Bet
  2. Grace Under Pressure
  3. Honest I Do
  4. Scenes from a Marriage
  5. Twang
  6. Pat Me
  7. Pretty Out
  8. Bill Me
  9. Same Axe
  10. Unique New York

Todd Rundgren: Hermit of Mink Hollow

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On April 7, 1978, “Bearsville” label released “Hermit of Mink Hollow”, the eighth Todd Rundgren album. It was recorded 1977 – 1978, at “Utopia Sound Studios” in Lake Hill, NY, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Todd Rundgren – vocals, all instruments, arrangements
  • Mike Young – engineer
  • Daniel McCauley – photography

All tracks by Todd Rundgren.

  1. All the Children Sing
  2. Too Far Gone
  3. Out of Control
  4. Lucky Guy
  5. Onomatopoeia
  6. Determination
  7. Bag Lady
  8. Can We Still Be Friends
  9. Bread
  10. You Cried Wolf
  11. Hurting for You
  12. Fade Away

Leon Russell: Will O’ The Wisp

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On April 7, 1975, “Shelter” label released “Will O’ the Wisp”, the sixth Leon Russell studio album. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell.

Personnel:

  • Leon Russell – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, clavinet, percussion
  • Steve Cropper, Bobby Manuel, J. Cale, Tommy Allsup, Don Preston – guitar
  • Patrick Henderson– organ
  • Donald Dunn, Carl Radle– bass guitar
  • Teddy Jack Eddy, Richard “Moon” Calhoun, Al Jackson Jr., Ambrose Adekoya Campbell, Jim Keltner, Carl Himmel – drums
  • Jim Horn– alto saxophone
  • Masako Hirayama – biwa
  • Minoru Muraoka – flute
  • Mary McCreary – backing vocals
  • Roger Linn– synthesizer, programming
  • Gailard Sartain – illustrations, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Leon Russell

  1. Will O’ the Wisp
  2. Little Hideaway
  3. Make You Feel Good
  4. Can’t Get Over Losing You
  5. My Father’s Shoes
  6. Stay Away from Sad Songs
  7. Back to the Island
  8. Down on Deep River
  9. Blue Bird
  10. Laying Right Here in Heaven
  11. Lady Blue

Sun Ra And His Arkestra: Thunder Of The Gods

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On April 7, 2017, “Modern Harmonic” label released “Thunder of the Gods”, album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra, featuring unreleased live and studio tracks. It was recorded 1966 – 1971, at “Slug’s Saloon” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra– Moog, Intergalactic space organ, Lightening drum, strings
  • Marshall Allen– alto saxophone, oboe, piccolo flute, strings
  • Ronnie Boykins– bass, viola, dutar
  • Robert Cummings – strings
  • Danny Davis – alto saxophone, clarinet, strings
  • Akh Tal Ebar, Kwami Hadi – trumpet
  • John Gilmore– tenor saxophone, strings
  • Ali Hassan – trombone, strings
  • Lex Humphries– drums
  • James Jacson – oboe, flute, log drums, strings
  • Clifford Jarvis– percussion
  • Art Jenkins, Carl Nimrod – strings
  • Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, strings
  • Pat Patrick– baritone saxophone, strings
  • Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Charles Stevens – trombone
  • June Tyson– vocals
  • Alzo Wright – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra

  1. Calling Planet Earth – We’ll Wait for You
  2. Moonshots Across the Sky
  3. Thunder of the Gods

Dayna Stephens: Gratitude

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On April 7, 2017, “Contagious Music” label released “Gratitude”, the ninth Dayna Stephens album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Matt Pierson.

Personnel:

  • Dayna Stephens– baritone sax, tenor sax, EWI, synthesizer, bass
  • Brad Mehldau– piano, tack piano
  • Julian Lage– guitar
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Eric Harland– drums

Track listing:

  1. Emilie
  2. In a Garden
  3. Amber Is Falling (Red and Yellow)
  4. Woodside Waltz
  5. We Had a Sister
  6. The Timbre of Gratitude
  7. Isfahan
  8. Don’t Mean a Thing at All
  9. Clouds

Josh Tillman: Pure Comedy

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On April 7, 2017, “Bella Union” label released “Pure Comedy”, the third Josh Tillman album, under his pseudonym Father John Misty. It was recorded in March 2016 at “United Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Josh Tillman. In its choice of the “100 Best Albums of the Year”, “The Sunday Times” ranked “Pure Comedy” at number one.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman– vocals, horn and vocal arrangement, mixing, art direction
  • Jonathan Wilson– performance, mixing
  • Thomas Bartlett, Elijah Thomson, Daniel Bailey, Keefus Ciancia, Kyle Flynn – performance
  • Gavin Bryars – vibraphone, string arrangements
  • Greg Leisz– pedal steel, lap steel
  • Kelsey Lu – cello
  • George Potts Young, De’Ante Duckett, Ryan Stewart, Tiffanie Cross, Vanessa Grundy, Shanika Bereal, Celeste Young, Dominique Dubose – additional vocals
  • Chavonne Stewart – additional vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Gavin Bryars– horn arrangements
  • James King– horn arrangements
  • Paul Jacob Cartwright, Tom Lea, Nico Muhly– string arrangements
  • Trevor Spencer – engineer, mixing
  • Vira Byramji, Dave Cerminara, Rouble Kapoor, Bryce Gonzales – additional engineering
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Ed Steed – illustrations, art direction
  • Sasha Barr – art direction, additional art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Tillman.

  1. Pure Comedy
  2. Total Entertainment Forever
  3. Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
  4. Ballad of the Dying Man
  5. Birdie
  6. Leaving LA
  7. A Bigger Paper Bag
  8. When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay
  9. Smoochie
  10. Two Wildly Different Perspectives
  11. The Memo
  12. So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain
  13. In Twenty Years or So

Brian Wilson: No Pier Pressure

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Brian Wilson

On April 7, 2015, “Capitol” label released “No Pier Pressure”, the eleventh Brian Wilson studio album. It was recorded Early 2013–November 2014, and was produced by Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Brian Wilson– lead and backing vocals,  acoustic piano, B3 organ, additional keyboards, arranger, additional mixing
  • Ward– acoustic guitar
  • Dean Parks– acoustic guitar
  • Jimmy Riley– acoustic guitar
  • Richie Davis– acoustic guitar
  • Mark Goldenberg– acoustic guitar
  • Tom Bukovac– acoustic guitar
  • David Marks– electric guitar
  • Nick Walusko– acoustic guitar, additional engineer
  • Joe Thomas – acoustic piano, B3 organ, additional keyboards, mixing
  • Darian Sahanaja – acoustic piano, B3 organ, vibraphone, additional engineer
  • Jeff Lantz– additional keyboards
  • Sebu Simonian– lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards, accordion, additional mixing
  • Scott Bennett – acoustic piano, B3 organ, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Gary Griffin – accordion, additional engineer
  • Joey Gryzyb– accordion
  • Don Was– bass
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Bob Lizik– bass
  • Zach Dawes– bass
  • Brett Simons– bass
  • Shane Soloski– bass
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums
  • Chad Cromwell– drums
  • Eddie Bayers– drums
  • Nelson Bragg– percussion
  • Paul Von Mertens– saxophone, flute, bass harmonica, conductor, arranger
  • Probyn Gregory– French horn, acoustic guitar
  • John Mason – French horn
  • Amy Barwan– oboe, English horn
  • Wayne Bergeron– trumpet
  • Larry Hall– trumpet
  • Tim Bales– trumpet
  • Bob Parton– trumpet
  • Carey Deadman– trumpet
  • Charles Morallis– trombone
  • Dave Stahlberg– trombone
  • Tom Garlin– trombone
  • Mark Isham– flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Peter Kent– concertmaster
  • Chihsuan Yang– violin
  • Sharon Jackson– violin
  • Clayton Haslop– violin
  • John Wittenberg– violin
  • Songa Lee– violin
  • Amy Wickman– violin
  • Mark Robertson– violin
  • Julie Rogers– violin
  • Marisa Kuney– violin
  • Charlie Bisharat– violin
  • Scott Hosfeld– viola
  • Briana Bandy– viola
  • Caroline Buckman– viola
  • Darrin McCann– viola
  • JoAnn Tominaga– viola
  • Jill Kaeding– cello
  • Cameron Stone– cello
  • Alisha Bauer– cello
  • Giovanna Clayton– cello
  • Vanessa Freebairn Smith– cello
  • Al Jardine– lead and backing vocals
  • Blondie Chaplin– lead and backing vocals
  • Zooey Deschanel– lead and backing vocals
  • Peter Hollens– lead and  acking vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves– lead and backing vocals
  • Nate Ruess– lead vocals
  • Matt Jardine– backing vocals
  • Thom Griffin– backging vocals
  • Jimmy Riley– backing vocals
  • Jeff Foskett– backing vocals
  • Frank Papplardo– recording, additional mixing
  • Wesley M. Seidman– recording, additional mixing
  • Bill Hare– recording, additional mixing
  • Bob Clearmountain– mixing
  • Sergio Relas Jr.– additional engineer
  • Larry Milas– additional engineer
  • Mike Czazwics– additional engineer
  • Nick Rowe – additional engineer
  • Andrew Twiss– additional engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Mike Marsh – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas, except where noted.

  1. This Beautiful Day
  2. Runaway Dancer – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Sebu Simonian
  3. What Ever Happened
  4. On the Island
  5. Half Moon Bay
  6. Our Special Love
  7. The Right Time
  8. Guess You Had to be There – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Andrew Sagado, Kacey Musgraves
  9. Tell Me Why
  10. Sail Away – Brian Wilson, Jim Peterik, Joe Thomas, Larry Millas
  11. One Kind of Love – Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
  12. Saturday Night – Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas, Nate Ruess
  13. The Last Song

Neil Young: Fork in the Road

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Fork in the Road

On April 7, 2009, “Reprise” label released “Fork in the Road”, the thirtieth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded 2008 – 2009, and was produced by Neil Young and Niko Bolas.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Ben Keith – vocals, lap steel guitar, electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Anthony Crawford – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Pegi Young – vocal, vibes, acoustic guitar
  • Rick Rosas – bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. When Worlds Collide
  2. Fuel Line
  3. Just Singing a Song
  4. Johnny Magic
  5. Cough Up the Bucks
  6. Get Behind the Wheel
  7. Off the Road
  8. Hit the road
  9. Light a Candle
  10. Folk in the Road