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Julie London: Lonely Girl

In June 1956, “Liberty” label released “Lonely Girl”, the second Julie London album. It was recorded in April 1956, at “Western Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bobby Troup.

Personnel:

  • Julie London – vocals
  • Al Viola – guitar
  • John Neal – engineer
  • Ray Jones – photography
  • Chris Ingham – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Lonely Girl – Bobby Troup
  2. Fools Rush In – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  3. Moments Like This – Frank Loesser, Burton Lane
  4. I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City – Leon Rene, Johnny Lange
  5. It’s the Talk of the Town – Jerry Livingtson, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
  6. What’ll I Do – Irving Berlin
  7. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar A. Swan
  8. Don’t Take Your Love from Ne – Henry Nemo
  9. Where or When – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  10. All Alone – Irving Berlin
  11. Mean to Me – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
  12. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
  13. Remember – Irving Berlin

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance

On May 30, 2025, “Intakt Records” label released “Abstraction Is Deliverance”, album by James Brandon Lewis Quartet (the 17th James Brandon Lewis album overall). It was recorded in April 2024, at “Hardstudios” in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Personnel:

  • James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone, mixing
  • Aruán Ortiz – piano
  • Brad Jones – bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Michael Brändli – engineer, mixing
  • Patrick Lanfolt – mixing
  • Paul Bieri – artwork, design
  • Teju Cole – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brandon Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Ware
  2. Per 7
  3. Even the Sparrow
  4. Remember Rosalind
  5. Abstraction Is Deliverance
  6. Multicellular Beings
  7. Mr. Crick
  8. Left Alone – Mal Waldron
  9. Polaris

Archie Shepp: The Magic Of Ju-Ju

In May 1968, “Impulse!” label released “The Magic of Ju-Ju”, the tenth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in April 1967, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Martin Banks – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mike Zwerin – bass trombone, trombone
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Norman Connors – drums
  • Beaver Harris – drums
  • Frank Charles – talking drum
  • Dennis Charles – percussion
  • Ed Blackwell – rhythm logs

Track listing:

All tracks by Archie Shepp.

  1. The Magic of Ju-Ju
  2. You’re What This Day Is All About
  3. Shazam
  4. Sorry ‘Bout That

Grant Green: The Latin Bit

In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Latin Bit”, the fifth Grant Green album. It was recorded April – September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • John Adriano Acea – piano
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums
  • Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga
  • Garvin Masseaux – chekere 
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green, except where noted

  1. Mambo Inn – Mario Bauzá, Edgar Sampson, Bobby Woodlen
  2. Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez
  3. Mama Inez – L. Wolfe Gilbert, Eliseo Grenet
  4. Brazil – Ary Barroso
  5. Tico Tico – Zequinha de Abreu
  6. My Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker

Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One

In April 1965, “ESP Disc” label released “The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One”, the tenth Sun Ra album. It was recorded in April, 1965, at “RLA” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, bass marimba, electric celeste, timpani
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timpani
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, timpani
  • Marshall Allen – piccolo, alto saxophone, bells, spiral cymbal
  • Danny Davis – flute, alto saxophone
  • Chris Capers – trumpet
  • Teddy Nance – trombone
  • Bernard Pettaway – bass trombone
  • Robert Cummings – bass clarinet, woodblocks
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • Jimhmi Johnson – drums, percussion, timpani
  • Richard L Alderson – engineer.

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra.

  1. Heliocentric
  2. Outer Nothingness
  3. Other Worlds
  4. The Cosmos
  5. Of Heavenly Things
  6. Nebulae
  7. Dancing in the Sun

Grant Green: Grantstand

In April 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Grantstand”, the fourth Grant Green album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute 
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Al Harewood – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green, except where noted.

  1. Grantstand
  2. My Funny Valentine – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. Blues in Maude’s Flat
  4. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison

PJ Harvey & John Parish: A Woman A Man Walked By

On March 27, 2009, “Island” label released “A Woman a Man Walked By”, the second PJ Harvey and John Parish album. It was recorded January 2006 – September 2008, at “Toybox Studios” and “Honorsound” in Bristol, England, “Hothead Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Flood, PJ Harvey and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • Polly Jean Harvey – vocals
  • John Parish – guitars, drums, organ, ukulele, banjo
  • Giovanni Ferrario – guitar, bass guitar
  • Eric Drew Feldman – bass guitar
  • Carla Azar – drums
  • Jean-Marc Butty – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

  1. Black Hearted Love
  2. Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
  3. Leaving California
  4. The Chair
  5. April
  6. A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children G
  7. The Soldier
  8. Pig Will Not
  9. Passionless, Pointless
  10. Cracks in the Canvas

Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings

In March 1982, “Antilles” label released “Of Human Feelings” the 18th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in April 1979, at “CBS” in New York, and was produced by Ornette Coleman.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Charlie Ellerbee – guitar
  • Bern Nix – guitar
  • Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
  • Calvin Weston – drums
  • Denardo Coleman – drums
  • Ron Saint Germain – engineer
  • Harold Jarowsky – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Ken Robertson – tape operation
  • Susan Bernstein – cover painting
  • Peter Corriston – design
  • Steven Mark Needham – photography
  • Ron Goldstein – executive direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Sleep Talk
  2. Jump Street
  3. Him and Her
  4. Air Ship
  5. What Is the Name of That Song?
  6. Job Mob
  7. Love Words
  8. Times Square

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Real Emotional Trash

On March 4, 2008, “Matador” label released “Real Emotional Trash”, the fourth Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks album. It was recorded April – June 2007, at “Snow Ghost Music” in Whitefish, Montana, “Foxtrot Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Stephen Malkmus.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar
  • Mike Clark – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
  • Joanna Bolme – bass, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Janet Weiss – drums
  • TJ Doherty – recording
  • Brett Allen – recording assistant
  • Sean Flora, Zach Okun – additional recording
  • Nicolas Vernhes – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Dragonfly Pie
  2. Hopscotch Willie
  3. Cold Son
  4. Real Emotional Trash
  5. Out of Reaches
  6. Baltimore
  7. Gardenia
  8. Elmo Delmo
  9. We Can’t Help You
  10. Wicked Wanda

Aynsley Dunbar: Blue Whale

In February 1971, “Metronome” and “BYG” labels released “Blue Whale”, album by Aynsley Dunbar. It was recorded March – April 1970, at “Marque Studios” in London, and was produced by Aynsley Dunbar and Colin Caldwell.

Personnel:

  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums, arrangements
  • Paul Williams – vocals
  • Ivan Zagni – guitar
  • Tommy Eyre – piano, organ, arrangements
  • Roger Sutton – guitar
  • Peter Friedberg – bass
  • Charles Greetham – saxophone
  • Edward Reay Smith – trombone
  • Colin Caldwell – engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Paul Williams, except where noted.

  1. Willing to Fight
  2. Willie the Pimp – lyrics and music Frank Zappa
  3. It’s Your Turn
  4. Days
  5. Going Home