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Phish: Big Boat

On October 7, 2016, “JEMP” label released “Big Boat”, the fourteenth Phish studio album.It was recorded March – April 2016, at “The Barn”, “Black River Studios”,  “Anarchy Studios” in Nashville, TN, “Avatar Studios” in New York City, “Slaight Music Studios” in Toronto, “Megaplum”, “The Bunker”, “Rubber Jungle” in New York, “Starstruck Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio – lead vocals, guitar, Petrichor arranged and orchestrated, horn arrangements
  • Page McConnell – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Mike Gordon – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Jon Fishman – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola
  • Chris Bullock – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • James Casey – tenor and baritone sax
  • Natalie Cressman – trombone
  • Jim Horn – baritone sax
  • Steve Herrman – trumpet
  • Jennifer Hartswick – trumpet
  • Scott Dujac – trumpet
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Tyler Summers – alto sax
  • Denis Solee – tenor sax
  • Jeff Tanski – additional keyboards
  • Andres Forero – percussion, horn arrangements
  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements
  • Justin Cortelyou, Ben Collette – engineer
  • Drew Bollman, Bryce Roberts, Elliot Scheiner, Jared Slomoff – additional engineering
  • Justin Francis, Tyler Hartman – assistant engineer
  • Justin Cortelyou, Bob Ezrin – mixing
  • Ben Collette, Elliot Scheiner – additional mixing
  • Julia Mordaunt – art direction, design
  • Ryan Corey – layout

Track listing:

  1. Friends – Jon Fishman
  2. Breath and Burning – Trey Anastasio
  3. Home – Page McConnell
  4. Blaze on – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  5. Tide Turns – Trey Anastasio
  6. Things People Do – Page McConnell
  7. Waking Up Dead – Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski
  8. Running Out of Time – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  9. No Men in No Man’ s Land – Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
  10. Miss You – Trey Anastasio
  11. I Always Wanted It This Way – Page McConnell
  12. More – Trey Anastasio
  13. Petrichor – Trey Anastasio

John Abercrombie Quartet: 39 Steps

On September 30, 2013, “ECM” label released “39 Steps”, the 44th John Abercrombie album. It was recorded in April 2013, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie– guitar
  • Marc Copland– piano
  • Drew Gress– double bass
  • Joey Baron– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Abercrombie except where noted.

  1. Vertigo
  2. LST – Marc Copland
  3. Bacharach
  4. Greenstreet
  5. As It Stands
  6. Spellbound – Marc Copland
  7. Another Ralph’s
  8. Shadow of a Doubt – John Abercrombie, Marc Copland, Joey Baron, Drew Gress
  9. 39 Steps
  10. Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia

On September 24, 2002, “Lava” label released “In Absentia”, the seventh Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded March – April 2002, at “Avatar Studios” in New York, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, banjo
  • Richard Barbieri– analog synths, mellotron, Hammond organ, keyboards
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitar
  • Gavin Harrison– drums, percussion
  • John Wesley–additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Aviv Geffen– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Blackest Eyes
  2. Trains
  3. Lips of Ashes
  4. The Sound of Muzak
  5. Gravity Eyelids
  6. Wedding Nails – Richard Barbieri, Steven Wilson
  7. Prodigal
  8. 3
  9. The Creator Has a Masterpiece
  10. Strip the Soul – Colin Edwin, Steven Wilson
  11. Strip the Soul
  12. Collapse the Light into Earth

Joshua Redman: Freedom in the Groove

On September 20, 1996, “Warner Bros” label released “Freedom in the Groove”, the sixth Joshua Redman album. It was recorded in April 1996, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Matt Pierson.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Redman – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, arranger
  • Peter Bernstein- guitar
  • Peter Martin– piano
  • Christopher Thomas – bass
  • Brian Blade– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Joshua Redman.

  1. Hide and Seek
  2. One Shining Soul
  3. Streams of Consciousness
  4. When the Sun Comes Down
  5. Home Fries
  6. Invocation
  7. Dare I Ask?
  8. Cat Battles
  9. Pantomime
  10. Can’t Dance

Brad Mehldau: Where Do You Start

On September 17, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Where Do You Start”, the 29th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded November 2008 – April 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York, and was produced by Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Larry Grenadier– bass
  • Jeff Ballard– drums

Track listing:

  1. Got Me Wrong – Jerry Cantrell
  2. Holland – Sufjan Stevens
  3. Brownie Speaks – Clifford Brown
  4. Baby Plays Around – Cait O’Riordan, Elvis Costello
  5. Airegin – Sonny Rollins
  6. Hey Joe – Billy Roberts
  7. Samba e Amor – Chico Buarque
  8. Jam – Brad Mehldau
  9. Time Has Told Me – Nick Drake
  10. Aquelas Coisas Todas – Toninho Horta
  11. Where Do You Start? – Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel

The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

On September 13, 2005, “Capitol” label released “Odditorium or Warlords of Mars”, the fifth Dandy Warhols studio album. It was recorded April 2004 – January 2005, at “The Odditorium” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Gregg Williams.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, album cover concept
  • Peter Holmström– vocals, guitar
  • Zia McCabe– vocals, keyboards
  • Brent DeBoer– vocals, drums, guitar
  • Lockett Allbritton – vocals
  • Achilleas Anastasopolis – trumpet
  • Eric Early – banjo
  • John Fell – additional vocals
  • Sean Gothman – “number nine” on Smoke It

 Track Listing:

All tracks by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Colder Than the Coldest Winter Was Cold (intro)
  2. Love Is the New Feel Awful
  3. Easy
  4. All the Money or the Simple Life Honey – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  5. The New Country – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  6. Holding Me Up
  7. Did You Make a Song with Otis (interlude)
  8. Everyone Is Totally Insane
  9. Smoke It – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
  10. Down Like Disco
  11. There Is Only This Time – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström
  12. A Loan Tonight – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström, Zia McCabe, Brent DeBoer

James Blood Ulmer: No Escap From The Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions

On September 9, 2003, “Hyena” label released “No Escape from the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions”, the 17th James Blood Ulmer album. It was recorded in April 2003, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Vernon Reid.

Personnel:

  • James Blood Ulmer– vocals, guitar
  • Vernon Reid– guitar
  • Charles Burnham- violin
  • Leon Gruenbaum- piano, keyboards
  • David Barnes – harmonica
  • Mark Peterson – bass
  • Aubrey Dayle- drums
  • Queen Esther– vocals
  • Olu Dara- pocket trumpet
  • John Kruth- tambourine
  • Maya Smullyan Jenkins- tap

Track listing:

  1. Goin’ to New York – Mary Lee Reed
  2. Hustle Is On – Eddy H. Owens
  3. Who’s Been Talkin’ – Chester Burnett
  4. Ghetto Child – Johnny Copeland
  5. Are You Glad to Be in America – James Blood Ulmer
  6. You Know, I Know – John Lee Hooker
  7. Let the Good Times Roll – Earl King
  8. Bright Lights, Big City – Jimmy Reed
  9. No Escape from the Blues – McKinley Morganfield, Charles Edward Williams
  10. Satisfy (Story of My Life) – James Blood Ulmer
  11. Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones
  12. The Blues Had a Baby and Called It Rock N Roll – Brownie McGhee, McKinley Morganfield

 

Bud Powell: The Lonely One…

On September 3, 1955, “Verve” label released “The Lonely One…”, the tenth Bud Powell studio album. It was recorded January – April 1955, at “Fine Sound Studios” in New York and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Bud Powell– piano
  • George Duvivier– bass
  • Art Taylor– drums
  • Percy Heath– bass
  • Kenny Clarke– drums
  • Sheldon Marks – art director
  • Howard Morehead – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  2. Star Eyes – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  3. Lullaby in Rhythm – Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch
  4. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronnell
  5. Mediocre
  6. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke
  8. Dance of the Infidels
  9. Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
  10. Hey George (Sweet Georgia Brown) – Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey

Marc Ribot: Scelsi Morning

On August 26, 2003, “Tzadik” label released “Scelsi Morning”, the 14th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded January – April 2000, at “Sorcerer Sound’ and “Sperry Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Marc Ribot.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Anthony Coleman – pump organ, piano, sampler, trombone
  • Ted Reichman – pump organ, accordion
  • Ned Rothenberg – bass clarinet, clarinet
  • Chris Wood – bass
  • Christine Bard – percussion, drums
  • Roberto Rodriguez – percussion, drums
  • Jill Jaffe – violin, viola
  • Rob Thomas – violin, bass
  • Eddie Sperry – sampler

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Ribot.

  1. Bataille
  2. Scelsi Morning
  3. And Then She Fell…
  4. Earth
  5. Pennies from Hell
  6. Geese
  7. Our Daily Bread
  8. Identity I-Shmentity
  9. The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (And Again)
  10. Kabukitsch

Pierre Boulez: The Perfect Stranger

On August 23, 1984, “Angel” label released “The Perfect Stranger”, an album featuring the music of Frank Zappa, conducted in part by Pierre Boulez. It was recorded January – April 1984, at “IRCAM” in Paris, and “UMRK” in Hollywood Hills, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa– synclavier, liner notes
  • Pierre Boulez– conductor, direction
  • Péter Eötvös– musical director
  • Pierre-Laurent Aimard– piano
  • The London Symphony Orchestra
  • Ensemble InterContemporain– orchestra
  • Guy Arnaud – bass clarinet
  • Paul Meyer– clarinet
  • Jérôme Naulais– trombone
  • Antoine Curé– trumpet
  • Lawrence Beauregard – flute
  • Jacques Ghestem – violin
  • Marie-Claire Jamet– harp
  • Daniel Ciampolini – percussion
  • David Ocker – programming
  • John Matousek – mastering
  • Don Hunstein– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. The Perfect Stranger
  2. Naval Aviation in Art?
  3. The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
  4. Outside Now Again
  5. Love Story
  6. Dupree’s Paradise
  7. Jonestown