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Art Taylor: A.T.’s Delight

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In March 1961, “Blue Note” label released “A.T.’s Delight”, the third Art Taylor album. It was recorded in August 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
  • Dave Burns – trumpet
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga 
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Syeeda’s Song Flute – John Coltrane
  2. Epistrophy – Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk
  3. Move – Denzil Best
  4. High Seas – Kenny Dorham
  5. Cookoo and Fungi – Art Taylor
  6. Blue Interlude – Kenny Dorham

Grimes: Visions

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On February 21, 2012, “4AD” label released “Visions”, the third Grimes studio album. It was recorded in August 2011, at “La Brique Studio Space” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Grimes.

Personnel:

  • Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher) – vocals, poetry
  • Anna Akhmatova – poetry
  • Doldrums
  • Majical Cloudz
  • Sebastian Cowan – mastering, mixing
  • Mark Khair – alien head design
  • Jasper Baydala – layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Claire Elise Boucher.

  1. Infinite ♡ Without Fulfilment
  2. Genesis
  3. Oblivion
  4. Eight
  5. Circumambient
  6. Vowels = Space and Time
  7. Visiting Statue
  8. Be a Body (侘寂)
  9. Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus)
  10. Symphonia IX (my wait is u)
  11. Nightmusic
  12. Skin
  13. know the way (outro)

Tindersticks: The Something Rain

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On February 20, 2012, “Lucky Dog Recordings” label released “The Something Rain”, the ninth Tindersticks studio album. It was recorded May – August, 2011, at “Le Chien Chanceux” in Creuse, France, and was produced by Stuart A. Staples.

Personnel:

  • Stuart A. Staples – vocals
  • David Boulter – vocals, piano, organ
  • Neil Fraser – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dan McKinna – bass
  • Earl Harvin – drums, percussion
  • David Kitt – guitar
  • Thomas Bloch – cristal baschet
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone
  • Andy Nice – soprano saxophone, cello
  • Julian Siegel – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Will Wilde – chromatic harmonica
  • Gina Foster – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Chocolate – David Boulter
  2. Show Me Everything – David Boulter, Stuart Staples
  3. This Fire of Autumn – Stuart Staples
  4. A Night So Still – Dan McKinna, Stuart Staples
  5. Slippin’ Shoes – Stuart Staples
  6. Medicine – Stuart Staples
  7. Frozen – David Kitt, Stuart Staples
  8. Come Inside – Stuart Staples
  9. Goodbye Joe – David Boulter

Herbie Hancock: Inventions & Dimensions

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In February 1964, “Blue Note” label released ”Inventions & Dimensions”, the third Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in August 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Willie Bobo – drums, timbales
  • Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martinez – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock.

  1. Succotash
  2. Triangle
  3. Jack Rabbit
  4. Mimosa
  5. A Jump Ahead

Tony Williams: Spring

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In February 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Spring”, the second Tony Williams studio album. It was recorded in August 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Anthony Williams – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Gary Peacock – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Anthony Williams.

  1. Extras
  2. Echo
  3. From Before
  4. Love Song
  5. Tee

The Mavericks: What A Crying Shame

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On February 1, 1994, “MCA Nashville” label released “What a Crying Shame”, the third Mavericks (The) studio album. It was recorded April – August 1993, and was produced by Don Cook. The album was certified Platinum by the “RIAA” and 2× Platinum by the “CRIA”.

Personnel:

  • Raul Malo – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Nick Kane – electric guitar
  • Robert Reynolds – bass guitar
  • Paul Deakin – drums
  • Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
  • Stan Lynch – cabasa, claves, congas, tambourine, triangle
  • Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  • Nashville String Machine – strings
  • James House – backing vocals
  • John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
  • Joy Lynn White – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
  • Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals
  • Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
  • Mike Bradley – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Raul Malo and Kostas Lazarides, except where noted.

  1. There Goes My Heart
  2. What a Crying Shame
  3. Pretend
  4. I Should Have Been There – Stan Lynch, Raul Malo
  5. The Things You Said to Me – Al Anderson, Raul Malo
  6. Just a Memory
  7. All That Heaven Will Allow – Bruce Springsteen
  8. Neon Blue – Pete Anderson, Kostas Lazarides
  9. O What a Thrill – Jesse Winchester
  10. Ain’t Found Nobody – Harland Howard, Kostas Lazarides
  11. The Losing Side of Me – Raul Malo

Tony Williams: Life Time

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In January 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Life Time”, is the debut Tony Williams studio album. It was recorded in August 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in it’s suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Personnel:

  • Tony Williams – drums, timpani, woodblocks, maracas, triangle
  • Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Gary Peacock – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Williams.

  1. Two Pieces of One: Red
  2. Two Pieces of One: Green
  3. Tomorrow Afternoon
  4. Memory
  5. Barb’s Song to the Wizard

The Rolling Stones: Between The Buttons

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On January 20, 1967,”Decca” label released “Between the Buttons”, the fifth Rolling Stones (The) album. It was recoded August – September 1966, at “RCA” in Hollywood, “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye” in London, and was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, tambourine, bass drum, harmonica
  • Brian Jones – organ, piano, electric and slide guitar, banjo, recorder, vibraphone, tambourine, harmonica, dulcimer, kazoo, theremin, saxophone, handclaps
  • Keith Richards – co-lead and backing coals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, bass, double bass
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar, double bass, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Charlie Watts – drums, maracas, handclaps
  • Jack Nitzsche – piano, harpsichord
  • Ian Stewart – piano, organ
  • Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
  • Nick De Caro – accordion 
  • Unidentified session musicians – brass (tuba, trumpet, saxophone)
  • Art Greenslade – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

  1. Yesterday’s Papers
  2. My Obsession
  3. Back Street Girl
  4. Connection
  5. She Smiled Sweetly
  6. Cool, Calm & Collected
  7. All Sold Out
  8. Please Go Home
  9. Who’s Been Sleeping Here?
  10. Miss Amanda Jones
  11. Something Happened to Me Yesterday

Nat King Cole And His Trio: After Midnight

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In January 1957, “Capitol” label released “After Midnight”, album by Nat King Cole and His Trio (15th Nat King Cole album overall). It was recorded August – September 1956, at “Capitol” in Hollywood.

Personnel:

  • Nat King Cole – vocals, piano
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Charlie Harris – bass
  • Lee Young – drums
  • Willie Smith – alto saxophone
  • Harry Edison – trumpet
  • Juan Tizol – trombone
  • Stuff Smith – violin
  • Jack Costanzo – bongos

Track listing:

  1. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
  2. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  3. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  4. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
  5. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
  6. You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
  7. Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
  8. Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
  9. I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
  10. Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
  11. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  12. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 – Bobby Troup