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New Birth: Ain’t No Big Thing, But It’s Growing

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On July 17, 1971, “RCA” label released “Ain’t No Big Thing, But It’s Growing”, the second New Birth studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “RCA’s Mid-America Center” in Chicago, and was produced by Harvey Fugua.

Personnel:

  • Vernon Bullock
  • Harvey Fugua
  • Tony Churchill
  • James Baker
  • Robin Russell
  • Austin Lander
  • Robert “Lurch” Jackson
  • Leroy Taylor
  • Charlie Hearndon
  • Bruce Marshall
  • Nathaniel “Nebs” Neblett

Track listing:

  1. O-O-H Child – Stan Vincent
  2. Make It with You – David Gates
  3. Never Can Say Goodbye – Clifton Davis
  4. How Good It Feels – Harvey Fuqua
  5. It’s Impossible – Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne
  6. Honeybee – Harvey Fuqua, Ann Bogan, Edwenna Edwards, Robert Earl Walker
  7. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
  8. Oh What a Feeling – Harvey Fuqua
  9. Let It Be – Gilbert Becaud, Mann Curtis

Ramsey Lewis: The Movie Album

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In June 1967, “Cadet” label released “The Movie Album”, the 25th Ramsey Lewis album. It was recorded in July 1966, at “Universal Recording Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Ramsey Lewis – piano
  • Cleveland Eaton – bass
  • Maurice White – drums
  • Richard Evans – orchestra and voices arranged and conducted

Track listing:

  1. Theme from The Pawnbroker – Quincy Jones
  2. Saturday Night After the Movies – Richard Evans
  3. The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfá
  4. China Gate – Harold Adamson, Victor Young
  5. Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
  6. Goin’ Hollywood – Richard Evans
  7. From Russia with Love – Lionel Bart
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  9. Girl Talk – Bobby Troup, Neil Hefti
  10. Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
  11. Return to Paradise – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

Duke Ellington: Ellington Showcase

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In June 1955, “Capitol” label released “Ellington Showcase”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded April – December 1953 at “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Universal Studios” in Chicago, January – June 1954 at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and May 1955.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano, electric piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Rick Henderson – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Juan Tizol, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Wendell Marshall, Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Butch Ballard, Dave Black – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Blossom – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Big Drag
  3. Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
  4. Falling Like a Raindrop
  5. Gonna Tan Your Hide – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  6. Harlem Air Shaft
  7. La Virgen De La Macarena – Bernardo Bautista Monterde
  8. Clarinet Melodrama – Jimmy Hamilton
  9. Theme For Trambean – Jimmy Hamilton
  10. Serious Serenade

Muddy Waters: Sings “Big Bill”

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In June 1960, “Chess” label released “Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill”, the first studio and second Muddy Waters overall album. It was recorded June – August 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Otis Spann – piano
  • Pat Hare – guitar
  • Andrew Stephenson – bass
  • Francis Clay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Big Bill Broonzy, except where noted.

  1. Tell Me Baby
  2. Southbound Train
  3. When I Get to Thinking – Harriett Melka
  4. Just a Dream (On My Mind)
  5. Double Trouble – Harriet Melka
  6. I Feel So Good
  7. I Done Got Wise – McKinley Morganfield
  8. Mopper’s Blues
  9. Lonesome Road Blues
  10. Hey, Hey

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: 4 Way Street

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On April 7, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “4 Way Street”, the first Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album. It was recorded June – July 1970, at “Fillmore East” in New York City, “The Forum” in Los Angeles, “Auditorium Theatre” in Chicago, and was produced by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young.

Personnel:

  • David Crosby – vocals, guitar
  • Stephen Stills – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Graham Nash – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar
  • Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels – bass
  • Johnny Barbata – drums
  • Bill Halverson – engineer
  • Gary Burden – art direction, design, photography
  • Joel Bernstein – photography center squares
  • Henry Diltz – inside sleeve photography
  • David Geffen — direction

Track listing:

  1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Stephen Stills
  2. On the Way Home – Neil Young
  3. Teach Your Children – Graham Nah
  4. Triad – David Crosby
  5. The Lee Shore – David Crosby
  6. Chicago – Graham Nash
  7. Right Between the Eyes – Graham Nash
  8. Cowgirl in the Sand – Neil Young
  9. Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Neil Young
  10. 49 Bye-Byes/America’s Children – Stephen Stills
  11. Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills

Marvin Gaye: When I’m Alone I Cry

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On April 1, 1964, “Tamla” label released “When I’m Alone I Cry”, the third Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded 1963 – 1964, at “Graystone Ballroom” in Detroit, Michigan, in Chicago and New York City, and was produced by Clarence Paul and William “Mickey” Stevenson.

Personnel:

  • Marvin Gaye – vocal
  • Bernard Yeszin – design, photography
  • Wallace Mead – design, photography
  • Lee Ivory – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. You’ve Changed – Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
  2. I Was Telling Her About You – Morris Charlap, Don George
  3. I Wonder – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leaven
  4. I’ll Be Around – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
  5. Because of You – Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson
  6. I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
  7. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
  9. When I’m Alone I Cry – Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax, Fredericka Foreman
  10. If My Heart Could Sing – Avery Vandenberg, Morris Broadnax

Dirty Three: Ocean Songs

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In March 1998, “Touch and Go” label released “Ocean Songs”, the fourth Dirty Three album. It was recorded August – September 1997, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Albini,

Personnel:

  • Warren Ellis – violin, viola, piano
  • Mike Turner – guitars, melodica, loops, cover art
  • Jim White – drums, percussion
  • David Grubbs – piano, harmonium
  • Steve Albini – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Turner, Warren Ellis and Jim White.

  1. Sirena
  2. The Restless Waves
  3. Distant Shore
  4. Authentic Celestial Music
  5. Backwards Voyager
  6. Last Horse on the Sand
  7. Sea Above, Sky Below
  8. Black Tide
  9. Deep Waters
  10. Ends of the Earth

Chicago: Chicago XXX

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On March 21, 2006, “Rhino” label released “Chicago XXX”, the twentieth Chicago album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Jay DeMarcus.

Personnel:

  • Keith Howland – guitars
  • Robert Lamm – vocals, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, horn arrangements
  • Bill Champlin – vocals, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, BGV arrangements
  • Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
  • James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
  • Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flutes
  • Jason Scheff – vocals, bass, BGV arrangements
  • Tris Imboden – drums
  • Jay DeMarcus – keyboards, guitars, loops, programming, acoustic piano, arrangements
  • James Matchack – keyboards, loops, sequencing, arrangements
  • Tom Bukovac – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dann Huff – guitars
  • Jack Kincaid – guitars
  • Yankton Mingua – guitars
  • Dean DeLeo – guitars
  • John Brockman – drums
  • Steve Brewster – drums
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet
  • Joseph Williams – additional backing vocals
  • Bobby Kimball – additional backing vocals
  • Shelly Fairchild – lead vocal
  • Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney) – guest vocals
  • Jeff Balding, Ben Fowler, James Matchack, Sean Neff, Chas Sanford – recording
  • David Frick Jay Goin, Jed Hackett, Jody Sappington, Aaron Walk, Tony Zeller – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Balding – mixing
  • James Matchack – mixing
  • Jed Hackett – mixing assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Jed Hackett, Sean Neff – digital editing
  • Hugh Brown – design, photography
  • Andy Strauss – design assistant
  • Jimmy Katz – photography
  • Mike “Frog” Griffith – production coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Feel (Hit single mix) – Danny Orton, Blair Daly
  2. King of Might Have Been – Greg Barnhill, Jason Scheff, Dennis Matkosky
  3. Caroline – Jason Scheff, Chas Sandford
  4. Why Can’t We – Bill Champlin, Hay DeMarcus, Jason Scheff, Chas Sandford
  5. Love Will Come – Jason Scheff, Hay DeMarcus, Chas Sandford
  6. Long Lost Friend – Jason Scheff, Hay DeMarcus, Brett James
  7. 90 Degrees and Freezing – Robert Lamm, Hay DeMarcus, Brett James
  8. Where Were You – Jason Scheff, Bill Champlin, Hay DeMarcus
  9. Already Gone – Bill Champlin, George Hawkins Jr.
  10. Come to Me, Do – Robert Lamm
  11. Lovin’ Chains – Hay DeMarcus, Marcus Hummon
  12. Better – Bill Champlin, Chas Sandford
  13. Feel (horn section mix) – Danny Orton, Blair Daly

Sarah Vaughan: You’re Mine You

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In March 1962, “Roulette” label released “You’re Mine You”, the 19th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in 1962, at “Universal Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Perso0nnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocal
  • Quincy Jones – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. You’re Mine You – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  2. The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  3. Witchcraft – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  4. So Long – Remus Harris, Irving Melsher, Russ Morgan
  5. The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Maria – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  8. Baubles, Bangles and Beads – George Forrest, Robert C. Wright
  9. Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
  10. Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
  11. Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
  12. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington

Sarah Vaughn: At Mister Kelly’s

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In February 1958, “EmArcy” label released “At Mister Kelly’s”, the first Sarah Vaughan live album. It was recorded in August 1947, at “Mister Kelly’s” club in Chicago, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Vaughan – vocals
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. September in the Rain – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  2. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  3. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  4. Be Anything (But Be Mine) – Irving Gordon
  5. Thou Swell – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Stairway to the Stars – Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
  7. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  8. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
  9. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  10. Dream – Johnny Mercer
  11. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  12. It’s Got to Be Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  13. Alone – Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
  14. If This Isn’t Love – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
  15. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  16. Lucky in Love – Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson
  17. Dancing in the Dark – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  18. Poor Butterfly – John Golden, Raymond Hubbell
  19. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  20. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman