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Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Hot House

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On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton — vibraphone
  • Chick Corea — piano
  • Ilmar Gavilan — violin
  • Melissa White — violin
  • Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
  • Paul Wiancko — cello
  • Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
  • Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
  • Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
  • Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Steve Fallone — mastering
  • Glenn Suyker — piano technician
  • Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
  • Marc Bessant — graphics
  • Ernest Gregory — photography
  • Dan Muse — liner note coordination
  • Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
  • Bill Rooney — executive producer
  • Andrew Elliott — personal assistant

Track listing:

  1. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  2. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  4. Time Remembered – Bill Evans
  5. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  6. Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  9. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  10. Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea

Richard Davis: The Philosophy Of The Spiritual

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In December 1971, “Cobblestone” label released “The Philosophy of the Spiritual”, the third Richard Davis album. It was recorded in November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Larry Fallon.

Personnel:

  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Sam Brown – guitar
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Bill Lee – bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums
  • Frankie Dunlop – percussion
  • Doug Ramsey – liner notes
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Sol Kessler – lacquer cut
  • Joe Fields – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Lee, except where noted.

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional
  2. Monica
  3. Oh My God – Nadi Koma
  4. The Rabbi
  5. Baby Sweets
  6. Juan Valdez

Miles Davis: Filles De Kilimanjaro

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In December 1968, “Columbia” label released “Filles de Kilimanjaro”, the 40th Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – September 1968, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Mecero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – piano, RMI electra-piano
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Dave Holland – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Frank Laico, Arthur Kendy – engineer
  • Hiro – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis.

  1. Frelon Brun
  2. Tout de Suite
  3. Petits Machins
  4. Filles de Kilimanjaro
  5. Mademoiselle Mabry

Gary Burton: Picture This

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In November 1982, “ECM” label released “Picture This”, the 33th Gary Burton album. It was recorded in January 1982, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Hans Wendel.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton — vibraphone
  • Jim Odgren — alto saxophone
  • Steve Swallow — electric bass
  • Mike Hyman — drums

Track listing:

  1. Tanglewood ’63 – Michael Gibbs
  2. Waltz – Chick Corea
  3. Dreams So Real – Carla Bley
  4. Tierra Del Fuego – Jim Odgren
  5. Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love – Charles Mingus
  6. Skylight – Jim Odgren

Miles Davis: Live-Evil

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On November 17, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Live-Evil”, album of live and studio recordings by Miles Davis. It was recorded February – June 1970, at “Columbia Studio B” in New York City, December 1970, at “The Cellar Door” in Washington, D.C., and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett – electric piano, organ
  • Joe Zawinul – electric piano
  • Khalil Balakrishna – electric sitar
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • Steve Grossman – soprano saxophone
  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass
  • Ron Carter – acoustic bass
  • Michael Henderson – electric bass
  • Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, voice, drums, electric piano, whistling 
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Sivad – Miles Davis
  2. Little Church – Hermeto Pascoal
  3. Medley: Gemini/Double Image – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
  4. What I Say – Miles Davis
  5. Nem Um Talvez – Hermeto Pascoal
  6. Selim – Hermeto Pascoal
  7. Funky Tonk – Miles Davis
  8. Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts – Miles Davis

Gary Burton: Like Minds

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On November 3, 1998, “Concord” label released “Like Minds”, the 53rd Gary Burton album. It was recorded in December 1997, at “Avatar Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Gary Burton. In 1998, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group”. 

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Pat Metheny – guitar
  • Dave Holland – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Darlene Barbaria – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Metheny except where noted.

  1. Questions and Answers
  2. Elucidation
  3. Windows
  4. Futures
  5. Like Minds
  6. Country Roads
  7. Tears of Rain
  8. Soon – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  9. Straight Up and Down – Chick Corea

Santana: Blessings And Miracles

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On October 15, 2021, “Starfaith LLC” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Blessings and Miracles”, the twenty-sixth Santana studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Carlos Santana.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana – lead and rhythm guitar, percussion
  • Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
  • Tommy Anthony – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ish Cano – additional guitar, programming
  • Narada Michael Walden – keyboards, bass, drum programming
  • Chick Corea – keyboards, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • David K. Mathews – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
  • Salvador Santana – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Peter Stengaard – additional keyboards, bass, drums, additional guitar, programming
  • Justus Dobrin – additional keyboards
  • Asdru Sierra – lead vocals, synthesizers, drum programming
  • Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar
  • Cindy Blackman Santana – drums
  • Derek Mixon – drums
  • Karl Perazzo – vocals, timbales, congas, percussion
  • Matt Sanchez – percussion, backing vocals, programming
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Raúl Agraz – trumpet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Michael Davis – trombone
  • Tammy Rogers – violin, octave violin
  • Gayle Moran Corea – lead vocals, Angel choir
  • Steve Winwood – lead vocals
  • Stella Santana – lead vocals
  • Rob Thomas – lead vocals
  • Chris Stapleton – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Andy Vargas – lead vocals
  • Ally Brooke – lead vocals
  • Mark Osegueda – lead vocals
  • G-Eazy – lead vocals
  • Corey Glover – lead vocals
  • Gerald Gillum – rap
  • Cindy Mizelle, Dave Rublin, Erica Hansen, Jerry Barnes, Jessie Wagner, Katie Sanchez, Lisa Fischer, Zac Barnett – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Ghost of Future Pull / New Light
  2. Santana Celebration
  3. Rumbalero
  4. Joy
  5. Move
  6. Whiter Shade of Pale
  7. Break
  8. She’s Fire
  9. Peace Power
  10. America for Sale
  11. Breathing Underwater
  12. Mother Yes
  13. Song for Cindy
  14. Angel Choir/All Together
  15. Ghost of Future Pull II

Warren Zevon: Transverse City

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On October 12, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Transverse City”, the seventh Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Mad Hatter” in Los Angeles, “A&M” in Hollywood, “Red Zone” in Burbank, “Paisley Park” in Chanhassen, “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Warren Zevon, Andrew Slater and Duncan Aldrich.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – lead and harmony vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards
  • Mike Campbell – guitar, mandolin
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar
  • David Gilmour – guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – acoustic guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Neil Young – lead guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Lindley – saz, steel guitar, oud, lap steel guitar, harmony vocals
  • Howie Epstein – banjo, mandolin, bass
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Jorge Calderón – bass, harmony vocals
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • Bob Glaub – bass
  • Richie Hayward – drums
  • Rob Jaczko – miscellaneous percussion
  • Mark Isham – flugelhorn
  • J.D. Souther – harmony vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals
  • Duncan Aldrich, John Cutler, Andrew Jackson, Andy Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Tim Mulligan – engineer
  • Heidi Hanschu, Robert Reed, Ira Rubnitz – engineer
  • Rob Jaczko – mixing
  • Jimmy Wachtel – art direction, design, photography
  • Jonathan Exley, Nels Israelson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Transverse City – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  2. Run Straight Down
  3. The Long Arm of the Law
  4. Turbulence
  5. They Moved the Moon
  6. Splendid Isolation
  7. Networking – Stefan Arngrim, Warren Zevon
  8. Gridlock
  9. Down in the Mail
  10. Nobody’s in Love This Year

Blue Mitchell: Down With It!

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In April 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Down with It!”, the eleventh Blue Mitchell album. It was recorded in July 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • Al Foster – drums

Personnel:

  1. Hi-Heel Sneakers – Robert Higginbotham
  2. Perception – Chick Corea, Blue Mitchell
  3. Alone, Alone, and Alone – Terumasa Hino
  4. March on Selma – Blue Mitchell
  5. One Shirt – William Boone
  6. Samba de Stacy – William Boone

Return to Forever: Where Have I Known You Before

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In September 1974, “Polydor” label released “Where Have I Known You Before”, the fourth Return to Forever album. It was recorded July – August 1974, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea.

Personnel:                                                                                                                          

  • Chick Corea – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog), percussion
  • Al Di Meola – electric guitar, acoustic twelve-string guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar, Yamaha electric organ, bell tree, chimes
  • Lenny White – drums, congas, bongos, percussion
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Tom Rabstenek – mastering
  • Herb Dreiwitz – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Chick Corea except where noted.

  1. Vulcan Worlds – Stanley Clarke
  2. Where Have I Loved You Before?
  3. The Shadows of Lo – Lenny White
  4. Where Have I Danced with You Before?
  5. Beyond the Seventh Galaxy
  6. Earth Juice – Chick Corea, Lenny White, Al Di Meola
  7. Where Have I Known You Before?
  8. Song to the Pharaoh Kings