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Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Three Blind Mice

In August 1962, “United Artists Jazz” label released “Three Blind Mice”, album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, at “Village Gate” in New York City and “Club Renaissance” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording


Track listing:

Three Blind Mice

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams


Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
  7. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  8. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter

Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2

  1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
  2. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  3. Ping Pong – Wayne Shorter
  4. The Promised Land – Cedar Walton
  5. Arabia – Curtis Fuller

Nash The Slash: Children Of The Night

In February 1981, “Dindisc” label released “Children of the Night”, the second Nash the Slash (James Jeffrey “Jeff” Plewman) album. It was recorded November – December 1980, at “Britannia Row” in London, and was produced by Steve Hillage.

Personnel:

  • Nash the Slash – voices, synthesizer, mandolin, composer, keyboards, electronic percussion, pedals, electric violin, devices
  • Nick Griffiths – engineer
  • Martyn Atkins – artwork
  • Gavin Cochrane – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nash the Slash, except where noted.

  1. Wolf
  2. Dead Man’s Curve – Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Artie Kornfeld, Brian Wilson
  3. Children of the Night – Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash
  4. Deep Forest
  5. In a Glass Eye
  6. 19th Nervous Breakdown – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  7. Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf) – Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash
  8. Metropolis
  9. Dopes on the Water – Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
  10. Danger Zone

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

In January 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Mosaic”, the 18th Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  2. Down Under – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
  4. Arabia – Curtis Fuller
  5. Crisis – Freddie Hubbard

The Stylistics: Round 2

In October 1972, “Avco” label released “Round 2” is the second Stylistics (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Thom Bell.

Personnel:

  • Russell Thompkins, Jr. – lead vocals
  • Airrion Love, James Smith, Herb Murrell, James Dunn – backing vocals
  • Linda Creed, Barbara Ingram – additional backing vocals
  • Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Tony Bell, Eli Tartarsky – guitar
  • Thom Bell – piano, harpsichord
  • Joe DeAngelis, Stephanie Fauber, Robert Martin – French horn
  • Rocco Bene, Bobby Hartzell – trumpet
  • Jack Faith – alto saxophone, flute
  • George Shaw – flute
  • Vincent Forchetti, Bob Moore, Richard Genevese – trombone
  • Don Renaldo, Tony Sinagoga, Albert Berone, Rudy Malizia, Angelo Pretrella, Romeo Di Stefano, Charles Apollonia, Davis Barnett, Richard Jones, Herschel Wise – strings
  • Mary Gale – harp
  • Fredric Cohen – oboe
  • Ronnie Baker – bass
  • Earl Young – drums
  • Larry Washington – congas
  • Vince Montana – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Bell and Linda Creed, except where noted.

  1. I’m Stone in Love with You – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Anthony Bell
  2. If You Don’t Watch Out
  3. You and Me
  4. It’s Too Late – Carole King, Toni Stern
  5. Children of the Night
  6. You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  7. Break Up to Make Up – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble
  8. Peek-a-Boo – Gregory Guess, Norman Knox
  9. You’re asd Right as Rain
  10. Pieces

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

In January 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Mosaic”, the 18th Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass

Track listing:

  1. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  2. Down Under – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
  4. Arabia – Curtis Fuller
  5. Crisis – Freddie Hubbard

Wayne Shorter: High Life

On October 17, 1995, “Verve” label released “High Life”, the twentieth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in 1995, at Bill Schnee’s studio in North Hollywood,  and was produced by Marcus Miller. In 1997, “High Life” won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album”. 

Personnel:

  • Wayne Shorter – tenor, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones
  • Rachel Z – piano, synthesizers, sound design, sequencing
  • David Gilmore – electric guitar
  • Marcus Miller – bass guitar, bass clarinet, rhythm programming
  • Will Calhoun – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
  • Munyungo Jackson – percussion
  • Kevin Ricard – percussion
  • David Ward – additional sound design

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Shorter.

  1. Children of the Night
  2. At the Fair
  3. Maya
  4. On the Milky Way Express
  5. Pandora Awakened
  6. Virgo Rising
  7. High Life
  8. Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair
  9. Black Swan (in memory of Susan Portlynn Romeo)

Steppenwolf: Slow Flux

In August 1974, “Mums” label released “Slow Flux”, the seventh Steppenwolf studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “John Kay’s Studio” and was produced by John Kay, Goldy McJohn, Bobby Cochran, George Biondo, and Jerry Edmonton.

Personnel:

  • John Kay– vocals, guitar
  • Goldy McJohn– keyboards
  • Bobby Cochran– guitar
  • George Biondo– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Edmonton– drums
  • Charles Black, Don Ellis, Gil Rathel, John Rosenberg, Sam Falzone – horns
  • Skip Konte– Chamberlin
  • Ed Bannon – engineer
  • Arnie Acosta – mastering
  • Jerry Edmonton – art direction, design
  • Tom Gundelfinger – front cover photography
  • Ed Caraeff– back cover and sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Gang War Blues – Goldy McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, John Kay, Kim Fowley
  2. Children of the Night – John Kay
  3. Justice Don’t be Slow – John Kay, Joseph B. Richie
  4. Get Into the Wind – Bobby Cochran, Casey Van Beek
  5. Jeraboah – Jack Conrad
  6. Straight Shootin’ Woman – Jerry Edmonton
  7. Smokey Factory Blues – Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
  8. Morning Blue – George Biondo
  9. A Fool’s Fantasy – Goldy McJohn
  10. Fishin; in the Dark – John Kay