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The Time: Same

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On July 29, 1981, “Warner Bros” label released the debut, self-titled, Time (The) album. It was recorded April 1979 – April 1981, at Prince’s “Kiowa Trail Home Studio” in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and was produced by Prince (as Jamie Starr), and Morris Day.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Johnson – guitar
  • Prince (as Jamie Starr) – all instruments (except where noted), backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Jellybean Johnson – guitar, drums
  • Monte Moir – vocals, leyboards
  • Morris Day – vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Fink – synth solos
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering

 Track listing:

  1. Get It Up – Prince
  2. Girl – Prince
  3. After Hi School – Dez Dickerson
  4. Cool – Prince, Dez Dizkerson
  5. Oh, Baby – Prince
  6. The Stick – Prince

Soul Asylum: Change of Fortune

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On March 18, 2016, “Entertainment One” label released “Change of Fortune”, the eleventh Soul Asylum album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by John Fields, Dave Pirner, Justin Sharbono, Winston Roye and Michael Bland.

Personnel:

  • Dave Pirner– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Justin Sharbono – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Winston Roye – bass
  • Michael Bland– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Pirner.

  1. Supersonic
  2. Can’t Help It
  3. Doomsday
  4. Ladies Man
  5. Moonshine
  6. Make it Real
  7. When I See You
  8. Dealing
  9. Don’t Bother Me
  10. Morgan’s Dog
  11. Change of Fortune
  12. Cool

Cal Tjader: West Side Story

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On January 1, 1961, “Fantasy” label released “West Side Story”, the 27th Cal Tjader album. It was recorded on October 18, 1960, and consists of musical numbers from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” in jazz arrangements.

Personnel:

  • Cal Tjader- vibraphone
  • Clare Fischer- piano, celeste, musical director
  • Lonnie Hewitt – piano
  • Red Mitchell, Victor Venegas – bass
  • Shelly Manne, Milt Holland- drums
  • Mongo Santamaria- conga
  • Willie Bobo- drums, timbales
  • George Roberts- trombone
  • Red Callender- tuba
  • Vincent D’Rosa, James Decker, Richard Perissi – French horns
  • Paul Horn- flute
  • Gerald Vinci, Marshall Sosson, Herman Clebanoff, Amerigo Merino, Leonard Malarsky, Robert Barene, Jack L. Pepper, Henry Sugar, Alvin Dinkin – violins
  • Virginia Majewski – viola,
  • VIctor Gottlieb – cello
  • Carol Gotthoffer – harp

 Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, except where noted.

  1. Prologue (Leonard Bernstein) / The Jet Song
  2. Something’s Coming
  3. Maria Interlude
  4. Maria
  5. Tonight
  6. America
  7. Cool
  8. One Hand, One Heart
  9. I Feel Pretty / Somewhere

Hoagy Carmichael

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On December 27, 1981, Hoagland Howard “Hoagy”  Carmichael  died aged 82. He was musician (piano), composer, singer, actor, and bandleader. Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including fifty that achieved hit record status. His best known songs are four among the most-recorded American songs of all time: “Stardust”, “Georgia on My Mind” (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), “The Nearness of You”, and “Heart and Soul” (lyrics by Frank Loesser). His song “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening,” (lyrics by Johnny Mercer, won the “Academy Award for Best Original Song” in 1951. Carmichael’s songs were performed by many famous musicians including Sidney Arodin, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Bix Beiderbecke, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Helen Forrest, Harry James, Spike Jones, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Glenn Miller, Dinah Shore, Jack Teagarden and Paul Whiteman.