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Christian Scott: Stretch Music

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On September 18, 2015, “Ropeadope” label released “Stretch Music” (Introducing Elena Pinderhughes), the tenth Christian Scott album. It was recorded in December 2014, at “The Berklee College of Music’s”, “Shames Family Scoring Stage” in Boston, MA,
“The Parlor” in New Orleans, LA, and was produced by Chris Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – trumpet, sirenette, reverse flugelhorn
  • Braxton Cook – alto, straight alto
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Corey King – trombone
  • Cliff Hines – guitar
  • Lawrence Fields – piano
  • Kris Funn – bass
  • Corey Fonville – drums, SPD-SX pad
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African drums, SPD-SX
  • Warren Wolf – vibraphone

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. Sunrise in Beijing
  2. Twin
  3. Perspectives
  4. West of the West
  5. Liberation Over Gangsterism
  6. The Corner
  7. Of a New Cool
  8. Runnin 7s (For Fig Chief Donald Harrison)
  9. Tantric
  10. The Last Chieftain
  11. The Horizon

Esperanza Spalding: Songwrights Apothecary Lab

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On September 24, 2021, “Concord” label released “Songwrights Apothecary Lab”, is the eighth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Phoelix, Corey King and Raphael Saading. At the 64th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Best Jazz Vocal Album”.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, piano
  • Chris Sholar – guitar
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Leo Genovese – piano
  • Phoelix – vocals, piano, synthesizer, xylophone
  • Justin Tyson – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Francisco Mela – drums
  • Aaron Burnett – saxophone
  • Wayne Shorter – saxophone
  • James Greeley – eagle-bone whistle
  • Lamont Hamilton – bell
  • Steve Turre – conch shell
  • Ganavya Doraiswamy – vocals
  • Corey King – vocals
  • Thrive Choir – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding, except here where noted.

  1. Formwela 1
  2. Formwela 2
  3. Formwela 3
  4. Formwela 4 – Corey King, Esperanza Spalding
  5. Formwela 5 – Corey King, Esperanza Spalding
  6. Formwela 6 – Corey King, Esperanza Spalding
  7. Formwela 7
  8. Formwela 8 – Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding
  9. Formwela 9 – Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding
  10. Formwela 10 –
  11. Formwela 11 – Leo Genovese, Matthew Stevens
  12. Formwela 13

Esperanza Spalding: Emily’s D+Evolution

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On March 4, 2016, “Concord” label released “Emily’s D+Evolution”, the fifth Esperanza Spalding album. It was recorded in 2015, at “NRG Studios” in Hollywood; “The Magic Shop” and “HUMAN” in New York City, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding and Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, lyrics, piano, bass synthesizer
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Corey King – backing vocals, synthesizer, writing, trombone, keyboards
  • Karriem Riggins – drums, percussion
  • Justin Tyson – drums
  • Emily Elbert – backing vocals
  • Nadia Washington – backing vocals
  • Celeste Butler – backing vocals
  • Fred Martin – backing vocals
  • Katriz Trinidad – backing vocals
  • Kimberly L. Cook-Ratliff – backing vocals
  • Kyle Hoffman – engineer
  • Tim Price – engineer
  • Erin Tonkon – engineer assistant
  • Kyle McAulay – engineer assistant
  • Martin Cooke – engineer assistant
  • Nicolas Fournier – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Tony Visconti – mixing
  • Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Lawrence Azzerad – design
  • Holly Andres – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding, except where noted.

  1. Good Lava
  2. Unconditional Love
  3. Judas
  4. Earth to Heaven
  5. One
  6. Rest in Pleasure
  7. Ebony and Ivy
  8. Noble Nobles – Esperanza Spalding, Corey King
  9. Farewell Dolly
  10. Elevate or operate
  11. Funk the Fear
  12. I Want It Now – Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse