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Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace

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On June 1, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Amazing Grace”, the fourth Aretha Franklin live album. It was recorded in January 1972, at the “New Temple Missionary Baptist Church”, and was produced by Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin and Arif Mardin. In 1973, Aretha Franklin won “Grammy Award” for “Best Soul Gospel Performance”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano, celesta, arrangements
  • Rev. C.L. Franklin – vocals
  • Rev. James Cleveland – lead vocals, piano, choir director
  • Rev. Alexander Hamilton – choir director assistant
  • Kenneth “Ken” Lupper – organ, additional keyboards
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Chuck Rainey – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Pancho Morales – congas, additional percussion
  • Southern California Community Choir – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – music editing, remix
  • Wally Heider – recording
  • Jimmy Douglass – recording assistant
  • Gene Paul – recording assistant
  • George Piros – recording assistant
  • Ray Thompson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Mary, Don’t You Weep – spiritual
  2. Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You’ve Hot a Friend – Thomas A. Dorsey, Frank Frazier / Carole King
  3. Old Landmark – W. Herbert Brewster, Adeline M. Brunner
  4. Give Yourself to Jesus – Robert Fryson
  5. How I Got Over – Clara Ward
  6. What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Joseph M. Seriven, Charles Crozat Converse
  7. Amazing Grace – John Newton
  8. Precious Memories – J.B.F. Wright
  9. Climbing Higher Mountains – traditional
  10. Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin
  11. God Will Take Care of You – traditional
  12. Wholy Holy – Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland
  13. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  14. Never Grow Old – traditional

Aretha Franklin: Live At Fillmore West

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On May 19, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Live at Fillmore West”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore West Concert Hall”, in San Francsico, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, Fender Rhodes
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Truman Thomas – piano
  • Ray Charles – piano
  • Billy Preston – organ
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Pancho Morales – congas
  • King Curtis – saxophone, orchestra leader
  • Memphis Horns – horns
  • Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
  • Larry Wilcox – horn arrangements
  • Tom Dowd – horn arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Respect – Otis Redding
  2. Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
  3. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
  4. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. Make It with You – David Gates
  6. Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
  7. Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
  8. Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
  9. Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
  10. Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

Yusef Lateef: Hush ‘N’ Thunder

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In January 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hush ‘N’ Thunder”, the 31st Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded May – September 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” and “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, shannai
  • Kenny Barron – piano, electric piano
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Al White – organ 
  • Cornell Dupree, Keith Loving, David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob Cunningham, Bill Salter – bass
  • Gordon Edwards – electric bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Kermit Moore – cello
  • The J.C. White Singers – vocals
  • Monroe “Bones” Constantino – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  2. The Hump – Kenny Barron
  3. Opus Part I / Opus Part II – Kenny Barron
  4. This Old Building – Rev. Cleophus Robinson
  5. Prayer – Kenny Barron
  6. Sunset – Kenny Barron
  7. His Eye Is on the Sparrow – traditional
  8. Destination Paradise – Yusef Lateef

Lulu: New Routes

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On January 16, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “New Routes”, the fourth Lulu studio album. It was recorded September – October 1969, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Lulu – vocals
  • Duane Allman – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree, Charlie Freeman, Eddie Hinton – guitar
  • Jim Dickinson – guitar, piano
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar, engineer
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Michael Utley – organ
  • David Hood, Tommy McClure – bass guitar
  • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • Martin Greene – engineer
  • Stephen Paley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Marley Purt Drive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  2. In the Morning – Barry Gibb
  3. People in Love – Eddie Hinton, Grady Smith
  4. After All (I Live My Life) – Jim Doris, Frankie Miller
  5. Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason
  6. Dirty Old Man – Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
  7. Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) – Jim Doris
  8. Is That You Love – Jackie Avery, John Farris
  9. Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Where’s Eddie – Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton
  11. Sweep Around Your Own Back Door – Fran Robins

Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going

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In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
  • Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
  • George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
  • Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
  • Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
  2. I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
  3. Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
  4. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  5. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  6. Little Tear – Don Sebesky
  7. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  8. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  9. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
  10. Dirt Dobbler – Alfred Ellis
  11. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  12. This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  13. Jazz Bridge – Don Sebesky

Charles Williams: Trees And Grass And Things

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On November 19, 1971, “Mainstream” label released “Trees and Grass and Things”, the second Charles Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Charles Williams – alto saxophone
  • David “Bubba” Brooks – tenor saxophone
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Don Pullen – piano, organ
  • Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
  • Bill Curtis – drums
  • Montego Joe – congas

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Williams, except where noted.

  1. Trees and Grass and Things – Don Pullen
  2. Chop! Chop! – Charles Williams, Don Pullen, William Curtis, David Brooks
  3. Cracklin’ Bread
  4. Exactly Like You – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  5. Booger Bear
  6. Moving Up – Don Pullen
  7. Song from the Old Country – Don Pullen

Charles Williams: Stickball

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On November 11, 1972, “Mainstream” label released “Stickball”, the third Charles Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1972, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Shad.

Personnel:

  • Charles Williams – alto saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – flugelhorn
  • Chris Woods – alto and baritone saxophone
  • David “Bubba” Brooks – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Don Pullen – organ
  • Paul Griffin – electric piano
  • Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza – electric guitar
  • Gordon Edwards – Fender Jazz bass
  • Clyde Lucas – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • David Carey – congas, marimba
  • Ernie Wilkins – strings arangements, conductor 

Track listing:

  1. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? – Bill Withers, Stan McKenny
  2. People Make the World Go ‘Round – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald William Salter
  4. Iron Jaws – Ernie Wilkins
  5. Drown in My Own Tears – Henry Glover
  6. Ain’t No Blues – Charles Williams, Don Pullen
  7. Just Before Day – Tommy Dean

Peter Wolf: Sleeppless

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On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Wolf – vocals
  • Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
  • Steve Earle – vocals
  •  Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
  • Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitars
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • Brian Mitchell – accordion
  • Magic Dick – harmonica
  •  Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
  • Warren McRae – electric bass
  • John Conte – electric bass
  • Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
  • Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Dan Reiser – drums
  • Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
  • Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
  • Bob Funk – tenor trombone
  • Rob Eaton – backing vocals
  • Teresa Williams – backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Cire Jones – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Milt Grayson – bass vocals
  • Fred Griffith – backing vocals
  • Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
  • Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
  • Phil Greene – mixing
  • Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
  • Chris Rival – additional engineering
  • Tom Waltz – additional engineering
  • John Weston – additional engineering
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
  • Joe Greene – photography
  • Karen Rome – project coordinator
  • Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
  2. Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
  3. A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  4. Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
  5. Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
  6. Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
  7. Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  8. Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  9. Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  11. Oh Marianne – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  12. Sleepless – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf

Aretha Franklin: La Diva

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On September 6, 1979, “Atlantic” label released “La Diva”, the twenty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded February – May 1979, at “Penny Lane Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Van McCoy, Skip Scarborough and Charles Kipps.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
  • Jack Cavari, Cornell Dupree, Tom Hanlon – guitar
  • Van McCoy – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements
  • Kenneth Ascher, Richard Tee, Paul Griffin – keyboards
  • Ken Bichel – synthesizer, orchestra bells
  • Brian Aslop, Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
  • Chris Parker – drums
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett, George Devens – percussion
  • Richard Gibbs – rhythm arrangements
  • Arthur Jenkins – rhythm arrangements
  • Skip Scarborough – rhythm arrangements
  • Zulema Cusseaux – rhythm arrangements, backing vocals
  • Gene Orloff – conductor
  • Albert Bailey – backing vocals
  • Sharon Brown – backing vocals
  • Diane Destry – backing vocals
  • Carolyn Franklin – backing vocals
  • Richard Harris – backing vocals
  • Brenda Hilliard – backing vocals
  • Jerome Jackson – backing vocals
  • Pete Marshall – backing vocals
  • Pat Williamson – backing vocals
  • Lee Decarlo, Alan Varner – engineer
  • Rick Delana, Brian Marine, John Terrell – engineer assistant
  • George Piros – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Ladies Only – Aretha Franklin
  2. It’s Gonna Get a Bit Better – Lalome Washburn
  3. What If I Should Ever Need You – Charles H. Kipps
  4. Honey I Need Your Love – Aretha Franklin
  5. I Was Made for You – Clarence Franklin
  6. Only Star – Aretha Franklin
  7. Reasons Why – Skip Scarborough, Wanda Hutchinson, Wayne Vaughan
  8. You Brought Me Back to Life – Van McCoy
  9. Half a Love – Zulema Cusseaux
  10. The Feeling – Van McCoy

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

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On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell