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Dizzy Reece: Blues In Trinity

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In June 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Blues in Trinity”, the debut Dizzy Reece album. It was recorded in August 1958, at “Decca Studios” in London, and was produced by Tony Hall.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Reece- trumpet
  • Donald Byrd– trumpet
  • Tubby Hayes- tenor saxophone
  • Terry Shannon – piano
  • Lloyd Thompson – bass
  • Art Taylor- drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dizzy Reece except where noted.

  1. Blues in Trinity
  2. I Had the Craziest Dream – Gordon, Warren
  3. Close-Up
  4. Shepherd’s Serenade
  5. Color Blind
  6. ‘Round About Midnight – Monk

Satellite Party: Ultra Payloaded

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On May 29, 2007, “Columbia” label released “Ultra Payloaded”, the debut and the only Satellite Party studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2007, and was produced by Perry Farrell and Nuno Bettencourt.

Personnel:

  • Perry Farrell– lead vocals, programming, string arrangement
  • Nuno Bettencourt– lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, piano, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Kevin Figueiredo– drums
  • Etty Lau Farrell– backing vocals
  • Carl Restivo– backing vocals, additional 808 programming, bass guitar
  • Peter DiStefano– acoustic guitar
  • John Frusciante– guitar
  • Flea– bass guitar
  • Peter Hook– bass guitar
  • Fergie– backing vocals
  • Jim Morrison– vocals
  • Harry Gregson-Williams– string arrangement, conducting with The Satellite Strings Orchestra
  • Suze DeMarchi– backing vocals
  • Dan Chase – percussion
  • Joey Heredia – percussion
  • Tim Pierce– guitars
  • Kenneth Crouch – piano
  • Milen Kirov – piano
  • Jamie Mahoberac – keyboards
  • Anthony J. Resta – programming
  • Hybrid– programming
  • Thievery Corporation– programming
  • Daniel Sternbaum – engineer
  • Scott Wiley – engineer
  • Anthony “Rocky” Gallo – engineer, mixing, additional tracking

Track listing:

  1. Wish Upon a Dogstar – Perry Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman
  2. Only Love, Let’s Celebrate – Perry Farrell, Ferakis, Zesses
  3. Hard Life Easy – Perry Farrell, John Frusciante, Flea
  4. Kinky – Perry Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman
  5. The Solutionists – Perry Farrell, Thievery Corporation
  6. Awesome – Perry Farrell, Healings, Truman
  7. Sunshine – Perry Farrell, The Bee Gees
  8. Insanity Rains – Perry Farrell, Nuno Bettencourt
  9. Milky Ave – Perry Farrell, Flea
  10. Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party – Perry Farrell
  11. Woman in the Window – Perry Farrell

The Breeders: Pod

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On May 29, 1990, “4AD” label released “Pod”, the debut Breeders (The) album. It was recorded in January 1990, at “Palladium” in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Kim Deal– lead vocals, guitar
  • Tanya Donelly– guitar, backing vocals
  • Britt Walford(Shannon Doughton) – drums, backing vocals
  • Josephine Wiggs– Spanish guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • Michael Allen – backing vocals
  • Carrie Bradley– violin
  • Steve Albini– engineer
  • Vaughan Oliver/ V23 – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kim Deal, except where noted.

  1. Glorious – Kim Deal, Ray Halliday
  2. Doe – Kim Deal, Ray Halliday
  3. Happiness Is a Warm Gun- John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  4. Oh
  5. Hellbound
  6. When I Was a Painter
  7. Fortunately Gone
  8. Iris
  9. Opened
  10. Only in 3’ s – Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly
  11. Lime House
  12. Metal Man – Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs

Grant Green: Grant’s First Stand

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In May 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Grant’s First Stand”, the debut Grant Green studio album. It was recorded in January 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green– guitar
  • Baby Face Willette– organ
  • Ben Dixon– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Grant Green except where noted.

  1. Miss Ann’s Tempo
  2. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young
  3. Blues for Willarene
  4. Baby’s Minor Lope – Baby Face Willette
  5. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do – Porter Grainger
  6. A Wee Bit O’Green

Jeff Lorber: It’s a Fact

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On May 21, 1982, “Arista” label released “It’s a Fact”, the debut Jeff Lorber studio album. It was recorded September 1981 – January 1982, at “Indigo Ranch Studios” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Jeff Lorber.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lorber- keyboards, guitar, arranger, conductor
  • Marlon McClain – guitars
  • Nathan East- electric bass guitar
  • John Robinson- drums
  • Greg Walker – vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – vocals
  • Sylvia St. James – vocals
  • Lynne Davis – backing vocals
  • Kenny G(Kenny Gorelick) – soprano and tenor saxophone, flutes
  • Tom Browne – trumpet and flugelhorn
  • Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
  • Pete Christlieb- horn contractor

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lorber.

  1. Tierra Verde
  2. Full Moon
  3. Warm Springs
  4. It’s a Fact
  5. The Magician
  6. Your Love Has Got Me
  7. Delevans
  8. Always There
  9. Above the Clouds

The Pentangle: Same

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On May 17, 1968, “Transatlantic” label released the self – titled, debut Pentangle (The) album. It was recorded February – March 1968, at “IBC Studios” and “Olympic Sound Studio” in London, and was produced by Shel Talmy.

Personnel:

  • Jacqui McShee– vocals
  • Bert Jansch– vocals, acoustic guitar
  • John Renbourn– vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Danny Thompson– double bass
  • Terry Cox– vocals, drums

Track listing:

  1. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme – traditional
  2. Bells – Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox
  3. Hear Mt Call – The Staple Singers
  4. Pentangling – Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox
  5. Mirage – Bert Jansch
  6. Way Behind the Sun – traditional
  7. Bruton Town – traditional
  8. Waltz – Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox

 

Noviot Pochetok: Jas sum zemja

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On May 16, 2015, “MKC” and “Sixtynine” labels released “Jas sum zemja”, the debut Noviot Pochetok album. It was recorded October 2014 – February 2015, at “MarryPhat Studio” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Ivica Jankulovski Sthraf.

Personnel:

  • Filip Tasevski Fitz – vocals, guitar, cover art, cover photography
  • Nikola Isailovski Fat Cacko – vocals, guitar
  • Bojan Sandrevski – bass
  • Stefan Sajkovski Sajche – drums
  • Ivica Jankulovski Sthraf – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Deni Krstev – editing
  • Stefan Rajhl – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Filip Tasevski Fitz except where noted.

  1. Jadi od leshot svoj
  2. Jas sum zemja
  3. Otrov – Filip Tasevski Fitz, Nikola Isailovski
  4. Staklenata gradina
  5. Za nea
  6. Propagja
  7. Rezervatot
  8. Utopija
  9. Osamenite
  10. Pepel i prav
  11. Paralelni svetovi
  12. 98%

Porcupine Tree: On the Sunday of Life…

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On May 12, 1992, “Delirium” label released “On the Sunday of Life…”, the debut Porcupine Tree album. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson recorded for two cassette-only releases, “Tarquin’s Seaweed Farm” (1989) and “The Nostalgia Factory” (1991). It was recorded 1988 – 1992, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, various instruments
  • Solomon St. Jemain – voice, additional guitar
  • John Marshall – drums
  • Master Timothy Masters – oboe

Track listing:

All music by Steven Wilson, all lyrics by Alan Duffy except where noted.

Part 1: First Love

  1. Music for the Head
  2. Jupiter Island
  3. Third Eye Surfer
  4. On the Sunday of Love…
  5. The Nostalgia Factory

Part 2: Second Sight

  1. Space Transmission
  2. Message from a Self – Destructing Turnip
  3. Radioactive Toy – lyrics by Steven Wilson
  4. Nine Cats

Part 3: Third Eye

  1. Hymn
  2. Footprints
  3. Linton Samuel Dawson
  4. And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun
  5. Queen Quotes Crowley

Part 4: Fourth Bridge

  1. No Luck With Rabbits
  2. Begonia Seduction Scene
  3. The Long Silence
  4. It Will Rain for a Million Years

 

Jane Monheit: Never Never Land

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On May 9, 2000, “N-Coded” label released “Never Never Land”, the debut Jane Monheit album. It was recorded in January 2000, and was produced by Joel Dorn and Carl Griffin.

Personnel:

  • Jane Monheit– vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Kenny Barron– piano
  • Bucky Pizzarelli– guitar
  • Ron Carter– bass
  • Lewis Nash– drums
  • Hank Crawford– alto saxophone
  • David “Fathead” Newman– flute, tenor saxophone
  • David Berkman– arrangements
  • Peter Eldridge – arrangements
  • Tom Shick – engineer, mixing
  • Todd Parker – engineer assistant
  • Gene Paul – mixing, mastering
  • Carl Griffin – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Please Be Kind – Saul Chapin, Sammy Cahn
  2. Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter
  3. More Than You Know – Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu
  4. Dindi – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloisio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert
  5. Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
  6. Never Let Me Go – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
  7. My Foolish Heart – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  8. I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
  9. Twisted – Wardell Gray, Annie Ross
  10. Never Never Land – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne

Mark Turner Quintet: Yam Yam

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On May 2, 1995, “Criss Cross Jazz” label released “Yam Yam”, the debut Mark Turner Quintet album. It was recorded in December 1994, at “PRM Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Gerry Teekens.

Personnel:

  • Mark Turner– tenor saxophone
  • Larry Grenadier– double bass
  • Brad Mehldau– piano
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel– guitar
  • Jorge Rossy– drums
  • Seamus Blake – tenor saxophone
  • Terence Dean – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Turner except where notrd.

  1. Tune Number One
  2. Cubism – Kurt Rosenwinkel
  3. Yam Yam I
  4. Moment’s Notice – John Coltraness
  5. Isolation
  6. Subtle Tragedy – Brad Mehldau
  7. Zürich
  8. Blues
  9. Yam Yam II