On December 17, 2024, Alfa Anderson died aged 78. She was singer and educator, founding member (together with her husband Eruliel Barfield) of the band “Voices of Shalom”, but was best known as the lead singer of the band Chic. She recorded with many famous musicians, among them with Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, The B-52’s, Jaheim, Roberta Flack, The Roches, Marvin Sease, Odyssey, Doc Powell, Martha Wash, Debbie Gibson, Jennifer Holliday, Ashford and Simpson, Nat Adderley, Roy Buchanan and Dionne Warwick. In 2014, Anderson received the “Global Entertainment Media Arts (G.E.M.A.) Foundation’s Golden Mic Award”, and Citation from the City of Philadelphia for her contributions to music “Le Freak” (song by Chis) featuring Anderson on the lead vocals, was inducted into the 2015 “Grammy Hall of Fame”. In 2018, the song was added to the “National Recording Registry” by the “Library of Congress”. In 2018, Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. of Augusta, Georgia gave Anderson the Keys to the City and declared May 5 as “Alfa Anderson Day”.
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: La Panthère Des Neiges
On December 17, 2021, “Lakeshore Records” label released “La Panthère Des Neiges”, album by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Luis Almau, Nick cave and Warren Ellis.
Personnel:
- Nick Cave – led and backing vocals, piano, vibraphone, bass, mixing
- Warren Ellis – tenor guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, flute, synthesizer, piano, timpani, glockenspiel, celesta, bagpipes, Hurdy Gurdy, loops, backing vocals, mixing
- Alessandro Ruisi, Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
- Luba Tunnicliffe – viola
- Max Ruisi – cello
- Luis Almau – recording, mixing
- Ben Jones, Colin McIlhagga – recording assistant
- James Trevascus – mastering
- Chris Reeder – cover art
- Vincent Munier – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
- L’Attaque Des Loups
- Les Cerfs
- Antilope
- La Bête
- Les Yaks
- Des Affûts Elliptiques
- Les Nomades
- La Grotte
- Les Princes
- La Neige Tombe
- Les Ours
- Un Être Vous Observe
- L’ Apparition / We Are Not Alone
Noir Désir: 666.667 Club
On December 17, 1996, “Barclay” label released “666.667 Club”, the fifth Noir Désir studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by Ted Niceley, Bertrand Cantat, Serge Teyssot-Gay, Jean-Paul Roy and Denis Barthe. French edition of “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “666.667 Club” at number 12 on its list of the “Greatest 100 French Albums of all Time”. The album was certified 2 x Platium in France by “SNEP”.
Personnel:
- Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion
- Serge Teyssot-Gay – guitars, organ
- Jean-Paul Roy – bass
- Denis Barthe – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Frédéric Vidalenc – bass
- Akosh Szelevényi – saxophone, kalimba, oboe, bass clarinet, Tibetan bells
- Lajkó Félix – violin
- Alain Perrier, Les Elèves De L’Ecole Nationale De Musique Et De Danse Des Landes, Patrice Labèque, Thierry Duvigneau – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Bertrand Cantat, Serge Teyssot-Gay, Jean-Paul Roy and Denis Barthe, except where noted.
- 666.667 Club
- Fin de siècle
- Un jour en France
- À ton étoile
- Ernestine
- Comme elle vient
- Prayer for a Wanker
- Les persiennes
- L’homme pressé
- Lazy
- A la longue
- Septembre, en attendant – lyrics by Bertrand Cantat, music by Frédéric Vidalenc
- Song for JLP (bonus track, not listed in album cover)
Stanley Cowell
On December 17, 2020, Stanley Cowell died aged 79. He was musician (piano), co-founder of the “Strata-East Records” label, and professor at the “Music Department of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers”, the “State University of New Jersey”. He recorded with many famous jazz musicians including Gary Bartz, Larry Coryell, Richard Davis, Sonny Fortune, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Heath, The Heath Brothers, Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Bobby Hutcherson, J. J. Johnson, Clifford Jordan, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Owens, Art Pepper, Buddy Terry, Charles Sullivan, Charles Toliver, Roland Kirk, Marion Brown, Harold Land, and Max Roach. As leader Cowell released 34 albums.
Big Joe Williams
On December 17, 1982, Joseph Lee “Big Joe” Williams died aged 79. He was musician (guitar), singer, and songwriter, best known for his distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. His songs “Baby Please Don’t Go”, “Crawlin’ King Snake” and “Peach Orchard Mama”, were covered by many artists. In October 1992, Williams was inducted into the “Blues Hall of Fame”. As a leader he released sixteen studio and one live album.
Bijelo Dugme: Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
On December 17, 1975, “Jugoton” label released “Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu” , the second Bijelo Dugme studio album. It was recorded in November 1975, at “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Neil Harrison. The album was certified 2 x Diamond in Yugoslavia.
Personnel:
- Goran Bregović- guitar, harmonica
- Željko Bebek- vocals, bass guitar
- Vlado Pravdić- organ, synthesizer, electric piano, piano
- Zoran Redžić- bass guitar
- Ipe Ivandić- drums
- Peter Henderson – engineer
- Chris Blair – mastering
- Dragan S. Stefanović – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Goran Bregović, except where noted.
- Tako ti je, mala moja, kad ljubi Bosanac
- Hop-cup
- Došao sam da ti kažem da odlazim
- Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više
- Požurite, konji moj
- Bekrija si cijelo selo viče, e pa jesam, šta se koga tiče
- Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu – Trifunović, Goran Bregović
Captain Beefheart
On December 17, 2010, Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died aged 69. He was singer, songwriter, musician (harmonica, saxophone, wind instruments) and producer, best known as a leader and frontman of the ensemble called “Magic Band”. Don Van Vliet was friend and collaborator with Frank Zappa. His 1969 album “Trout Mask Replica”, was ranked 58th in the “Rolling Stone” magazine’s 2003 list of the “500 greatest albums of all time”. Captain Beefheart was regarded as “one of modern music’s true innovators”.
Grover Washington
On December 17, 1999, Grover Washington, Jr. died aged 56. He was musician (saxophone), composer and arranger, considered to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. Some of his most popular works feature his own compositions and covers of “Mister Magic”, “Take Five”, “Soulful Strut”, “Reed Seed”, “Black Frost”, “Winelight”, “Inner City Blues” and “The Best is Yet to Come”. In his career he has performed and recorded with many famous musicians, including Kathleen Battle, Kenny Burrell, Hank Crawford, Charles Earland, Dexter Gordon, Urbie Green, Eddie Henderson, Masaru Imada, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Idris Muhammad, Gerry Mulligan, Don Sebesky, Johnny “Hammond” Smith, Melvin Sparks, Leon Spencer, Mal Waldron, Randy Weston, Bill Withers and Patti LaBelle.
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