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Jesse Cook: Vertigo

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On June 16, 1998, “Narada” label released “Vertigo”, the third Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, pandeiro, djembe, udu, chimes, handclaps, programming, arrangements, engineer
  • Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. – vocals, accordion
  • Holly Cole – vocals
  • Miguel De La Bastide – guitar
  • Bill Katsioutas – guitar
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk
  • George Koller – esraj, violin
  • Art Avalos – tambourine, djembe, chimes, snare, tom tom, guiro, traiangle, shaker, timbales, cowbell 
  • Ofra Harnoy – cello
  • Blake Manning – drums, timbales
  • Mario Melo – congas, udu, shaker, djembe, surdo, repinique, cabasa, percussion arrangements
  • Carmen Romero – handclaps
  • Arturo Avalos – Caja Vallenata
  • Pacy Shulman – engineer assistant
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Hugh Hartshorne – photography
  • Kathleen Shea – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. That’s Right!
  2. Byzantium Underground
  3. Canción Triste
  4. Rattle and Burn
  5. Red
  6. Breathing Below Surface
  7. Avocado
  8. Allegretto
  9. Vertigo
  10. Fragile (Holly Cole) – Sting

Contains the hidden track “Wednesday Night At Etric’s”

David Sylvian: Dead Bees On A Cake

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On March 29, 1999, “Virgin” label released “Dead Bees on a Cake”, the fifth David Sylvian studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Right Track Studios” in New York, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, “Sound House Studio” in  Seattle, “Atma Sound” in Minneapolis, “Seedy Underbelly” in Minneapolis, “Synergy Studio” in Napa, California, and was produced by David Sylvian.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples, string arrangements, art director, additional engineering, mixing
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fender Rhodes, orchestrations and string arrangements, brass arrangements, sampled guitar and bansuri, insects
  • Tommy Barbarella – Fender Rhodes
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Bill Frisell – dobro, acoustic guitar
  • Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
  • Lawrence Feldman – flute
  • Deepak Ram – bansuri
  • John Giblin – bass
  • Chris Minh Doky – double bass
  • Steve Jansen – percussion, loops, cymbals
  • Ged Lynch – original drum track, drums
  • Skoota Warner – original drum track, drums
  • Talvin Singh – tabla and percussion
  • Steve Tibbetts – gong
  • Ingrid Chavez – vocals
  • Shree Maa – vocals
  • Dave Kent – engineer, mixing, studio maintenance
  • Jacquie Turner – engineer assistant
  • Matt Curry – engineer assistant
  • Scott Crane – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Yuka Fujii – art director, artwork co-ordinator
  • Shinya Fujiwara – drawings
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Ingrid Chavez – inlay portrait
  • Russell Mills – design (shed)
  • Michael Webster – design assistance (storm)

Track listing:

All tracks by David Sylvian, except as noted.

  1. I Surrender
  2. Dobro #1 – David Sylvian, Bill Frisell
  3. Midnight Sun – David Sylvian, Johnny Moore, Charles Brown, Eddie Williams
  4. Thalheim
  5. God Man
  6. Alphabet Angel
  7. Krishna Blue
  8. The Shining of Things
  9. Café Europa
  10. Pollen Path
  11. All of My Mother’s Names (Summers with Amma)
  12. Wanderlust
  13. Praise (Pratah Smarami) – Shree Maa, David Sylvian
  14. Darkest Dreaming – David Sylvian, Djivan Gasparyan

Jesse Cook: Free Fall

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On September 26, 2000, “Narada” label released “Free Fall”, the fourth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Pizazzudio”, “Musickkloftet”, “National Arts Centre” and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, handclaps, goblet drum, surdo, congas, drum programming, handclaps, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Laliberté – guitar
  • Danny Wilde – vocals
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Peter Cardinali – bass
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Samba Squad – percussion
  • Mario Melo – surdo, repinique, congas, rattle, arrangements
  • Art Avalos – timbales, cowbell, triangle, djembe, goblet drum, shaker, congas, surdo
  • Ron Allen – bansuri
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk, ney
  • Rick Shadrach Lazar – goblet drum, tambourine, shaker, finger cymbals, percussion
  • Steven Greenman – violin
  • Kathleen Kajioka – viola
  • George Gao – fiddle
  • Nancy Cardwell – handclaps
  • Pacy Shulman, Vidar Lunden, Michel Lardie – engineer
  • Richard Denhart – mixing, executive producer
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Connie Gage – design
  • Julio Moya – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Switchback
  2. Air
  3. Virtue
  4. Free Fall
  5. Paloma
  6. Incantation
  7. All That Remains
  8. On Walks the Night
  9. Querido Amigo
  10. Viva
  11. Fall At Your Feet – Neil Finn