On September 24, 2022, Farrell Sanders aka Pharoah Sanders died aged 81, He was musician (tenor saxophone), played a important role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane’s groups in the mid-1960s, and later through his solo work. He recorded and performed with Leon Thomas, Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry, Kenny Garrett, Norman Connors, Tisziji Munoz, McCoy Tyner, Randy Weston, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Michael Mantler, Fary Bartz, Larry Young, Ed Kelly, Hilton Ruiz, Idris Muhammad, Benny Golson, Art Davis, Sonny Sharrock, New York Unite, Franklin Kiermyer, Bheki Mseleku, Jah Wobble, Wallace Roney, Terry Callier, Alex Blake, Kahil El’Zabar, David Murray, Will Clhoun and Joey DeFrancesco. As leader Sanders released 37 albums.
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Ornette Coleman: In All Languages
In February 1987,” Caravan of Dreams” label released “In All Languages”, the 51st Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in 1986, and was produced by Denardo Coleman.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto and tenor saxophone, trumpet
- Charlie Ellerbee – electric guitar
- Bernie Nix – electric guitar
- Don Cherry – trumpet
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
- Al MacDowell – bass guitar
- Charlie Haden – double bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
- Denardo Coleman – drums
- Calvin Weston – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- Peace Warriors
- Feet Music
- Africa is the Mirror of All Colors
- Word for Bird
- Space Church (Continuous Service)
- Latin Genetics
- In All Languages
- Sound Manual
- Mothers of the Veil
- Cloning
- Music News
- Mothers of the Veil
- The Art of Love Is Happiness
- Latin Genetics
- Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow
- Listen Up
- Feet Music
- Space Church (Continuous Service)
- Cloning
- In All Languages
- Biosphere
- Story Tellers
- Peace Warriors
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come
In November 1959, “Atlantic” label released “The Shape of Jazz to Come”, the third Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in May 1959, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. In 2012, the “Library of Congress” added the album to the “National Recording Registry”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” included the album in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2015, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
- Don Cherry – cornet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- Lonely Woman
- Eventually
- Peace
- Focus on Sanity
- Congeniality
- Chronology
Ornette Coleman: The Art of the Improvisers
On November 2, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “The Art of the Improvisers”, the ninth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded May – October 1959, July 1960, January – March 1961, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman — alto and tenor saxophone
- Don Cherry — pocket trumpet; cornet
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Scott LaFaro — bass
- Jimmy Garrison — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Ed Blackwell — drums
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- The Circle with a Hole in the Middle
- Just for You
- The Fifth of Beethoven
- The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro
- Moon Inhabitants
- The Legends of Bebop
- Harlem’s Manhattan
Jan Garbarek: Rites
On October 5, 1998, “ECM” label released “Rites”, the 30th Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded in March 1998, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and in Tbilisi, Georgia, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizers, sampler, percussion
- Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, keyboards
- Eberhard Weber – bass
- Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
- Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Jansug Kakhidze
- Bugge Wesseltoft – synthesizer, accordion
- Sølvguttene Choir – conducted by Torstein Grythe
Track listing:
All tracks by Jan Garbarek except where noted.
- Rites
- Where the Rivers Meet
- Vast Plain, Clouds
- So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water
- Song, Tread Lightly
- It’s OK to Listen to the Gray Voice
- Her Wild Ways
- It’s High Time
- One Ying for Every Yang
- Pan
- We Are the Stars
- The Moon Over Mtatsminda – Jansug Kakhidze
- Malinye – Don Cherry
- The White Clown
- Evenly They Danced
- Last Rite
Ornette Coleman: Twins
On October 4, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Twins”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded 1959 – 1961, assembled without Coleman’s input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 1961 for “The Shape of Jazz to Come”, “This Is Our Music”, “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, and “Ornette!”. Sessions for “Monk and the Nun” took place at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, for “First Take” at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and all others at “Atlantic Studios” in Manhattan. The album was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
- Don Cherry – pocket trumpet; cornet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Scott LaFaro – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
- Ed Blackwell – drums
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- First Take
- Little Symphony
- Monk and the Nun
- Check Up
- Joy of a Toy
Manu Dibango
On March 24, 2020, Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango aka Manu Dibango died aged 86. He was musician (saxophone and vibraphone), developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. He was a member of the seminal Congolese rumba group, African Jazz, and has collaborated with many musicians, including Fania All Stars, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, King Sunny Adé, Don Cherry, and Sly and Robbie. He was best known for his 1972 single “Soul Makossa”.
Lou Reed: The Bells
In April 1979, “Arista” label released “The Bells”, the ninth Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Delta Studios” in Wilster, Germany, and was produced by Lou Reed.
Personnel:
- Lou Reed – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, bass synthesizer
- Ellard “Moose” Boles – 12-string electric guitar, bass, bass synthesizer, backing vocals
- Don Cherry- African hunting guitar, trumpet
- Marty Fogel – ocarina, soprano and tenor saxophones, Fender Rhodes
- Michael Fonfara- electric and Fender Rhodes pianos, keyboards, Oberheim synthesizer, backing vocals, executive producer
- Michael Suchorsky – percussion
- Lou Reed, Marty Fogel, Don Cherry – horn arrangements
- René Tinner – engineer
- Manfred Schunke – mixing
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Donn Davenport, Howard Fritzson – design, art direction
- Garry Gross – photography
Track listing:
- Stupid Man – Lou Reed, Nils Lofgren
- Disco Mystic – Lou Reed, Ellard Boles, Marty Fogel, Michael Fonfara, Michael Suchorsky
- I Want to Boogie with You – Lou Reed, Michael Fonfara
- With You – Lou Reed, Nils Lofgren
- Looking for Love – Lou Reed
- City Lights – Lou Reed, Nils Lofgren
- All Through the Night – Lou Reed, Don Cherry
- Families – Lou Reed, Ellard, Boles
- The Bells – Lou Reed, Marty Fogel
Paul Bley
On January 3, 2016, Hyman Paul Bley died aged 83. He was musician (piano) and composer, one of the most important figures of the free jazz movement of the 60s and for his innovations and influence on trio playing. He has recorded and performed with many famous musicians, including: Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Al Levitt, Dave Pike, Charlie Haden, Lennie McBrowne, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Steve Swallow, Pete LaRoca, Dewey Johnson, Marshall Allen, Eddie Gómez, Milford Graves, Kent Carter, Barry Altschul, Mark Levinson, Paul Motian, Billy Elgart, John Gilmore, Annette Peacock, Dick Youngstein, Glen Moore, Frank Tusa, Steve Hass, Bobby Moses, Han Bennink, Dave Holland, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Bruce Ditmas, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Connors, Lee Konitz, George Cross McDonald, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Jesper Lundgaard, Aage Tanggaard, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Ron McClure, John Abercrombie, Red Mitchell, Michal Urbaniak, Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland, Hans Koch, Franz Koglmann, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Tony Oxley, Jane Bunnett, Herbie Spanier, Geordie McDonald, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Furio Di Castri, David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas, Sonny Greenwich, Rich Perry, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis, Masahiko Togashi, Jakob Bro, Don Ellis, Sonny Rollins and Andreas Willers.
Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Laughter
On November 28, 1980, “Stiff” label released “Laughter”, the third Ian Dury & The Blockheads album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson, Johnny Turnbull, Mick Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy, Charley Charles and Davey Payne.
Personnel:
- Ian Dury- vocals
- Wilko Johnson- guitars, backing vocals
- Johnny Turnbull- guitars, backing vocals
- Mick Gallagher- keyboards, synthesisers
- Norman Watt-Roy- bass
- Charley Charles – drums
- Davey Payne- saxophones, harmonica, flute
- Don Cherry- pocket trumpet
- Will Gaines – tap dance
- Ray Cooper– percussion
- Ivor Raymonde– strings
- Ian Horne – engineer, mixing
- Rick Wernham – engineer assistant
- Ray Gregory, Brain Love – design
- Chris Killip– photography
Track listing:
- Superman’s Big Sister – Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson
- Pardon – Ian Dury, Norman Watt-Roy
- Delusions of Grandeu – Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher
- Yes and No (Paula) – Ian Dury, Davey Payne
- Dance of the Crackpots – Ian Dury, Johnny Turnbull
- Over The Points – Ian Dury, Johnny Turnbull
- (Take Your Elbow Out of the Soup) You’re Sitting On The Chicken – Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher
- Uncoolohol – Ian Dury, Charley Charles
- Hey, Hey, Take Me Away – Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher
- Manic Depression (Jimi) – Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher
- Oh Mr. Peanut – Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson
- Fucking Ada – Ian Dury, Johnny Turnbull
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