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Paul Simon: So Beautiful Or So What

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On April 8, 2011, “Hear Music” label released “So Beautiful or So What”, the twelfth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at Paul Simon’s cottage in New Canaan, Connecticut, Paul Simon’s summer home in New York, and was produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic and electric twelve string-guitar, nylon string guitar, bells, glockenspiel, lyricist, percussion, whistle
  • Vincent Nguini – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Mick Rossi – piano
  • David Finck – bass
  • Jim Oblon – bass, electric and slide guitar, drums, percussion
  • Steve Shehan –bass, brushes, crotale, cymbals, djembe, glass harp, resonator, saz, stick and talking drum, angklung
  • Skip La Plante – gong, harp, wind chimes
  • Karaikudi R. Mani – ensemble percussion, vocal percussion
  • Nancy Zeltsman – marimba
  • Charles Pillow – clarinet
  • Mary Abt – clarinet
  • Michael White – clarinet
  • Sara Cutler – flute, harp
  • Elizabeth Mann – flute
  • Pamela Sklar – flute
  • Diane Lesser – horn
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Desiree Elsevier – viola
  • Vincent Lionti – viola
  • Richard Locker – cello
  • Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
  • Steve Gorn – bansuri
  • Yacouba Sissoko – kora
  • Etienne Stadwijk – celeste
  • Joshua Swift – dobro
  • Gabe Witcher – fiddle
  • Chris Bear – electronics
  • Edie Brickell – backing vocals
  • Doyle Lawson – backing vocals
  • Lulu Simon – backing vocals
  • Gil Goldstein – arrangements
  • Andy Smith – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design
  • Sven Geier – cover image
  • Mark Seliger – photography
  • Kevin Mazur – band photography
  • Elvis Costello – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Simon.

  1. Getting Ready for Christmas Day
  2. The Afterlife
  3. Dazzling Blue
  4. Rewrite
  5. Love and Hard Times
  6. Love Is Eternal Sacred Light
  7. Amulet
  8. Questions for the Angels
  9. Love & Blessings
  10. So Beautiful or So What

Paul Simon: Seven Psalms

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On May 19, 2023, “Owl Records” and “Legacy Recordings” label released “Seven Psalms”, the fifteenth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded 2022 -2023, at “Arlyn Studios”, “Power Station”, “Studios at Fischer”, “The Village Recorder” and “Reservoir Studios” in New York City, “The Voces 8 Centre” in London, “Sterling Sound”, and was produced by Kyle Crusham and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, baritone guitar, bells, gong, frame drum, talking drum, gamelan, ektare [gopichand], singing bowls, bass harmonica, glockenspiel, organ
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion, drum, bass drum, bells
  • Alex Sopp – flute
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Nina Stern – chalumeau 
  • Paul Morton – theorbo
  • Edie Brickell – vocals
  • Voces 8 – choir
  • Bob Sirota – arrangements
  • Kyle Crusham – engineer
  • Andy Smith – recording
  • David Hinnet – recording
  • Patrick Dillett – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design

Track listing:

All track by Paul Simon.

  1. The Lord
  2. Love Is Like a Braid
  3. My Professional Opinion
  4. Your Forgiveness
  5. Trail of Volcanoes
  6. The Sacred Harp
  7. Wait

Chris Botti: First Wish

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On February 28, 1995, “Verve Forecast Records” label released “First Wish”, the debut Chris Botti album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, “AGF Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chris Botti, Kevin Killen and Andy Snitzer.

Personnel:

  • Chris Botti – trumpet, keyboards, tambourine, acoustic piano, programming
  • Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, acoustic piano, Omnichord
  • Andy Snitzer – Rhodes, programming
  • Mitchell Froom – Wurlitzer electric piano, organ
  • Kevin Killen – Omnichord
  • Larry Saltzman – guitars
  • Shane Fontayne – guitars
  • Paul Livant – guitars
  • Marc Shulman – guitars
  • Dominic Kanza – guitars
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Jerry Marotta – drums
  • Joe Bonadio – percussion
  • Cyro Baptista – surdo, shaker
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Sandra Park – violin
  • Rebecca Young – violin
  • Morris Goldberg – African flutes
  • Edie Brickell – vocals
  • Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing
  • Andrew Page – additional recording
  • David Lau – art direction
  • Sheryl Lutz-Brown – art direction
  • Étsuko Iseki – design
  • Gary St. Clair – design
  • Brad Hitz – photography
  • Guy Eckstein – executive producer
  • Marc Silag – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Botti, except where noted.

  1. Worlds Outside
  2. On the Night Ride
  3. First Wish
  4. Like I Do Now – Chris Botti, Edie Brickell, Paul Joseph Moore
  5. Cubism
  6. Through Tin Hearts
  7. Longing
  8. Nerve Central
  9. Fade to Day
  10. A Few More Days, A Few More Weeks

The Gaddabouts: Look Out Now

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On April 16, 2012, “RacecarLOTTA Records” label released “Look Out Now!”, the second Gaddabouts (The) album. It was recorded April – July 2011, and was produced by Steve Gadd.

Personnel:

  • Edie Brickell– vocals, guitar
  • Steve Gadd– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Andy Fairweather Low– vocals, guitars, bass harmonica
  • Pino Palladino– vocals, bass, tres, guitars
  • Steve Gadd– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Larry Goldings– piano, keyboards, organ, accordion
  • Pedro Martínez – batá, bongos, congas, timbales, güiro, vocals
  • Axle Tosca – piano, vocals
  • Andrea Zahn – violin
  • Mike Mainieri– marimba, orchestra bells, vibraphone
  • Bob Mallory, Roy Hendrickson, Kirk Imamura, Tyler Hartman – ambient sounds, mumblings
  • Ingrid Ingrate, Greta Kline, Lulu, Bob Mallory, Pedro Martinez, Axle  Tosca, Andy Fairweather Low – vocals
  • Andy Smith – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Bob Mallory, David Rowland – second engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Amy Beth McNeely – art direction, design
  • Jennifer Delilah – cover painting
  • Mike Burns – instrument technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Edie Brickel.

  1. Meat on Your Bones
  2. Look Out Now
  3. Wicked William
  4. House on Fire
  5. I’m a Van
  6. River Rises
  7. The Horse’s Mouth
  8. Blessed Days
  9. Devil’s Story
  10. Down
  11. Free
  12. The Mountain
  13. Don’t Take All Day
  14. How I Love You
  15. Can You Feel It
  16. Younger Woman
  17. Corruption

Gaddabouts: Same

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On January 25, 2011, “RacecarLOTTA” label released the self-titled, debut Gaddabouts album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Steve Gadd.

Personnel:

  • Edie Brickell– vocals, guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Pino Palladino– bass, guitar
  • Steve Gadd– drums, percussion
  • Luisito Quintero – congas
  • Joey DeFrancesco– piano, organ, Rhodes piano, melodica, trumpet
  • Gil Goldstein– accordion, Hammond B3 organ
  • Ronnie Cuber– baritone saxophone
  • Marcus Rojas– tuba
  • Dan Block– clarinet
  • Phil Ramone – sequencing
  • Andy Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Christian Baker, Dan Bucchi, Mark Johnson, Craig Luchen, Claudius Mittendorfer, Neo Tanusakdi, Tyler van Dalen – second engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mike Burns – instruments technician
  • Amy Beth McNeely – CD design
  • Jennifer Delilah – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Edie Brickell.

  1. Never So Far Away
  2. Let It Slide
  3. Remind me
  4. My Heart
  5. They Say Everything
  6. Mad Dog
  7. Gonna Hold On
  8. Good Day
  9. Good for Me
  10. More Than Anybody
  11. Feelin’ Better

Eddie Brickell: Same

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On January 11, 2011, “RacecarLOTTA” label released the self – titled, third Edie Brickell album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Charlie Sexton.

Personnel:

  • Edie Brickell– vocals, guitar
  • Charlie Sexton – vocals, clavinet, double bass, 12 string acoustic guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, organ, piano, mellotron
  • Carter Albrecht– organ, piano, vocals, Wurlitzer
  • Dave Palmer– grand piano
  • David Boyle – chamberlin, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer, sampling
  • Dave Monsey – bass
  • J. Johnson– drums
  • Jim Oblon – drums, dumbek, drum programming
  • Kyle Crusham, Dave McNair, Brian Scheuble, Jared Tuten – engineer
  • Andy Smith, Kevin Porter – mixing
  • Amy Beth McNeely – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Edie Brickell except where noted.

  1. Give It Another Day
  2. Pill
  3. Been So Good
  4. Always
  5. 2 O’clock in the Morning
  6. On the Avenue
  7. Waiting for Me
  8. You Came Back
  9. It Takes Love
  10. Bad Way

Edie Brickell: Picture Perfect Morning

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On August 16, 1994, “Geffen” label released “Picture Perfect Morning”, the debut Edie Brickell solo album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by David Bromberg, Roy Halee, and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Edie Brickell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Bromberg – guitar ,slide guitar
  • Bill Dillon – guitar,electric guitar
  • Larry Campbell- guitar, pedal steel, violin
  • Nelson Gonzalez – guitar
  • John Leventhal – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Paul Simon- acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Brian Stoltz – guitar, electric guitar
  • Kenny Withrow – guitar, electric guitar
  • John- synthesizer, piano
  • Joel Diamond -organ
  • Art Neville- organ, keyboard
  • Michael Bearden -synthesizer
  • Leon Pendarvis – synthesizer
  • Jerry Douglas- dobro
  • Steve Riley -accordion
  • Dave Samuels -vibraphone
  • Butch Amiot -bass
  • Tony Hall – bass
  • Brad Houser- bass
  • Bakithi Khumalo – bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Richard Crooks -drums
  • Steve Gadd- drums
  • Willie Green – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson- percussion, conga
  • Mingo Araujo -percussion
  • Cyro Baptista- percussion
  • Skip LaPlante – percussion
  • Cyril Neville- percussion
  • Errol “Crusher” Bennett – percussion
  • Herb Besson -trombone
  • Michael Davis -trombone
  • Keith O’Quinn – trombone
  • James Pugh – trombone
  • Shari Feder – horn arrangements
  • Michael Brecker- ewi
  • John Bush -triangle
  • Phyllis Bethel -backing vocals
  • The Dixie Cups – backing vocals
  • Terry Manuel – background vocals
  • Madeleine Yayodele Nelson – backing vocals, chekere
  • Vivian Cherry – backing vocals
  • Victor Cook – backing vocals
  • Charles Elam III – backing vocals
  • Dennis King – backing vocals
  • Maurice Lauchner – backing vocals
  • Barry White- voices
  • David Bromberg, Malcolm Burn, Roy Halee, Andy Smith – engineer
  • Dave Wittman – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jimmy Corona, Marc Silag – session coordinator
  • Dolores Lusitana – project coordinator
  • Tom Zutaut – art direction
  • Michael Halsband, Vaughn Hazell, Kevin Mazur – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Edie Brickell.

  1. Tomorrow Comes
  2. Green
  3. When the Lights Go Down
  4. Good Times
  5. Another Woman’s Dream
  6. Stay Awhile
  7. Hard Times
  8. Olivia
  9. In the Bath
  10. Picture Perfect Morning
  11. Lost in the Moment