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Hiromasa Suzuki: High-Flying

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In August 1976, “Columbia” label released “High-Flying”, the eight Hiromasa Suzuki album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Jiro Inagaki.

Personnel:

  • Hiromasa Suzuki – piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Kayoko Ishu – vocals
  • Fujimaru Yoshino, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Masayoshi Takanaka – electric guitar
  • Jun Fukamachi – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Akira Okazawa, Kenji Takamizu – electric basswdrievr
  • Scramble
  • Betw
  • Shuichi Murakami – drums
  • Larry Sunaga – percussion
  • Jiro Inagaki – soprano and tenor saxophone, flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Hiromasa Suzuki.

  1. High-Flying
  2. Screwdriver
  3. Scramble
  4. Between O&M
  5. Smash
  6. Straight Flash
  7. Out of Focus

The Crusaders: Chain Reaction

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In August 1975, “ABC / Blue Thumb” label released “Chain Reaction”, the eight Crusaders (The) album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Stewart Levine, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper and Wayne Henderson.

Personnel:

  • Joe Sample – keyboards, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, synthesizers
  • Larry Carlton – guitars
  • Wayne Henderson – trombone, brass
  • Wilton Felder – bass, saxophones
  • Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
  • Rik Pekkonen – engineer
  • The Mastering Lab – mastering
  • Ed Scarisbrick – illustration
  • Ron Slenzak – photography

Track listing:

  1. Creole – Wilton Felder
  2. Chain Reaction – Joe Sample
  3. I Felt the Love – Stix Hooper
  4. Mellow Out – Larry Carlton
  5. Rainbow Visions – Wayne Henderson
  6. Hallucinate – Joe Sample
  7. Give It Up – Joe Sample
  8. Hot’s It – Joe Sample
  9. Sugar Cane – Wayne Henderson
  10. Soul Caravan – Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder

Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley Quintet

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In August 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Hank Mobley Quintet”, the eight Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in March 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ralph Eck – mastering
  • Harold Feinstein – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley

  1. Funk in Deep Freeze
  2. Wham and They’re Off
  3. Fin de l’affaire
  4. Startin’ from Scratch
  5. Stella-Wise
  6. Base on Balls

Dorothy Ashby: African Harping

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In July 1968, “Cadet” label released “Afro-Harping”, the eight Dorothy Ashby album. It was recorded in February 1968, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Unidentified orchestra 
  • Richard Evans – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Soul Vibrations – Richard Evans
  2. Games – Dorothy Ashby
  3. Action Line – Dorothy Ashby
  4. Lonely Girl – Redd Evans, Neal Hefti, Jay Livingston
  5. Life Has Its Trials – Dorothy Ashby
  6. Afro-Harping – Dorothy Ashby, Phil Upchurch
  7. Little Sunflower – Freddie Hubbard
  8. Valley of the Dolls – André Previn, Dory Previn
  9. Come Live with Me – Russ Carlyle, Mike Caranda, Ivan Washabaugh
  10. The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David

Jimmy Giuffrie: Western Suite

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In July 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Western Suite”, the eight Jimmy Giuffre album. It was recorded in December 1958, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, “Lenox” in MA, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Giuffre except where noted.

  1. Western Suite
  2. First Movement: Pony Express
  3. Second Movement: Apaches
  4. Third Movement: Saturday Night Dance
  5. Fourth Movement: Big Pow Wow
  6. Topsy – Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham
  7. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk

Moor Mother: Jazz Codes

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On July 1, 2022, “ANTI” label released “Jazz Codes”, the eight Moor Mother album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Moor Mother and Olof Melander.

Personnel:

  • Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) – vocal, executive producer
  • Jason Moran – piano
  • Alya Al-Sultani – vocal
  • Wolf Weston – vocal
  • Elaine Mitchener – vocal
  • Tcheser Holmes – vocal
  • Ajai Solo – rap
  • Fatboi Sharif – rap
  • Yung Morpheus – rap
  • Ken Neuringer – saxophone
  • Aquiles Navarro – trumpet
  • Melanie Charles – flute
  • Nicole Mitchell – flute
  • Kyle Kidd
  • Orion Sun
  • Irreversible Entanglements
  • Honeychile
  • Loijj
  • Thomas Stanley
  • Justmadnice
  • Mary Lattimore – harp
  • Joe Baldacci, Willie Green – mixing
  • Alex Nagel – mastering
  • Anthony Molden – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa).

  1. Umzansi
  2. April 7th
  3. Golden Lady
  4. Joe McPhee Nation Time Intro
  5. Ode to Mary
  6. Woody Shaw
  7. Meditation Rag
  8. So Sweet Amina
  9. Dust Together
  10. Rap Jasm
  11. Blues Away
  12. Blame
  13. Arms Save
  14. Real Trill House
  15. Evening
  16. Barely Woke
  17. Noise Jism
  18. Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes Outro
  19. Black Honey
  20. We Got the Jazz
  21. Black Dust Blues

José Feliciano: Feliciano

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In June 1968, “RCA Victor” label released “Feliciano!”, the eight José Feliciano album. It was recorded November 1967 – January 1968, at “RCA Music Venter of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Jarrard.

Personnel:

  • José Feliciano – vocals, classical guitar, arrangements
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Milt Holland – percussion, drums
  • Jim Horn – flute, recorder
  • Uncredited – organ 
  • George Tipton – orchestration, strings and woodwind arrangements
  • Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
  • Dick Bogert – recording
  • George Bartell – illustration

Track listing:

  1. California Dreamin’ – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
  2. Light My Fire – Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
  3. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry Marsden
  4. In My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. Nena Na Na – Jorge Ben
  7. Always Something There to Remind Me – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  8. Just a Little Bit of Rain – Fred Neil
  9. Sunny – Bobby Hebb
  10. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  11. The Last Thing on My Mind – Tom Paxton

Natural Information Society Community Ensemble: Since Time Is Gravity

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On April 14, 2023, “Eremite” label released “Since Time Is Gravity”, the eight Natural Information Society Community Ensemble album. It was recorded in May, 2021, at the “Graham Foundation” in Chicago, and in August, 2021, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, and was produced by Joshua Abrams and Michael Ehlers.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Abrams – double bass, guimbri
  • Nick Mazzarella – alto saxophone
  • Mai Sugimoto – alto saxophone, flute
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone
  • Jason Stein – bass clarinet
  • Josh Berman – cornet
  • Ben Lamar Gay – cornet
  • Lisa Alvarado – harmonium
  • Kara Bershad – harp
  • Mikel Patrick Avery – drums
  • Hamid Drake – conga, tabla, tar

Track listing:

  1. Moontide Chorus
  2. Is
  3. Murmuration
  4. Wane
  5. Stigmergy
  6. Immemorial
  7. Wax
  8. Gravity

Beardfish: +4626 – Comfortzone

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On January 12, 2015, “Inside Out Music” label released “+4626 – Comfortzone”, the eight Beardfish album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Rikard Sjöblom, David Zackrisson, Robert Hanse and Magnus Östgren.

Personnel:

  • Rikard Sjöblom – lead vocals, keyboards, arrangements
  • David Zackrisson – guitar, arrangements
  • Robert Hanse – bass, arrangements
  • Magnus Östgren – drums, arrangements
  • Jörg Peters – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Rikard Sjoblom.

  1. The One Inside: Part 1 (Noise In The Background)
  2. Hold On
  3. Comfort Zone
  4. Can You See Me Now?
  5. King
  6. The One Inside: Part 2 (My Companion Through Life)
  7. Daughter / Whore
  8. If We Must Be Apart (A Love Story Continued)
  9. Ode To The Rock ‘N’ Roller
  10. The One Inside: Part 3 (Relief)
  11. The One Inside: Part 1 (Noise In The Background)
  12. Hold On
  13. Comfort Zone

Wynton Kelly: Comin’ In The Back Door

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In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Comin’ in the Back Door”, the eight Wynton Kelly album. It was recorded in November 1963, in New York City, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Claus Ogerman – string arrangement, conductor
  • Unknown musicians – cornet, clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Unknown musician – vibes
  • Unknown musician – percussion
  • Unknown musicians – trumpet, trombone, saxophones, conga, timpany, bell
  • Bob Simpson, Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Val Valentin – director of engineering

Track listing:

  1. If That’s the Way You Want It – Gloria Shayne
  2. Comin’ in the Back Door – Scott Turner
  3. Don’t Wait Too Long – Sunny Skylar
  4. Nocturne – Claus Ogerman
  5. The Bitter End – Claus Ogerman
  6. Theme from “Burke’s Law – Herschel Burke Gilbert
  7. Quiet Village – Les Baxter
  8. Caesar and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
  9. Signing Off – Leonard Feather
  10. Little Tracy – Wynton Kelly
  11. To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein