Tag Archives: eight album

Lennie Tristano: Same

Leave a comment

In February 1956, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, eight Lennie Tristano album. It was recorded 1954 – 1955, at Tristano’s home studio in New York, “The Sing-Song Room”, Confucius Restaurant in New York. The “Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings” included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Personnel:

  • Lennie Tristano – piano
  • Peter Ind – bass
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Jeff Morton – drums
  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Jay Maisel – artwork
  • Barry Ulanov – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Lennie Tristano, except where noted.

  1. Line Up
  2. Requiem
  3. Turkish Mambo
  4. East Thirty-Second
  5. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
  6. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  7. If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
  8. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
  9. All the Things You Are – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

Ambrose Akinmusire: Owl Song

Leave a comment

On December 15, 2023, “Nonesuch” label released “Owl Song”, the eight Ambrose Akinmusire album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Ambrose Akinmusire.

Personnel:

  • Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet
  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Herlin Riley – drums
  • Adam Muñoz – engineer
  •  David Darlington – mixing, mastering
  • John Gall – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ambrose Akinmusire.

  1. Owl Song 1
  2. Weighted Corners
  3. Flux Fuelings
  4. Owl Song 2
  5. Grace
  6. Mr. Frisell
  7. Mr. Riley
  8. Henya

Jack McDuff: Screamin’

Leave a comment

In December 1962, “Prestige” label released “Screamin’”, the eight Jack McDuff album.It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Jack McDuff – organ
  • Leo Wright – alto saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by Jack McDuff, except where noted.

  1. He’s a Real Gone Guy – Nellie Lutcher
  2. Soulful Drums – Jack McDuff, Joe Dukes
  3. After Hours – Avery Parrish
  4. Screamin’
  5. I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  6. One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie

David Arkenstone: Return Of The Guardians

Leave a comment

On October 22, 1996, “Narada” label released “Return of the Guardians”, the eight David Arkenstone album. It was recorded in August 1996, and was produced by Danny Chase and David Arkenstone.

Personnel:

  • David Arkenstone – acoustic and electric  guitars, piano, keyboards, flutes, Turkish saz, mandolin, bouzouki, cittern, harp, sound design
  • Dash Arkenstone, David Evans – additional guitars
  • Diane Arkenstone – synthesizers
  • Wayne Lothian – bass
  • Carlos del Puerto Llera – bass
  • Danny Chase – drums, percussion, additional engineering, sound design
  • Val Arkenstone – drums
  • John Klemmer – soprano sax
  • Jay Leslie – flute
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Abdou M’boup – bugarabu, shakere, tama, sabar ‘ndeer, bongo
  • Church of Scientology Choir – Marcia Powell, director; Carol Worthey, vocal arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Border Journey
  2. Trail of Tears – David Arkenstone, Dan Chase
  3. Chosen Voices
  4. Winds of Change
  5. The Forgotten Lands
  6. Two Hearts
  7. City in the Clouds
  8. Mask
  9. Water of Life
  10. Out of Darkness
  11. Transformation
  12. Reunion

The Bad Plus: For All I Care

Leave a comment

On October 20, 2008, “EmArcy” label released “For All I Care”, the eight Bad Plus (The) album. It was recorded in April 2008, at “Pachyderm” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, US, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano, bells
  • Reid Anderson – bass, vocals
  • David King – drums, vocals
  • Wendy Lewis – vocals
  • Brent Sigmeth – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing

Track listing:

  1. Lithium – Kurt Cobain
  2. Comfortably Numb – David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  3. Fém (Etude No. 8) – György Ligeti
  4. Radio Cure – Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy
  5. Long Distance Runaround – Jon Anderson
  6. Semi-Simple Variations – Milton Babbitt
  7. How Deep Is Your Love – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
  8. Barracuda – Ann Wilson, Michael DeRosier, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher
  9. Lock, Stock and Teardrops – Roger Miller
  10. Variation d’Apollon – Igor Stravinsky
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate – Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
  12. Semi-Simple Variations (alternate version) – Milton Babbitt

Paul Weller: As Is Now

Leave a comment

On October 11, 2005, “Yep Roc” label released “As Is Now”, the eight Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in March 2005, at “Wheeler End Studios” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Jan “Stan” Kubert and Paul Weller.

Personnel:

  • Paul Weller – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Steve Cradock – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Damon Minchella – bass
  • Steve White – drums
  • Benjamin Herman – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Jacko Paake – soprano and tenor saxophone 
  • Jan Van Duikeren – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Arlia De Ruiter, Pauline Terlouw – violin
  • Mieke Honingh – viola
  • Bastiaan Van Der Werf – cello
  • Williem Friede – strings arrangements
  • Simon Halfon – design
  • Joeri Saal – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Lawrence Watson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Weller.

  1. Blink and You’ll Miss It
  2. Paper Smile
  3. Come On / Let’s Go
  4. Here’s the Good News
  5. The Start of Forever
  6. Pan
  7. All on a Misty Morning
  8. From the Floorboards Up
  9. I Wanna Make It Alright
  10. Savages
  11. Fly Little Bird
  12. Roll Along Summer
  13. Bring Back the Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
  14. The Pebble and the Boy

Jesse Cook: The Rumba Foundation

Leave a comment

On September 29, 2009, “EMI Music Canada” label released “The Rumba Foundation”, the eight Jesse Cook album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Coach House Music”, “Phase One Studio” in Toronto, Canada, Estudios Avila Musical” in Colombia, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, arrangements, recording
  • Jeremy Fisher – vocals
  • Juan Alberto Fernandez – voice
  • Dennis Mohammed – bass
  • Drew Birston – double bass
  • Juan De Sedas – accordion
  • Gabriel Torregrosa – gaita, pito, percussion
  • Fredys Arrieta – gaita
  • Manuel Antonio Garcia- gaita
  • Rosendo Leon JR – drums, percussion
  • Rosendo Leon SR – bongos
  • Chri Church – violin
  • Jonathan Tortolano, Kevin Fox – cello
  • George Seara – recording
  • Ernesto Santos – additional recording
  • Jay Dufour – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Marc Eijkelenbroom – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • George Seara – mixing
  • Steve Genewick – mixing assistant
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Terry Lau – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Bogota by Bus
  2. Santa Marta
  3. Tuesday’s Child
  4. Manolo’s Lament – Juan Alberto Fernandez
  5. Improv 1
  6. La Rumba D’el Jete
  7. Improv 2
  8. Gaita
  9. Rain Day
  10. Bombay Diner
  11. Afternoon At Satie’s
  12. Cecilia – Paul Simon
  13. Homebound – Chris Church, Jesse Cook

Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension

Leave a comment

On September 25, 2020, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “The Ascension”, the eighth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, drums and percussion, tempest, electric guitar, Prophet ’08, Prophet 6, Prophet X, piano, recorders, performance, recording, engineer, arrangements, mixing, original art, layout, design, typography
  • Bryce Dessner – electric guitar
  • Casey Foubert – bass guitar, vibraphone, electric guitar, lead electric guitar, recording, engineer
  • James McAlister – additional drums, percussion, vocal cut-up effects, recording, engineer
  • Emil Nikolaisen – black magic; engineer
  • TW Walsh – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens.

  1. Make Me an Offer I Cannot Refuse
  2. Run Away with Me
  3. Video Game
  4. Lamentations
  5. Tell Me You Love Me
  6. Die Happy
  7. Ativan
  8. Ursa Major
  9. Landslide
  10. Gilgamesh
  11. Death Star
  12. Goodbye to All That
  13. Sugar
  14. The Ascension
  15. America

Mickey Hart: Planet Drum

Leave a comment

On September 24, 1991, “Rykodisc” label released “Planet Drum”, the eight Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, balafon, bombo, bones, bass drum, snare, tambourine, triangle, body percussion, goblet drum, whistle, nose flute
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion, talking drum, cow bell, bells, djembe, dunun
  • Molonga Casquelord – vocals
  • Frank Colón – shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – bata, shekere, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla, percussion, madal, dunun, shaker, bells, udu, balafon, bass drum, dholak, tarang, conch shell
  • Bruce Langhorne – vocals, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, voice, tambourine, berimbau, chimes, percussion, conch, whistle, handclaps, caxixi, rattle, cymbal, shaker, wood block, tom tom, rainstick, Earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body shaker, conch, gong
  • Caryl Ohrbach – shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals, shaker, bells, congas, djembe, handclaps, body percussion, ashiko
  • Flora Purim – vocals, voice, wind chimes, shaker
  • Gordy Ryan – vocals, body percussion
  • Jeff Sterling – udu
  • T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – ghatam, Jew’s harp
  • Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – co-producers
  • Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling – recording, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine – digital mastering
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover illustration
  • Howard Cohen – production manager
  • Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff – equipment manager
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Udu Chant – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  2. Island Groove – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Light Over Shadow – Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  4. Dance of the Hunter’s Fire – Sikiru Adepoju, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Frank Colón, Airto Purim, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  5. Jewe (You are the One) – Babatunde Olatunji
  6. The Hunt – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  7. Temple Caves – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  8. The Dancing Sorcerer – Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  9. Bones – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  10. Lost River – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  11. Evening Samba – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Olatunji, T. H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  12. Iyanu (Surprises) – Babatunde Olatunji
  13. Mysterious Island – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jeff Sterling

Muddy Waters: Can’t Get No Grindin’

Leave a comment

In August 1973, “Chess” label released “Can’t Get No Grindin’”, the eight Muddy Waters album. It was recorded in March 1972, at “Ter-Mar Recording Studios” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Ralph Bass. In 1991, the album was inducted into the “Blues Hall of Fame” as a “Classic of Blues Recording”.

Personnel:

  • Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) – vocals, guitar
  • James Cotton – harmonica
  • Pinetop Perkins – piano, harpsichord
  • Sam Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison – guitar
  • Calvin Jones – bass
  • Willie Smith – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.

  1. Can’t Get No Grindin’ (What’s the Matter with the Meal)
  2. Mother’s Bad Luck Child
  3. Funky Butt
  4. Sad Letter
  5. Someday I’m Gonna Ketch You
  6. Love Weapon
  7. Garbage Man – Willie Hammond
  8. After Hours – Avery Parrish
  9. Whiskey Ain’t No Good
  10. Muddy Waters’ Shuffle