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Michael Brecker: Two Blocks From The Edge

In May 1988, “Impulse!” label released “Two Blocks from the Edge”, the 17th Michael Brecker album (as leader or co-leader). It was recorded in 1997, “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joey Calderazzo and Michael Brecker.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano
  • James Genus – bass
  • Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Joey Calderazzo – arrangements
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • Rory Romano – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering 
  • Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Kevin Gaor – design
  • Timothy White – photography
  • Gitte Gammelgaard – band photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Brecker, except where noted.

  1. Madame Toulouse
  2. Two Blocks from the Edge
  3. Bye George – Joey Calderazzo
  4. El Niño – Joey Calderazzo
  5. Cat’s Cradle – Joey Calderazzo
  6. The Impaler – Jeff “Tain” Watts
  7. How Long ‘Til the Sun
  8. Delta City Blues

Steve Hackett: The Night Siren

On March 24, 2017, “Inside Out Music” label released “The Night Siren”, the twenty-fifth Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2017, and was produced by Steve Hackett, Roger King and Benedict Fenner.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars,  oud,  charango, sitar, harmonica
  • Malik Mansurov – tar
  • Roger King, Benedict Fenner – keyboards, programming
  • Leslie-Miriam Bennett – keyboards
  • Nad Sylvan, Jo Hackett – vocals
  • Amanda Lehmann – vocals
  • Dick Driver – double bass
  • Kobi Farhi, Mīrā ‘Awaḍ, Nick D’Virgilio– drums
  • Gulli Briem – drums, cajon, percussion
  • Gary O’Toole – drums
  • Rob Townsend – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, flageolet, quena, duduk, bass clarinet
  • John Hackett– flute
  • Ferenc Kovács – trumpet
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Troy Donockley– uilleann pipes
  • Sara Kovács – didgeridoo

Track listing:

  1. Behind the Smoke – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King
  2. Martina Sea – Steve Hackett
  3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Amanda Lehmann
  4. El Niño – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  5. Other Side of the Wall – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  6. Anything but Love – Steve Hackett
  7. Inca Terra – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  8. In Another Life – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King, Troy Donockley
  9. In the Skeleton Gallery – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  10. West to East – Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett
  11. The Gift – Leslie-Miriam Bennet, Benedict Fenner

Jethro Tull: J-Tull Dot Com

On August 23, 1999, “Varèse Sarabande” label released “J-Tull Dot Com”, the 20th Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, concert flute, bamboo flute, bouzouki, acoustic guitar
  • Martin Barre – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Andrew Giddings – Hammond organ, piano, accordion, chromatic and qwerty keyboards
  • Jonathan Noyce – bass guitar
  • Doane Perry – drums, percussion
  • Najma Akhtar – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Spiral
  2. Dot Com
  3. AWOL
  4. Nothing @ All – Andrew Giddings
  5. Wicked Windows
  6. Hunt by Numbers
  7. Hot Mango Flush – Martin Barre, Ian Anderson
  8. El Niño
  9. Black Mamba
  10. Mango Surprise
  11. Bends Like a Willow
  12. Far Alaska
  13. The Dog-Ear Years
  14. A Gift of Roses