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Bobby Hutcherson: Head On

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In November 1971, “Blue Note” label released “Head On”, the 14th Bobby Hutcherson album. It was recorded in July 1971, at “Poppi Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes, marimba
  • Todd Cochran – piano, arrangements
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • George Bohanon, Louis Spears – trombone
  • Willie Ruff – French horn
  • Fred Jackson, Jr. – piccolo
  • Delbert Hill, Charles Owens, Herman Riley, Ernie Watts – reeds
  • William Henderson – electric piano
  • Reggie Johnson, James Leary III – bass
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Nesbert “Stix” Hooper, Woody Theus – drums
  • Warren Bryant – congas, bongos
  • Donald Smith – vocals
  • Rick Pekkoven – engineer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – remix
  • Colman Andrews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. At the Source: Ashes & Rust/Eucalyptus/Obsidian – Todd Cochran
  2. Many Thousands Gone – Todd Cochran
  3. Mtume – Bobby Hutcherson
  4. Clockwork of the Spirits – Todd Cochran

Donato: A Bad Donato

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In November 1970, “Blue Thumb” label released “A Bad Donato”, the fourth Donato album. It was recorded in 1970, at “ A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Emil Richards.

Personnel:

  • Donato (João Donato) – organ, piano
  • Oscar Neves – acoustic guitar
  • Warren Klein – electric guitar
  • Chuck Domanico – bass
  • Dom Um Romao – drums
  • Mark Stevens – drums
  • Paulinho Magalhães – drums
  • Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro – percussion
  • Conti Candoli, Jimmy Zito, Pete Candoli – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Ken Shroyer – trombone
  • Bill Hood, Don Menza, Ernie Watts, Jack Nimitz – reeds
  • Bud Shank – flute
  • Hank Cicalo – engineer
  • Gary Kellgren – mixing
  • Camouflage Productions – design
  • Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – design, photography
  • Don Graham – sub titles
  • Bob Krasnow, Tommy Li Puma

Track listing:

All tracks by João Donato.

  1. The Frog
  2. Celestial Showers
  3. Bambu
  4. Cadê Jodel?
  5. Debutante’s Ball
  6. Straight Jacket
  7. Mosquito
  8. Almas-Irmas
  9. Malandro

Willie Hutch: The Mack

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In April 1973, “Motown” label released “The Mack”, the fourth Willie Hutch album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Mo West” in Hollywood, and was produced by Willie Hutch.

Personnel:

  • Willie Hutch – guitar, arrangements
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Weldon Dean Parks – guitar
  • Louie Shaldon – guitar
  • Clarence McDonald – piano, organ, clavinet
  • Wilton Felder – bass
  • Edward Green – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – congas
  • Jene Estes – percussion
  • Ernie Watts – horns, strings
  • A.D. Brisbois, George Bohanon, Joseph Kelson Jr., Keneth Shruyer, Paul Hubinon, Plass Johnson, William Green – horns
  • Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Denzil Lauchton, Douglas Davis, Frederic Seykora, Gareth Nuttycolbe, Gail Vevant, Jerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Jacob Krachmalnick, Lou Raderman, Myron Sandler, Paul Bergstrom, Paul Shure, Henry Ruth, Samuel Boghossian – strings
  • Carolyn Willis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
  • Arthur Stewart, Calvin Harris – engineer
  • Jim Britt – photography

Track listing:

  1. Vampin’
  2. Theme of the Mack
  3. I Choose You
  4. Mack’s Stroll / The Getaway (Chase Scene)
  5. Slick
  6. Mack Man (Got to Get Over)
  7. Mother’s Theme (Mama)
  8. Now That It’s All Over
  9. Brother’s Gonna Work It All

The Buddy Rich Orchestra: Big Swing Face

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In June 1967, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Big Swing Face”, live album by the Buddy Rich Big Band (the 21st Buddy Rich album overall). It was recorded February – March 1967, at “Chez Club” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • Quinn Davis – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jay Corre, Robert Keller – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
  • Bobby Shew, Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottile – trumpet
  • Jim Trimble, John Boice – trombone
  • Bill Wimberly – bass trombone
  • Richie Resnicoff – guitar
  • Ray Starling – piano
  • James Gannon – double bass
  • Cathy Rich – vocals
  • Shorty Rogers – arrangement

Track listing:

  1. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. Big Swing Face – Bill Potts
  3. Monitor Theme – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
  4. Wack Wack – Isaac “Redd” Holt, Donald Storball, Hysear Don Walker, Jimmy Young
  5. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  6. Mexicali Nose – Harry Betts
  7. Willowcrest – Bob Florence
  8. The Beat Goes On – Sonny Bono
  9. Bugle Call Rag – Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis, Elmer Schoebel

The Rolling Stones: Still Life

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On June 1, 1982, “Rolling Stones” label released “Still Life” (American Concert 1981), the fourth Rolling Stones (The) live album. It was recorded November – December 1981, March – April 1982, and was produced by Glimmer Twins.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ronnie Wood – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar
  • Charlie Watts – drums
  • Ian Stewart – piano
  • Ian McLagan – keyboards
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Bob Clearmountain – recording
  • David Hewitt – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Kazuhide Yamazaki – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

  1. Intro: Take the ‘A’ Train – Billy Strayhorn
  2. Under My Thumb
  3. Let’s Spend the Night Together
  4. Shattered
  5. Twenty Flight Rock – Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
  6. Going to a Go-Go – William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin
  7. Let Me Go
  8. Time Is on My Side – Norman Meade
  9. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) – Norman Whitfield, Berrett Strong
  10. Start Me Up
  11. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
  12. Outro: Star Spangled Banner – traditional, arranged by Jimi Hendrix

Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra: The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

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In April 1999, “Verve” label released “The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra”. a live album by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. It was recorded in 1989 at the “Montreal International Jazz Festival”, and was produced by Ruth Cameron.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
  • Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell – trumpet
  • Ray Anderson – trombone
  • Sharon Freeman – French horn
  • Joe Daley – tuba
  • Mick Goodrick – guitar
  • Geri Allen – piano
  • Paul Motian – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Haden, except as noted.

  1. La Pasionaria
  2. Silence
  3. Sandino
  4. We Shall Overcome – Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger

David Axelrod: Earth Rot

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On April 22, 1970, “Capitol” label released “Earth Rot”, the third David Axelrod studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by David Axelrod.

Personnel:

  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Louis Morell – guitar
  • Don Randi – piano
  • Robert West – bass
  • Arthur Wright – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Sonny Anderson – vibraphone
  • Gary Coleman – vibraphone
  • William E. Green – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Jackie Kelso – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Allen De Rienzo – trumpet
  • Frederick Hill – trumpet
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Richard Leith – trombone
  • Clark Eran Gassman, Diana Lee, Gerri Engemann, Jacqueline Mae Ellen, Janice Gassman, Jerry Whitman, Jon Joyce, Lewis E. Moreford, Tom Bahler – choir

Track listing:

All music by David Axelrod, lyrics adapted by Michael T. Axelrod from “The Book of Isaiah, The Old Testament” and adapted from “Song of the Earth Spirit”, a Navajo origin legend.

  1. The Warnings Part 1
  2. The Warnings Part 2
  3. The Warnings Part 3
  4. The Warnings Part 4
  5. The Signs Part 1
  6. The Signs Part 2
  7. The Signs Part 3
  8. The Signs Part 4

Super Black Blues Band: Super Black Blues

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In December 1969, “Blues Time” label released “Super Black Blues”, album by Super Black Blues Band. It was recorded in October 1969, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • T-Bone Walker − vocals, guitar
  • Joe Turner – vocals
  • Otis Spann − vocals, piano
  • Arthur Wright – guitar
  • Ernie Watts − tenor saxophone
  • George “Harmonica” Smith – harmonica
  • Ron Brown – bass
  • Paul Humphrey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by T-Bone Walker, except where noted.

  1. Paris Blues
  2. Here Am I Broken Hearted – Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson
  3. Jot’s Blues
  4. Blues Jam

The Mothers: The Grand Wazoo

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On November 27, 1972, “Bizarre” and “Reprise” label released “The Grand Wazoo”, the eleventh Mothers (The) album. It was recorded April – May 1972, at “Paramount Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, percussion, arrangements, art direction
  • Tony Duran – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • George Duke – vocals, keyboards
  • Don Preston – Mini Moog
  • Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion
  • Alan Estes – percussion
  • Lee Clement – gong
  • Mike Altschul – woodwind
  • Joel Peskins – woodwind
  • Joanna Caldwell – woodwind
  • Johnny Rotella – woodwind
  • Earl Dumler – woodwind
  • Fred Jackson – woodwind
  • Tony “Bat Man” Ortega – woodwind
  • Ernie Watts – C Melody Saxophone
  • Sal Marquez – vocals, trumpet , brass
  • Ken Shroyer – trombones
  • Billy Byers – trombone
  • Malcolm McNab – brass
  • Ken Shroyer – brass
  • Ernie Tack – brass
  • Sal Marquez – brass
  • Janet Neville-Ferguson – vocals
  •  “Chunky” (Lauren Wood) – vocals
  • Kerry McNabb – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel – cover illustration
  • Ed Caraeff, Tony Esparza, Barry Feinstein – photography
  • Paul Hof – special assistance, contractor
  • Kenny Shroyer – spiritual advisor

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)
  2. The Grand Wazoo
  3. Cletus Awreetus – Awrightus
  4. Eat That Question
  5. Blessed Relief

Quincy Jones; You’ve Got It Bad Girl

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In October 1973, “A&M” label released “You’ve Got It Bad Girl”, the 22nd Quincy Jones. It was recorded in 1973, at “A&M Studios”, “Sun West Studios” and “The Record Plant” in Hollywood, “The Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, “A&R Studios” in New York, and was produced by Quincy Jones.

Personnel:

  • Quincy Jones – vocals, trumpet, arranger, conductor, mixing
  • Quincy Duke – vocals
  • Valerie Simpson – vocals
  • Toots Thielemans – guitar, whistle, harmonica
  • George Duke – piano
  • Dave Grusin – electric piano
  • Bob James & Creations – keyboards
  • Tom Junior Morgan – harmonica
  • Ray Brown – bass, mixing
  • Carol Kaye – electric bass
  • Chuck Rainey – electric bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Bobbye Porter – percussion
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Eddie Louis – soloist
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Phil (Boogie) Schier – mixing
  • Kevin Reeves – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Summer in the City – John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone
  2. Eyes of Love – Quincy Jones, Bob Russell
  3. Tribute to A.F.-Ro’: Daydreaming / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Aretha Franklin / Ewan MacColl
  4. Love Theme from The Getaway – Quincy Jones
  5. You’ve Got It Bad Girl – Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright
  6. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
  7. Manteca – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo
  8. Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater) – Quincy Jones
  9. Chump Change – Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones