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Jesse Cook: Frontiers

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On April 3, 2007, “Koch” label released “Frontiers”, the sixth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Coach House Music” in Canada, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, recording, mixing, liner notes
  • Ross Macintyre – acoustic bass
  • Gary Craig – drums
  • Kevin Fox – drums
  • Art Avalos – percussion, timbales
  • Chendy Leon – percussion
  • Chris Church – violin
  • Kevin Fox – cello
  • Amanda Martinez, Maryem Tollar, Melissa McClelland – vocals
  • Scott Lake – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Matisse the Cat
  2. Cafe Mocha
  3. Rain
  4. Vamos
  5. Turning
  6. Havana
  7. El Cri
  8. Come What May
  9. It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
  10. La Llorona
  11. Waiting
  12. Europa
  13. Alone

Kazumi Watanabe: One for All

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On June 16, 1999, “Polydor Japan” released “One for All”, the 28th Kazumi Watanabe album. It was recorded in March 1999, at “The Bottom Line” in New York City, and was produced by Koko Tanikawa and Kazumi Watanabe.

Personnel:

  • Kazumi Watanabe – guitars, arranger
  • Larry Coryell – guitar
  • Akiko Yano – piano, arranger
  • Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, arranger
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Mino Cinelu – drums
  • Koko Tanikawa – arranger
  • Doug Epstein – recording, mixing
  • Billy Eric, Tom Filogomo – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Yutaka Katayama – artwork director
  • Toshifumi Kusano – photography
  • Hiromi Saeki – coordination

Track listing:

  1. Havana – Koko Tanikawa
  2. Water Ways Flow Backward Again – Akiko Yano
  3. Libertango – Ástor Piazzolla
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein
  5. Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria
  6. One for All – Kazumi Watanabe
  7. Milestones – Miles Davis

Rubén González: Chanchullo

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On September 19, 2000, “World Circuit” label released “Chanchullo”, the third Rubén González studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2000, at “Egrem” in Havana, Cuba, “Angel Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Gold.

Personnel:

  • Rubén González – piano
  • Eliades Ochoa– guitar
  • Orlando “Cachaíto” López– bass
  • Joachim Cooder– drums
  • Amadito Valdés– timbales
  • Miguel “Angá” Díaz– congas
  • Ángel Terry Domech – congas
  • Roberto García – bongos, cowbell, güiro
  • Alberto “Virgilio” Valdés – maracas
  • Alejandro Pichardo Pérez – güiro, claves
  • Javier Zalba – baritone saxophone
  • Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal– trumpet
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos– trombone
  • Richard Egües– flute
  • Joaquin Oliveiras – flute
  • Lázaro Ordóñez Enríquez – violin
  • Papi Oviedo– tres
  • Ry Cooder– tres
  • Ibrahim Ferrer– vocals
  • Cheikh Lô– vocals
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos – chorus
  • Lázaro Villa – chorus
  • Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos – musical director
  • Simon Burwell – recording assistant, mixing
  • Julío Martínez Rodríguez – recording assistant
  • Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Tom Leader – mastering
  • Kathryn Samson – design
  • Cristina Piza – cover photography
  • Christina Jaspars – other photography
  • Susan Titelman – other photography
  • David Burton – centre page photography
  • Rubén González – archive photography
  • Sigfredo Ariel – research

Track listing:

  1. Chanchullo – Israel “Cachao” López
  2. De una manera espantosa – Arsenio Rodríguez
  3. La lluvia – Miguel “Angá” Díaz, Rubén González, Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos, Orlando “Cachaíto” López, Amadito Valdés
  4. Central Constancia – Enrique Jorrín
  5. Quizás, quizás, quizás – Osvaldo Farrés
  6. Choco’s Guajira – Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros
  7. Si te contara – Félix Reina
  8. El bodeguero – Richard Egües
  9. Isora Club – Coralia López
  10. Rico vacilón – Rosendo Ruiz Jr.
  11. Pa’ gozar – Arístides Soto

Juan De Marcos González And Ry Cooder: Buena Vista Social Club

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On September 16, 1997, “World Circuit Records” label released “Buena Vista Social Club”, studio album Juan de Marcos González and Ry Cooder. It was recorded March 1996, at “Egrem Studio” in Havana, Cuba, and was produced by Ry Cooder.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder – guitar, mbira, oud, bolon, slide guitar, percussion, liner notes
  • Omara Portuondo – vocals
  • Ibrahim Ferrer – lead and backing vocals
  • Eliades Ochoa – lead vocals, guitar
  • Benito Suarez Magana – guitar
  • Rubin Gonzales – piano
  • Orlando Lopez – bass
  • Salvador Repilado Labrada – bass
  • Joachim Cooder – drums, dumbek
  • Compay Segundo – lead and backing vocals, guitar, congas
  • Lazaro Villa – guiro
  • Carlos Gonzales – bongos, cowbell
  • Alberto Valdes – maracas, backing vocals, chorus vocals
  • Julienne Oviedo Sanchez – timbales
  • Manuel Mirabal – trumpet
  • Barbarito Torres – lute
  • Juan de Marcos Gonzales – conductor, backing vocals
  • Luis Barzaga – backing vocal, chorus vocals
  • Manuel Licea – backing vocals, chorus vocals
  • Jerry Boys – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • The Team – design
  • Susan Titelman – photography
  • Nick Gold – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Chan Chan – Compay Sequndo
  2. De Camino a la Vereda – Ibrahim Ferrer
  3. El Cuarto de Tula – Sergio González Siaba
  4. Pueblo Nuevo – Cachao
  5. Dos Gardenias – Isolina Carnillo
  6. ¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? – Eusebio Delfín
  7. Veinte Años – María Teresa Vera
  8. El Carretero – Guillermo Portabales
  9. Candela – Faustino Oramas
  10. Amor de Loca Juventud – Rafael Montiel Ortíz
  11. Orgullecida – Eliseo Silveira
  12. Murmullo – Electo “Chepín” Rosell
  13. Buena Vista Social Club – Orestes “Macho” López
  14. La Bayamesa – Sindo Garay