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Roland Kirk: Slightly Latin

In December 1965, “limelight” label released “Slightly Latin”, the eleventh Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in November 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, bagpipes, picollo, stritch, clarinet
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet
  • Martin Banks – flugelhorn
  • Garnett Brown – trombone, arranger
  • Horace Parlan – piano, celeste, vibraphone
  • Eddie Mathias – double bass
  • Sonny Brown – drums, nagoya harp
  • Montego Joe – conga
  • Manuel Ramos – percussion
  • Coleridge Perkinson – conductor
  • Unidentified choir
  • Daniel Czubak – design, photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk except where noted.

  1. Walk On By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  2. Raouf
  3. It’s All in the Game – Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman
  4. Juarez
  5. Shaky Money
  6. Nothing But the Truth
  7. Safari – Eddie Mathias
  8. And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  9. Ebrauqs

Van Morrison: Into The Music

In August 1979, “Mercury” label released “Into the Music”, the eleventh Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Record Plant” in Sausalito, and was produced by Van Morrison and Mick Glossop.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Herbie Armstrong – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ry Cooder– slide guitar
  • Zakir Hussain– tabla
  • Toni Marcus – mandolin, violin, viola, stroviola
  • John Allair – organ
  • Mark Jordan – piano
  • David Hayes– bass
  • Kurt Wortman – drums
  • Peter Van Hooke– drums
  • Pee Wee Ellis– tenor saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Mark Isham– trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Katie Kissoon– backing vocals
  • Robin Williamson– penny whistle
  • Mick Glossop – recording, mixing
  • Alex Kash, Leslie Ann Jones – engineer assistant
  • Richard Freeman, Ed Fletcher – coordination
  • Norman Seeff – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Bright Side of the Road
  2. Full Force Gale
  3. Steppin’ Out Queen
  4. Troubadours
  5. Rolling Hills
  6. You Make Me Feel So Free
  7. Angeliou
  8. And the Healing Has Begun
  9. It’s All in the Game – Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman
  10. You Know What They’re Writing About