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Don McLean: Homeless Brother

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In October 1974, “United Artists” label released “Homeless Brother”, the fifth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York City, “Clack Studios”, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Don McLean – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Hugh McCracken – guitars
  • David Spinozza – guitars
  • Arthur Jenkins, Jr. – keyboards
  • Richard Tee – keyboards
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Andrew Smith – drums
  • David Carey – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Yusef Lateef – flute
  • Joe Wilder, Garnett Brown, Wally King, James Buffington, Jonathan Dorn, Billy Slapin, Seldon Powell, George Barrow, Charles Williams, Dany Moore, Peter Gordon, Ray Alonge, George Marge, Brooks Tillotson – horns
  • William Eaton – arrangements, conductor
  • Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Emanuel Vardi, Sanford Allen, Joseph Malignaggi, Avram Weiss, Diana Halprin, Charles Libove, Harry Cykman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Kermit Moore, Charles McCracken, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Gene Orloff, David Nadien, Kathryn Kienke, Julius Schachter, Harold Kohon, Julius Held, Guy Lumia – strings
  • Gerry Teifer – whistling
  • The Persuasions – backing vocals
  • Pete Seeger – backing vocals
  • Kenny Vance, Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford, Ned Albright, Steven Soles, Deidre Tuck, Linda November, Joel Dorn, Helene Miles, Arlene Martell, Marlene VerPlanck, Norma Holes – backing vocals
  • Bob Liftin – recording, remix
  • Joe Ferla – additional recording
  • Marcote – cover painting

Track listing:

All tracks by Don McLean, except where noted.

  1. Winter Has Me in Its Grip
  2. La La Love You
  3. Homeless Brother
  4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) – George Harrison
  5. The Legend of Andrew McCrew
  6. Wonderful Baby
  7. You Have Lived
  8. Great Big Man
  9. Tangled (Like a Spider in Her Hair)
  10. Crying in the Chapel – Artie Glenn
  11. Did You Know

Randy Brecker: Into The Sun

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In July 1996, “Concord Jazz” label released “Into the Sun”, the sixth Randy Brecker album. It was recorded in December 1995, and was produced by Randy Brecker. In 1998, the album won the “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger, composer, liner notes
  • Maucha Adnet – vocals
  • Adam Rogers – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Gil Goldstein – accordion, keyboards, orchestration
  • Richard Sussman – synthesizer, programming
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Dave Bargeron – trombone
  • David Taylor – tuba, bass trombone
  • Keith Underwood – alto and bass flute
  • Lawrence Feldman – bass flute
  • Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet
  • Bakithi Kumalo – bass, fretless bass
  • Jonathan Joseph – drums, percussion
  • Café – percussion
  • Bobby Brecker – performer
  • Eliane Elias – sequencing
  • Malcolm Pollack – engineer
  • Joe Ferla – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mixing
  • Lee Dick – mixing assistant
  • Barbara Lipke – mixing assistant
  • Mark Mason – mixing assistant
  • Kent Judkins – art direction
  • Paul DInnocenzo – photography
  • John Burk – executive producer
  • Mike Hoaglin – production manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Brecker.

  1. Village Dawn
  2. Just Between Us
  3. The Sleaze Factor
  4. Into the Sun
  5. After Love
  6. Gray Area
  7. Tijuca
  8. Buds
  9. Four Worlds
  10. Hottest Man in Town: Prophecy/Growth/Realization/The Horn/Finale

Betty Carter: I’m Yours, You’re Mine

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In January 1997, “Verve” label released “I’m Yours, You’re Mine”, the 23rd and the final Betty Carter album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Betty Crater.

Personnel:

  • Betty Carter – vocals
  • Mark Shim – tenor saxophone
  • Andre Hayward – trombone
  • Xavier Davis – piano
  • Curtis Lundy – double bass
  • Matt Hughes – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Joe Ferla – engineer
  • Rory Romano – engineer assistant
  • Ted Wohlsen – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Anthony Barboza – photography

Track listing:

  1. This Time – Jule Styne
  2. I’m Yours, You’re Mine – Betty Carter, Curtis Lundy
  3. Lonely House – Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill
  4. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  5. Useless Landscape – Aloysio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim
  6. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman
  7. September Song – Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill

Livingston Taylor: There You Are Again

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On January 24, 2006, “Coconut Bay” label released “There You Are Again”, the 17th Livingston Taylor album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Paragon Studios”, “Vertical Sound Studio”, “Skylight Studio” and “Oxford recording Studio” in Nashville, “Avatar Studio”, “Dark Horse Recording”, “The Tracking Room”, “Sound Kitchen”, “Verité Music”, “Hiatus Studios”, “Q Division Studios” and “ Parr Audio”, and was produced by Glenn Rosenstein.

Personnel:

  • Livingston Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Carly Simon – lead vocal
  • Take 6 – lead vocals
  • James Taylor – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeffrey Mirinof – acoustic and electric guitar
  • George Marinelli – electric guitar
  • Danny Toroll – electric guitar
  • Chris Rodiguez – electric guitar
  • Vince Gill – electric guitar
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Aybrie Haynie – mandolin
  • Shane Keister – piano, Hammond organ
  • Matt Rollings – piano, organ
  • Gary Corbett – Hammond organ
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Tommy Sims – bass
  • Chad Cromwell – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson, Ken Lewis – percussion
  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • David Sanborn – saxophone
  • Jerry Vivino – tenor saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Tony Kadleck – trumpet
  • Rich Rosenberg – trombone
  • Gary Corbett – glockenspiel
  • Paul Franklin – dobro
  • Tim Davis – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • New Day Jubilee Choir – backing vocals
  • Kim Flemming, Kim Mont, Vicki Hampton, Kate Taylor, Pam Tillis, Lisa Cochran, Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals
  • Mark Kibble – vocals arrangements
  • Andraé Crouch – choir arrangements, conductor
  • Sheldon Mirowitz – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Jimmy Vivino – horn arrangements
  • Glenn Rosenstein, Joe Ferla, Steve Bishir, John Jaszcz, Mark Kibble, Jim Parr – engineer
  • Allen Ditto, Kris Smith – additional engineer
  • Brian Montgomery – Pro Tools engineer
  • Kevin Edlin – engineer assistant
  • Fred Paragano – editing
  • George Massenburg – mixing, mastering
  • Bart Henderson – photography
  • Sandra Flach, Traci Bishir – coordinator
  • Greg Manocherian – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Livingston Taylor.

  1. Best of Friends
  2. There I’ll Be
  3. Yes
  4. My baby Don’t Mind
  5. Step by Step
  6. There You Are Again
  7. Tuesday Lullaby
  8. Tell Jesus (To Come to My House)
  9. Blame it on Me
  10. My Perfect Christmas Day
  11. Wish I Were a Cowboy
  12. You’re the Boss of Me

Uri Caine: Blue Wail

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On February 9, 1999, “Winter & Winter” label released “Blue Wail”, the fifth Uri Caine studio album. It was recorded in December 1998, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joe Ferla and Stefan Winter.

Personnel:

  • Uri Caine – piano
  • James Genus – bass
  • Ralph Peterson, Jr. – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Uri Caine except where noted.

  1. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller
  2. Loose Trade
  3. The Face of Space
  4. Digature of the Line
  5. Blue Wail
  6. Stain
  7. Sweet Potato
  8. Bones Don’t Cry
  9. Poem for Shulamit
  10. Fireball
  11. Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller

Christian McBride: Vertical Vision

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On February 11, 2003, “Warner Bros” label released “Vertical Vision”, the sixth Christian McBride album. It was recorded in June 2002, at “Right Track Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Christian McBride.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – upright and electric bass
  • Ron Blake– soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Geoffrey Keezer– piano, keyboards
  • Terreon Gully– drums
  • David Gilmore– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Danny Sadownick – percussion
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. Circa 1990
  2. Technicolor Nightmare
  3. Tahitian Pearl – Geoffrey Keezer
  4. The Wizard of Montara
  5. The ballad of Little Girl Dancer
  6. Lejos de Usted
  7. Precious One – Geoffrey Keezer
  8. Song for Maya – Ron Blake
  9. Boogie Woogie Waltz – Joe Zawinul

Christian McBride: Sci-Fi

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On September 11, 2000, “Verve” label released “Sci-Fi”, the fourth Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded in February 2000, at “Avatar Studios”, and was produced by Christian McBride.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – upright and electric bass, keyboards
  • David Gilmore– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Herbie Hancock– piano
  • Shedrick Mitchell – piano, electric piano
  • Toots Thielemans– harmonica
  • Ron Blake– soprano and tenor saxophone
  • James Carter– bass clarinet
  • Rodney Green – drums
  • Dianne Reeves– vocalese
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. Aja – Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
  2. Uhura’s Moment Returned
  3. Xerxes
  4. Lullaby for a Ladybug
  5. Science Fiction
  6. Walking on the Moon – Sting
  7. Havona – Jaco Pastorius
  8. I’ll Guess I’ll Have to Forget
  9. Butterfly Dreams – Stanley Clarke
  10. Via Mwandishi
  11. The Sci-fi Outro

Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Kind Of Brown

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On June 16, 2009, “Mack Avenue” label released “Kind of Brown”, the eight Christian McBride album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Christian McBride.

Personnel:

  • Christian McBride – acoustic bass
  • Steve Wilson– alto, soprano saxophone
  • Warren Wolf, Jr.– vibes
  • Eric Reed– piano
  • Carl Allen– drums
  • Justin Gerrish – engineer
  • Jesse Nichols – engineer assistant
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing
  • Mark Wilder – mastering
  • Raj Naik – design
  • Keith Henry Brown – illustration
  • Orrin Keepnews– liner notes
  • Gretchen Carhartt Valade – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

  1. Brother Mister
  2. Theme for Kareem – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Rainbow Wheel
  4. Starbeam
  5. Used ‘Ta Could
  6. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
  7. Pursuit of Peace – Eric Scott Reed
  8. Uncle James
  9. Stick & Move
  10. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh

John Scofield: Bump

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On March 14, 2000, “Verve” label released “Bump”, the 24th John Scofield album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Lee Townsend.

Personnel:

  • John Scofiel – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Mark Degli Antoni- keyboard sampler
  • David Livolsi – electric bass
  • Tony Scherr- acoustic and electric bass
  • Chris Wood- electric bass
  • Eric Kalb – drums
  • Kenny Wollesen- drums
  • Johnny Durkin – congas
  • Johnny Almendra – percussion
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing
  • Kevin Killen – recording
  • Andrea Yankovsky – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Susan Scofield – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Scofield.

  1. Three Sisters
  2. Chichon
  3. Beep Beep
  4. Kelpers
  5. Groan Man
  6. Fez
  7. Blackout
  8. Kilgeffen
  9. We Are Not Alone
  10. Swinganova
  11. Drop and Roll
  12. Kilgeffen (Reprise)

Marc Johnson: The Sound of Summer Running

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On February 24, 1998, “Verve” label released “The Sound of Summer Running”, the second Marc Johnson studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Lee Townsend. The album title was borrowed from a story by Ray Bradbury.

Personnel:

  • Marc Johnson– double bass
  • Bill Frisell– acoustic and electric guitars
  • Pat Metheny– electric and acoustic guitars, 42-string Pikasso guitar
  • Joey Baron– drums, tambourine
  • Joe Ferla – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Marc Johnson, except where noted.

  1. Faith in You
  2. Ghost Town – Bill Frisell
  3. Summer Running
  4. With My Boots On
  5. Union Pacific
  6. Porch Swing
  7. Dingy-Dong Day
  8. The Adventures of Max and Ben – Bill Frisell
  9. In a Quiet Place – Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson
  10. For a Thousand Years – Pat Metheny