On December 21, 1965, “Atlantic” label released “Autobiography”, the ninth Nat Adderley album. It was recorded in 1965, and was produced by Nat Adderley.
On November 2, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Suite 16”, the 28th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in April 1970, at “Regent Sound Studios”, in New York City, June 1970, at “Corner Studios” in Cologne, Germany and was produced by Joel Dom.
In June 1971, “Columbia” label released “Bird on a Wire”, the sixth Tim Hardin album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Ed Freeman and Bob Devere.
Personnel:
Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Sam T. Brown – guitar
Ed Freeman – guitar, string and horn arrangements
Monte Dunn – guitar
Joe Rudd – guitar
Gilles Malkine – guitar
Ralph Towner– guitar
Bill Keith– pedal steel guitar
Paul Hornsby– keyboards
Joe Zawinul– keyboards
Warren Bernhardt– keyboards
Bill Chelf – keyboards
Miroslav Vitouš– bass
Tony Levin– bass
Glen Moore– bass
Robert Popwell– bass
Rob Rothstein– bass
Bill Stewart – drums, percussion
Steve Haas – drums, percussion
Ralph MacDonald– drums, percussion
Natoga – drums, percussion
Alphonse Mouzon– drums, percussion
Mike Mainieri– vibraphone, backing vocals
Collin Walcott– vibraphone, backing vocals
Richard Bock – cello
George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
Canby Singers – backing vocals
Jim Greene, Lacy O’Neal, Doug Pomeroy – engineer
Lous Schlossberg – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Tim Hardin, except where noted.
Bird on the Wire – Leonard Cohen
Moonshiner – traditional
Southern Butterfly
A Satisfied Mind – Joe Hayes, Jack Rhodes
Soft Summer Breeze
Hoboin’ – John Lee Hooker, Joe Josea
Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
In February 1984, “Columbia” label released “Domino Theory”, the fourteenth Weather Report studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Omar Hakim.
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.
On January 17, 1969, “Atlantic” label released “Soul ’69”, the fourteen Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April 17–18 and September 24, 1968, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
Kenny Burrell– guitar
Jimmy Johnson– guitar
Junior Mance– piano
Spooner Oldham– organ
Joe Zawinul– organ, piano, Fender Rhodes
Ron Carter– bass guitar
Jerry Jemmott– bass guitar
Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
Bruno Carr – drums
Roger Hawkins– drums
Grady Tate– drums
Jack Jennings – vibraphone
Louie Goicdecha, Manuel Gonzales – percussion
David Newman– tenor saxophone, flute
King Curtis, Seldon Powell– tenor saxophone
George Dorsey, Frank Wess– alto saxophone
Pepper Adams– baritone saxophone
Joe Newman, Bernie Glow, Richard Williams, Snook Young, Ernie Royal– trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Benny Powell, Thomas Mitchell – trombone
Evelyn Greene, Wyline Ivy – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – arrangements
Track listing:
Ramblin’ – Big Maybelle
Today I Sing the Blues – Curtis Reginald Lewis
River’s Invitation – Percy Mayfield
Pitiful – Rosie Marie McCoy, Charlie Singleton
Crazy He Calls Me – Bob Russell, Carl Sigman
Bring It On Home to Me – Sam Cooke
Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody – Rudy Clark
Gentle on My Mind – John Hartford
So Long – Russ Morgan, Remus Harris, Irving Melsher
I’ll Never Be Free – Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss
In September 1978, “ARC” label released “Mr. Gone”, the ninth Weather Report album. It was recorded in May 1978, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius.
Personnel:
Joe Zawinul- modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice
Wayne Shorter- tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice
Jaco Pastorius- bass, drums, timpani, voice
Peter Erskine- drums , high hat , voice
Tony Williams, Steve Gadd- drums
Manolo Badrena- voice solo
Jon Lucien, Deniece Williams- voice
Maurice White- vocal
Alex Kazanegras – engineer
Dave Mancini – second engineer
Nancy Donald – design
Lou Beach – cover illustration
Track listing:
The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat – Joe Zawinul
River People – Jaco Pastorius
Young and Fine – Joe Zawinul
The Elders – Wayne Shorter, arranged by Joe Zawinul
Gone – Joe Zawinul
Punk Jazz – Jaco Pastorius
Pinocchio – Wayne Shorter
And Then – music – Joe Zawinul, lyrics – Sam Guest
On July 22, 2003, “Blue Note” label released “July Man in the Air”, the sixth Kurt Elling album. It was recorded in January 2003, and was produced by Kurt Elling and Laurence Hobgood.
On June 1, 1967, “Smash Records” released “James Brown Plays the Real Thing”, the twentieth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by James Brown.
Personnel:
James Brown – organ
Alfred Ellis – arrangements
Three Lions – photography
Ron Oberman – liner notes
Track listing:
Jimmy Mack – Holland, Dozier, Holland
What Do You Like – Alfred Ellis
PeeWee’s Groove In “D” – Alfred Ellis
Bernadette – Holland, Dozier, Holland
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Joe Zawinul
I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
In May 1975, “Columbia” label released “Tale Spinnin’”, the sixth Weather Report album. It was recorded February-April 1975, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.
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