On June 21, 2019, Elliot Rabinowitz aka Elliot Roberts died aged 76. He was music manager and record executive, managing Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan, and The Cars, best known for helping to start and develop the careers of Neil Young (whom he managed for over fifty years) and Joni Mitchell.
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Morrissey: California Son
On May 24, 2019, “étienne” and “BMG” labels released “California Son”, the twelfth Morrissey studio album. It was recorded July – August 2018, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli.
Personnel:
- Morrissey– lead vocals
- Jesse Tobias– electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar, slide guitar, electric rhythm guitar, fuzz guitar, electric baritone guitar, backbeat guitar, acoustic guitar, ebow guitar
- Boz Boorer– acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Roger Manning – electric piano, synthesisers, keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangement, horn arrangement
- Zac Rae– organ, upright piano, keyboards
- Gustavo Manzur – synthesisers, accordion
- Dave Levita – acoustic guitar
- Sean Hurley – bass
- Matthew Ira Walker – drums, drum programming
- Valerie Pinkston – group vocals
- Arnold McCuller – group vocals
- Brigette Bryant – group vocals
- Ed Droste– backing vocals
- Billie Joe Armstrong– backing vocals
- Ariel Engle– backing vocals
- Sameer Gadhia– backing vocals
- Petra Haden– backing vocals
- LP– additional vocals
- Lydia Night– backing vocals
- Little Willie Iniesta – vocals, dog barking
- Steve Aho – orchestration, music copying, musician contractor
- Joe Chiccarelli– recording, mixing, stylophone, drum programming
- Bill Mims – recording
- Chris Dugan – additional engineering
- Tim Kvasnosky– additional engineering
- Marcus Paquin – additional engineering
- Ryan Freeland – mixing
- Ken Sluiter – mixing
- Chris Allgood – mastering
- Emily Lazar – mastering
- Lars Fox – digital editing
- Liam Lynch – art, design
- Michael Muller – front photography
Track listing:
- Morning Starship – Jobriath
- Don’t interrupt the Sorrow – Joni Mitchell
- Only a Pawn in Their Game – Bob Dylan
- Suffer the Little Children – Buffy Sainte – Marie
- Days of Decision – Phil Ochs
- It’s Over – Roy Orbison, Bill Dees
- Wedding Bell Blues – Laura Nyro
- Loneliness Remembers What happiness Forgets – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- Lady Willpower – Jerry Fuller
- When You Close Your Eyes – Carly Simon, Billy Mernit
- Lenny’s Tune – Tim Hardin
- Some Say I Got the Devil – Melanie Safka
Roseanna Vitro & Kenny Werner: The Delirium Blues Project
On March 26, 2008, “Half Note” label released “The Delirium Blues Project: Serve or Suffer”, first album released by Roseanna Vitro and Kenny Werner. It was recorded in August 2007, at “Blue Note” in New York City, and was produced by Jeffrey Levenson.
Personnel:
- Roseanna Vitro– vocals, arrangements
- Kenny Werner– keyboards, arrangements
- Randy Brecker– trumpet
- James Carter– tenor saxophone
- Ray Anderson– trombone
- Geoff Countryman– baritone saxophone
- Adam Rogers– guitar
- John Pattitucci– acoustic and electric bass
- Rocky Bryant – drums
Track listing:
- What Is Hip? – Emilio Castillo, John David Garibaldi, Stephen M. Kupka
- Goodnight Nelda Grebe, the Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off – Tracy Nelson
- Blue – Gildo Mahones, Jon Hendricks
- Be Cool – Joni Mitchell
- Half Moon – Janis Joplin
- In the Dark – Lillian “Lil” Green
- Cheater Man – Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn
- Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy – Mose Allison
- Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down – Eric Bibb, Maria Muldaur
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
On January 27, 2017, “Nonesuch” label released “Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau”, album by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau. It was recorded December 30, 2015 – January 2–3, 2016, at “Avatar Studios’ in New York City, and was produced by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau.
Personnel:
- Chris Thile– vocals, mandolin
- Brad Mehldau– vocals, piano
Track listing:
- The Old Shade Tree – Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile
- Tallahassee Junction – Brad Mehldau
- Scarlet Town – David Rawlings, Gillian Welch
- I Cover the Waterfront – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
- Independence Day – Elliott Smith
- Noise Machine – Chris Thile
- The Watcher – Brad Mehldau
- Daughter of Eve – Chris Thile
- Marcie – Joni Mitchell
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
- Tabhair dom do Lámh – Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin
- Fast As You Can – Fiona Apple
David Crosby: Here If You Listen
On October 26, 2018, “BMG Music” label released “Here If You Listen”, album by David Crosby and The Lighthouse Band. It was recorded in 2018, at “Atlantic Sound”, “Flux Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Michael League, David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Fab Dupont.
Personnel:
- David Crosby — lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, linear notes
- Michael League — lead and backing vocals, acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars, baritone and electric guitar, electric bass guitar, Arp Omni, MiniMoog
- Becca Stevens — lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, 6 and 7 string electric guitars, hammertone guitar, charango, ukulele
- Michelle Willis — lead and backing vocals, Arp Omni, Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Rhodes, piano, Wurlitzer organ, pump organ
- Bill Laurence — piano
- Fab Dupont, Josh Welshman – engineer
- Fab Dupont – mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Emilia Canas Mendes – artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by David Crosby, Michael League, Becca Stevens, and Michelle Willis, except where noted.
- Glory
- Vagrants of Venice
- 1974
- Your Own Ride – David Crosby, Bill Laurence, Michael League, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis
- Buddha on a Hill
- I Am No Artists – Jane Tyson Clement, Becca Stevens
- 1967
- Balanced on a Pin
- Other Half Rule
- Janet
- Woodstock – Joni Mitchell
Nazareth: No Jive
In November 1991, “Griffin” label released “No Jive”, the eighteenth Nazareth studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Cas Studios” in Ingbert-Schüren, Germany, and was produced by Billy Rankin, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet.
Personnel:
- Dan McCafferty- vocals
- Billy Rankin- guitars
- Peter Bizarre – keyboards
- Pete Agnew- bass guitar
- Darrell Sweet– drums, percussion
- Roland Peil – percussion
- Ian Remmer – engineer
- Mike Ging – mixing
- Eric Philippe – design, artwork
- Micky Berresheim, Alfie Falckenbach – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Billy Rankin, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet except where noted.
- Hire & Fire – Pete Agnew, Billy Rankin, Dan McCafferty
- Do You Wanna Play House – Pete Agnew, Billy Rankin
- Right Between the Eyes – Billy Rankin
- Every Time It Rains
- Keeping Our Love Alive
- Thinkin’ Man’s Nightmare
- Cover Your Heart
- Lap of Luxury
- The Rowan Tree/Tell Me That You Love Me
- Cry Wolf – Billy Rankin, Dan McCafferty
- This Flight Tonight – Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell: Travelogue
On November 19, 2002, “Nonesuch” label released “Travelogue”, the 18th Joni Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Joni Mitchell and Larry Klein. The album features orchestral recordings of songs from throughout her career. The composer of the orchestral arrangements Vince Mendoza, won a 2004 “Grammy Award” for “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist” for the arrangement of the track “Woodstock”.
Personnel:
- Joni Mitchell – vocals
- Herbie Hancock– piano
- Billy Preston– Hammond B3 organ
- Larry Klein– bass, musical direction
- Chuck Berghofer– double bass
- Brian Blade– drums
- Paulinho da Costa– percussion
- Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
- Plas Johnson– tenor saxophone
- Kenny Wheeler– flugelhorn
- Gavyn Wright– orchestra leader
- Vince Mendoza– conductor, arrangement
Track listing:
All tracks by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
- Otis and Marlena
- Amelia
- You Dream Flat Tires
- Love
- Woodstock
- Slouching Toward Bethlehem – based on a poem by B. Yeats
- Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)
- The Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song)
- For the Roses
- Trouble Child
- God Must Be a Boogie Man
- Be Cool
- Just Like This Train
- Sex Kills
- Refuge of the Roads
- Hejira
- Chinese Café / Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
- Cherokee Louise
- The Dawntreader
- The Last Time I Saw Richard
- Borderline
- The Circle Game
Buffy Sainte – Marie: Quiet Places
In November 1973, “Vanguard” label released “Quiet Places”, the ninth Buffy Sainte-Marie album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Norbert Putnam and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Personnel:
- Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitar, piano
- Charlie McCoy, Billy Sanford – guitar
- Norbert Putnam– bass
- David Briggs– keyboards
- Kenny Buttrey– drums
- Memphis Horns
- Sid Sharp Strings
Track listing:
All tracks by Buffy Sainte-Marie, except where noted.
- Why You Been Gone So Long – Mickey Newbury
- No One Told Me
- For Free – Joni Mitchell
- She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain When She Comes
- Clair Vol’s Young Son
- Just That Kind of Man
- Quiet Places
- Have You Seen My Baby? (Hold On) – Randy Newman
- There’s No One in the World Like Caleb
- Civilization – Boudleaux Bryant
- Eventually – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
- The Jewels of Hanalei
Herbie Hancock: Gershwin’s World
On October 20, 1998, “Verve” label released “Gershwin’s World”, the 42nd Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded March – June 1998, and was produced by Robert Sadin.
Personnel:
- Herbie Hancock– piano, organ, arranger, liner notes
- Joni Mitchell– vocals
- Kathleen Battle– soprano, vocals
- Marlon Graves – guitar, mixing, percussion
- Chick Corea– piano
- Stevie Wonder– vocals, harmonica, arranger
- Donald Palma – principal bass
- Stanley Clarke– bass
- Alex Al – bass
- Marji Danilow – bass
- Bakithi Kumalo– bass, guitar
- Ira Coleman – bass, production assistant
- Terri Lyne Carrington– drums, production assistant
- Gene Jackson – drums
- Cyro Baptista– percussion
- Cheik Mbaye – percussion
- Bireyma Guiye – percussion
- Massamba Diop – talking drum
- Kenny Garrett– alto saxophone
- James Carter– soprano and tenor saxophone
- Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- David Singer – clarinet
- Charles Neidich– clarinet, E flat clarinet
- Eddie Henderson – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Matthew Dine – English horn
- Elizabeth Mann – flute
- Michael Finn – principal bassoon
- Cynde Iverson – bassoon
- Brian Greene – oboe
- William Purvis – principal horn
- Chris Komer – horn
- Madou Dembelle – djembe
- Eriko Sato – principal violin
- Richard Rood – violin
- Ronnie Bauch – violin
- Joanna Jenner – violin
- Catherine Cho – violin
- Martha Caplin – concert master, violin
- Nicolas Danielson – violin
- Jennifer Frautschi – violin
- Ellen Payne – violin
- Todd Phillips – violin
- Renee Jolles – violin
- Clavin Wiersman – violin
- Peter Winograd – violin
- Asmira Woodward-Page – violin
- Eric Wyrick – violin
- Naoko Tanaka – violin
- Sarah Clarke – principal viola
- Karen Dreyfus – viola
- Toby Appel – viola
- Ahling Neu – viola
- Nardo Poy – viola
- Katherine Murdock – viola
- Melissa Meel – cello
- Charles Curtis – cello
- Susannah Chapman – cello
- Mina Smith – cello
- Robert Sadin – arranger, drum programming, liner notes, percussion programming, programming
- David Charles Abell – consultant
- Dave Darlington – engineer
- Rob Eaton – engineer
- Clark Germain – engineer
- Todd Whitelock – engineer
- Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
- Robi Banerji, Thom Cadley, Fred Hedemark, Pete Karam – Ron Martinez, Jason Stasium, Brett Swain, David Swope, Kayo Teramoto – engineer assistant
- Rob Rapley – digital editing, engineer
- Andreas Meyer – digital editing
- Darcy Proper, Bill Airey Smith – digital editing
- Pedro Moreira – assistant
- Doug Sax, Mark Wilder – mastering
- Al Schmitt – surround mix
- Rich Breen – tracking engineer
- Bruce Swedien, Brian Vibberts– mixing
- Istvan Banyai – artwork, illustrations
- Jimmy Katz – photography, session photographer
- James Minchin – cover photo, photography
- Robert Zuckerman – session photographer
- Melinda Murphy – production coordination
- Camille Tominaro, Tom Truslow – production coordination
- Theodora Kuslan – release coordinator
Track listing:
- Overture (Fascinating Rhythm)
- It Ain’t Necessarily So
- The Man I Love
- Here Come De Honey Man
- Louis Blues
- Lullaby
- Blueberry Rhyme
- It Ain’t Necessarily So Interlude
- Cotton Tail
- Summertime
- My Man’s Gone Now
- Prelude In C# Minor
- Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G, 2nd Movement
- Embraceable You
Madeline Peyroux: Half The Perfect World
On September 12, 2006, “Rounder/Universal” labels released “Half the Perfect World”, the fourth Madeleine Peyroux studio album. It was recorded in April 2006, and was produced by Larry Klein.
Personnel:
- Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks– guitars, ukulele
- Greg Leisz– pedal steel guitar
- Sam Yahel– piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, Estey organ
- d. lang -vocal
- Larry Goldings– celeste
- Gary Foster– alto saxophone
- Till Brönner– trumpet
- David Piltch – double bass
- Scott Amendola– drums
- Jay Bellerose– drums, additional cymbals
- Mark Orton – string quertet arrangements
- Carla Kihlstedt– violin
- Graeme Jennings– violin
- Charith Premawardhana – viola
- Sam Bass – cello
Track listing:
- I’m All Right – Walter Becker, Madeleine Peyroux, Larry Klein
- The Summer Wind – Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer
- Blue Alert – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
- Everybody’s Talkin’ – Fred Neil
- River – Joni Mitchell
- A Little Bit – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
- Once in a While – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
- (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night – Tom Waits
- Half the Perfect World – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
- La Javanaise – Serge Gainsbourg
- California Rain – Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux
- Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
