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Chriatian Scott: Rewind That

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On March 26, 2006, “Concord” label released “Rewind That”, the second Christian Scott studio album. It was recorded in February 2005, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, and was produced by Chris Dunn and Christian Scott.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott – trumpet
  • Donald Harrison – alto saxophone
  • Walter Smith III – tenor saxophone
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Zaccai Curtis – Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Luques Curtis – acoustic and electric bass 
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. Rewind That
  2. Say It
  3. Like This
  4. So What – Miles Davis
  5. Rejection
  6. Lay in Vein
  7. She
  8. Suicide
  9. Caught Up
  10. Paradise Found – Donald Harrison, Jr.
  11. Kiel

Badfinger: Airwaves

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On March 25, 1979, “Elektra” label released “Airwaves”, the eighth Badfinger studio album. It was recorded October – December 1978, in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Malloy.

Personnel:

  • Tom Evans – lead and backing vocals, bass 
  • Joey Molland – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, electric piano
  • Joe Tansin – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards
  • Rick Salon – slide guitar 
  • Harry Pulver, Jr. – piano
  • Scott Greer – piano
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano, Hammond organ
  • Duane Hitchings – synthesizer, piano
  • Tom Lecher – bass
  • Ken Harck – drums, cardboard box, tom-toms 
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Steve Foreman – drums, percussion 
  • Bob Millea – drums
  • Peter Clark – “leg, hands and feet”
  • Barry Sperti – saxophone
  • David Malloy – backing vocals
  • Dean Ford – backing vocals
  • David Campbell – string arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Airwaves – Tom Evans, Joey Molland
  2. Look Out California – Tom Evans
  3. Lost Inside Your Love – Tom Evans
  4. Love Is Gonna Come at Last – Joey Molland
  5. Sympathy – Joe Tansin
  6. The Winner – Joe Tansin
  7. The Dreamer – Joey Molland
  8. Come Down Hard – Joey Molland
  9. Sail Away – Tom Evans

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Prototype

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On March 24, 2017, “Shanachie” label released “Prototype”, the tenth Jeff Lorber Fusion album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Cocoa Butt” in Culver City, California, “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Mannerism Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber. “Prototype” won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”

Personnel:

  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards, guitars, synth bass, recording, mixing
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars, rhythm guitar, guitar solo
  • Chuck Loeb – melody guitar
  • Michael Thompson – guitars
  • Jairus Mozee – guitars
  • Larry Koonse – guitars, guitar solo
  • Nathan East – bass
  • Jimmy Haslip – electric bass, bass
  • Gary Novak – drums
  • Andy Snitzer – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
  • David Mann – horns, horn arrangements, orchestra and string arrangements
  • Michael Thompson – guitar recording
  • David Mann – horns recording
  • Peter Mokran – mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Raifi Minasian – graphic and package design
  • Alex Solca – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Lorber, except where noted.

  1. Hyperdrive
  2. Prototype
  3. Test Drive
  4. What’s the Deal
  5. Vienna
  6. The Badness
  7. Hidden Agenda – Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip
  8. Gucci
  9. Park West
  10. River Song

The Strokes: Angles

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On March 18, 2011, “RCA” label released “Angles”, the fourth Strokes (The) album. It was recorded July 2009 – December 2010, at “Electric Lady”, “Avatar” in New York City, “One Way” in Upstate New York, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, Gus Oberg, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

Personnel:

  • Julian Casablancas – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Nick Valensi – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Albert Hammond, Jr. – rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Nikolai Fraiture – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Fabrizio Moretti – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gus Oberg – recording, engineer
  • Joe Chiccarelli – recording
  • Justin Gerrish – engineer assistant
  • Noah Georgeson – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Guy Pouppez – cover painting
  • Lizzie Nanut – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

  1. Machu Picchu
  2.  Under Cover of Darkness
  3. Two Kind of Happiness
  4. You’re So Right
  5. Taken for a Fool
  6. Games
  7. Call Me Back
  8. Gratisfaction
  9. Metabolism
  10. Life Is Simple in the Moonlight

Emmylou Harris: Bluebird

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On January 10, 1989, “Warner Bros” label released “Bluebird”, the fifteenth Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1988, in Nashville, and was produced by Richard Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic, electric and 12-string guitar, mandolin, bass, percussion
  • Steve Fishell – acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel, electric bass, dobro
  • Paul Kennerley – acoustic guitar
  • Barry Tashian – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Henderson – slide guitar
  • Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Kieran Kane – mandolin
  • Glen Duncan – mandolin
  • Mark O’Connor – mandolin
  • Marty Stuart – mandolin
  • Carl Marsh – synthesizer, Hammond organ
  • Glen Hardin – piano, synthesizer
  • Kate McGarrigle – accordion, backing vocals
  • Dave Pomeroy – acoustic and electric bass, bass violin
  • Billy Thomas – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Ashley Cleveland – backing vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – backing vocals
  • Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Pamela Rose – backing vocals
  • Harry Stinson – backing vocals
  • Emory Gordy, Jr. – conductor, string arrangements
  • Donivan Cowart – engineer
  • Mark Richardson – engineer
  • Eric Paul – engineer assistant
  • George Massenburg – mixing
  • Sharon Rice – mixing assistant
  • Paul Dieter – mixing assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Janet Levinson – art direction, design
  • Caroline Greyshock – photography

Track listing:

  1. Heaven Only Knows – Paul Kennerley
  2. You’ve Been on My Mind – Rodney Crowell
  3. Icy Blue Heart – John Hiatt
  4. Love Is – Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle
  5. No Regrets – Tom Rush
  6. Lonely Street – Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson, Kenny Sowder
  7. Heartbreak Hill – Emmylou Harris, Paul Kennerley
  8. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash, Roy Cash, Jr.
  9. A River for Him – Emmylou Harris
  10. If You Were a Bluebird – Butch Hancock

Miles Davis: Dig

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In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
  • Tommy Potter – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dig – Jackie McLean
  2. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  3. Denial – Miles Davis
  4. Bluing – Miles Davis
  5. Out of the Blue – Miles Davis

Honey Cone: Soulful Tapestrey

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In December 1971, “Hot Wax” label released “Soulful Tapestry”, the third Honey Cone studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry, and Edith Wayne.

Personnel:

  • Edna Wright – lead vocal
  • Carolyn Willis – vocal
  • Shelly Clark – vocal 
  • Angelo Bond, General Norman Johnson, Greg Perry – arrangements
  • Barney Perkins – engineer

Track listing:

  1. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Part I – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  2. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Part II – General Johnson, Greg Perry
  3. Don’t Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch) – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  4. A Little More – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  5. Stick Up – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  6. Want Ads – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Barney Perkins
  7. Who’s It Gonna Be – Holland – Dozier – Holland
  8. How Does It Feel – Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne
  9. V.I.P. – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond
  10. The Day I Found Myself – Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne, General Johnson
  11. All the King’s Horses (All the King’s Men) – General Johnson, Greg Perry, Angelo Bond

The Everly Brothers: Roots

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In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • John Neil – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Frank Bez – photography
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
  • Lenny Waronker – concept

Track listing:

  1. The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
  2. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
  5. I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  6. Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
  7. Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
  8. Illinois – Randy Newman
  9. Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
  10. You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
  11. Turn Around – Ron Elliott
  12. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  13. Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis

Etta James: Matriarch Of The Blues

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On December 12, 2000, “Private Music” label released “Matriarch of the Blues”, the twenty-fourth Etta James studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Donto Metto James and Sametto James.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead and backing vocals, liner notes
  • Josh Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, rhythm arrangements
  • Bobby Murray – guitar
  • Leo Nocentelli – guitar
  • Mike Finnigan – Hammond organ
  • Jimmy Zavala – harmonica, tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Sametto James – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Donto Metto James – drums, engineer, mixing, percussion
  • Tom Poole – trumpet
  • Terrance Galloway – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Julie Bruzzone – creative director
  • Sonny Mediana – design, photography
  • Rudy Calvo – make-up
  • Lupe DeLeon – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
  2. Don’t Let My Baby Ride – Deadric Malone, O. V. Wright
  3. Rhymes – Al Green, Teenie Hodges
  4. Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods
  5. Miss You – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  6. Hawg for Ya – Otis Redding
  7. You’re Gonna Make Me Cry – Deadric Malone
  8. Walking the Back Streets – Sandy Jones, Jr.
  9. Let’s Straighten It Out – Benny Latimore
  10. Born on the Bayou – John Fogerty
  11. Come Back Baby – Ray Charles, Lightnin’ Hopkins
  12. Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Ike & Tina Turner: The Hunter

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In October 1969, “Blue Thumb” label released “The Hunter”, the tenth Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Bob Krasnow.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocals
  • Ike Turner – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michaelangelo Linguini – design
  • Bartram Bartram – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Hunter – Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr.
  2. You Don’t Love Me (Yes I Know) – Willie Cobbs
  3. You Got Me Running – Jimmy Reed
  4. Bold Soul Sister – Ike Turner, Tina Turner
  5. I Smell Trouble – Don Robey
  6. The Things I Used to Do – Eddie Jones, Memphis Slim
  7. Early in the Morning – traditional, arranged by Ike Turner and Bob Krasnow
  8. You’re Still My Baby – Chuck Willis
  9. I Know – Barbara George