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Frank Sinatra: Nice ‘N’ Easy

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On July 25, 1960, “Capitol” label released “Nice ‘n’ Easy”, the eighteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded March – April 1960, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Orchestra Nelson Riddle
  • Nelson Riddle – orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Nice ‘n’ Easy – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence
  2. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  3. How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?) – Irving Berlin
  4. I’ve Got a Crush on You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  6. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  7. Nevertheless (I’m in Love with You) – Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
  8. (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
  9. Try a Little Tenderness – Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
  10. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  11. Mam’selle – Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding
  12. Dream – Johnny Mercer

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium

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On July 25, 2006, “Pi Recordings” label released “Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at the Iridium”, the 47th Art Ensemble of Chicago album. It was recorded April 2004, at the “Iridium Jazz Club” in New York City, and was produced by Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Famoudou Don Moye, Corey Wilkes and Jaribu Shahid.

Personnel:

  • Roscoe Mitchell: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
  • Joseph Jarman – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion
  • Corey Wilkes – trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jaribu Shahid – bass, electric bass
  • Famoudou Don Moye – drums, percussion
  • Adam Blackburn – recording
  • Brian Kingman – recording
  • Buzz Kemper – mixing
  • Steve Gotcher – mixing
  • Figureground – design
  • Dominik Huber – photography
  • Kevin Bauchamp – production assistant
  • Seth Rosner – executive producer
  • Yulun Wang – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Song for My Sister – Roscoe Mitchell
  2. The Morning Mist – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye, Corey Wilkes, Jaribu Shahid
  3. Song for Charles – Roscoe Mitchell
  4. On the Mountain – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye, Corey Wilkes, Jaribu Shahid
  5. Big Red Peaches – Roscoe Mitchell
  6. Odwalla – Roscoe Mitchell
  7. Erika – Joseph Jarman
  8. Malachi – Roscoe Mitchell
  9. The J Song – Joseph Jarman
  10. Red Sand Green Water – Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famoudou Don Moye, Corey Wilkes, Jaribu Shahid
  11. Slow Tenor and Bass – Roscoe Mitchell
  12. Odwalla – Roscoe Mitchell

Editors: The Back Room

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On July 25, 2005, “Kitchenware” label released “The Back Room”, the debut Editors studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “The Chapel” in Lincolnshire, “The Magic Garden” in Wolverhampton, “Mayfair” in London, and was produced by Jim Abbiss and Gavin Monaghan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Smith – vocals, guitar, art direction, design
  • Chris Urbanowicz – guitar, art direction, design
  • Russell Leetch – bass, synthesizer, art direction, design
  • Ed Lay – drums, art direction, design
  • Jim Abbiss – recording
  • Ewan Davies – recording 
  • Loz Brazil – recording 
  • Gavin Monaghan – recording
  • Andy Taylor – Pro Tools operator, engineer
  • Barny Barnicott – mixing
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing
  • Wynn White – front cover, rear photography
  • Ami Barwell – live photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russell Leetch and Ed Lay.

  1. Lights
  2. Munich
  3. Blood
  4. Fall
  5. All Sparks
  6. Camera
  7. Fingers in the Factories
  8. Bullets
  9. Someone Says
  10. Open Your Arms
  11. Distance

Silversun Pickups: Carnavas

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On July 25, 2006, “Dangerbird” label released “Carnavas”, the debut Silversun Pickups studio album. It was recorded January – April 2006, at “Beer Wine Fish”, in Sunset Sound, Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cooley.

Personnel:

  • Brian Aubert – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Lester – keyboards
  • Nikki Monninger – bass, backing vocals
  • Christopher Guanlao – drums
  • Tom Biller – engineer
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing
  • Darren Waterton – painting (Summit)

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester and Christopher Guanlao.

  1. Melatonin
  2. Well Thought Out Twinkles
  3. Checkered Floor
  4. Little Lover So Polite
  5. Future Foe Scenarios
  6. Waste It On
  7. Lazy Eye
  8. Rusted Wheel
  9. Dream at Tempo 119
  10. Three Seed
  11. Common Reactor

The Isley Brothers: Twisting and Shouting

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On July 25, 1963, “United Artists” label released “Twisting and Shouting”, the third Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Bernes.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Alan Lorber – conductor 
  • Garry Sherman – conductor

Tracking listing:

All tracks by Rudolp Isley, O’ Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.

  1. Surf and Shout – Phil Medley, Ruth Batchelor
  2. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  3. She’s the One
  4. Tango
  5. What’cha Gonna Do
  6. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  7. You’ll Never Leave Him – Bert Russell
  8. Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – Hank Ballard
  9. She’s Gone
  10. Shake It with Me Baby
  11. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson
  12. Do the Twist – Dale Hawkins

Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy: Adieu False Heart

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On July 25, 2006, “Vanguard” label released “Adieu False Heart”, album by Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy. It was recorded in 2006, at “Dirk Powell’s Cypress House Studio” in Louisiana, “The Sausalito Plant” in Sausalito, and in Nashville, and was produced by Steve Buckingham.

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead and harmony vocals
  • Ann Savoy – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dirk Powell – fretless banjo, upright bass, accordion
  • Sam Broussard – acoustic guitar
  • Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
  • Joel Savoy – acoustic guitar, lead guitar, fiddle
  • Chas Justus – acoustic guitar
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • Bryon House – upright bass
  • Eric Frey – upright bass
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola and string arrangements
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Andrea Zonn – resophonic viola, viola. Violin
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • David Schnaufer – bowed dulcimer, dulcimer
  • Tim Lauer – accordion
  • Kevin Wimmer – fiddle
  • Christine Balfa – triangle
  • Gary Paczosa – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Opening
  2. Adieu False Heart – Arthur Smith
  3. I Can’t Get Over You – Julie Miller
  4. Marie Mouri – David Greely
  5. King of Bohemia – Richard Thompson
  6. Plus Tu Tournes – Michel Hindenoch
  7. Go Away from My Window – John Jacob Niles
  8. Burns’ Supper – Richard Thompson
  9. The One I Love Is Gone – Bill Monroe
  10. Interlude
  11. Rattle My Cage – Chas Justus
  12. Parlez-Moi D’Amour – Jean Lenoir
  13. Too Old to Die Young – Scott Dooley, John Hadley, Kevin Welch
  14. Interlude
  15. Walk Away Renée – Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone
  16. Closing

Bella Fleck and The Flecktones: Outbound

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On July 25, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Outbound”, the eighth Béla Fleck and the Flecktones studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Bella Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Future Man and Victor Wooten. At the 43rd annual “Grammy Awards”, “Outbound” won “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”.

Personnel:

  • Béla Fleck – Gibson-style 75 banjo, Gibson-style 18 acoustic banjo, gut string banjo, Deering Crossfire electric banjo, electric sitar banjo, synth, National steel guitar, Paradis stereo guitar with VG8
  • Jeff Coffin – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
  • Victor Wooten – vocals, Fodera 4 string bass, Fodera tenor bass, stereo effect, Compito 5 string fretless bass
  • Future Man – vocals, Synth-Axe Drumitar, acoustic percussion, X-Drum acoustic kick drum, Zendrum, Pear tall cajons, Roland S-760 samplers
  • Jon Anderson – vocals
  • Shawn Colvin – vocals
  • Rita Sahai – vocals
  • David Angell – violin
  • David Davidson – violin
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Adrian Belew – electric guitar
  • Sandip Burman – tabla
  • Paul Hanson – bassoon, harmonizer, synth, tenor saxophone
  • Paul McCandless – Soprano saxophone, pennywhistle, oboe, English horn
  • John Medeski – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Edgar Meyer – arco and pizzicato acoustic basses
  • Andy Narell – steelpans
  • Kongar-ol Ondar – Tuvan throat singing 

Track listing:

All tracks by Béla Fleck except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Hoedown – Aaron Copland
  3. A Moment So Close
  4. Zona Mona – Bella Fleck, Jeff Coffin
  5. Hall Of Mirrors
  6. Earth Jam – Bella Fleck, Future Man, Victor Wooten
  7. Something She Said
  8. Ovombo Summit – Future Man
  9. Aimum – Bella Fleck, The Future Man, Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin
  10. Prelude
  11. Lover’s Leap
  12. Outbound
  13. Scratch & Sniff – Bella Fleck, Victor Wooten
  14. Shuba Yatra
  15. That Old Thing
  16. Reprise

Peter Green

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On July 25, 2020, Peter Allen Greenbaum aka Peter Green died aged 73. He was singer, songwriter, and musician (guitar), member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, member of Katmandu, and founder of Peter Green Splinter Group. Green was one of the most important figures of the British blues movement, praised by famous guitarists like B.B. King and Eric Clapton. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number 58 in its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. Magazine “Guitar Player” rated his tone on “The Super-Natural” as one of the “50 Greatest of All Time. Magazine “Mojo” rated Green In June 1996, Green was voted the third-best guitarist of all time. In 1998, as a member of Fleetwood Mac he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. As leader, Green recorded six albums:

Tom Petty: Highway Companion

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On July 25, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “Highway Companion”, the third Tom Petty studio album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Bungalow Palace”, “Shoreline Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Tom Petty– lead and backing vocals, electric, rhythm, 12-string and lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, harmonica, electric piano, keyboards
  • Mike Campbell– lead and 12-string guitar, vibraphone
  • Jeff Lynne– bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, autoharp, backing vocals
  • Ryan Ulyate – recording, mixing
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Steve McGrath – additional engineering
  • Robert Deyber– cover art
  • Alan “Bugs” Weidel – session supervision, equipment and guitar technician, coffee and tea, transportation
  • Charlie Bolois – studio technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Petty.

  1. Saving Grace
  2. Square One
  3. Flirting With Time
  4. Down South
  5. Jack
  6. Turn This Car Around
  7. Big Weekend
  8. Night Driver
  9. Damaged by Love
  10. This Old Town
  11. Ankle Deep
  12. The Golden Rose