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Purple Mountains: Same

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On July 12, 2019, “Drag City” label released the self-titled, debut and only Purple Mountains studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Jamdek” in Chicago, Illinois, “Thump” in Brooklyn, New York and was produced by Jarvis Taveniere and Jeremy Earl.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – vocals, guitar
  • Aaron Neveu – guitar, bass, drums
  • Kyle Forester – piano, organ, Mellotron, harmonica, melodica
  • Jarvis Taveniere – bass, guitars
  • Jeremy Earl – vocals, drums, guitar, percussion, Mellotron
  • Justin Brown – pedal steel 
  • John Andrews – vocals, organ
  • Chris Stroffolino – Hammond organ
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet
  • Anna St. Louis – vocals
  • Haley Fohr – vocals
  • Jarvis Taveniere – engineer, mixing
  • Cooper Crain – auxiliary recording
  • Peyton Pinkerton – auxiliary recording
  • Carl Saff – lacquer cut
  • Christian Patterson – center photography
  • Cassie Berman – dog photography
  • Dan Koretzky – executive production

Track listing:

All track by David Berman, except where noted.

  1. That’s Just the Way That I Deel
  2. All My Happiness Is Gone
  3. Darkness and Cold
  4. Snow Is Falling in Manhattan
  5. Margaritas at the Mall
  6. She’s making Friends, I’m Turning Stranger
  7. I Loved Being My Mother’s Son
  8. Nights That Won’t Happen
  9. Storyline Fever
  10. Maybe I’m the Only One for Me – David Berman, Dan Auerbach, Gate Pratt

Creed: My Own Prison

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On June 12, 1997, “Wind-up” label released “My Own Prison”, the debut Creed studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “The Kitchen Studio” in Tallahassee, Florida, “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by John Kurzweg. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and in 2002, 6 x Platinum in US by the “RIIA”, and is one of the 200 best selling albums of all time in US.

Personnel:

  • Scott Stapp- lead vocals, art direction
  • Mark Tremonti- guitar, backing vocals, art direction
  • Brian Marshall– bass, art direction
  • Scott Phillips– drums, art direction
  • John Kurzweg– keyboards, art direction
  • John Kurzweg -recording
  • Chris Carrol – recording assistant
  • Andrew Roshberg – digital engineering
  • Fran Flannery, Ron Saint Germain – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Mark Droescher – art direction, design
  • Daniel Tremonti – design, photography
  • Justin Brown – photography
  • Cece Wren, Judd Allison – additional photography
  • Jeff Hansen – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

  1. Torn
  2. Ode
  3. My Own Prison
  4. Pity for a Dime
  5. In America
  6. Illusion
  7. Unforgiven
  8. Sister
  9. What’s This Life For
  10. One

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

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On March 20, 2012, “Heads Up International” label released “Radio Music Society”, the fourth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in summer 2011, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Q-Tip and Dave Love. The album won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Jazz Vocal Album” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the track, “City of Roses”.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Gilad Hekselman – guitar
  • Ricardo Vogt – guitar
  • Lionel Loueke – voice, guitar
  • Jef Lee Johnson – guitar
  • Leo Genovese – piano, Rhodes, guembri, keyboards
  • Janice Scroggins: piano
  • James Weidman – organ
  • Raymond Angry – organ
  • Billy Hart – drums
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
  • Lyndon Rochelle – drums
  • Jamie Haddad – percussion
  • Q-Tip – vocals, glockenspiel
  • American Music Program (Big Band):
  • Daniel Blake: saxophones, flute
  • Anthony Diamond – saxophone
  • Stanley Matabane – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Sam Seacrest – alto saxophone
  • Kyle Zimmerman – alto saxophone
  • Renato Caranto – alto saxophone
  • Andrew Olsen – alto saxophone
  • John Carey – alto saxophone
  • Adam Reihs – tenor saxophone
  • Aaron Reihs – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
  • Tivon Penicott – tenor saxophone
  • Hayden Conrad – tenor saxophone
  • Nicole Glover – tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Rathbone – baritone saxophone
  • Kama Bell – clarinet
  • Darren Barrett – trumpet
  • Benjamin C. McDonald – trumpet
  • Benjamin Seacrest – trumpet
  • Noah Conrad – trumpet
  • Tre Palmedo – trumpet
  • Noah Hocker – trumpet
  • Kiran Bosely – trumpet
  • Igmar Thomas – trumpet
  • Corey King – trumpet
  • Stan Bock – trombone
  • Jeff Galindo – trombone
  • Ian Garner – trombone
  • Javier Nero – trombone
  • Matt Warming – trombone
  • Ashton Summers – trombone
  • Dan Brewster – trombone
  • Jerry Stalnaker – bass trombone
  • Olivia Deprado: violin
  • Jody Redhage – viola
  • Lalah Hathaway – vocals
  • Algebra Blessett – vocals
  • Savannah Children’s Choir – choral voices
  • Raydar Ellis – spoken word, sounds
  • Gretchen Parlato – backing vocals, spoken word
  • Leni Stern – backing vocals
  • Becca Stevens – backing vocals
  • Justin Brown – backing vocals
  • Alan Hampton – backing vocals
  • Chris Turner – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding except where noted.

  1. Radio Song
  2. Cinnamon Tree
  3. Crowned & Kissed – Esperanza Spalding, Algebra Blessett
  4. Land of the Free
  5. Black Gold
  6. I Can’t Help It – Susaye Brown Greene, Stevie Wonder
  7. Hold On Me
  8. Vague Suspicions
  9. Endangered Species – Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter, Joseph Vitarelli
  10. Let her
  11. City of Roses
  12. Smile like That
  13. Jazz Ain’t Nothin But Soul – Norman Mapp