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Eliane Elias: Dance of Time

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On March 24, 2017, “Concord” label released “Dance of Time”, the 25th Eliane Elias album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Dissenso Studio & NaCena Studios” in São Paulo, Brazil, and was produced by Marc Johnson, Steve Rodby and Eliane Elias. At the 18th “Annual Latin Grammy Awards”, “Dance of Time” received the Latin Grammy for “Best Latin Jazz Album”.

Personnel:

  • Eliane Elias– vocals, piano
  • Randy Brecker– flugelhorn
  • Amilton Godoy– piano
  • Mike Mainieri– vibraphone
  • João Bosco – vocals, guitar
  • Conrado Goys – electric guitar
  • Marcus Teixeira – acoustic guitar
  • Toquinho – vocals, guitar
  • Marcelo Mariano – bass guitar
  • Celso de Almeida – drums
  • Edú Ribeiro – drums
  • Gustavo Di Dalva – percussion
  • Marivaldo Dos Santos – percussion
  • Mark Kibble – backing vocals
  • Rodrigo de Castro Lopes – engineer
  • Bryan Pugh – vocal engineer
  • Pete Karam – mixing
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Carrie Smith – package design
  • Philppe Salomon – photography
  • Bob Wolfenson – photography

Track listing:

  1. O Pato – Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira
  2. You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  3. Copacabana – João de Barro, Albert Ribiero
  4. Coisa Feita – Aldir Blanc, João Bosco, Paulo Emilio
  5. By Hand (Em Mãos) – Eliane Elias
  6. Sambou Sambou – João Donato
  7. By Hand (Em Mãos) – Eliane Elias
  8. Sambou Sambou – João Donato
  9. Little Paradise – Eliane Elias
  10. Speak Low – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
  11. Samba de Orly – Chico Buarque, Vinícius de Moraes, Toquinho
  12. Na Batucada Da Vida – Ary Barroso, Luiz Peixoto
  13. An Up Dawn – Eliane Elias
  14. Not to Cry (Pra Não Chorar) – Eliane Elias, Toquinho

Joe Farrell: Skate Board Park

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On January 29, 1979, “Xanadu” label released “Skate Board Park”, the eleventh Joe Farrell album. It was recorded in January 1979, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Joe Farrell– tenor sax, liner notes
  • Chick Corea– piano, electric piano
  • Bob Magnusson– bass
  • Larance Marable– drums
  • Arne Frager – engineer
  • Paul Goodman– mixing
  • Don Schlitten– design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Skate Board Park – Joe Farrell
  2. Cliche Romance – Joe Farrell
  3. High Wire – The Aerialist – Chick Corea
  4. Speak Low – Nash, Kurt Weill
  5. You Go to My Head – F. Coots, H. Gillespie
  6. Bara-Bara – Joe Farrell

Bill Haley And His Comets: Strictly Instrumental

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On December 14, 1959, “Decca” label released “Strictly Instrumental”, the ninth Bill Haley & His Comets album. It was recorded June 1958 – September 1959, and was produced by Milt Gabler.

Personnel:

  • Bill Haley– rhythm guitar
  • Franny Beecher– lead guitar
  • Billy Williamson– steel guitar
  • Johnny Grande– piano
  • Al Rex– bass guitar
  • Al Pompilli- bass guitar
  • Al Rappa- bass guitar
  • Ralph Jones– drums
  • Rudy Pompilli- tenor saxophone

 Track listing:

  1. Joey’s Song- Joe Reisman
  2. Music! Music! Music!- Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss
  3. Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
  4. In a Little Spanish Town- Mabel Wayne, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
  5. Two Shadows – Johnny Grande, Billy Williamson
  6. Shaky – Franny Beecher, Billy Williamson
  7. Strictly Instrumental – Bennie Benjamin, Edgar Battle, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler
  8. Skokiaan- Tom Glazer, August Msarurgwa
  9. Puerto Rican Peddler – Johnny Brandon
  10. Drowsy Waters – Jack Ailau
  11. Chiquita Linda (Un Poquito de tu Amor) – Julio Gutierrez
  12. The Catwalk – Franny Beecher, Billy Williamson

 

Miles Davis: Miles Ahead

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On October 21, 1957, “Columbia” label released “Miles Ahead”, the second Miles Davis album for this label. It was recorded May 6, 10, 23, 27 – August 22, 1957, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian and Cal Lampley.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – flugelhorn
  • Gil Evans– arrangements, conductor
  • Bernie Glow– lead trumpet
  • Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi– trumpet
  • Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Bill Barber– tuba
  • Lee Konitz– alto sax
  • Danny Bank– bass clarinet
  • Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper – flute, clarinet
  • Wynton Kelly- piano
  • Paul Chambers– double bass
  • Art Taylor– drums

Track listing:

  1. Springsville – John Carisi
  2. The Maids of Cadiz – Léo Delibes
  3. The Duke – Dave Brubeck
  4. My Ship – Kurt Weill
  5. Miles Ahead – Miles Davis, Gil Evans
  6. Blues for Pablo – Gil Evans
  7. New Rhumba – Ahmad Jamal
  8. Medley Pt. 1: The Meaning of the Blues – Bobby Troup, Leah Worth
  9. Medley Pt. 2: Lament – J. Johnson
  10. I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone but You) – Jack Elliot, Harold Spina

The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Vavoom!

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On August 1, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Vavoom!”, the fourth Brian Setzer Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2000,, and was produced by Glen Ballard, Peter Collins and Dave Darling.

Personnel:

  • Brian Setzer – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Winchester – bass
  • Bernie Dresel – drums, percussion
  • Ray Hermann – saxophone
  • Tim Misica – saxophone
  • George McMullen, Robbie Hioki – trombone
  • Kevin Norton – trumpet
  • Mike Himelstein – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Setzer, except where noted.

  1. Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Brian Setzer, Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Carl Sigman, Mike Himelstein
  2. Jumpin’ East of Java
  3. Americano – Brian Setzer, Renato Carosone
  4. If You Can’t Rock Me
  5. Gettin’ In the Mood – Mike Himelstein
  6. Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder) – Brian Setzer, Mark Winchester
  7. Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
  8. Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
  9. The Footloose Doll
  10. From Here to Eternity – Brian Setzer, Rick Bell
  11. That’s the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes
  12. 49 Mercury Blues
  13. Jukebox
  14. Gloria – Esther Navarro

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions

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In February 1957, “Riverside” label released “New Jazz Conceptions”, the debut Bill Evans album as a leader.  September 18 and 27, 1956, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bill Evans- piano
  • Teddy Kotick- bass
  • Paul Motian– drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Tamaki Beck – mastering
  • Fran Scott – design
  • Hank Parker – photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. I Love You – Cole Porter
  2. Five – Bill Evans
  3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
  4. Conception – George Shearing
  5. Easy Living – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
  6. Displacement – Bill Evans
  7. Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
  8. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
  9. Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
  10. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. No Cover, No Minimum

Oscar Peterson Trio: + One

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On October 1, 1964, “Mercury” label released “Oscar Peterson Trio + One”, album by  Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry. It was recorded on August 17, 1964, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson– piano
  • Clark Terry– trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal
  • Ray Brown– double bass
  • Ed Thigpen– drums

Track listing:

  1. Brotherhood of Man – Frank Loesser
  2. Jim – Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn
  3. Blues for Smedley – Oscar Peterson
  4. Roundalay – Oscar Peterson
  5. Mumbles – Clark Terry
  6. Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  7. They Didn’t Believe Me -Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds
  8. Squeaky’s Blues – Oscar Peterson
  9. I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
  10. Incoherent Blues – Clark Terry

 

Frank Sinatra: September Of My Years

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In September 1965, “Reprise” label released “September of My Years”, the 38th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1965, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra– vocals
  • Gordon Jenkins– arranger, conductor

Track listing:

  1. The September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  2. How Old Am I? – Gordon Jenkins
  3. Don’t Wait Too Long – Sunny Skylar
  4. It Gets Lonely Early – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  5. This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  6. Last Night When We Were Young – Harold Arlen, Y. Harburg
  7. The Man in the Looking Glass – Bart Howard
  8. It Was a Very Good Year – Ervin Drake
  9. When the Wind Was Green – Henry Stinson
  10. Hello, Young Lovers – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  11. I See It Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
  12. Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
  13. September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson

James Brown: Soul on Top

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In April 1970, “King” label released “Soul on Top”, the 32nd James Brown studio album. It was recorded November 1969, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown- vocal
  • Oliver Nelson- arranger and conductor
  • Ernie Watts- alto saxophone
  • Joe Romano – alto saxophone
  • Maceo Parker- tenor saxophone
  • Buddy Collette- tenor saxophone
  • Pete Christlieb- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Mulidore – baritone saxophone
  • Al Aarons- trumpet
  • Chuck Findley- trumpet
  • John Audino – trumpet
  • Tom Porello – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland- trombone
  • Nick DiMaio – trombone
  • Kenny Shroyer – trombone
  • Bill Tole – trombone
  • Frank Vincent – piano
  • Bill Pitman- guitar
  • Louis Shelton- guitar
  • Ray Brown- bass
  • Louis Bellson- drums, bandleader
  • Jack Arnold – percussion

Track listing:

  1. That’s My Desire – Helmy Kressa, Caroll Loveday
  2. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
  3. What Kind of Fool Am I – Leslie Bircusse, Anthony Newley
  4. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome
  5. The Man in the Glass – Bud Hobgood
  6. It’s magic – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. September Song – Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
  8. For Once in My Life – Ron Miller, Orlando Murden
  9. Every Day I Have the Blues – Memphis Slim
  10. I Need Your Key (To Turn Me On) – Louie Bellson
  11. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown

Ute Lemper: Punishing Kiss

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On March 27, 2000, “Decca” label released “Punishing Kiss”, studio album by Ute Lemper. It was recorded in 1999, at “The Town House” in London, and “Right Track Studios” in New York, and was produced by Jon Jacobs, Scott Walker and Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Ute Lemper – vocals, arranger
  • Stuart Bates – accordion, Hammond organ,
  • Ivor Talbot – guitar, mandolin, arranger
  • Bryan Mills – upright and electric bass, arranger
  • Miggy Barradas – drums, arranger
  • Rob Farrer – percussion, arranger
  • Joby Talbot – piano, keyboards, Cor Anglais, arranger, conductor, musical director
  • Andy Scade – engineer
  • Jon Jacobs – engineer, mixing
  • Jay Reynolds – engineer, mixing
  • Tim Burrell – mastering
  • Conor Brady – art direction
  • Lorenzo Agius – photography

Track listing:

  1. Little Water Song – Bruno Pisek, Nick Cave
  2. The Case Continues – Neil Hannon, Joby Talbot
  3. Passionate Fight – Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve
  4. Tango Ballad – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
  5. Couldn’t You Keep That to Yourself – Elvis Costello
  6. Streets of Berlin – Martin Sherman, Philip Glass
  7. The Part You Throw Away – Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
  8. Split – Neil Hannon, Joby Talbot
  9. Punishing Kiss – Elvis Costello, Cait O’Riordan
  10. Purple Avenue – Tom Waits
  11. You Were Meant For Me – Neil Hannon, Joby Talbot
  12. Scope J – Scott Walker