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Michael Brecker Quindectet: Wide Angels

On September 9, 2003, “Verve” label released “Wide Angles”, the 20th Michael Brecker album. It was recorded in January 2003, and was produced by Michael Brecker and Gil Goldstein. In 2004, “Wide Angels” won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, arranger
  • John Patitucci– bass
  • Adam Rogers– guitar
  • Antonio Sánchez– drums
  • Robin Eubanks– trombone
  • Alex Sipiagin– trumpet
  • Charles Pillow – English horn, oboe
  • Peter Gordon – French horn
  • Steve Wilson– alto flute
  • Iain Dixon – bass clarinet
  • Joyce Hammann – violin
  • Mark Feldman– violin, concert master
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Erik Friedlander– cello
  • Daniel Sadownick – percussion
  • Gil Goldstein– arranger, conductor, orchestration
  • Brian Dozoretz – assistant engineer
  • Jay Newland – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • George Whitty – digital editing
  • Nicole Hegeman – production coordination
  • Darryl Pitt – production coordination
  • Tommy Wilson – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Brecker except where noted.

  1. Broadband
  2. Cool Day in Hell
  3. Angle of Repose
  4. Timbuktu
  5. Night Jessamine
  6. Scylla – Michael Brecker, George Whitty
  7. Brexterity
  8. Evening Faces – Don Grolnick
  9. Modus Operandy
  10. Never Alone

Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society

On August 17, 2010, “Heads Up”, label released “Chamber Music Society”, the third Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in October 2009 and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, and Gil Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding– vocals, bass guitar, double bass
  • Milton Nascimento– guest vocals
  • Leo Genovese– piano, electric piano, melodica
  • Terri Lyne Carrington– drums
  • Quintino Cinalli – percussion
  • Entcho Todorov – violin
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • David Eggar – cello
  • Ricardo Vogt – nylon-stringed guitar
  • Gretchen Parlato– backing vocals
  • Gil Goldstein– co-arranger

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding, except where noted.

  1. Little Fly – lyrics by William Blake, music by Esperanza Spalding
  2. Knowledge of Good and Evil
  3. Really Very Small
  4. Chacarera – Leo Genovese
  5. Wild Is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  6. Apple Blossom
  7. As a Sprout
  8. What a Friend
  9. Winter Sun
  10. Inútil Paisagem – lyrics byAloísio de Oliveira, music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
  11. Short and Sweet
  12. Midnight Sun – lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke

Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel

On May 17, 2019, “Nonesuch” label released “Finding Gabriel”, the 37th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, at “Bunker Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Brad Mehldau.

Personnel:

  • Brad Mehldau– vocals, synthesizers, piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, Musser Ampli-Celeste, Morfbeats gamelan strips, xylophone, Mellotron, drums, percussion
  • Mark Guiliana– drums
  • Ambrose Akinmusire– trumpet
  • Chris Cheek– tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Charles Pillow – soprano, baritone and alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Joel Frahm– tenor sax
  • Michael Thomas – alto saxophone, flute
  • Sara Caswell– violin
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Noah Hoffeld – cello
  • Kurt Elling– vocals
  • Gabriel Kahane– vocals
  • Becca Stevens– vocals
  • Snorts Malibu – vocals
  • Aaron Nevezie – effects

Track listing:

All tracks by Brad Mehldau.

  1. The Garden
  2. Born to Trouble
  3. Striving After Wind
  4. O Ephraim
  5. Mark Is Howling in the City of Night
  6. The Prophet Is a Fool
  7. Make It All Go Away
  8. Deep Water
  9. Proverb of Ashes
  10. Finding Gabriel

Chris Potter: Imaginary Cities

On January 16, 2015, “ECM” label released “Imaginary Cities”, the 19th Chris Potter album. It was recorded in December 2013, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Chris Potter- soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Adam Rogers− guitars
  • Craig Taborn− piano
  • Steve Nelson− vibraphone, marimba
  • Fima Ephron − bass guitar
  • Scott Colley− double bass
  • Nate Smith- drums
  • Mark Feldman, Joyce Hammann − violin
  • Lois Martin − viola
  • Dave Eggar− cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Potter

  1. Lament
  2. Imaginary Cities 1: Compassion
  3. Imaginary Cities 2: Dualities
  4. Imaginary Cities 3: Disintegration
  5. Imaginary Cities 4: Rebuilding
  6. Firefly
  7. Shadow Self
  8. Sky