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Cher: All I Really Want To Do

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On August 16, 1965, “Imperial” label released “All I Really Want to Do”, the debut Cher studio album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Gold Star” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Sonny Bono.

Personnel:

  • Cher – lead vocals
  • Monte Dunn – guitar
  • Jeff Kaplan – guitar
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Steve Mann – guitar
  • Donald Peake – guitar
  • Mike Post – guitar
  • Randy Sterling – guitar
  • Harold Battiste – piano
  • Michel Rubini – keyboards
  • Bill Marx – accordion, keyboards
  • René Hall – bass guitar
  • Cliff Hills – bass guitar
  • Mel Pollan – bass guitar
  • Lyle Ritz – bass guitar
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • Sharkey Hall – drums
  • Jessie Sailes – drums
  • Frank DeVito – percussion
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Brian Stone – percussion
  • Julius Wechter – percussion
  • Harold Battiste – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. All I Really Want to Do – Bob Dylan
  2. I Go to Sleep – Ray Davies
  3. Needles and Pins – Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche
  4. Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
  5. He Think I Still Care – Dickey Lee Lipscomb
  6. Dream Baby – Sonny Bono
  7. The Bells of Rhymney – Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
  8. Gir Don’t Come – Chris Andrews
  9. See See Rider – traditional, arranged by Sonny Bono, Charles Greene, Robert Stone
  10. Come and Stay with Me – Jackie DeShannon
  11. Cry Myself to Sleep – Mike Gordon
  12. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan

Hampton Hawes: For Real

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In August 1961, “Contemporary” label released “For Real!”, the tenth Hampton Hawes album. It was recorded in March 1958, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Scott LaFaro – bass
  • Frank Butler – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hip – Hampton Hawes
  2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  3. Crazeology – Benny Harris
  4. Numbers Game – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  5. For Real – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  6. I Love You – Cole Porter

Dio: Sacred Heart

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On August 12, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “Sacred Heart”, the third Dio studio album. It was recorded in 1985, at “Rumbo Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ronnie James Dio.

Personnel:

  • Ronnie James Dio – vocals
  • Vivian Campbell – guitar
  • Claude Schnell – keyboards
  • Jimmy Bain – bass
  • Vinny Appice – drums
  • Craig Goldy – guitar
  • Angelo Arcuri – engineer
  • Gary McGachan – engineer assistant
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering
  • Robert Florczak – illustration

Track listing:

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

  1. King of Rock and Roll – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  2. Sacred Heart – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  3. Another Lie – Ronnie James Dio
  4. Rock ’n’ Roll Children – Ronnie James Dio
  5. Hungry for Heaven – Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
  6. Like the Beat of a Heart – Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain
  7. Just Another Day – Ronnie James Dio, Vivian Campbell
  8. Fallen Angels – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell
  9. Shoot Shoot – Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Apice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

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In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Victor Feldman – vibes

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
  3. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  4. You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
  5. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
  8. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

Miles Kane: Coup De Grace

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On August 10, 2018, “Virgin EMI” label released “Coup de Grace”, the third Miles Kane studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “64 Sound” and “Sargent Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton and James Dring.

Personnel:

  • Miles Kane – vocals, guitar, bass 
  • Jamie T (Jamie Treays) – guitar, bass, drum programming
  • Tyler Parkford – keyboards 
  • Zach Dawes – bass 
  • Loren Humphrey – drums
  • Sean Cook – recording
  • Rob Duffy – recording
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Salvador Design – artwork
  • Lauren Dukoff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Kame and Jamie T, except where noted.

  1. Too Little Too Late
  2. Cry On My Guitar
  3. Loaded – Miles Kane, Jamie T, Lana Del Rey
  4. Cold Light of Day
  5. Killing the Joke
  6. Coup de Grace – Miles Kane, Zach Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Tyler Parkford
  7. Silverscreen – Miles Kane, Zach Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Tyler Parkford
  8. Wrong Side of Life
  9. Something to Rely On
  10. Shavambacu – Miles Kane, Zach Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Tyler Parkford

Hampton Hawes: Hampton Hawes Trio

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In August 1955, “Contemporary” label released “Hampton Hawes Trio” (subtitled Vol. 1), the debut Hampton Hawes album. It was recorded in June 1955, at “Los Angeles Police Academy” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Chuck Thompson – drums 
  • John Palladino – engineer
  • Pauline Annon – design
  • Lester Koenig – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Hampton Hawes, except where noted.

  1. I Got Rhythm – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  3. Blues the Most
  4. So in Love – Cole Porter
  5. Feelin’ Fine
  6. Hamp’s Blues
  7. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  8. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  9. These Foolish Things – Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey
  10. Carioca – Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn

Shorty Rogers: Martians Come Back!

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In August 1956, “Atlantic” label released “Martians Come Back!”, the eleventh Shorty Rogers album. It was recorded October – December 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Shorty Rogers – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist – trumpet
  • Bob Enevoldsen – valve trombone
  • John Graas – French horn
  • Paul Sarmento – tuba
  • Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Pete Jolly, Lou Levy – piano
  • Ralph Peña, Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Shorty Rogers, except where noted.

  1. Martians Come Back
  2. Astral Alley
  3. Lotus Bud
  4. Dickie’s Dream – Count Basie, Lester Young
  5. Papouche
  6. Serenade in Sweets
  7. Planetarium
  8. Chant of the Cosmos

Michael White: Go With The Flow

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In July 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Go With the Flow”, the fifth Michael White album (credited to Michael White’s Magic Music Company). It was recorded in June 1974, at “ABC” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Michael White – electric violin, tambourine, ashtray synthesizer, percussion
  • Ed Kelly – piano, electric piano, organ
  • Bob King – guitar
  • Kenneth Jenkins – bass, electric bass, wah-wah pedal
  • Paul Smith – drums
  • Kenneth Nash – congas, griot bells, thumb piano, vocals, gong, synthesizer, bells, percussion

Track listing:

All compositions by Michael White.

  1. Go With the Flow #1
  2. The Lady Sirro
  3. In The Silence (Listen)
  4. Spaceslide
  5. Her
  6. Moondust Shuffle
  7. Go With the Flow #2

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah: Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning

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On July 28, 2023, “Ropeadope” label released “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning”, the 16th Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “The Champagne Room West” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, “Trombone Shorty Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was produced by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

Personnel:

  • Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Chief Adjuah’s bow, Chief Adjuah’s N’Goni, SPDSX, pan-African drum kit, bells, tambourine, percussion,  synth percussion, vocals, sound design, executive production, concept ideation
  • Lioness Sia Fodey – vocals
  • Amyna Love – vocals
  • Amina Scott – vocals
  • Weedie Braimah – vocals, djembe, congas, tambourine, dun duns, percussion
  • Luques Curtis – vocals, bass, guembri
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African drum kit
  • Corey Fonville – drums
  • Marcus Gillmore – drums
  • Elé Howell – vocals, pan-African drum kit, drums, bells, tambourines
  • Alfred Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine
  • Brian Richburg Jr. – vocals, drums, SPDSX, percussion, tambourines
  • Trail Chief Kiel Adrian Scott – vocals, percussion
  • Mizan Willis – vocals, dun duns, bells, shekere, percussion
  • Dave Weingarten – recording
  • Chris Finney – recording
  •  Qmillion – mixing 
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Devan Mayfield – creative direction, concept ideation
  • Kiel Adrian Scott – concept ideation
  • Eric Hurtgen – design
  • Eric Ryan Anderson – photography
  • Landon Edwards – photography assistant
  • Colin Fatke – photography assistant
  • Cara Harrison Daniels – executive production
  • Louis H. Marks – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.

  1. Blood Calls Blood
  2. Trouble That Mornin’
  3. Xodokan Iko – Hu Na Ney
  4. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
  5. Shallow Water (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. – Guardians of the Flame)
  6. On to New Orleans (Runnin’ in 7’s Redux)
  7. End Simulation
  8. Ashé Chief Donald (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. – Congo Square Nation)
  9. Golden Crown (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation)
  10. Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Duo)

James Ingram: It’s Your Night

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On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.

Personnel:

  • James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
  • Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
  • Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  • Larry Carlton – guitars
  • George Doering – guitars
  • Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
  • Jimmy Smith – organ, synthesizers
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
  • Mark Vieha – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Craig Hundley – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
  • Rod Temperton – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Don Dorsey – synthesizers
  • David Paich – synthesizers, arrangements
  • Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
  • Louis Johnson – bass guitar
  • Abe Laboriel – bass guitar
  • Nathan East – bass guitar
  • Harvey Mason Sr. – drums
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Raymond Calhoun – drums
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Steve Ray – fingerpopper
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Williams – saxophone
  • Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
  • Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn 
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
  • Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals
  • Zane Giles – backing vocals
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
  • Susaye Greene Brown – backing vocals
  • Howard Hewett – backing vocals
  • Bunny Hull – backing vocals
  • David Pack – backing vocals
  • Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
  • Augie Johnson – backing vocals
  • Valerie Johnson – backing vocals
  • Scherrie Payne – backing vocals
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals
  • Tom Bahler – backing vocals
  • Linda Harmon – backing vocals
  • Edie Lehmann – backing vocals
  • Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
  • Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
  • Johnny Mandel – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Party Animal – James Ingram, Richard Page, Mark Vieha
  2. Yah Mo B There – James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton
  3. She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) – Jim Photoglo, Brian Francis Neary
  4. Try Your Love Again – Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh
  5. Whatever We Imagine – David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock
  6. One More Rhythm – Rod Temperton
  7. There’s No Easy Way – Barry Mann
  8. It’s Your Night – James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
  9. How Do You Keep the Music Playing – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand