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Black Sabbath: Forbidden

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On June 5, 1995, “I.R.S.” label released “Forbidden”, the eighteenth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – March 1985, at “Parr Street” in Liverpool, “Devonshire Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ernie C.

Personnel:

  • Tony Martin – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Neil Murray – bass
  • Cozy Powell – drums
  • Ice-T – additional vocals
  • Ernie C – engineer,mixing
  •  Bobby Brooks – engineer, mixing
  • Andrea Wright, Phill Luff – engineer assistant
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tony Martin, except where noted, all music by Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell and Tony Iommi.

  1. The Illusion of Power – lyrics by Tony Martin, Ice-T
  2. Get a Grip
  3. Can’t Get Close Enough
  4. Shaking Off the Chains
  5. I Won’t Cry for You
  6. Guilty as Hell
  7. Sick and Tired
  8. Rusty Angels
  9. Forbidden
  10. Kiss of Death

Casiopea: Same

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On May 25, 1979, “Alfa” label released the self-titled, debut Casiopea album. It was recorded December 1978 – March 1979, at “Studio A” in Tokyo, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe, Shinji Sawada  and Kazusuke Obi.

Personnel:

  • Issei Noro – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, Yamaha SK-20, Yamaha Electone EX-1, vibraphone
  • Tetsuo Sakurai – 1974 Natural Finish Fender Jazz bass guitar
  • Takashi Sasaki – drums
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Tomato Strings Ensemble – strings
  • Jun Fukamachi – horn arrangements
  • Hiroki Inul – string arrangements
  • Al Schmitt, Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada – recording
  • Neil Dorfsman – recording
  • Mitsuo Koike – engineer assistant
  • James Farber – engineer assistant
  • Yasuhiko Terada – mixing
  • Toshikuni Okubo – illustration
  • Shigeru Wada – photography
  • Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Issei Noro.

  1. Time Limit
  2. Tears of the Star
  3. Space Road
  4. Midnight Rendezvous
  5. Far Away
  6. Swallow
  7. Dream Hill
  8. Black Joke

Flamengo: Chicken In A Watch

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In May 1972, “Supraphon” label released “Chicken in a Watch”, the only Flamengo studio album. It was recorded October 1971 – March 1972, at Prague studio in Dejvice, and was produced by Hynek Zalcik.

Personnel:

  • Pavel Fořt – guitars, choir vocals
  • Ivan Khunt – vocals, organ, choir singing
  • Jan Kubík – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, choir singing
  • Vladimír Kulhánek – bass guitar, choir vocals
  • Vladimír Mišík – vocals, conga, guitar
  • Jaroslav Erno Šedivý – drums
  • Petr Král – tenor saxophone
  • Vladimír Hruška – baritone saxophone
  • Ilja Bartošek – guitar
  • Karel Velebny – vibraphone
  • Pavel Fořt – arrangements
  • Václav Hybš – orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Chicken in a Watch (introduction) – Jan Kubik
  2. Frame of Future Paintings – Josef Kainar, Vladimír Mišík
  3. Only Love Knows Where – Pavel Fořt , Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek , Vladimir Mišík, Josef Ředivý, Josef Kainar
  4. Me and the Smoke – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  5. Wait a Minute – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  6. A Few Centuries – Vladimir Mišík, Josef Kainar
  7. Docks, Trains, Hunger and Shoes – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar
  8. Still Going On – Ivan Khunt , Jan Kubík, Vladimir Kulhánek, Hynek Žalčík
  9. Chicken in a Watch – Jan Kubík, Josef Kainar

Dorothy Ashby: Dorothy’s Harp

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In May 1969, “Cadet” label released “Dorothy’s Harp”, the ninth Dorothy Ashby album. It was recorded in March 1969, at “Ter Mar Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Richard Evans.

Personnel:

  • Dorothy Ashby – harp
  • Odell Brown – electric piano
  • Lennie Druss – flute, oboe
  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Randy Harter – design
  • Jeff Lowenthal – photography

Track listing:

  1. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Jimmy Webb
  2. Canto De Ossanha – Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes
  3. Love Is Blue – André Popp, Bryan Blackburn
  4. Reza – Edu Lobo, Ruy Guerra
  5. This Girl’s In Love with You – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  6. Truth Spoken Here – Richard Evans
  7. Tornado – Richard Evans
  8. The Windmills of Your Mind – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michael Legrand
  9. Cause I Need It – Dorothy Ashby
  10. Just Had to Tell Somebody – Dorothy Ashby
  11. Fool on the Hill – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Vince Guaraldi: Oh Good Grief!

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In May 1968, “Warner Bros – Seven Arts” label released “Oh Good Grief!”, the tenth Vince Guaraldi studio album. It was recorded in March 1968, at “Golden State Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Vince Guaraldi.

Personnel:

  • Vince Guaraldi – piano, electric harpsichord, arrangements
  • Eddie Duran – guitar
  • Stanley Gilbert – double bass
  • Carl Burnett – drums
  • Leo Kulka – engineer
  • Ed Thrasher – art director
  • Charles M. Schulz – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Vince Guaraldi except where noted.

  1. Linus and Lucy
  2. You’re in Love, Charlie Brown
  3. Peppermint Patty
  4. The Great Pumpkin Waltz
  5. It’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown
  6. Oh, Good Grief – Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson
  7. Red Baron
  8. Rain, Rain Go Away

Jackie McLean: Let The Freedom Ring

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In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Let Freedom Ring”, the 20th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personel:

  • Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
  • Walter Davis, Jr. — piano
  • Herbie Lewis — bass
  • Billy Higgins — drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jackie McLean except where noted.

  1. Melody for Melonae
  2. I’ll Keep Loving You – Bud Powell
  3. Rene
  4. Omega

The Rascals: Peaceful World

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On May 5, 1971, “Columbia” label released “Peaceful World”, the eighth Rascals (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1970 – March 1971, and was produced by Felix Cavaliere.

Personnel:

  • Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
  • Howard “Buzz” Feiten – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
  • Dino Danelli – drums
  • Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey, William Salter – bass guitar
  • Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
  • Jon Robert Smith , Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Annie Sutton – backing vocals
  • Molly Holt – backing vocals
  • Buddy Buono – backing vocals
  • Cynthia Webb – backing vocals
  • James Green, Jerry Lee Smith – recording
  • Bob Irwin – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Felix Cavaliere, except where noted.

  1. Sky Trane
  2. In and Out of Love – Buzzy Feiten
  3. Bit of Heaven
  4. Love Me
  5. Mother Nature Land
  6. Icy Water – Buzzy Feiten
  7. Happy Song
  8. Love Letter
  9. Little Dove
  10. Visit to Mother Nature Land
  11. Getting Nearer
  12. Peaceful World

Sun Ra: Jazz In Silhouette

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In May 1959, “Saturn” label released “Jazz in Silhouette”, the third Sun Ra studio album. It was recorded on March 1959, at “El Saturn” in Chicago, and was produced by Alton Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, celeste, gong
  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute, percussion
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, percussion
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, flute, percussion
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone, percussion
  • Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • Bo Bailey – trombone
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • William Cochran – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra except where noted.

  1. Enlightenment – Sun Ra, Hobart Dotson
  2. Saturn
  3. Velvet
  4. Ancient Aiethopia
  5. Hours After – Sun Ra, Everett Turner
  6. Horoscope
  7. Images
  8. Blues at Midnight

Jimmy Smith: A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2

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In April 1956, “Blue Note” label released “A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2”, the second Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Babs Gonzales – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. Bayou
  3. Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish
  4. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  5. Ready ‘n Able
  6. Turquoise
  7. Bubbis

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging

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On March 28, 2925, “Blue Note” label released “Belonging”, album by Branford Marsalis Quartet. It was recorded in March 2024, at “Ellis Marsalis Center for Music” in New Orleans, and was produced by Branford Marsalis.

Personnel:

  •  Branford Marsalis – saxophones, arrangements
  • Joey Calderazzo – piano
  • Eric Revis – bass
  • Justin Faulkner – drums
  • Rob “Wacko” Hunter – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Justin Armstrong – recording assistance
  • Joe Nino-Hernes – vinyl mastering
  • Yvonne Schmedemann – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Keith Jarrett.

  1. Spiral Dance
  2. Blossom
  3. Long as You Know You’re Living Yours
  4. Belonging
  5. The Windup
  6. Solstice