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Jane Ira Bloom: Like Silver, Like Song

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On April 15, 2005, “Artistshare” label released “Like Silver, Like Song”, the eleventh Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded in July 2004, in “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone
  • Jamie Saft – keyboards
  • Mark Dresser – bass
  • Bobby Previte – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted.

  1. Dreaming in the Present Tense
  2. Unconscious Forces
  3. Singing in Stripes
  4. Altair 4 – Jane Ira Bloom, Jamie Saft
  5. Vanishing Hat
  6. White Light
  7. No Orchestra
  8. Magnetic
  9. In an Instant
  10. Mercury
  11. Night Skywriting
  12. Dark Knowledge
  13. I Have Dreamed – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers

Jane Ira Bloom: Sometimes the Magic

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On March 6, 2001, “Arabesque” label released “Sometimes the Magic”, the ninth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded June – July 2000, at “Current Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
  • Vincent Bourgeyx – piano
  • Mark Dresser – double bass
  • Bobby Previte – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted

  1. Denver Snap
  2. Now You See It
  3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Blue Poles
  5. Pacific
  6. Truth in Timbre
  7. Without Words
  8. In Everything
  9. Varo
  10. Many Landscapes
  11. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg

Jane Ira Bloom: Chasing Paint

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On March 4, 2003, “Arabesque” label released “Chasing Paint”, the tenth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded April – May 2002, at “The Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
  • Fred Hersch – piano
  • Mark Dresser – bass
  • Bobby Previte – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted.

  1. Unexpected Light
  2. Chasing Paint
  3. The Sweetest Sounds – Richard Rodgers
  4. On Seeing JP
  5. Many Wonders
  6. Jackson Pollock
  7. Alchemy
  8. Reflections of the Big Dipper
  9. White Light

Nels Cline: The Inkling

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On May 30, 2000, “Cryptogramophone” label released “The Inkling”, the eleventh Nels Cline album. It was recorded in May 1999, and was produced by Jeff Gauthier.

Personnel:

  1. Nels Cline – acoustic and electric guitar
  2. Mark Dresser – contrabass
  3. Billy Mintz – drum set
  4. Zeena Parkins – harp, electric harp

Track listing:

All tracks by Nels Cline

  1. New Old Hat
  2. Spider Wisdom
  3. Circular
  4. Sunken Song
  5. Shale Bed
  6. Alstromeria
  7. Moth Song
  8. Cork Farm
  9. Queen of Angels
  10. Lullaby for Ian

Alex Cline: For People in Sorrow

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On March 19, 2013, “Cryptogramophone” label released “For People in Sorrow” the twelve Alex Cline album. It was recorded in 2011, at the “Angel City Jazz Festival” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Alex Cline.

Personnel:

  • Alex Cline – drums, percussion
  • Larry Ward – recitation
  • Dwight Trible – voice
  • G.E. Stinson – electric guitar, electronics
  • Myra Melford – piano, harmonium
  • Mark Dresser – bass
  • Will Salmon – conductor
  • Dan Clucas – cornet, flute
  • Oliver Lake – saxophone, flute
  • Vinny Golia – woodwinds
  • Jeff Gauthier – electric violin
  • Maggie Parkins – cello
  • Zeena Parkins – harp
  • Sister Dang Nghiem – chant, bell

Track listing:

CD

  1. A Wild Thing
  2. People in Sorrow

DVD

  1. For People in Sorrow 

Joe Lovano: Flights of Fancy

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On March 13, 2001, “Blue Note” label released “Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination: Edition Two”, the 18th Joe Lovano album. It was recorded June 14 and 16, 2000, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joe Lovano.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano– alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, alto clarinet, drums, percussion, gong
  • Kenny Werner- piano
  • Toots Thielemans- harmonica
  • Mark Dresser- bass
  • Cameron Brown- bass
  • Idris Muhammad- drums
  • Joey Baron- drums
  • Billy Drewes- soprano saxophone, alto flute
  • Dave Douglas- trumpet
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Lovano, except where noted.

  1. Flights of Fancy
  2. On April (I’ll Remember April) – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
  3. Amsterdam
  4. Blue Mist
  5. Off and Runnin’
  6. Infant Eyes – Wayne Shorter
  7. 206
  8. Bougainvillea – Judi Silvano
  9. Windom Street
  10. Hot Shot
  11. Aisha – McCoy Tyner
  12. Amber
  13. On Giant Steps – John Coltrane
  14. Flights of Fancy – reprise