On May 30, 2025, “Intakt Records” label released “Abstraction Is Deliverance”, album by James Brandon Lewis Quartet (the 17th James Brandon Lewis album overall). It was recorded in April 2024, at “Hardstudios” in Winterthur, Switzerland.
Personnel:
James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone, mixing
Aruán Ortiz – piano
Brad Jones – bass
Chad Taylor – drums
Michael Brändli – engineer, mixing
Patrick Lanfolt – mixing
Paul Bieri – artwork, design
Teju Cole – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by James Brandon Lewis, except where noted.
On May 30, 2014, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Enter”, the second Fire! Orchestra album. It was recorded in January 2014, at “ Svenska Grammofonstudion” in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was produced by Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, Mariam Wallentin and Mats Gustafsson.
Personnel:
Anna Högberg – alto saxophone
Elin Larsson – tenor saxophone
Mats Gustafsson – tenor saxophone, conductor
Martin Küchen – baritone saxophone
Fredrik Ljungkvist – baritone saxophone
Jonas Kullhammar – bass saxophone
Emil Strandberg, Magnus Broo, Niklas Barnö – trumpet
Goran Kajfes – cornet
Mats Äleklint – trombone
Christer Bothén – bass clarinet
Per Åke Holmlander – tuba
Mats Äleklint – horn arrangements
David Stackenäs – acoustic and electric guitar
Sören Runolf – electric guitar
Andreas Söderström – lap steel guitar
Martin Hederos – electric piano, organ
Sten Sandell – keyboards, mellotron
Dan Berglund – bass
Joel Grip – bass
Johan Berthling – electric bass
Andreas Werliin – drums
Johan Holmegard – drums
Raymond Strid – drums
Joachim Nordwall – electronics
Mariam Wallentin – voice
Simon Ohlsson – voice
Sofia Jernberg – voice
Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm, Oskar Lindberg – recording
Mikael Werliin, Sigge Krantz – recording assistant
Andreas Werliin – mixing
Mell Dettmer – mastering
Mats Gustafsson – graphic score
Kim Hiorthøy – sleeve
Micke Keysendal – photography
Rune Grammofon – executive producer
Track listing:
All lyrics by Mariam Wallentin, all music by Andreas Werliin, Johan Berthling, Mariam Wallentin and Mats Gustafsson.
On May 30, 2014, “Forty Below” label released “A Special Life”, the 33rd John Mayall album. It was recorded in November 2013, and was produced by John Mayall and Eric Corne.
Personnel:
John Mayall – vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, piano
On May 30, 1972, “Cotillion” label released “Live at Max’s Kansas City”, the first Velvet Underground live album. It was recorded on August 23, 1970, at “Max’s Kansas City” in New York City, and was produced by Geoff Haslam.
On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra – vocals
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
George Roberts – bass trombone
Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
Ernie Freeman – arrangements
Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor
Track listing:
Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
Call Me – Tony Hatch
You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
Downtown – Tony Hatch
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On May 30, 2008, “Maverick” label released “Flavors of Entanglement”, the seventh Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded October 2007 – February 2008, and was produced by Guy Sigsworth.
Personnel:
Alanis Morissette – vocals
Andy Page – guitars, programming, mixing, mastering
Peter Freeman – bass guitar
Blair Sinta – drums
Fiora Cutler – string arrangement
Sean McGhee – programming, backing vocals, engineer
Guy Sigsworth – engineer
Andrei Maberley – engineer
Ben Tolliday – engineer, mastering assistant
Track listing:
All lyrics by Alanis Morissette, all music by Alanis Morissette and Guy Sigsworth.
On May 30, 1995, “RCA” label released “What’s Inside”, the fourteenth Joan Armatrading studio album. It was recorded 1994 -1995, at “A&M Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Plant Recording Studios” in Sausalito, California, “Kiva Recording Studios” in Memphis. Tennessee, and was produced by Joan Armatrading and David Tickle.
Personnel:
Joan Armatrading – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, e-bow guitar, arrangements
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.
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