On August 7, 2020, “P. W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd” label released “Microphones in 2020”, the fifth Microphones studio album. It was recorded May 2019 – May 2020, and was produced by Phil Elverum.
On August 3, 2018, “Forasteiro” and “Universal” labels released “O Tempo É Agora”, the second Anavitória studio album. It was recorded May – June 2018, and was produced by Tiago Iorc and Moogie Canazio. In 2019, the album won the “Latin Grammy” for “Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album”.
Personnel:
Ana Caetano – lead vocals
Vitória Falcão – lead vocals
Mike Tulio – co lead vocals
Tim Pierce – guitars
Roberto Pollo – keyboards
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Sean Hurley — bass
Jamie Wollam — drums
Moogie Canazio – recording engineer, digital editing
Matt Wolach, Bo Bodnar, June Murakawa, Daniel Pampury = recording engineer assistant
In August 1959, “Blue Note” label released “New Soil”, the fifteen Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in May 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Pete LaRoca – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Davis Jr. except where noted.
On July 15, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Seven Steps to Heaven”, the eighth Miles Davis studio album. It was recorded April – May 1963, at “Columbia Studios” in Los Angeles, “CBS 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Victor Feldman – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Frank Butler – drums
Tony Williams – drums
Track listing:
Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams
Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
I Fall in Love Too Easy – Jule Styne
So Near, So Far – Tony Crombie, Benny Green
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield
In July 1975, “Mushroom” label released “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word”, the second Skyhooks studio album. It was recorded January – May 1975, at “TCS Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Duke Wilson. In 1975, at the Australian “King of Pop Awards”, “Ego Is Not a Dirty Word”, was voted the “Most Popular Australian Album”.
Personnel:
Shirley Strachan – lead vocals
Red Symons – guitar, backing vocals
Bob “Bongo” Starkie – guitar, backing vocals
Greg Macainsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
Imants Alfred Strauks – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Peter Jones – Fender Rhodes piano, marimba and vibes, chimes, boobams
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Lift Every Voice”, the twelve Andrew Hill album. It was recorded May 1969 – March 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Francis Volff.
Personnel:
Andrew Hill – piano
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Carlos Garnett – tenor saxophone
Richard Davis – bass
Freddie Waits – drums
Joan Johnson, LaReine LaMar, Gail Nelson, Antenett Goodman Ray – vocals
On June 3, 1991, “Kuckuck Schallplatten” label released “Arrow of Time / The Cycle of Time”, the tenth Peter Michael Hamel album. It was recorded in May 1991, at the “Moyes Hall” of the “Slovak Philharmonic” in Bratislava, Slovakia, and was produced by Karol Kopernicky and Eckart Rahn.
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.
On May 30, 1979, “A&M” label released “Where I Should Be”, the sixth Peter Frampton studio album. It was recorded November 1978 – May 1979, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Frampton.
Personnel:
Peter Frampton – vocals, guitars, keyboards
Steve Cropper – guitar
Bob Mayo – keyboards
Eddie N. Watkins, Jr. – bass
Stanley Sheldon – bass
Donald Dunn – bass
Tower of Power – horn section
Gary Mallaber – drums
Jamie Oldaker – drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Peter Frampton, except where noted.
I Can’t Stand It No More
Got My Feet Back on the Ground – Peter Frampton, Rodney Eckerman
Where I Should Be (Monkey Song)
Everything I Need – Peter Frampton, Bob Mayo
May I Baby – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
You Don’t Know Like I Know – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
On May 25, 2018, “Inside Out Music” label released “Noise Floor”, the thirteenth Spock’s Beard studio album. It was recorded May 2017 – February 2018, at “The Mouse House” in Altadena, California, “Sweetwater” in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was produced by John Boegehold and Rich Mouser.
Personnel:
Ted Leonard – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Alan Morse – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, arranger
Ryo Okumoto – keyboards, piano, organ, mellotron
Dave Meros – bass guitar, backing vocals
Nick D’Virgilio – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Eric Gorfain – violin
Leah Katz – viola
Richard Dodd – cello
David Robertson – English horn
John Boegehold – arranger
Rich Mouser – recording, mixing, mastering
Bobby Dellarocco – engineer
Markus Riegler – engineer
Thomas Ewerhard – design
Kat Mueller – photography
Track listing:
To Breathe Another Day – John Boegehold, Ryo Okumoto
What Becomes of Me – John Boegehold
Somebody’s Home – Ted Leonard, Alan Morse
Have We All Gone Crazy Yet – Ted Leonard, Alan Morse