On May 14, 2002, “Saddle Creek” label released “Old Blood”, the debut Mayday studio album. It was recorded May – November 2001, at “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, “Chase Park Transduction” in Athens, Georgia, and was produced by Mike Mogis.
On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.
Personnel:
Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
André Previn – piano
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Track listing:
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
On April 26, 2011, “New West” label released “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, the 14th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded May – November 2010, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.
Personnel:
Steve Earle – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
On April 25, 1995, “Chiaroscuro” label released “Blue Mance”, the 24th Junior Mance album. It was recorded in May 1994, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Hank O’Neal.
Personnel:
Junior Mance – piano
Keter Betts – bass
Jackie Williams – drums
Track listing:
Falling in Love with Love – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Head Start – Keter Betts
Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Blue Mance – Junior Mance
Shepherd of the Night Flock – Duke Ellington
If I Had You – Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
On April 24, 1972, “Ardent” label released “#1 Record”, the debut Big Star studio album. It was recorded May 1971 – February 1972, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by John Fry.
Personnel:
Chris Bell – vocals, guitar
Alex Chilton – vocals, guitar
Andy Hummel – vocals, bass guitar
Jody Stephens – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Bell and Alex Chilton, except where noted.
In April 1970, “Atco” label released “Live Cream”, the first Cream live album. It comprises one studio track “Lawdy Mama” recorded in May 1967, and four live tracks recorded in March 1968. It was recorded at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, “Fillmore West” and “Winterland” in San Francisco, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegun, Felix Pappalardi and Robert Stigwood.
Personnel:
Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar
Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, harmonica
Ginger Baker – vocals, drums
Adrian Barber – recording, mixing
Tom Dowd – recording
Bill Halverson – recording
Stephen Paley – photography
Track listing:
N.S.U. – Jack Bruce
Sleepy Time – Jack Bruce, Janet Godfrey
Lawdy Mama – traditional, arranged by Eric Clapton
In March 1963, “Blue Note” label released “The Natural Soul”, the 17th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
On March 8, 2013, “ISO” label released “The Next Day”, the twenty-fifth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded May 2011 – October 2012, at “Magic Shop” and “Human Worldwide” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.
On March 1, 2024, “Inside Out” label released “The Likes of Us”, the fifteenth Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded May – June 2023, at “Urban” in Trieste, “Aubitt” in Southampton, “Inner State” in Bath, and was produced by Alberto Bravin, Nick D’Virgilio, Dave Foster, Oskar Holldorff, Gergory Spawton, Clare Lindley and Rikard Sjöblom.
Personnel:
Alberto Bravin – lead vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, guitars, 12-string guitars, brass arrangements, mixing
On February 27, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Phantom Blues”, the 20th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in May 1995, at “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by John Porter.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – lead vocals, dobro, harmonica
Bonnie Raitt – additional vocal
Dean Parks – lead guitar
Eric Clapton – lead guitar
Joe McGrath, John Parks, Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
Mike Campbell – 12-string guitar
John Porter – lead, acoustic and slide guitar
Jon Cleary – guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet
Jon Brion – guitar, chamberlin
Mick Weaver – organ
David Hidalgo – accordion
James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
Larry Fulcher – bass guitar
Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
Myric “Freeze” Guillory – rubboard
Bernard “Dr. B.” Anderson, Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone
Alfie Silas Durio, Billie Barnum, Sir Harry Bowens, Regina Taylor, Sweat Pea Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals
Track listing:
Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes – Taj Mahal
Cheatin’ On You – Jon Cleary
The Hustle Is On – H.E. Owens
Here in the Dark – Bernard Anders
Fanning the Flames – Jon Cleary
I Need Your Loving – Clarence Lewis, Don Gardner, James McDougal, Morris Levy
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Jessie Hill
Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
Don’t Tell Me – Pat McLaughlin
What Am I Living For? – Art Harris, Fred Jay
We’re Gonna Make It – Billy Davis, Carl William Smith, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner
Let the Four Winds Blow – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine “Fats” Domino
(You’ve Got to) Love Her with a Feeling – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
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