On October 19, 1995, Donald Eugene Cherry died aged 58. He was a musician (trumpet), one of the pioneers in world fusion in the 60s and 70s. Cherry recorded and performed with a number of musicians and bands including Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Sonny Rollins, New York Contemporary Five, Naná Vasconcelos, La Monte Young, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Brackeen, Codona, Albert Ayler, Clifford Jordan, Steve Lacy, Michael Mantler, Sunny Murray, Jim Pepper, George Russell, Sun Ra, Lou Reed, Charlie Rouse, Albert Heath, James Mtume, Herbie Hancock, Ed Blackwell, Steve Hillage, Collin Walcott, Latif Khan, Johnny Dyani, Masahiko Togashi, Bengt Berger, Rip Rig + Panic, Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Dag Vag, Frank Lowe, Jai Uttal, and Ed Blackwell.
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Eliane Elias: Eliane Elias Plays Jobim
On July 28, 1990, “Blue Note” label released “Eliane Elias Plays Jobim”, the fifth Eliane Elias studio album. It was recorded in December 1989 and was produced by Eliane Elias and Randy Brecker.
Personnel:
- Eliane Elias – vocal, piano, arranger, editing
- Eddie Gomez – bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Nana Vasconcelos – percussion
- Malcolm Pollack – editing
- Christine Martin – executive producer
Track listing:
- Waters of March / Aqua de Beber – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
- Sabia – Chico Buarque, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Passarim – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paulo Jobim
- Don’t Ever Go Away – Dolores Durán, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees
- Angela – Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Children’s Games – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees
- Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Zingaro – Chico Buarque, Antonio Carlos Jobim
- One Note Samba – Jon Hendricks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
- Don’t Ever Go Away – Dolores Duran, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Aztec Camera: Dreamland
On May 25, 1993, “WEA” label released “Dreamland”, the fifth Aztec Camera studio album. It was recorded in 1992, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Roddy Frame.
Personnel:
- Roddy Frame– vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Rosie Ania
- Victor Bailey
- Steve Bernstein
- Barry Finclair
- Romero Lubambo
- Sylvia Mason-James
- David Palmer
- Paul Powell
- Gary Sanctuary
- Vivian Saunders
- Steve Sidelnyk
- Gary Tibbs
- Naná Vasconcelos
- Lolly Grodner, Patrick Dillett, Paul Gomersall – engineer
- Danton Supple, Hoover Le, Jim Caruana, Tim Leitner – engineer assistant
- Julian Mendelsohn – mixing
- Zana – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Roddy Frame.
- Birds
- Safe in Sorrow
- Black Lucia
- Let Your Love Decide
- Spanish Horses
- Dream Sweet Dreams
- Pianos and Clocks
- Sister Ann
- Vertigo
- Valium Summer
- The Belle of the Ball
Ambitious Lovers: Lust
On January 18, 1991, “Elektra” label released “Lust”, the third Ambitious Lovers album. It was recorded in 1991 at “Skyline Studio”, “Creative Audio Recording Services”, “Power Station” and “Platinum Island” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Scherer.
Personnel:
- Arto Lindsay– vocals, guitar
- Marc Ribot– guitar
- Naná Vasconcelos– percussion
- Peter Scherer – keyboards, synthesizer bass, sampling
- K. Dyson – backing vocals
- Melvin Gibbs– bass guitar
- Tony Lewis – drums
- Jason Baker – recording
- Scott Ansell – additional recording
- Francis Manzella – additional recording
- Patrick Dillett – engineer assistant
- Bil Emmons – engineer assistant
- Paul Angelli – engineer assistant
- David Schiffman – engineer assistant
- Bob Ludwig– mastering
- Katherine Miller – engineer assistant
- Roger Moutenot – mixing, assistant recording
- Norika Sora – illustrations
- Tomoyo Tanaka – art direction
- Anthony Lee – art direction
- Josef Astor – photography
- Masashi Kuwamoto – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Arto Lindsay and Peter Scherer, except where noted.
- Lust
- It’s Gonna Rain
- Tuck it in
- Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)
- Monster
- Villain – Caetano Veloso
- Half Out of It
- Slippery
- Make it Easy
- More Light
- É Preciso Perdoar – Coqueijo, Luz
Ginger Baker: Horses & Trees
On January 6, 1986, “Celluloid” label released “Horses & Trees”, the fourth Ginger Baker album. It was recorded September – November 1985, and was produced by Bill Laswell.
Personnel:
- Ginger Baker – drums, percussion, tympani, gong, congas, maracas
- Nicky Skopelitis- guitars
- Bill Laswell- bass guitars, slide guitar
- Bernie Worrell- organ, keyboards
- Robert Musso- piano, organ
- Lakshminarayana Shankar- violin
- Daniel Ponce – percussion, bata, bells
- Foday Musa Suso- percussion, kalimba, dousongonni, nyanyer, kora
- Naná Vasconcelos– voice, drums, berimbau, cuica, shaker
- Grandmixer D.ST- turntable
- Aïyb Dieng- drums, percussion, chatan, bells
Track listing:
- Interlock – Bill Laswell, Daniel Ponce, Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso
- Dust To Dust – Ginger Baker
- Satou – Aïyb Dieng, Bill Laswell, Foday Musa Suso
- Uncut – Ginger Baker, Bill Laswell, Daniel Ponce, Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso
- Mountain Time – Ginger Baker, Aïyb Dieng
- Makuta – Ginger Baker, Aïyb Dieng, Bill Laswell, Foday Musa Suso
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Beauty
On November 21, 1989, “Virgin” label released “Beauty”, the eighth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Take One Studio”, “Zero Studio”, “Onkio Haus”, “Sound Inn Studio” in Tokyo, “Platinum Island Recording Studio”, “Right Tracks Studio”, “Bear Tracks”, “The Power Station” in New York City, “Complex” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Personnel:
- Ryuichi Sakamoto– vocals, mixing, engineering, arranger, keyboards, piano
- Arto Lindsay– vocals, rap
- Brian Wilson– vocals
- Kazumi Tamaki, Misako Koja – vocals, shamisen
- Nicky Holland – vocals
- Yoriko Ganeko – vocals, shamisen, castanets
- Youssou N’Dour, Laura Shaheen, Robert Wyatt, Jill Jones– vocals
- Alex Brown, Angel Rogers, Anita Sherman – backing vocals
- Kirk Crumpler – keyboards, programmer
- Carlos Lomas, Bun Itakura, Dali Kimoko-N’Dala, Robbie Robertson– guitar
- Eddie Martinez– guitar, soloist
- Pino Palladino, Mark Johnson, Larry White – bass
- Sly Dunbar– drums
- Pandit Dinesh– tabla
- Naná Vasconcelos, Paco Yé, Seidou “Baba” Outtara, Sibiri Outtara – percussion
- Magatie Fall – talking drum
- Milton Cardona– shekere
- Shankar– double violin
- Sang Won Park– zither
- Sham Guibbory – string section leader
- Jiang Jian Huo – erhu
- Greg Calbi, Jason Corsaro – engineer, mixing
- Ikuo Honma, Kinji Yoshino, Mark Lynette, Naoto Shibuya, Roger Moutenot, Yutaka Arai – engineer
- Carmen Rizzo– engineer, mixing, programmer
- Dan Gellert, Douglas Rose, Gary Solomon, John Herman, Junichi Yamazaki , Michael White, Seiichi Yoritomi, Tetsuya Ishizuka, Yuuki Mizutani, Darin Prindle, Kevin Casey, Sylvia Massy – engineer assistant
- Masaya Nishida, Jeff Bova, Bill Seery – programming
- Yuji Suguyama – programming, computer operation
- Shingo Take – sampling
Track listing:
All tracks by Ryuchi Sakamoto.
- Calling from Tokyo
- A Rose
- Asadoya Yunta
- Futique
- Amore
- We Love You
- Diabaram
- A Pile of Time
- Romance
- Chinsagu No Hana
- Adagio
Ambitious Lovers: Greed
On November 1, 1988, “Virgin” label released “Greed”, the second Ambitious Lovers album. It was recorded in 1988, at “Skyline Studios”, “Creative Audio Recording”, “Platinum Island”, “Nas Nuvens” in Rio De Janeiro, “Cianni Musica” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Scherer.
Personnel:
- Arto Lindsay– vocals, guitar
- Vernon Reid– guitar
- Bill Frisell– guitar
- Peter Scherer – keyboards, synthesizer bass, drum programming, sampling
- Joey Baron– drums
- Naná Vasconcelos – vocals, percussion
- John Zorn– saxophone
- Gail Lou – backing vocals
- K. Dyson – backing vocals
- Knut Bohn, Vitor Farias, Eric Hurtig, Francis Manzella – additional recording
- Ed Brooks, John Cicchitti, Oz Fritz, UE Nastasi, Dary Sulich – assistant engineer
- Keith Freedman – engineer assistant, additional recording
- Bob Ludwig– mastering
- Roger Moutenot – assistant engineer, mixing, recording
- Paula Zanes – art direction, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Arto Lindsay and Peter Scherer, except where noted.
- Copy Me
- Privacy
- Caso
- King
- Omotesando
- Too Far
- Love Overlap
- Admit It
- Steel Wood
- Para Não Contrariar Voce – Paulinho da Viola.
- Quasi You
- It Only Has to Happen Once
- Dot Stuff
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
In May 1981, “ECM” label released “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls”, album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. It was recorded in September 1980, at “Talent Studio” in Oslo, Norway and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Pat Metheny– acoustic 6- and 12-string guitars, electric guitar, electric bass
- Lyle Mays– piano, synthesizer, electric organ, autoharp
- Naná Vasconcelos – vocals, berimbau, percussion, drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.
- As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
- Ozark
- September Fifteenth – dedicated to Bill Evans
- It’s for You
- Estupenda Graça
Talking Heads: Litlle Creatures
On June 10, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “Little Creatures”, the sixth Talking Heads studio album. It was recorded October 1984 – March 1985, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymoth. “Little Creatures” was voted best album of the year in “The Village Voice Pazz & Jop” critic’s poll, and the cover album, created by artist Howard Finster, was voted album cover of the year by “Rolling Stone” magazine. The album was certified Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- David Byrne– vocals, guitar
- Jerry Harrison– keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
- Tina Weymouth– bass guitar, backing vocals
- Chris Frantz– drums
- Eric Weissberg– steel guitar
- Jimmy Macdonell – accordion
- Lenny Pickett– saxophones
- Steve Scales – percussion
- Naná Vasconcelos– percussion
- Andrew Cader – washboard
- Kurt Yahijian – backing vocals
- Ellen Bernfeld – backing vocals
- Erin Dickens – backing vocals
- Diva Gray – backing vocals
- Gordon Grody – backing vocals
- Lani Groves – backing vocals
- Eric Thorngren – engineer, mixing
- Melanie West – second engineer
- Jack Skinner – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by David Byrne, except where noted.
- And She Was
- Give Me Back My Name – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
- Creatures of Love
- The Lady Don’t Mind – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison,Tina Weymouth
- Perfect World – lyrics David Byrne, Chris Frantz
- Stay Up Late
- Walk It Down
- Television Man
- Road to Nowhere
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