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Jesse Cook: Vertigo

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On June 16, 1998, “Narada” label released “Vertigo”, the third Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, pandeiro, djembe, udu, chimes, handclaps, programming, arrangements, engineer
  • Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. – vocals, accordion
  • Holly Cole – vocals
  • Miguel De La Bastide – guitar
  • Bill Katsioutas – guitar
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk
  • George Koller – esraj, violin
  • Art Avalos – tambourine, djembe, chimes, snare, tom tom, guiro, traiangle, shaker, timbales, cowbell 
  • Ofra Harnoy – cello
  • Blake Manning – drums, timbales
  • Mario Melo – congas, udu, shaker, djembe, surdo, repinique, cabasa, percussion arrangements
  • Carmen Romero – handclaps
  • Arturo Avalos – Caja Vallenata
  • Pacy Shulman – engineer assistant
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Hugh Hartshorne – photography
  • Kathleen Shea – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. That’s Right!
  2. Byzantium Underground
  3. Canción Triste
  4. Rattle and Burn
  5. Red
  6. Breathing Below Surface
  7. Avocado
  8. Allegretto
  9. Vertigo
  10. Fragile (Holly Cole) – Sting

Contains the hidden track “Wednesday Night At Etric’s”

David Arkenstone: Spirit Wind

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On March 11, 1997, “Narada” label released “Spirit Wind”, the tenth David Arkenstone album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by David Arkenstone.

Personnel:

  • David Arkenstone  -guitars, piano, mandolin, cittern, percussion, bass, flute, keyboards, sound design
  • Don Markese – Watershed flutes, C flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet, Soprano saxophone, pennywhistle, ocarina
  • Douglas Spotted Eagle – Native American flute 
  • Eric Segnitz – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by David Arkenstone.

  1. The Ancient Road
  2. Destiny
  3. Companions
  4. Magic
  5. Night Visions
  6. Continue to Be
  7. The Wolf Hunt
  8. Northern Song
  9. Wind in the Trees
  10. A Special Place
  11. River Crossing
  12. Legends
  13. Changes
  14. Spirit Wind
  15. The Long Way Home

Bradley Joseph: Rapture

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On March 11, 1997, “Narada” label released “Rapture”, the second Bradley Joseph studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Pachyderm Studio” in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and was produced by Bradley Joseph.

Personnel:

  • Bradley Joseph – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, conductor, engineer, mixing
  • Daniel Neale, Aron “Pumpkin” Trooien – guitar
  • James Anton – electric bass
  • Gordy Johnson – string bass
  • James Wheeler – drums
  • Charlie Adams, Marc Anderson – percussion
  • Brian Pearson – flute, trumpet
  • Jennifer Schumacher – English horn, oboe
  • Steven P. Trochlil – clarinet
  • Terry Brau – bass clarinet, trumpet
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin
  • Melissa Hasin – cello
  • David Levin, Clystie Whang – vocals
  • St. Olaf Players
  • Bob DeMaa – engineer
  • Lynn Peterson – engineer
  • Mark Agostino – engineer
  • Chuck Linder – engineer assistant
  • Dan Harjung – mixing
  • Treavor Sadler – mastering
  • Dan Harjung – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradley Joseph.

  1. A Lover’s Return
  2. Feel
  3. Jewel
  4. Healing the Hollow Man
  5. Blue Rock Road
  6. Robbins Island
  7. Stray
  8. A Stolen Kiss
  9. The Gallery
  10. Be Still
  11. Coastal Highway
  12. Storyteller
  13. The Passage

David Arkenstone: Return Of The Guardians

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On October 22, 1996, “Narada” label released “Return of the Guardians”, the eight David Arkenstone album. It was recorded in August 1996, and was produced by Danny Chase and David Arkenstone.

Personnel:

  • David Arkenstone – acoustic and electric  guitars, piano, keyboards, flutes, Turkish saz, mandolin, bouzouki, cittern, harp, sound design
  • Dash Arkenstone, David Evans – additional guitars
  • Diane Arkenstone – synthesizers
  • Wayne Lothian – bass
  • Carlos del Puerto Llera – bass
  • Danny Chase – drums, percussion, additional engineering, sound design
  • Val Arkenstone – drums
  • John Klemmer – soprano sax
  • Jay Leslie – flute
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Abdou M’boup – bugarabu, shakere, tama, sabar ‘ndeer, bongo
  • Church of Scientology Choir – Marcia Powell, director; Carol Worthey, vocal arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Border Journey
  2. Trail of Tears – David Arkenstone, Dan Chase
  3. Chosen Voices
  4. Winds of Change
  5. The Forgotten Lands
  6. Two Hearts
  7. City in the Clouds
  8. Mask
  9. Water of Life
  10. Out of Darkness
  11. Transformation
  12. Reunion

Jesse Cook: Free Fall

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On September 26, 2000, “Narada” label released “Free Fall”, the fourth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Pizazzudio”, “Musickkloftet”, “National Arts Centre” and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, keyboards, shaker, handclaps, goblet drum, surdo, congas, drum programming, handclaps, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Laliberté – guitar
  • Danny Wilde – vocals
  • Etric Lyons – bass
  • Peter Cardinali – bass
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Samba Squad – percussion
  • Mario Melo – surdo, repinique, congas, rattle, arrangements
  • Art Avalos – timbales, cowbell, triangle, djembe, goblet drum, shaker, congas, surdo
  • Ron Allen – bansuri
  • Djivan Gasparyan – duduk, ney
  • Rick Shadrach Lazar – goblet drum, tambourine, shaker, finger cymbals, percussion
  • Steven Greenman – violin
  • Kathleen Kajioka – viola
  • George Gao – fiddle
  • Nancy Cardwell – handclaps
  • Pacy Shulman, Vidar Lunden, Michel Lardie – engineer
  • Richard Denhart – mixing, executive producer
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering
  • Connie Gage – design
  • Julio Moya – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Switchback
  2. Air
  3. Virtue
  4. Free Fall
  5. Paloma
  6. Incantation
  7. All That Remains
  8. On Walks the Night
  9. Querido Amigo
  10. Viva
  11. Fall At Your Feet – Neil Finn

Jesse Cook: Tempest

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On September 26, 1995, “Narada” label released “Tempest”, the debut Jesse Cook album.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, palmas, synthesizer, djembe, percussion
  • Andrew Morales – bass guitar
  • Mario Melo – congas, percussion, palmas
  • Blake Manning – darbuka, timbali

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Tempest
  2. Cascada
  3. Breeze from Saintes Maries
  4. Baghdad
  5. Parasol
  6. Dance of Spring
  7. Soledad
  8. Orbit
  9. Fate (Parasol Reprise)
  10. Jumpstart

Jesse Cook: Gravity

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On September 24, 1996, “Narada” label released “Gravity”, the second Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Coach House Music” in Canada, and was produced by Jesse Cook.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitars, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Andrés Morales – bass guitar
  • Blake Manning – drums
  • Mario Melo – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook.

  1. Mario Takes a Walk
  2. Azul
  3. Gravity
  4. Closer to Madness
  5. Into the Dark
  6. Brio
  7. Falling From Grace
  8. Olodum
  9. Rapture
  10. Gipsy
  11. Luna Llena – includes hidden track Hidden Gravity

Jesse Cook: Nomad

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On September 2, 2003, “Narada” label released “Nomad”, the fifth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “20 Hz Sound Studios”, “Coach House Music”, “Groovy Drums Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Leila Studios” in Cairo, Egypt, “Shydog Studio” in Austin, Texas, “Sonic Innovation Studio 2” in London.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, arrangements
  • Alejandra Nuñez, Danny Wilde, Flora Purim, Kurt Neumann, Maryem Hassan Tollar, Mike Ferfolia, Montsé Cortés, Roula Said, Sam Llanas, Houda El Sombaty – vocals
  • James McNally – keyboards, bodhrán
  • Simon Emmerson – keyboards, bass
  • James McNally – accordion
  • Collin Barrett – bass 
  • N’faly Kouyate – kora
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Art Avalos, Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar – percussion
  • Simon Massey – drum programming
  • Chris Church, Saeid Kamal – violin
  • James McNally – whistle

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Qadduka-i-Mayyas – traditional
  3. Surrender
  4. Early on Tuesday
  5. Beloved
  6. Waiting for Tide
  7. Down Like Rain
  8. Leila
  9. Maybe
  10. Nomad – Jesse Cook, Simon Emmerson, James McNally
  11. Worlds Away
  12. Toca Orilla – Jesse Cook, Alejandra Nuñez

Tony Levin: Waters of Eden

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On April 11, 2000, “Narada” label released “Waters of Eden”, the second Tony Levin album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, and was produced by Tony Levin and Artie Traum.

Personnel:

  • Tony Levin – Music Manelectric bass, fretless bass, NS electric upright bass, NS electric cello, engineer
  • Warren Bernhardt– piano, engineer
  • California Guitar Trio– acoustic guitars
  • Larry Fast– synthesizer, engineer
  • Steve Gorn– bansuri flute, engineer
  • Pete Levin – synthesizer
  • Jerry Marotta– percussion, drums, Taos drum, engineer
  • Jeff Pevar – acoustic and electric guitars, engineer
  • David Sancious– synthesizer, piano, virtual soprano saxophone
  • David Torn– acoustic and electric guitars, electric oud, loops, drum processing
  • David Tom – engineer
  • Robert Frazza – engineer
  • Brandon Mason – engineer
  • David Bottrill – mixing
  • Trevor Sadler – mastering

Tracks listing:

All tracks by Tony Levin.

  1. Bone & Flesh
  2. Waters of Eden
  3. Icarus
  4. Gecko Walk
  5. Belle
  6. Pillar of Fire
  7. Boulevard of Dreams
  8. Opal Road
  9. Utopia

Tony Levin: Resonator

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On April 4, 2006, “Narada” label released “Resonator”, the fifth Tony Levin album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Tony Levin.

Personnel:

  • Tony Levin– lead vocals, cello, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, Chapman stick
  • Jesse Gress– guitar, backing vocals
  • Adrian Belew– lead guitar
  • Steve Lukather– lead guitar
  • Pete Levin– piano, organ
  • Larry Fast– synthesizers
  • Jerry Marotta– drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony Levin, except where noted.

  1. Break It Down
  2. Places to Go
  3. Throw the God a Bone
  4. Utopia
  5. Beyond My Reach
  6. Shadowland
  7. Crisis of Faith
  8. What Would Jimi Do?
  9. Sabre Dance – Aram Khachaturian
  10. Fragile as a Song