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Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid

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In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

  1. Vendome – John Lewis
  2. Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
  3. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Django – John Lewis
  5. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  6. Romaine – Jim Hall

Miles Davis: Young Man With A Horn

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In March 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Young Man with a Horn”, the second Miles Davis album. It was recorded in May 1952, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, arrangements
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional, Stan Getz
  2. Would’n You – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Hatbach
  4. Chance It – Oscar Pettiford
  5. Donna – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Pat Metheny: Road To The Sun

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On March 5, 2021, “BMG Modern Recordings” label released “Road to the Sun”, the 51st Pat Metheny album. It was recorded in 2020, at “John Kilgore Sound and Recording”, “Hanson Recording Studios”, “67 Studio”, “NYC67” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Rodby and Pat Metheny.

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – guitar, 42-string Pikasso guitar
  • Jason Vieaux – guitar
  • Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – guitars
  • Pete Karam – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Doyle Partners – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

Four Paths of Light

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3
  4. Part 4

Road to the Sun

  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Part 6
  • Für Alina – Arvo Pärt

Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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On March 3, 1989, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint”, album by Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny. It was recorded in 1988, at “Russian Hill Recording” in San Francisco, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Judith Sherman.

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – guitar
  • David Harrington – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • John Sherba – violin (Kronos Quartet)
  • Hank Dutt – viola (Kronos Quartet)
  • Joan Jeanrenaud – cello (Kronos Quartet)
  • Les Brockman – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – engineer
  • Rob Eaton – mixing
  • Gary Solomon, Michael Ahearn – engineer assistant
  • Ben Fowler – mixing assistant
  • Robert C. Ludwig – mastering
  • Jennifer Keats – production coordinator
  • David Oakes – producer assistant
  • Frank Olinsky, Manhattan Design – art direction, design
  • Karl Steinbrenner – photography
  • Betty Freeman – commissioned by
  • Steve Reich – liner notes
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer

Track listing:

Different Trains

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Kronos Quartet.

  1. America Before the War
  2. Europe During the War
  3. After the War

Electric Counterpoint

All tracks by Steve Reich.

Performed by Pat Metheny.

  1. Fast
  2. Slow
  3. Fast

Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind

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On March 3, 1972, “Tamla” label released “Music of My Mind”, the fourteenth Stevie Wonder studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Mediasound” and “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Crystal Industries” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil.

Personnel:

  •  Stevie Wonder – lead and backing vocals, drums, handclaps, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano, talk box, harmonica, bongos, clavinet, Moog bass , tack piano
  • Buzz Feiten – electric guitar
  • Art Baron – trombone 
  • Syreeta – backing vocals
  • Uncredited – backing vocals 
  • Malcolm Cecil – Moog programming, engineer
  • Robert Margouleff – Moog programming, engineer
  • Joan DeCola – recording
  • Rick Rowe – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Stevie Wonder, except where noted.

  1. Love Having You Around – Syreeta Wright
  2. Superwoman
  3. I Love Every Little Thing About You
  4. Sweet Little Girl
  5. Happier Than the Morning Sun
  6. Girl Blue – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  7. Seems So Long
  8. Keep On Running
  9. Evil – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright

Keith Jarrett: Death And The Flower

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In February 1975, “Impulse!” label released “Death and the Flower”, the 19th Keith Jarrett album. It was recorded in October 1974, at “Generation Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Michel.

Personnel:

  • Keith Jarrett – piano, wooden flute, soprano saxophone
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette, percussion
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Paul Motian – drums, percussion
  • Guilherme Franco – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Keith Jarrett

  1. Death and the Flower
  2. Prayer
  3. Great Bird

Return To Forever: No Mystery

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In February 1975, “Polydor” label released “No Mystery”, the fifth Return to Forever album. It was recorded in January 1975, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Shelly Yakus.

Personnel:

  • Chick Corea – vocals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizers (ARP Odyssey, Minimoog), snare drum, marimba
  • Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – vocals, electric bass, acoustic bass, Yamaha electric organ, synthesizer
  • Lenny White – drums, percussion, congas, marimba
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
  • Tom Rabstenek – mastering
  • Bill Levy – cover art direction

Track listing:

  1. Dayride – Stanley Clarke
  2. Jungle Waterfall – Chick Corea. Stanley Clarke
  3. Flight of the Newborn – Al Di Meola
  4. Sofistifunk – Lenny White
  5. Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal – Chick Corea, Lenny White, Al Di Meola
  6. No Mystery – Chick Corea
  7. Interplay – Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke
  8. Celebration Suite, Part I – Chick Corea
  9. Celebration Suite, Part II – Chick Corea

Steve Kuhn: Trance

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In February 1975, “ECM” label released “Trance”, the tenth Steve Kuhn album. It was recorded in November 1974, at “Generation Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Steve Kuhn – voice, piano, electric piano
  • Steve Swallow – electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Sue Evans – timpani, tambourine, maracas, conga, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Kuhn.

  1. Trance
  2. A Change of Face
  3. Squirt
  4. The Sandhouse
  5. Something Everywhere
  6. Silver
  7. The Young Blade
  8. Life’s Backward Glance

Oregon: Distant Hills

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In February 1974, “Vanguard” label released “Distant Hills”, the third Oregon studio album. It was recorded in July 1973, at “23rd Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by ralph Towner, Glen Moore, Colin Walcott and Paul McCandless.

Personnel:

  • Ralph Towner – guitar, piano, mellophone, trumpet
  • Glen Moore – bass, electric bass, piano, flute, violin
  • Collin Walcott – guitar, sitar, tambura, table, clarinet, drums, piano, marimba, congas
  • Paul McCandless – English horn, oboe
  • Jeff Zaraya – engineer, mixing
  • Leanne Harrison – painting, calligraphy
  • Monica Mosley – photography

Track listing:

  1. Aurora – Ralph Towner
  2. Dark Spirit – Ralph Towner
  3. Mi Chinita – Colin Walcott, Glen Moore, Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner
  4. Distant Hills – Ralph Towner
  5. Canyon Song – Ralph Towner
  6. Song for a Friend – Ralph Towner
  7. Confession – Colin Walcott, Glen Moore, Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford – trumpet
  • Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – double bass, electric double bass with wah-wah pedal
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper