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The Brecker Brothers: The brecker Bros.

In September 1975, “Arista” label released “The Brecker Bros.”, the debut Brecker Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in January 1975, at “Secret Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Randy Brecker.

Personnel:

  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker – vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Bob Mann – guitars
  • Don Grolnick – keyboards
  • Will Lee – vocals, electric bass
  • Harvey Mason – drums
  • Chris Parker – additional drums 
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Gerald Block – engineer, mixing
  • David Stone – mixing assistant
  • Leanne Ungar – mixing assistant
  • Bob Heimall – art direction
  • Arron Associates – design
  • John Paul Endress – photography
  • Steve Backer – executive produce

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Brecker, except where noted.

  1. Some Skunk Funk
  2. Sponge
  3. A Creature of Many Faces
  4. Twilight
  5. Sneakin’ up Behind You – Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Don Grolnick, Will Lee, David Sanborn
  6. Rocks
  7. Levitate
  8. Oh My Stars
  9. D.B.B.

John Coltrane:The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording

On September 25, 2001, “Impulse!” label released “The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording”, the final live John Coltrane recording. It was recorded in April 1967, at the “Olatunji Center of African Culture” in New York City, and was produced by Bryan Koniarz.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Alice Coltrane – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Algie DeWitt – Batá drum, double bass
  • Jumma Santos – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Introduction by Billy Taylor
  2. Ogunde – John Coltrane
  3. My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein

They Might Be Giants: Lincoln

On September 25, 1988, “Bar/None” label released “Lincoln”, the second They Might Be Giants studio album. It was recorded March – June 1988, at “Dubway” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Kraus.

Personnel:

  • John Flansburgh – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, trumpet, melodica
  • John Linnell – lead and backing vocals, accordion, autoharp, clarinet, keyboards, baritone and bass saxophone, bass harmonica, tenor saxophone, banjo
  • Lisa Klapp – bridge monologue
  • Kenneth Nolan – drums
  • The Ordinaires – arrangements
  • Al Houghton – engineer
  • Brian Dewan – cover art
  • Carol Kitman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

  1. Ana Ng
  2. Cowtown
  3. Lie Still, Little Bottle
  4. Purple Toupee
  5. Cage & Aquarium
  6. Where Your Eyes Don’t Go
  7. Piece of Dirt
  8. Mr. Ne
  9. Pencil Rain
  10. The World’s Address
  11. I’ve Got a Match
  12. Santa’s Beard
  13. You’ll Miss Me
  14. They’ll Need a Crane
  15. Shoehorn with Teeth
  16. Stand on Your Own Head
  17. Snowball in Hell
  18. Kiss Me, Son of God

Alex G: God Save The Animals

On September 23, 2022, “Domino” label released “God Save the Animals”, the ninth Alex G studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Headroom Studios” and “Spice House” in Philadelphia, “Sugar House” in New York City, “Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, Gradwell House Recording” in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, “Watersong Music” in Bowdoinham, Maine, and was produced by Alex G and Jacob Portrait.

Personnel:

  • Alex G (Alexander Giannascoli) – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, engineer
  • Samuel Acchione – guitar, banjo
  • John Heywood – bass
  • Tom Kelly – drums
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield – additional vocals
  • Molly Germer – strings, additional vocals, string arrangement
  • Jacob Portrait – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Watter – engineer
  • Kyle Pulley – engineer
  • Scoops Dardaris – engineer
  • Eric Bogacz – engineer
  • Connor Priest – engineer
  • Steve Poponi – engineer
  • Earl Bigelow – engineering
  • Anjan Alavandar – engineer assistant
  • Isaac Eiger – engineer assistant
  • Shubham Mondal – engineer assistant
  • Sophie Shalit – engineer assistant
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Rachel Giannascoli Masciantonio – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Giannascoli.

  1. After All
  2. Runner
  3. Mission
  4. S.D.O.S.
  5. No Bitterness
  6. Ain’t It Easy
  7. Cross the Sea
  8. Blessing
  9. Early Morning Waiting
  10. Immunity
  11. Headroom Piano
  12. Miracles
  13. Forgive

Maynard Ferguson: Come Blow Your Horn

In September 1963, “Cameo” label released “Come Blow Your Horn”, the 25th Maynard Ferguson album. It was recorded August – September 1963, at “Fire Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dave Edelman.

Personnel:

  • Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, valve trombone, French horn
  • Lanny Morgan – alto saxophone
  • Willie Maiden, Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
  • Dusan Goykovitch – trumpet
  • Nat Pavone, Rick Kiefer – trumpet
  • Don Doane, Kenny Rupp – trombone
  • Mike Abene – piano
  • Linc Milliman – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums
  • Mike Abene, Al Cohn, Bill Holman, Willie Maiden, Don Raider, Don Sebesky – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Groove – Oliver Nelson
  2. Country Boy – Bill Holman
  3. Blues for a Four String Guitar – Elmer Bernstein
  4. Whisper Not – Benny Golson, Leonard Feather
  5. We’ve Got a World That Swings – Lil Mattis, Lois Yule Brown
  6. Chicago That Toddling Town – Fred Fisher
  7. Naked City Theme – Billy May
  8. New Hope – Don Raider
  9. Antony and Cleopatra Theme – Alex North
  10. Come Blow Your Horn – Jimmy van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation

In September 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, the sixth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Scott LaFaro – double bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Free Jazz (Part One)
  2. Free Jazz (Part Two)

Ben Webster And Harry “Sweets” Edison: Wanted to Do One Together

On September 17, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Wanted to Do One Together” (also released as Ben and “Sweets”),album by Ben Webster and Harry “Sweets” Edison. It was recorded in June 1962, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Mike Berniker.

Personnel:

  • Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Clarence Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Better Go – Ben Webster
  2. How Long Has This Been Going On – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  3. Kitty – Harry Edison
  4. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Did You Call Her Today – Ben Webster
  6. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

B. B. King: B. B. King & Friends 80

On September 13, 2005, “Geffen” label released “B. B. King & Friends: 80”, the forty-first B.B. King album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” and “Right Track Recording” in New York City, “Caesar’s Palace Showroom” in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Conway Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “O’Henry Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Olympic Studios” in London. At the 48th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “B. B. King & Friends: 80” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • B. B. King – vocals, guitar
  • Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
  • Billy F Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • John Mayer – vocals, guitar
  • Glenn Frey – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Clapton – guitar
  • Clem Clempson – guitar
  • Mark Knopfler – guitar
  • Davey Johnstone – guitar
  • Larry Campbell – guitar
  • Dean Parks – rhythm guitar
  • Elton John – vocals, piano
  • Chris Stainton – keyboards
  • Brian Mitchell – keyboards
  • Guy Babylon – keyboards
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Luke Smith – Hammond organ
  • Sheryl Crow – vocals
  • Bob Birch – bass guitar
  • Leland Sklar – bass guitar
  • T-Bone Wolk – bass guitar
  • Yolanda Charles – bass guitar
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Billy Ward – drums
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Nigel Olsson – drums
  • John Mahon – percussion
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Kunkel – shaker

Track listing:

  1. Early in the Morning – Dallas Bartley, Louis Jordan, Leo Hickman
  2. Tired of Your Jive – Janet Despenza, Johnny Pate
  3. The Thrill is Gone – Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
  4. Need Your Love So Bad – Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.
  5. Ain’t Nobody Home – Jerry Ragovou
  6. Hummingbird – Leon Russell
  7. All Over Again – Carl B. Adams
  8. Drivin’ Wheel – Roosevelt Sykes
  9. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack
  10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Stix Hooper, Will Jennings
  11. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
  12. Rock This House – James A. Lane

Sam Jones: Something In Common

On September 13, 1977, “Muse” label released “Something in Common” the eighth Sam Jones album. It was recorded April 1974 – September 1977, at “C.I. Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Cedar Walton and Bob Porter.

Personnel:

  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Bob Berg – tenor saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Slide Hampton – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – keyboards, piano
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Thomas Hampson – engineer
  • Chuck Irwin – engineer
  • Gene Paul – mastering
  • Page Simon – design
  • Tom Copi – photography
  • Todd Barkan – liner notes
  • Dan Mueller – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Cedar Walton, except where noted.

  1. Seven Minds – Sam Jones
  2. Bolivia
  3. Something in Common
  4. Every Man Is a King – Slide Hampton
  5. For All We Know – J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
  6. Blue Silver – Blue Mitchell
  7. Shoulders
  8. One for Amos – Sam Jones
  9. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

Peter Wolf: Sleeppless

On September 10, 2002, “Artemis” label released “Sleepless” the sixth Peter Wolf album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Sear Sound”, “Avatar”, “Globe Studios” and “Red House” in New York City, “Woolly Mammoth Sound” in Boston, and was produced by Kenny White and Peter Wolf. Magazine “Rolling Stone”, ranked “Sleepless” on number 427 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Wolf – vocals
  • Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
  • Steve Earle – vocals
  •  Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar, backing vocals
  • Duke Levine – mandolin, electric guitar, baritone guitar
  • Angelo Petraglia – acoustic guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitars
  • Stuart Kimball – electric guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Kenny White – organ, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
  • Brian Mitchell – accordion
  • Magic Dick – harmonica
  •  Tony Garnier – acoustic bass
  • Warren McRae – electric bass
  • John Conte – electric bass
  • Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums, drum loop
  • Kevin Shurtleff – additional drums, percussion
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Dan Reiser – drums
  • Sammy Merendino – additional percussion
  • Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
  • Bob Funk – tenor trombone
  • Rob Eaton – backing vocals
  • Teresa Williams – backing vocals
  • Ada Dyer – backing vocals
  • Cire Jones – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Milt Grayson – bass vocals
  • Fred Griffith – backing vocals
  • Rob Eaton – recording, mixing
  • Ben Wisch – recording, mixing
  • Phil Greene – mixing
  • Dave Westner – additional engineering, mixing
  • Chris Rival – additional engineering
  • Tom Waltz – additional engineering
  • John Weston – additional engineering
  • Steve Mazur – engineer assistant
  • Jacques Obadia – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Frank Olinsky – design, cover photography
  • Joe Greene – photography
  • Karen Rome – project coordinator
  • Jill Dell’Abate – session coordinator

Track listing:

  1. Growin’ Pain – Angelo Petraglia, Peter Wolf
  2. Nothin’ but the Wheel – John Scott Sherrill
  3. A Lot of Good Ones Gone – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  4. Never Like This Before – Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, David Porter
  5. Run Silent, Run Deep – Timothy S. Mayer, Peter Wolf
  6. Homework – Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush
  7. Five O’Clock Angel – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  8. Hey Jordan – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  9. Too Close Together – Sonny Boy Williamson
  10. Some Things You Don’t Want to Know – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  11. Oh Marianne – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf
  12. Sleepless – Will Jennings, Peter Wolf