On April 6, 1999, “Atlantic” label released “Utopia Parkway” the second Fountains of Wayne studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood.
Personnel:
Chris Collingwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Jody Porter – lead guitar, backing vocals
Adam Schlesinger – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
On March 29, 2017, “Commons” and “Milan” labels released “async”, the nineteenth Ryuichi Sakamoto studio album. It was recorded April – December 2016, at “The Studio”, “Germano Studios” and “Museum of Arts and Design” in New York City, “Bastyr University Chapel” in Kenmore, Washington, “Gateway Mastering” in Portland, Maine, “Kyoto City University of Arts” in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mai Yuda. Magazine “Fact” voted “async” the best album of 2017.
Personnel:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano,
Christian Fennesz – guitar, computer
N.S.S. – Singing bowls
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – triangle
Ko Ishikawa – Shō
Honjoh Hidejiro – shamisen
Ian Antonio, Levy Lorenzo, Ross Karre – percussion
David Sylvian – spoken word
Andri Magnason, Bernardo Bertolucci, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Leboutte, José Lavat, Keyko Nimsay, Priscilla Leung, Sergei Mihailov, Shirin Neshat, Tang Kit Ming – spoken word vocals
Paul Bowles – words
Luca – vocals
Arseny Tarkovsky – words
Simon James – concertmaster
David Sabee – concertmaster
Alex Venguer, Ryan Kelly, John Winters,.Seigen Ono – recording engineer
Jason Staniulis, Matthew Sim, Alec Fellman – engineer assistant
On March 26, 2012, “Honest Jon’s” label released the self-titled, debut and only Rocket Juice & the Moon album. It was recorded 2008 – 2011, at “Studio 13” in London, in Chicago, New York City and Paris.
On March 23, 1999, “Elektra” label released “Inside”, the 20th David Sanborn album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Camel Island” in New Jersey, “Avatar Studios”, “Hiatus Studios”, “Sound On Sound” and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.
Personnel:
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
Marcus Miller – keyboards, Rhodes piano, guitar, bass, drums, clarinet, backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
On March 16, 2012, “ECM” label released “All Our Reasons” the eleventh Billy Hart album. It was recorded in June 2011, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
On March 11, 2003, “High Note” label released “Smooth Sailing” the 30th and the final Teddy Edwards album. It was recorded in 2001 at “M&I Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Houston Person.
Personnel:
Teddy Edwards – tenor saxophone
Richard Wyands – piano
Ray Drummond – double bass
Chip White – drums
Track listing:
Going Home – Teddy Edwards
All Too Soon – Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman
Hank’s Tune – Hank Mobley
Indian Summer – Victor Herbert, Al Dubin
Robbin’s Nest – Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell
It’s the Talk of the Town – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
Smooth Sailing – Arnett Cobb
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
On March 10, 1995, “Atlantic” label released “The Real Quiet Storm”, the third James Carter studio album. It was recorded October – November 1994, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Yves Beauvais.
Personnel:
James Carter – soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, bass flute, bass clarinet
On March 9, 2018, “Todo Mundo” and “Nonesuch” labels released “American Utopia”, the tenth David Byrne studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “DB Spare Bedroom”, “Reservoir Studios”, “Oscilloscope”, “XL Studios” and “Crowdspacer Studio” in New York City, “Livingston Studio” in London, and was produced by David Byrne, Pat Dillett, Brian Eno and Rodaidh McDonald.
Personnel:
David Byrne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, pads
Brian Eno – vocoder, keyboards, voice effects, whistling, celeste, brass; drums, percussion, robot rhythm guitar, drum programming, backing vocals
Jam City – guitar, synth stabs, drums
Magnus Bang Olsen – piano
Sampha – piano
Daniel Lopatin – keyboards, drums, synthesizers, bass, processing, textures, strings
On March 8, 2005, “Koch” label released “Silver Rain”, the sixth Marcus Miller studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Absolut Beats” in Dallas, TX, “Camel Island Studios” in Los Angeles, “Hannibal Studios” in Santa Monica, CA, “HIt Factory”, “The Dormitory” in New York City, “Vertical Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Marcus Miller and David Isaac.
On February 28, 1995, “Verve Forecast Records” label released “First Wish”, the debut Chris Botti album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, “AGF Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Chris Botti, Kevin Killen and Andy Snitzer.
Personnel:
Chris Botti – trumpet, keyboards, tambourine, acoustic piano, programming
Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, acoustic piano, Omnichord
Andy Snitzer – Rhodes, programming
Mitchell Froom – Wurlitzer electric piano, organ
Kevin Killen – Omnichord
Larry Saltzman – guitars
Shane Fontayne – guitars
Paul Livant – guitars
Marc Shulman – guitars
Dominic Kanza – guitars
Pino Palladino – bass
Steve Ferrone – drums
Jerry Marotta – drums
Joe Bonadio – percussion
Cyro Baptista – surdo, shaker
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Sandra Park – violin
Rebecca Young – violin
Morris Goldberg – African flutes
Edie Brickell – vocals
Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing
Andrew Page – additional recording
David Lau – art direction
Sheryl Lutz-Brown – art direction
Étsuko Iseki – design
Gary St. Clair – design
Brad Hitz – photography
Guy Eckstein – executive producer
Marc Silag – production coordinator
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Botti, except where noted.
Worlds Outside
On the Night Ride
First Wish
Like I Do Now – Chris Botti, Edie Brickell, Paul Joseph Moore