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Madeleine Peyroux: Let’s Walk

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On June 28, 2024, “Thirty Tigers” label released “Let’s Walk”, the tenth Madeleine Peyroux album. It was recorded August – September 2023, at “The Clubhouse” in Rhinebeck, New York, and was produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

Personnel:

  • Madeleine Peyroux – vocals, guitar
  • Jon Herington – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, marimba, synth
  • Andy Ezrin – piano, Hammond organ, Vox Continental organ, harmonium, Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer organ, orchestral bells
  • Paul Frazier – bass guitar
  • Graham Hawthorne – drums, percussion
  • Stan Harrison – clarinet
  • Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle, Keith Fluitt – vocals
  • Elliot Scheiner – engineer, mixing
  • Matthew Scheiner – engineer
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jon Herington and Madeleine Peyroux.

  1. Find True Love
  2. How I Wish
  3. Let’s Walk
  4. Please Come on Inside
  5. Blues for Heaven
  6. Et Puis
  7. Me and the Mosquito
  8. Nothing Personal
  9. Showman Dan
  10. Take Care

Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts

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On June 13, 2025, “Nonesuch” label released “About Ghosts”, the fourteenth Mary Halvorson studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, “Masterdisk” in New York, and was produced by John Dieterich.

Personnel:

  • Mary Halvorson – guitar, synth
  • Immanuel Wilkins – alto saxophone
  • Brian Settles – tenor saxophone
  • Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
  • Jacob Garchik – trombone
  • Nick Dunston – bass
  • Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
  • Tomas Fujiwara – drums
  • Chris Allen – recording
  • John Dieterich – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering engineer

Track listing:

  1. Full of Neon
  2. Carved Form
  3. Eventidal
  4. Absinthian
  5. About Ghosts
  6. Amaranthine
  7. Polyhedral
  8. Endmost

IZZ: Collapse The Wave

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On June 11, 2024, “Doone records” released “Collapse the Wave”, the 13th IZZ album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Underground Studios” in South Salem, New York, and was produced by Tom Galgano.

Personnel:

  • Tom Galgano – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Laura Meade – vocals, arrangements
  • Paul Bremner – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • John Galgano – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Brian Coralian – drums, electronic drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Greg DiMiceli – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Julie Morris – cover art, animation
  • Diandra Muley – design
  • Uladzimir Taukachau – photography
  • Jonah Mejia – IZZ logo

Track listing:

  1. We Are the 3rd – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, John Galgano, Laura Meade, Tom Galgano
  2. So Many Voices – Tom Galgano
  3. Brace for Impact – lyrics by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, music by Brian Coralian, John Galgano, Paul Bremner
  4. Deep Inside – John Galgano
  5. Collapse the Wave – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, Tom Galgano
  6. Sometimes Sublime – lyrics by Paul Bremner, music by Laura Meade, Paul Bremner. Tom Galgano
  7. There’s Hope! – lyrics by Brian Coralian, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Tom Galgano, John Galgano
  8. Brethren – music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Paul Bremner
  9. Not About Me – music by Tom Galgano
  10. Soak Up the Sunlight – lyrics by John Galgano, music by Greg Di Miceli, Tom Galgano
  11. And We Will Go – John Galgano

Funk Factory: Same

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In May 1975, “ATCO” label released the self-titled, debut Funk Factory album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Atlantic Recording Studios” in New York, and was produced by Michal Urbaniak.

Personnel:

  • John Abercrombie – guitar
  • Barry Finnerty – guitar
  • Wlodek Gulgowski – keyboards
  • Michał Urbaniak – soprano and tenor saxophone, violin, Guitar Viol
  • Anthony Jackson – bass
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Gerald Brown – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Bernard Kafka – voice, vocal arrangements
  • Urszula Dudziak – voice, synth, percussion
  • Ann Tripp, B.K. Singers, Bill Ruthenberg, Linda “Tequila” Logan – voice
  • Irene Howard – voice
  • Gene Paul – recording, remix
  • Paul Scher – art direction
  • Anita Siegle – cover collage

Track listing:

  1. Watusi Dance – Wlodek Gulgowski
  2. Horsing Around – Josef Topola, Norman Simon
  3. Rien Ne Va Plus – Bernard Kafka
  4. After All the World Goes Home – Michał Urbaniak, Norman Simon
  5. Next Please – Bernard Kafka
  6. Funk It – Michał Urbaniak
  7. Lilliput – Wlodek Gulgowski
  8. Sinkin’ Low – Bernard Kafka

Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit

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In May 1960, “Columbia” label released “Blues in Orbit”, the 32nd Duke Ellington album. It was recorded in February 1958, February – December 1959, at “Radio Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Columbia 30th Street” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Billy Strayhorn – piano
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone 
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin
  • Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Fats Ford – trumpet
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Matthew Gee, Booty Wood – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Woode – bass
  • Jimmy Johnson – drums
  • Sam Woodyard – drums
  • Teo Macero – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except as noted.

  1. Three J’s Blues – Jimmy Hamilton
  2. Smada – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  3. Pie Eye’s Blues
  4. Sweet and Pungent – Billy Strayhorn
  5. C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
  6. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  7. Blues in Blueprint
  8. The Swingers Get the Blues, Too – Duke Ellington, Matthew Gee
  9. The Swinger’s Jump
  10. Blues in Orbit – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  11. Villes Ville Is the Place, Man

Tony Bennett With The Count Basie Orchestra: Strike Up The Band

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In May 1959, “Roulette” label released “Strike Up the Band”, album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was recorded in January 1959, at “Capitol Studios” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Sharon – piano, arrangements

The Count Basie Orchestra:

  • Count Basie – piano
  • Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey – trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums

Track listing:

  1. Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Chicago – Fred Fisher
  4. With Plenty of Money and You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
  5. Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  6. Life Is a Song – Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young
  7. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  8. Jeepers Creepers – Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
  9. Growing Pains – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
  10. Poor Little Rich Girl – Noël Coward
  11. Are You Havin’ Any Fun? – Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen

Mountain: Live: The Road Goes Ever On

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On April 24, 1972, “Windfall” label released “Live: The Road Goes Ever On”, the first live Mountain album. It was recorded August 1969, December 1971, January 1972, at “Woodstock Festival” in Bethel, New York, “Academy of Music” in New York City, “Rainbow Theatre” in London, and was produced by Felix Pappalardi.

Personnel:

  • Leslie West – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Knight – keyboards
  • Felix Pappalardi – vocals, bass
  • N. D. Smart – drums
  • Corky Laing – drums
  • Bob d’Orleans – engineer
  • Beverly Weinstein – art direction
  • Gail Collins – artwork, photography
  • Bud Prager – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Long Red – Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg
  2. Waiting to Take You Away – Leslie West
  3. Crossroader – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins
  4. Nantucket Sleighride – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins

Kevin Morby: Singing Saw

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On April 15, 2016, “Dead Oceans” label released “Singing Saw”, the third Kevin Morby studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Isokon Studios” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Sam Cohen.

Personnel:

  •  Kevin Morby – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Sam Cohen – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums
  • Marco Benevento – piano, keyboards 
  • Justin Sullivan – drums, percussion
  • Nick Kinsey – drums, percussion 
  • John Andrews – singing saw 
  • Alec Spiegelman – saxophone, flute
  • Cole Kamen-Green – trumpet 
  • Eliza Bagg – strings
  • Oliver Hill – strings
  • Alecia Chakour – backing vocals 
  • Hannah Cohen – backing vocals 
  • Lauren Balthrop – backing vocals
  • D. James Goodwin – engineer, mixing
  • John Thayer – engineer assistant
  • Sam Cohen – additional engineering
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Miles Johnson – design
  • Dusdin Condren – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Morby.

  1. Cut Me Down
  2. I Have Been to the Mountain
  3. Singing Saw
  4. Drunk and on a Star
  5. Dorothy
  6. Ferris Wheel
  7. Destroyer
  8. Black Flowers
  9. Water

Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings

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In March 1982, “Antilles” label released “Of Human Feelings” the 18th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in April 1979, at “CBS” in New York, and was produced by Ornette Coleman.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
  • Charlie Ellerbee – guitar
  • Bern Nix – guitar
  • Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
  • Calvin Weston – drums
  • Denardo Coleman – drums
  • Ron Saint Germain – engineer
  • Harold Jarowsky – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Ken Robertson – tape operation
  • Susan Bernstein – cover painting
  • Peter Corriston – design
  • Steven Mark Needham – photography
  • Ron Goldstein – executive direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Sleep Talk
  2. Jump Street
  3. Him and Her
  4. Air Ship
  5. What Is the Name of That Song?
  6. Job Mob
  7. Love Words
  8. Times Square

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

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On March 19, 2013, “Dead Oceans” label released “Muchacho” the sixth Phosphorescent studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Greenpoint” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Matthew Houck.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Houck – vocals, guitars, electric lead guitar, organ, electric keys, bounce keys, instruments, drum n’ bass n’ fiddle loops, beats, percussion, shakers, rattlers
  • Jeff Bailey – bass guitar
  • Bobby Hawk – fiddle, stings
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – pedal steel, electric lead guitar
  • Scott Stapleton – piano, synthesizer, clavinet
  • Jo Schornikow – piano 
  • Christopher Marine – drums, bongo drums
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone
  • Jon Natchez – bass saxophone, bass clarinet
  • David Torch – bongo drums, percussion, conga drum 
  • Matthew Houck – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Bischoff – engineer 
  • Phil Joly – “final pass” engineer
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matthew Houck – art direction
  • Dusdin Condren – photography
  • Daniel Murphy – text, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Houck.

  1. Sun, Arise! (An Invocation, An Introduction)
  2. Song for Zula
  3. Ride On/Right On
  4. Terror in the Canyons (The Wounded Master)
  5. A Charm/A Blade
  6. Muchacho’s Tune
  7. A New Anhedonia
  8. The Quotidian Beasts
  9. Down to Go
  10. Sun Arising (A Koan, An Exit)