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George Russell: New York, N.Y.

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In August 1959, “Decca” label released “New York, N.Y.”, the second George Russell album.

Personnel:

  • George Russell – arranger, conductor
  • Jon Hendricks – vocals
  • Hal McKusick – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger – baritone saxophone
  • Gene Allen – baritone saxophone
  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Joe Ferrante – trumpet
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Don Lamond – drums
  • Al Epstein – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by George Russell, except where noted.

  1. Manhattan – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Big City Blues
  3. Manhattan: Rico
  4. East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / How About You? – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin / Ralph Freed, Burton Lane
  5. A Helluva Town

Clifford Jordan: Glass Bead Games

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In July 1974, “Strat-East” label released “Glass Bead Games”, the twelve Clifford Jordan album.  It was recorded in October 1973, at “Minot Sound Studios” in White Plains, New York, and was produced bu Clifford Jordan.

Personnel:

  • Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
  • Stanley Cowell, Cedar Walton – piano
  • Bill Lee, Sam Jones – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Clifford Jordan except where noted.

  1. Powerful Paul Robeson
  2. Glass Bead Games
  3. Prayer to the People
  4. Cal Massey – Stanley Cowell
  5. John Coltrane – Bill Lee, Clifton Lee
  6. Eddie Harris – Bill Lee
  7. Biskit – Bill Lee
  8. Shoulders – Cedar Walton
  9. Bridgework – Cedar Walton
  10. Maimoun – Stanley Cowell
  11. Alias Buster Henry – Billy Higgins
  12. One for Amos – Sam Jones

Billie Holiday: Stay With Me

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In July 1958, “Verve” label released “Stay with Me”, the ninth Billie Holiday album. It was recorded in February 1955, at “Fine Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Billie Holiday – vocals
  • Tony Scott and His Orchestra
  • Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Shavers – trumpet
  • Tony Scott – clarinet
  • Carl Drinkard – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Billy Bauer – guitar
  • Leonard Gaskin – bass
  • Cozy Cole – drums
  • Leroy Lovett – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. I Wished on the Moon – Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker
  2. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf
  3. Everything Happens to Me – Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
  4. Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
  5. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
  6. Always – Irving Berlin
  7. Do Nothing till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington, Bob Russell

Duke Ellington: Latin American Suite

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In July 1972, “Fantasy” label released “Latin American Suite”, album by Duke Ellington. It was recorded in November 1968 at “National Recording Studio” in New York, January 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was produced by Duke Ellington.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harold Ashby – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone 
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Mercer Ellington, Cootie Williams – trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper – trombone
  • Chuck Connors – bass trombone, tenor saxophone
  • Jeff Castleman, Paul Kondziela – bass
  • Rufus Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

  1. Oclupaca
  2. Chico Cuadradino – Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington
  3. Eque
  4. Tina
  5. The Sleeping Lady and the Giant Who Watches over Her
  6. Latin American Sunshine
  7. Brasilliance

John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane: Cosmic Music

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In July 1968, “Coltrane” and “Impulse” labels released “Cosmic Music”, album by John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. It was recorded February 1966 – January 1968, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, and Coltrane’s home studio in Dix Hill, New York, and was released after John Coltrane’s death.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Alice Coltrane – piano
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, piccolo, flute
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Ray Appleton – percussion
  • Ben Riley – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Manifestation
  2. Lord, Help Me to Be
  3. Reverend King
  4. The Sun

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp: The First Day

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On July 5, 1993, “Virgin” label released “The First Day”, album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was recorded December 1992 – March 1993, at “Dreamland” in Hurley, New York, “Kingsway Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana. And was produced by David Sylvian and David Botrill.

Personnel:

  • David Sylvian – vocals, guitars, keyboards, tapes
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, Frippertronics
  • Trey Gunn – vocals, chapman stick
  • Ingrid Chavez – vocals
  • Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bottrill – treatments, sampled percussion, computer programming, engineer
  • Richard Chadwick – recording co-ordination
  • Natasha White – recording co-ordination assistant
  • Dan McLoughlin, John Yates, Mark Glass, Trina Shoemaker – engineer assistant
  • Catherine McRae – design co-ordination
  • Dave Coppenhall, Vaughan Oliver – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography
  • John Sinks – technical and strategic Liaison

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Sylvian, all music by Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and David Sylvian, except where noted.

  1. God’s Monkey – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  2. Jean the Birdman
  3. Firepower
  4. Brightness Falls
  5. 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman’s Song)
  6. Darshan (The Road to Graceland) – Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, David Sylvian, David Bottrill
  7. Bringing Down the Light – Robert Fripp

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