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Mars Volta: The Bedlam In Goliath

On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
  • Juan Alderete – bass
  • Thomas Pridgen – drums
  • John Frusciante – guitar
  • Owen Levine – double bass
  • Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
  • Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
  • Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
  • Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
  • Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
  • Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
  • Sam Bass – cello
  • Edwin Huizinga – violin
  • Anthony Blea – violin
  • Charith Premawardhana – viola

Track listing:

All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Aberinkula
  2. Metatron
  3. Hyena
  4. Wax Simulacra
  5. Tourniquet Man
  6. Cavalettas
  7. Agadez
  8. Askepios
  9. Ouroboros
  10. Soothsayer
  11. Conjugal Burns

Miles Davis: Four & More: Recorded Live In Concert

On January 17, 1966, “Columbia” label released “’Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded in February 1964, at the “Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center” in New York, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Fred Plaut – recording
  • Jim Marshall – photography
  • Billy Taylor, Mort Fega – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Walkin’ – Richard HenryCarpenter
  3. Joshua / Go-Go (theme and Announcement) – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  4. Four
  5. Seven Steps to Heaven – Victor Feldman, Miles Davis
  6. There Is No Greater Love / G0-Go (Theme and Announcement) – Marty Symes, Isham Jones, Miles Davis

Nina Simone: Nina Simone At The Village Gate

On January 15, 1952, “Colpix” label released “Nina Simone at the Village Gate”, the sixth Nina Simone album. It was recorded in March 1961, at “The Village Gate” in Greenwich Village in New York, and was produced by Cal Lampey.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Al Schackman – guitar
  • Chris White – bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums
  • Richard Alderson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Just in Time – Adolph Gree, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
  2. He Was Too Good to Me – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. House of the Rising Sun – Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes, Nicholas Ray
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  5. Brown Baby – Oscar Brown
  6. Zungo – Babatunde Olatunji
  7. If He Changed My Name – Robert MacGinsey
  8. Children Go Where I Send You – traditional, arranged by Nina Simone

Roland Kirk: We Free Kings

In January 1962, “Mercury” label released “We Free Kings”, the fourth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Nola Recording Studios” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor and stritch saxophone, manzello, flute
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Tommy Nola – recording
  • Jack Tracy – recording supervisor
  • Marvin Glick – design
  • Martin Williams – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Three for the Festival
  2. Moon Song – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  3. A Sack Full of Soul
  4. The Haunted Melody
  5. Blues for Alice – Charlie Parker
  6. We Free Kings
  7. You Did It, You Did It
  8. Some Kind of Love
  9. My Delight

Sal Nistico: Neo/Nistico

In December 1978, “Bee Hive” label released “Neo/Nistico”, the fifth Sal Nistico album. It was recorded in November 1978, at “Master Sound Productions” in Franklin Square, New York, and was produced by Jim Neumann and Fred Norsworthy.

Personnel:

  • Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone
  • Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Ronnie Mathews – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

  1. Anthropology – Charlie Parker
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
  3. Be My Love – Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn
  4. Blues for K. D. – Sal Nistico
  5. Bambu – Sal Nistico
  6. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum – Wayne Shorter

Count Basie And His Orchestra: The Happiest Millionaire

In November 1967, “Coliseum” label released “The Happiest Millionaire” (Count Basie Captures Walt Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire), album by Count Basie and His Orchestra. It was recorded in October 1967, at “A&R” in New York, and was produced by Teddy Reig.

Personnel:

  • Count Basie – piano
  • Bobby Plater – alto saxophone, flute
  • Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  • Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto – trumpet
  • Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell – trombone
  • Bill Hughes – bass trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Norman Keenan – bass
  • Louis Bellson – drums
  • Chico O’Farrill – arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.

  1. Detroit
  2. Strengthen the Dwelling
  3. I’ll Always be Irish
  4. Valentine Candy
  5. Bye-Yum-Pum-Pum
  6. Watch Your Footwork
  7. What’s Wrong with That
  8. Let’s Have a Drink on It
  9. Are We Dancing
  10. Fortuosity

Dezron Douglas: Atalya

On November 18, 2022, “International Anthem Recording Company” label released “Atalya”, the 23rd Dezron Douglas album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Firehouse 12” in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, “Samurai Hotel” in New York, and was produced by Dezron Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Dezron Douglas – acoustic and electric bass, liner notes
  • George Burton – piano, electric piano
  • Emilio Modeste – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Joe Dyson – drums
  • Melvis Santa – vocals, percussion
  • Dave Vettraino – recording, mixing
  • David Stoller – recording
  • Greg Dicastro – recording
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Daniel Krieger – lacquer cut
  • Adama Coulibaly – artwork
  • Jeremiah Chiu – layout
  • Deneka Peniston – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dezron Douglas, except where noted.

  1. Atalya
  2. Rosé
  3. Coyoacán
  4. Luna Moth
  5. Wheeping Birch – Melvis Santa
  6. Jones Beach
  7. More Coffee Please
  8. J Bird
  9. Octopus
  10. Foligno

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness & Eternity

On November 16, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Between Nothingness & Eternity”, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra live album. It was recorded in August 1973, at the “Schaefer Music Festival” in Central Park, New York, and was produced by Murray Krugman and John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Jan Hammer – keyboards
  • Jerry Goodman – violin
  • Rick Laird – bass
  • Billy Cobham – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow’s Story Not the Same – John McLauglin
  2. Sister Andrea – Jam Hammer
  3. Dream – John McLaughlin

John Hicks: In The Mix

On November 13, 1994, “Landmark” label released “In the Mix”, the 36th John Hicks album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Systems Two” in Brooklyn, New York.

Personnel:

  • John Hicks – piano
  • Vincent Herring – alto and soprano sax
  • Elise Wood – flute
  • Curtis Lundy – bass
  • Cecil Brooks III – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Hicks, except where noted.

  1. In the Mix
  2. Yemenja
  3. Elation – Vincent Herring
  4. Soul Eyes – Mal Waldron
  5. Motivation
  6. Weaver of Dreams – Jack Elliott, Victor Young
  7. Mind Wine
  8. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green