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Pepper Adams: Pepper Adams Plays The Compositions Of Charles Mingus

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On August 10, 1964, “Workshop Jazz” label released “Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charles Mingus”, the ninth Pepper Adams album. It was recorded in September 1963, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone 
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone 
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass 
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Bernard Yeszin – design, photography
  • Wallace Mead – design photography
  • Alston Anderson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. Fables of Faubus
  2. Black Light
  3. Song with Orange
  4. Carolyn
  5. Better Git It in Your Soul
  6. Incarnation
  7. Portrait
  8. Haitian Fight Song
  9. Strollin’ Honies

Blur: The Ballad Of Darren

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On July 21, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “The Ballad of Darren”, the ninth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 2023, at “Studio 13” in London and Devon, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Graham Coxon – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alex James – bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree – drums, backing vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards
  • Chris Storr – trumpet
  • Danny Marsden – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Nichol Thompson – trombone
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Sarah Tuke – violin
  • Ciara Ismail – viola
  • Izzi Dunn – cello
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineer, additional production
  • Mat Bartram – strings engineering, brass engineering
  • Giacomo Vianello – engineering assistant
  • Luke Pickering – engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Grace Banks – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Martin Parr – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. The Ballad
  2. St. Charles Square
  3. Barbaric
  4. Russian Strings
  5. The Everglades (for Leonard)
  6. The Narcissist
  7. Goodbye Albert
  8. Far Away Island
  9. Avalon
  10. The Heights

Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight

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In July 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Mama Too Tight”, the ninth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Grachan Moncur III – trombone
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Howard Johnson – tuba
  • Perry Robinson – clarinet
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Beaver Harris – drums

Track listing:

1. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
Introducing
a) Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
b) The Break Strain-King Cotton (public domain)
c) Dem Basses (public domain)
2. Mama Too Tight
3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
4. Basheer

Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Mesmerism

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On July 8, 2022, Tyshawn Sorey self-released “Mesmerism”, his ninth album (credited to Tyshawn Sorey Trio). It was recorded in May 2021, at “Bunker Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Michael Carvin.

Personnel:

  • Tyshawn Sorey – drums, executive producer
  • Aaron Diehl – piano
  • Matt Brewer – bass
  • Aaron Nevezie – recording
  • David Darlington – mixing, mastering
  • John Rogers – photography

Track listing:

  1. Enchantment – Horace Silver
  2. Detour Ahead – Herb Ellis, Johhny Frigo, Lou Carter
  3. Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
  4. From Time to Time – Paul Motian
  5. Two Over One – Muhal Richard Abrams
  6. REM Blues – Edward Kennedy Ellington

Dinnah Washington: Newport 58

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Newport ’58”, the ninth Dinnah Washington album. It was recorded in July 1958, at the “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals, vibraphone
  • Harold Ousley – tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone, arrangements
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Terry Gibbs – vibraphone
  • Don Elliott – vibraphone, mellophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul West – bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
  3. Crazy Love – Sammy Cahn, Phil Tuminello
  4. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  5. Backstage Blues (instrumental) – Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green
  6. Julie and Jake (instrumental) – Terry Gibbs

The Tragically Hip: In Between Evolution

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On June 29, 2004, “Universal” label released “In Between Evolution”, the ninth Tragically Hip (the) studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Studio X”, in Seattle, Washington, and was produced by Adam Kasper. In September 2004, “In Between Evolution” was certified Platinum in Canada.

Personnel:

  • Gord Downie – lead vocals
  • Rob Baker – lead guitar
  • Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
  • Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Johnny Fay – drums
  • Cameron Tomsett – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.

  1. Heaven Is a Better Place Today
  2. Summer’s Killing Us
  3. Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
  4. Vaccination Scar
  5. It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night
  6. If New Orleans Is Beat
  7. You’re Everywhere
  8. As Makeshift as We Are
  9. Mean Streak
  10. The Heart of the Melt
  11. One Night in Copenhagen
  12. Are We Family
  13. Goodnight Josephine

Steve Lukather: Bridges

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On June 16, 2023, “The Players Club” label released “Bridges”, the ninth Steve Lukather studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams and Trevor Luakther.

Personnel:

  • Steve Lukather – lead vocals, guitars, bass, piano, executive producer
  • Trevor Lukather – guitars, bass, synths, backing vocals
  • Joseph Williams – synths, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Steve Maggiora – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Jorgen Carlsson – bass
  • Simon Phillips – drums
  • Shannon Forrest – drums
  • Ken Freeman – engineer, mixing
  • John Greenham – mastering
  • Doug Brown – design
  • Shaz Rydstedt – AI arts tech
  • Alessandro Solca – photography
  • Megan Gagnon – packaging

Track listing:

  1. Far from Over – Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams, Trevor Lukather
  2. Not My Kind of People – Steve Lukather, David Paich, Joseph Williams, Stan Lynch
  3. Someone – Steve Lukather, David Paich, Joseph Williams
  4. All Forevers Must End – Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum
  5. When I See You Again – Steve Lukather, David Paich, Joseph Williams
  6. Take My Love – Steve Maggiora, Warren Huart
  7. Burning Bridges – Steve Lukather, Stan Lynch
  8. I’ll Never Know – Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams

The Flaming Lips: Soft Bulletin

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On May 17, 1999, “Warner Bros” label released “The Soft Bulletin”, the ninth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded April 1997 – February 1999, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridman, Scott Booker, Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin, recording, mixing
  • Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Steven Drozd – drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, bass, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Scott Bennett – additional bass
  • Michael Ivins – additional engineering
  • Steve Hall – mastering
  • Peter Mokran – additional mixing, additional production
  • Lawrence Schiller – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd.

  1. Race for the Prize (Mikran remix)
  2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
  3. The Spark That Bled
  4. The Spiderrbite Song
  5. Buggin’ (Mokran remix)
  6. What Is the Light?
  7. The Observer
  8. Waitin’ for a Superman
  9. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
  10. The Gash
  11. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
  12. Sleeping on the Roof
  13. Race for the Prize
  14. Waitin’ for a Superman (Mokran remix)

The Handsome Family: Wilderness

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On May 14, 2013, “Loose” label released “Wilderness”, the ninth Handsome Family (The) album.

Personnel:

  • Brett Sparks – lead vocals, recording
  • Rennie Sparks – vocals, artwork
  • David Gutierrez – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandoline
  • Ted Jurney – bass
  • Jason Toth – percussion
  • Stephen Dorocke – violin
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Jason Creps – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Rennie Sparka, all music by Brett Sparks.

  1. Flies
  2. Frogs
  3. Eels
  4. Octopus
  5. Owls
  6. Caterpillars
  7. Glow Worm
  8. Lizard
  9. Woodpecker
  10. Gulls
  11. Spider
  12. Wildebeest

The Proclaimers: Like Comedy

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On May 7, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Like Comedy”, the ninth Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Steve Evans.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jerry Crozier Cole – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Zac Ware – mandolin
  • David Macnab – banjo
  • Steve Evans – electric and bass guitars, piano, drums
  • Conor Breen – double bass
  • Clive Jenner – drums
  • Katie Stone Lonergan – violin
  • Beth Porter – cello
  • Steve Evans – string arrangements, additional programming
  • Tom Dalgety – additional programming
  • Lewis MacDonald – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Craig Reid and Charlie Reid.

  1. Whatever You’ve Got
  2. Simple Things
  3. Spinning Around in the Air
  4. After You’re Gone
  5. Women and Wine
  6. There’s
  7. The Thought of You
  8. Like Comedy
  9. Dance with Me
  10. Wherever You Roam
  11. I Think That’s What I Believe
  12. A Mix