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José Feliciano: Feliciano

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In June 1968, “RCA Victor” label released “Feliciano!”, the eight José Feliciano album. It was recorded November 1967 – January 1968, at “RCA Music Venter of the World” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Jarrard.

Personnel:

  • José Feliciano – vocals, classical guitar, arrangements
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Milt Holland – percussion, drums
  • Jim Horn – flute, recorder
  • Uncredited – organ 
  • George Tipton – orchestration, strings and woodwind arrangements
  • Perry Botkin Jr. – arrangements
  • Dick Bogert – recording
  • George Bartell – illustration

Track listing:

  1. California Dreamin’ – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
  2. Light My Fire – Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
  3. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry Marsden
  4. In My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. And I Love Her – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. Nena Na Na – Jorge Ben
  7. Always Something There to Remind Me – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  8. Just a Little Bit of Rain – Fred Neil
  9. Sunny – Bobby Hebb
  10. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  11. The Last Thing on My Mind – Tom Paxton

Volbeat: God of Angels Trust

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On June 6, 2025, “Vertigo” label released “God of Angels Trust”, the ninth Volbeat studio album. It was recorded October – November 2024, and was produced by Jacob Hansen and Michael Poulsen.

Personnel:

  • Michael Poulsen – vocals, guitars
  • Kaspar Boye Larsen – bass
  • Jon Larsen – drums
  • Flemming C. Lund – lead guitar
  • Martin Pagaard Wolff – acoustic and lead guitar
  • Mia Maja – backing vocals
  • Tue Bayer – engineer
  • Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Michael Poulsen, music as noted.

  1. Devils Are Awake – Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen
  2. By a Monster Hand – Michael Poulsen
  3. Acid Rain – Michael Poulsen
  4. Demone Depression – Michael Poulsen
  5. In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom – Michael Poulsen
  6. Time Will Heal – Michael Poulsen
  7. Better Be Fueled Than Tamed – Michael Poulsen, Kasper Boye Larsen
  8. At the End of the Sirens – Michael Poulsen
  9. Lonely Fields – Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen, Kasper Boye Larsen
  10. Enlighten the Disorder (By a Monster’s Hand Part 2) – Michael Poulsen

Sidney Bechet: The Fabulous Sidney Bechet

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In May 1958, “Blue Note” label released “The Fabulous Sidney Bechet”, album by Sidney Bechet. It was recorded November 1951 – August 1953.

Personnel:

  • Sidney Bechet – soprano saxophone
  • Buddy Weed – piano
  • Don Kirkpatrick – piano
  • Jonah Jones – trumpet
  • Sidney De Paris – trumpet
  • Jimmy Archey – trombone
  • George “Pops” Forster – bass
  • Walter Page – bass
  • Johnny Blowers – drums
  • Manzie Johnson – drums

Track listing:

  1. Original Dixieland One-Step – Nick La Rocca
  2. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me – Arthur N, Swanstone, Carey Morgan, Charles R. McCarron
  3. That a Plenty – Lew Pollack
  4. Ballin’ The Jack – Chris Smith, Jim Burris
  5. Avalon – Buddy G. De Sylva, Vincent Rose
  6. Rose of Rio Grande – Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren, Ross Gorman
  7. Black and Blue – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks
  8. Sweet Georgia Brown – Maceo Pinkard
  9. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  10. Ding Dong Daddy – Phil Baxter

Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg: Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun

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In May 1973, “Grunt / RCA” label released “Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun”, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg studio album. It was recorded November – December 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Frieberg.

Personnel:

  • Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, glass harmonica
  • Grace Slick – vocals, piano
  • David Freiberg – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, steel guitar, banjo
  • Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
  • Jack Traylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Papa John Creach – electric violin
  • David Crosby – vocals
  • The Pointer Sisters – vocals
  • Chris Ethridge – bass
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • John Barbata – drums, percussion
  • Mickey Hart – gongs, water phones
  • Bob Matthews – recording, mixing
  • Betty Cantor – recording, mixing
  • Jim Gaines – recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Daggett – equipment head
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – album design
  • Drew Struzan, Bill Garland – illustrations
  • Jim Marshall – eye photography

Track listing:

  1. Ballad of the Chrome Nun – lyrics by Grace Slick, music by David Freiberg
  2. Fat – Grace Slick
  3. Flowers of the Night – Jack Taylor
  4. Walkin’ – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner
  5. Your Mind Has Left Your Body – Paul Kantner
  6. Across the Board – Grace Slick
  7. Harp Tree Lament – Robert Hunter, David Freiberg
  8. White Boy (Transcaucasian Airmachine Blues) – Paul Kantner
  9. Fishman – Grace Slick
  10. Sketches of China – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner

Grant Green: Goin’ West

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In May 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Goin’ West”, the 13th Grant Green album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. On Top of Old Smokey – traditional
  2. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
  3. Wagon Wheels – Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  4. Red River Valley – traditional
  5. Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Bob Nolan

Duke Ellington: …And His Mother Called Him Bill

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In May 1968, “Bluebird/RCA” label released “…And His Mother Called Him Bill”, the    58th Duke Ellington album. It was recorded August – November 1967, at “Coast Recorders” in San Francisco, “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Backer and Brad McCuen. In 1968, it won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”.

Personnel:

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Mercer Ellington – trumpet
  • Cat Anderson – trumpet
  • Herbie Jones – trumpet
  • Cootie Williams – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – flugelhorn
  • Lawrence Brown – trombone
  • Buster Cooper – trombone
  • Chuck Connors – bass trombone
  • John Sanders – valve trombone
  • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone
  • Aaron Bell – double bass
  • Jeff Castleman – double bass
  • Steve Little – drums
  • Sam Woodyard – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Strayhorn, except where noted.

  1. Snibor
  2. Boo-Dah
  3. Blood Count
  4. U.M.M.G.
  5. Charpoy
  6. After All
  7. The Intimacy of the Blues
  8. Raincheck
  9. Day Dream – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
  10. Rock Skippin’ at the Blue Note
  11. All Day Long
  12. Lotus Blossom

Sonny Clark: Leapin’ And Lopin’

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In May 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Leapin’ and Lopin’”, the twelve and final Sonny Clark album. It was recorded in November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Clark, except where noted.

  1. Somethin’ Special
  2. Deep in a Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
  3. Melody in C
  4. Eric Walks – Butch Warren
  5. Voodoo
  6. Midnight Mambo – Tommy Turrentine

Mal Waldron: Mal -1

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In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mal-1”, album by Mal Waldron Quintet (the debut Mal Waldron album). It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Mal Waldron – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
  • Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
  • Julian Edgehill – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Phil De Lancie – remastering
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Stablemates – Benny Golson
  2. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern
  3. Transfiguration – Lee Sears
  4. Bud Study – Mal Waldron
  5. Dee’s Dilemma – Mal Waldron
  6. Shome – Idrees Sulieman

Uriah Heep: Sea Of Light

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On May 1, 1995, “HTD” label released “Sea of Light”, the 19th Uriah Heep album. It was recorded November – December 1994, January – February 1995, at “Karo Studios” in Brackel, Germany, and was produced by Kalle Trapp, Mick Box, Lee Kerslake, Trevor Bolder, Phil Lanzon and Bernie Shaw.

Personnel:

  • Bernie Shaw – lead vocals
  • Mick Box – guitars, backing vocals
  • Phil Lanzon – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Trevor Bolder – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Lee Kerslake – drums, backing vocals
  • Piet Sielck – additional keyboards
  • Pete Beckett – additional backing vocals, strings arrangements
  • Rolf Köhler – additional backing vocals
  • Kalle Trapp – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Against the Odds – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  2. Sweet Sugar – Trevor Bolder
  3. Time of revelation – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  4. Mistress of All Time – Phil Lanzon
  5. Universal Wheels – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  6. Fear of Falling – Trevor Bolder
  7. Spirit of Freedom – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  8. Logical progression – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  9. Love in Silence – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  10. Words in the Distance – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  11. Fires of Hell (Your Only Son) – Trevor Bolder
  12. Dream On – Trevor Bolder

Joe Lovano and Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Homage

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On April 25, 2025, “ECM” label released “Homage”, album by Joe Lovano and Marcin Wasilewski Trio (the 41st Joe Lovano album). It was recorded in November 2023, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Slawomir Kurkiewicz – double bass
  • Michal Miskiewicz – drums
  • Maureen Sickler – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Lovano, except where noted.

  1. Love in the Garden – Zbigniew Seifert
  2. Golden Horn
  3. Homage
  4. Giving Thanks
  5. This Side – Catville
  6. Projection