On August 22, 1995, “Epitaph” label released “…And Out Come the Wolves”, the third Rancid studio album. It was recorded February – May 1995, at “Fantasy” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Jerry Finn, Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Brett Reed and Lars Frederiksen. In 2004, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
Tim Armstrong – vocals, guitar
Lars Frederiksen – vocals, guitar
Matt Freeman – bass guitar, backing vocals
Brett Reed – drums
Jim Carroll – vocals
Paul Jackson – Hammond organ
Eric Dinn – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
DJ Disk – scratching
Lars Frederiksen – cover art, cover photography
Jesse Fischer – artwork, photography
Brett Gurewitz – engineer
Michael Rosen – engineer
Joe Pirrera – engineer assistant
Frank Rinella – engineer assistant
Steve Sisco – engineer assistant
Andy Wallace – mixing
Jerry Finn – mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Mike Fasano – technician
Track listing:
All tracks by Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, except where noted.
Maxwell Murder
The 11th Hour – Tim Armstrong, Eric Dinn, Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen
Roots Radicals
Time Bomb
Olympia W.A.
Lock, Step & Gone
Junkie Man – Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Jim Carroll, Lars Frederiksen
On March 24, 2017, “Shanachie” label released “Prototype”, the tenth Jeff Lorber Fusion album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Cocoa Butt” in Culver City, California, “JHL Sound” in Pacific Palisades, California, “Mannerism Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber. “Prototype” won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.”
Personnel:
Jeff Lorber – keyboards, guitars, synth bass, recording, mixing
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars, rhythm guitar, guitar solo
Chuck Loeb – melody guitar
Michael Thompson – guitars
Jairus Mozee – guitars
Larry Koonse – guitars, guitar solo
Nathan East – bass
Jimmy Haslip – electric bass, bass
Gary Novak – drums
Andy Snitzer – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
David Mann – horns, horn arrangements, orchestra and string arrangements
In December 1972, “Columbia” label released “Azteca”, the debut Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo with their band Azteca. It was recorded in September 1972, and was produced by Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, Ween Haas, Errol Knowles, Neal Schon, Tom Harrell, Paul Jackson, Lenny White and Victor Pantoja.
Personnel:
Coke Escovedo – timbales, sleeve notes
Pete Escovedo – vocals, arrangements
Errol Knowles – vocals
Wendy Haas – vocals
Neal Schon – guitar
Paul Jackson – acoustic bass, electric bass
Lenny White III – vocals, drums
Victor Pantoja – vocals, congas
Tom Harrell – trumpet, arrangements
Rico Reyes – vocals
James Vincent (Dondelinger) – guitar
Flip Nuñez – organ
George Moribus – electric piano
George DiQuattro – piano, clavinet
Melvyn Martin – soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, piccolo
Bob Ferreira – tenor saxophone, piccolo
Jules Rowell – valve trombone
George Engfer – recording
Glen Kolotkin – engineer
George Horn – mastering
Bruce Steinberg – artwork, design, photography
Track listing:
La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell
Mamita Linda – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Tom Dondelinger
Ain’t Got No Special Woman – Mike Pearson, Rico Reyes, Tom Harrell
Empty Prophet – James Vincent (Dondelinger), Rick Canoff
Can’t Take the Funk Out of Me – Paul Jackson
Oeace Everybody – Pete Escovedo, George DiQuattro
Non Pacem – Flip Núnez
Ah! Ah! – Pete Escovedo, Tito Puente
Love Not Then – Flip Núnez
Azteca – Al Bent
Theme: La Piedra del Sol – Lenny White III, Tom Harrell
On January 7, 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “20/20”, the 22nd George Benson studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Amigo Studios”, “Devonshire Sound Studios”, “Bill Schnee Studios” in Hollywood, “Atlantic Studios”, “A&R Recording”, “Automated Sound Studios”, “Rosebud Recording”, “The Hit Factory”, “the Review Room”, “Avatar Studios”, “Sigma Sound Studios” in New York City, “Grand Slam Studios” in New Jersey, “House of Music” in Orange, NJ, “Bossa Nova Hotel”, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russ Titelman, Michael Masser, Daniel Sembello and Michael Sembello.
Personnel:
George Benson – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
Michael Sembello – guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
Dann Huff – guitar
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
Cecil Womack – guitar, backing vocals
David Williams – rhythm guitar
Freddie Green – rhythm guitar
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Wells Christie – Synclavier programming
Randy Waldman – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
James Newton Howard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, string arrangements
Clifford Carter – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
Rob Mounsey – Synclavier, vocoder, synthesizer bass
Steve Kipner – Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DSX sequencer
Rick Shlosser – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Errol “Crusher” Bennett – finger cymbals
Ralph MacDonald – triangle, percussion
Gary Herbig – saxophone
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Charles Williams – alto saxophone
Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Robin Eubanks – trombone
Slide Hampton – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Dave Taylor – trombone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Joe Newman – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Felix Vega – trumpet
George Young – flute
Frank Foster – horn arrangements, conductor
Ralph Burns – string arrangements, conductor
Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
Gene Page – rhythm track and string arrangements
Roberta Flack – lead vocals
Patti Austin – backing and harmony vocals
Gordon Grody – backing vocals
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Richard Marx – backing vocals
Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
James Taylor – backing and harmony vocals
Linda Womack – backing vocals
David Cochrane – backing vocals
Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
Russ Titelman – executive producer
Mary Melia – production coordinator
Jim Boyer, Lee Herschberg, Gary Ladinsky, Michael Mancini, Elliot Scheiner, Russell Schmitt, Thom Wilson – engineer
Dick Bogart, Kendal Brown, Dean Burt, John Convertino, Jim Gallagher, Josiah Gluck, Cliff Hodson, John Rollo, Nicholas Spigel – additional engineering
Michael Abbott, Mike Allaire, Nelson Ayers, Mike Birnholz, Paul Brown, Ollie Cotton, Nick Delre, Paul Higgins, Steve Hirsch, Cliff Jones, Barbara Ivone, Leslie Klein, Robin Laine, Bruce Lampcov, James Nichols, Bobby Warner, Jay Willis – engineer assistant
Jim Boyer, Ed Rak, Elliot Scheiner, Russ Titelman – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Simon Levy – art direction
Kav DeLuxe – design
Richard Bomersheim – photography
Track listing:
No One Emotion – Cliff Magness, Mark Mueller, Tom Keane
Please Don’t Walk Away – James Newton Howard, Steve Lukather
I Just Wanna Hang Around You – Chuz Sembello, Daniel Sembello, Jon Sembello, Michael Sembello
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You – Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin
Beyond the Sea (la Mer) – Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
20/20 – Randy Goodrum, Steve Kipner
New Day – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
Hold Me – Michael Sembello, Daniel Sembello
Stand Up – Neil Larsen
You Are the Love of My Love – Linda Creed, Michael Masser
On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Sunlight”, the 19th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals (vocoder), keyboards, synthesizers, string, brass and woodwind arrangements
Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers
Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo
Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
Byron Miller, Paul Jackson, Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, James Levi, Harvey Mason, Sr., Tony Williams – drums
Raul Rekow, Bill Summers – percussion
Baba Duru – table
Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O’Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass
Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind
Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Chris Minto, Cheryl Ward – engineer
Steve Mantoani – engineer
Terry Becker – engineer assistant
Phill Brown – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.
I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen
On June 1, 2010, “Heads Up” label released “Now Is the Time”, the sixth Jeff Lorber Fusion album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Jeff Lorber, Bobby Colomby and Jimmy Haslip.
Personnel:
Jeff Lorber– guitar, keyboards, synthesizer bass
Paul Jackson, Jr.– guitar
Larry Koonse – guitar
Tony Maiden – guitar
Jimmy Haslip– bass, percussion
Lil’ John Roberts – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta- drums
Dave Weckl– drums
IreneB – vocals
Frankie Biggz– backing vocals
Jimmy Branly – drums, percussion
Lenny Castro– percussion
Eric Marienthal– alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax
Randy Brecker– flugelhorn
Steve Jankowski – trumpet, flugelhorn
Teddy Mulet – trumpet
Tom Timko – flute, saxophone
Jens Wendelboe – trombone
Ada Rovatti – engineer
Derek Jones – tracking engineer
Allen Sides – mixing
Chris Bellman – mastering
Janet Wolsborn – package design
Lori Stoll – photography
Track listing:
Rain Dance/Wanna Fly – Irene Bauza, Frankie Biggz, Jeff Lorber
Moy – Bobby Colomby, Steve Dubin, Jeff Lorber
Pixel – Bobby Colomby, Jimmy Haslip, Jeff Lorber
Sugar Free – Irene Bauza, Frankie Biggz, Jeff Lorber
Mysterious Traveller – Wayne Shorter
Curtains/Before We Go – Irene Bauza, Frankie Biggz, Jeff Lorber
Black Ice – Jeff Lorber
Las Rosas – Bobby Colomby, Jeff Lorber
Chinese Medicinal Herbs – Jeff Lorber
Water Sign – Irene Bauza, Frankie Biggz, Jeff Lorber
On February 15, 2005, “Narada” label released “Flipside”, the twelfth Jeff Lorber studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Jeff Lorber and Steve Dubin.
On January 21, 1979, “CBS / Sony” label released (only in Japan) “Directstep” the twenty-fourth Herbie Hancock studio album. It was recorded October 17 – 18, 1978, and was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
On July 12, 2010, “Live Forever” label released “All Our Kings Are Dead”, the debut Young Guns album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Dan Weller.
Personnel:
Gustav Wood – lead vocals
Fraser Taylor – lead guitar
John Taylor – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Simon Mitchell – bass guitar
Ben Jolliffe – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Ciaran Cahill – additional string arrangements
Dan Weller – mixing
Dick Beetham – mastering
Paul Jackson – artwork
Track listing:
All music by Gustav Wood, Fraser Taylor, John Taylor, Simon Mitchell and Bon Jolliffe, all lyrics by Gustav Wood.
In August 1976, “Columbia” label released “Secrets”, the 16th Herbie Hancock studio album. It was recorded in 1976, in San Francisco, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.
Personnel:
Herbie Hancock– acoustic piano, Rhodes electric piano, electric grand piano, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Hohner D6 Clavinet, Micromoog, Oberheim 4 Voice, Echoplex
Wah Wah Watson – vocals, guitar, Maestro universal synthesizer system, sample and hold unit, voice bag, bass
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