On August 5, 1992, Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro died aged 38. He was a songwriter, musician (drums), and record producer, best known as the drummer with Toto. He was one of the most south after session drummers in popular music, played on hundreds of albums and worked with numerous artists such as Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, George Benson, Greg Lake, Seals & Crofts, Les Dudek, Joe Cocker, Steely Dan, The Jacksons, Tommy Bolin, Jackson Browne, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Carly Simon, Eric Carmen, Valerie Carter, Lisa Dal Bello, Hall & Oates, Diana Ross, Colin Blunstone, Larry Carlton, Allen Toussaint, Dave Mason, Warren Zevon, Ruben Blades, Bim, Jerry Williams, Al Stewart, Marc Jordan, Rickie Lee Jones, Janne Schaffer, Lowell George, Aretha Franklin, Jon Anderson, Luis Miguel, Love and Money, Patti Austin, Mariya Takeuchi, The Brothers Johnson, Peter Frampton, Bee Gees, Char, Christopher Cross, Randy Crawford, Al Jarreau, Amii Ozaki, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Eye to Eye, Donna Summer, Elton John, Melissa Manchester, Donald Fagen, Herbie Hancock, Don Henley, Michael McDonald, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Russ Taff, Chicago, David Gilmour Joe Walsh, Eric Clapton, Peter cetera, Earth Wind & Fire, roger Hodgson, David Benoit, Dr. John, Steve Porcaro, Nik Kershaw, Poco, Clair Mario, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, Madonna, Jude Cole, Sandy Patty, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Bolton, Cher, Dire Straits, Richard Marx, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, B-52’s, Go West, 10CC, Roger Waters, Paul Young, and David Crosby. In 1993, Porcaro was posthumously inducted into the “Modern Drummer Hall of Fame”.
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Brad Mehldau: Anything Goes
On February 24, 2004, “Warner Bros” label released “Anything Goes”, the 14th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded October 2002, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Matt Pierson and Brad Mehldau.
Personnel:
- Brad Mehldau– piano
- Larry Grenadier– bass
- Jorge Rossy– drums
- James Farber, Steve Mazur, Aya Takemura – engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Lawrence Azerrad Design – art direction, design
- Warren Darius Aftahi – photography
- Dana Watson – production coordinator
Track listing:
- Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
- Dreamsville – Raymond B. Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini
- Anything Goes – Cole Porter
- Tres Palabras – Osvaldo Farrés
- Skippy – Thelonious Monk
- Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
- Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon
- Everything in Its Right Place – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood
- Smile – Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, James John Turner Phillips
- I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Mumford & Sons: Babel
On September 21, 2012, “Island” label released “Babel”, the second Mumford & Sons studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Markus Dravs.
Personnel:
- Marcus Mumford – lead vocals, acousticand electric guitars, drum kit, percussion
- Ted Dwane – upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar, drum kit, percussion, backing vocals
- Ben Lovett – piano, keyboards, mellotron, accordion, electric guitar, backing vocals
- Winston Marshall – lead and backing vocals, banjo, electric banjo, electric bass, electric and resonator guitar
- Paul Simon– electric guitar, backing vocals
- Nick Etwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Dave Williamson – trombone
- Chris Alan – cello
- Nell Catchpole – violin, viola
- Ross Holmes – fiddle
- Richard Martin – percussion
- Jerry Douglas– dobro, backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall.
- Babel
- Whispers in the Dark
- I Will Wait
- Holland Road
- Ghosts That We Knew
- Lover of the Light
- Lover’s Eyes
- Reminder
- Hopeless Wanderer
- Broken Crown
- Below My Feet
- Not With Haste
Jackson C. Frank: Same
In December 1965, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Jackson C. Frank album. It was recorded in July 1965, at “CBS Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Simon.
Personnel:
- Jackson C. Frank– vocal, guitar, linear notes
- Al Stewart– guitar picking
- Bert Jansch – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Jackson C. Frank except where noted.
- Blues Run the Game
- Don’t Look Back
- Kimbie – Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Yellow Walls
- Here Come the Blues
- Milk and Honey
- My Name Is Carnival
- Dialogue (I Want to Be Alone)
- Just Like Anything
- You Never Wanted Me
Paul Simon: One-Trick Pony
In August 1980, “Warner Bros” label released “One-Trick Pony”, the fifth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “A&R Studios” in New York City and “Agora Club” in Cleveland, Ohio, and was produced by Paul Simon and Phil Ramone. The album was released concurrently with the film of the same name, in which Paul Simon also starred.
Personnel:
- Paul Simon – vocals, nylon string and electric guitar, percussion, horn and string arrangements
- John Tropea– acoustic guitar
- Joe Beck– electric guitar
- Eric Gale– electric and nylon string guitar
- Hiram Bullock– electric slide guitar
- Hugh McCracken– acoustic guitar
- Jeff Mironov – electric guitar
- Richard Tee – co-lead and backing vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, tambourine
- Don Grolnick– string synthesizer
- Anthony Jackson, Tony Levin– bass
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Ralph MacDonald– percussion
- Jon Faddis– flugelhorn
- Irwin “Marky” Markowitz – trumpet
- Patti Austin– vocals
- Lani Groves – backing vocals
- Dave Grusin– horn and string arrangements
- Bob Friedman – horn and string arrangements
- Jim Boyer – recording, mixing
- Ted Jensen- mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Simon.
- Late in the Evening
- That’s Why God Made the Movies
- One-Trick Pony
- How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
- Oh, Marion
- Ace in the Hole
- Nobody
- Jonah
- God Bless the Absentee
- Long, Long Day
Joan Baez: Joan
In August 1967, “Vanguard” label released “Joan”, the eight Joan Baez album. It was recorded April – June 1967, at “Vanguard Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Maynard Solomon. The cover photo was by French photographer Alain Gaveau.
Personnel:
- Joan Baez– vocals, guitar
- Peter Schickele– arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
- Be Not Too Hard – Donovan, lyrics: Christopher Logue
- Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Turquoise – Donovan
- La Colombe (The Dove) – Jacques Brel
- Dangling Conversation – Paul Simon
- The Lady Came from Baltimore – Tim Hardin
- North – Joan Baez, Nina Dusheck
- Children of Darkness – Richard Fariña
- The Greenwood Side – traditional
- If You Were a Carpenter Tim Hardin
- Annabel Lee – Don Dilworth; lyrics: Edgar Allan Poe
- Saigon Bride – Joan Baez, Nina Dusheck
Allen Toussaint: American Tunes
On June 10, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “American Tunes”, the twentieth and the final Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded May 2013 – October 2015, and was produced by Joe Henry.
Personnel:
- Allen Toussaint– vocals, piano
- Rhiannon Giddens– vocals
- Bill Frisell– electric guitar
- Adam Levy– gut-string guitar
- Van Dyke Parks– second piano, orchestral arrangement
- David Piltch – upright bass
- Jay Bellerose– drums, percussion
- Greg Leisz– weissenborn
- Charles Lloyd– tenor saxophone
- Cameron Stone – cello
- Amy Shulman – harp
Track listing:
- Delores’ Boyfriend – Allen Toussaint
- Viper’s Drag – Thomas “Fats” Waller
- Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al Neiburg
- Mardis Gras in New Orleans – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
- Lotus Blossom – Billy Strayhorn
- Waltz for Debby – Bill Evareleased ns
- Big Chief – Earl King
- Rocks in My Bed – Duke Ellington
- Danza, Op. 33 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Hey Little Girl – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
- Rosetta – Earl “Fatha” Hines
- Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
- Southern Nights – Allen Toussaint
- American Tune – Paul Simon
Paul Simon: Stranger To Stranger
On June 3, 2016, “Concord” label released “Stranger to Stranger”, the thirteenth Paul Simon album. It was recorded 2011-2016, and was produced by Roy Halee and Paul Simon.
Personnel:
- Paul Simon– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, autoharp, baritone acoustic guitar, bass harmonica, celeste, chromelodeon, clock, glockenspiel, gopichand, harmonium, mbira, percussion, 12-string guitar
- Bobby Allende – conga drums
- David Broome – chromelodeon
- J. Camerieri – french horn, horns, trumpet
- Clap! Clap!– electronic drums, programming, samples, synthesizers
- Jack DeJohnette– drums
- Dean Drummond– bamboo marimba, zoomoozophone
- Dave Eggar– cello
- Alan Ferber – trombone
- Gil Goldstein– string arrangements
- Katie Kresek – viola
- Bakithi Kumalo– bass guitar, electric bass
- Steve Marion– slide guitar
- Sergio Martínez – hand claps, percussion
- Bobby McFerrin– backing vocals
- Keith Montie – backing vocals
- Nico Muhly– celeste, orchestra bells, horn and flute arrangements
- Vincent Nguini – electric and acoustic guitar
- Jim Oblon – drum machine, drums, electronic drums, percussion
- Nino de los Reyes – hand claps, percussion
- Oscar de los Reyes – hand claps, percussion
- Marcus Rojas– tuba
- Mick Rossi– glockenspiel, harmonium, rhodes
- Andy Snitzer – saxophone, backing vocals
- Jared Soldiviero – bamboo marimba, bowed marimba, cloud chamber bowls, harmonic canon
- Alex Sopp – flute
- Mark Stewart– big boing mbira, trombadoo
- Golden Gate Quartet– sampled backing vocals
- Nelson González– maracas, tres
- Wycliffe Gordon– trombone
- Jamey Haddad– brushes, hadjira, percussion
- Paul Halley– pipe organ
- Carlos Henriquez – acoustic bass, bass
Track listing:
- The Werewolf
- Wristband
- The Clock
- Street Angel
- Stranger to Stranger
- In a Parade
- Proof of Love
- In the Garden of Edie
- The Riverbank
- Cool Papa Bell
- Insomniac’s Lullaby
The Hollies: Would You Believe
On June 1, 1966, “Parlaphone” label released “Would You Believe?”, the fourth Hollies (The) albums. It was recorded September 1965-March 1966, and was produced by Ron Richards.
Personnel:
- Allan Clarke– vocals, harmonica
- Tony Hicks– vocals, lead guitar
- Graham Nash– vocals, rhythm guitar
- Eric Haydock– bass guitar
- Bobby Elliott– drums
Track listing:
- I Take What I Want – David Porter, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, Isaac Hayes
- Hard Hard Year – Allan Clarke,Tony Hicks, Graham Nash
- That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
- Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
- Oriental Sadness – Allan Clarke,Tony Hicks, Graham Nash
- I Am a Rock – Paul Simon
- Take Your Time – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
- Don’t You Even Care – Clint Ballard, Jr.
- Fifi the Flea – Allan Clarke,Tony Hicks, Graham Nash
- Stewball – Bob Yellin, Ralph Rinzler, John Herald
- I’ve Got a Way of My Own – Allan Clarke,Tony Hicks, Graham Nash
- I Can’t Let Go – Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni
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