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Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Hot House

On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Burton — vibraphone
  • Chick Corea — piano
  • Ilmar Gavilan — violin
  • Melissa White — violin
  • Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
  • Paul Wiancko — cello
  • Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
  • Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
  • Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
  • Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi — mastering
  • Steve Fallone — mastering
  • Glenn Suyker — piano technician
  • Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
  • Marc Bessant — graphics
  • Ernest Gregory — photography
  • Dan Muse — liner note coordination
  • Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
  • Bill Rooney — executive producer
  • Andrew Elliott — personal assistant

Track listing:

  1. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
  2. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  4. Time Remembered – Bill Evans
  5. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  6. Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
  7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
  8. Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
  9. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  10. Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea

Norah Jones: Pick Me Up Off the Floor

On June 12, 2020, “Blue Note” label released “Pick Me Up Off the Floor”, the seventh Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, “Brooklyn Recording”, “Reservoir Studios” and “Rainbow Star” in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by Norah Jones and Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones – vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, drums, celesta
  • Jeff Tweedy – acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass
  • Pete Remm – Hammond B3, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Dan Lead – pedal steel guitar
  • Christopher Thomas – upright bass
  • Jesse Murphy – upright bass
  • Josh Lattanzi – electric bass 
  • John Patitucci – electric bass 
  • Dan Rieser, Josh Adams – drums
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Nate Smith – drums 
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Mauro Refosco – shaker
  • Leon Michels – tenor saxophone 
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Mazz Swift – violin, backing vocals
  • Ayane Kozasa – viola
  • Paul Wiancko – cello, string arrangement
  • Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth – backing vocals 
  • Brandon Bost – recording
  • Andy Taub – recording
  • Patrick Dillett – recording
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer
  • Matt Marinelli – additional recording
  • Jake Owen – additional recording
  • Homer Steinweiss – horns recording
  • Jamie Landry – mixing
  • Tom Schick – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Samuel Wahl – musical assistant
  • John Muller, Joey Wunsch – musical assistants
  • James Yost – musical assistant
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Diane Russo – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones, except where noted.

  1. How I Weep
  2. Flame Twin
  3. Hurts to Be Alone
  4. Heartbroken, Day After
  5. Say No More – Norah Jones, Sarah Oda
  6. This Life
  7. To Live
  8. I’m Alive – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy
  9. Were You Watching? – Norah Jones, Emily Fiskio
  10. Stumble on My Way
  11. Heaven Above – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy