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Art Pepper: Smack Up

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In December 1960, “Contemporary / OJC” label released “Smack Up”, the eleventh Art Pepper album. It was recorded in October 1960, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Art Pepper — alto saxophone
  • Jack Sheldon — trumpet
  • Pete Jolly — piano
  • Jimmy Bond — bass
  • Frank Butler — drums


Track listing:

  1. Smack Up – Harold Land
  2. Las Cuevas De Mario – Art Pepper
  3. A Bit of Basie – Buddy Collette
  4. How Can You Lose – Benny Carter
  5. Maybe Next Year – Duane Tatro
  6. Tears Inside – Ornette Coleman

Emitt Rhodes: The American Dream

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In November 1970, “A&M” label released “The American Dream”, the debut Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded 1967 – 1969, and was produced by Larry Marks and Peter Pilafian.

Personnel:

  • Emitt Rhodes – vocals, multi-instruments
  • Donald Peake – guitar
  • David Bennett Cohen – guitar
  • Drake Levin – guitar
  • Larry Knechtel – keyboards
  • Don Randi – keyboards
  • Lyle Ritz – bass
  • Chuck Berghofer – bass, drums
  • Pete Jolly – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Gary Kato – drums
  • Joel Larson – drums
  • Joe Porcaro – percussion
  • Emil Radocchia – vibraphone
  • Bill Rheinhart – clarinet
  • Tom Reynolds – clarinet
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith – arranger
  • Jim McCrary – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Emitt Rhodes.

  1. Mother Earth
  2. Pardon Me
  3. Textile Factory
  4. Someone Died
  5. Come Ride, Come Ride
  6. Let’s All Sing
  7. Holly Park
  8. You’re a Very Lovely Woman
  9. Mary Will You Take My Hand
  10. The Man He Was
  11. In the Days of the Old
  12. ‘Til the Day After

Shorty Rogers: Martians Come Back!

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In August 1956, “Atlantic” label released “Martians Come Back!”, the eleventh Shorty Rogers album. It was recorded October – December 1955, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Shorty Rogers – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone
  • Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist – trumpet
  • Bob Enevoldsen – valve trombone
  • John Graas – French horn
  • Paul Sarmento – tuba
  • Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Pete Jolly, Lou Levy – piano
  • Ralph Peña, Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Shorty Rogers, except where noted.

  1. Martians Come Back
  2. Astral Alley
  3. Lotus Bud
  4. Dickie’s Dream – Count Basie, Lester Young
  5. Papouche
  6. Serenade in Sweets
  7. Planetarium
  8. Chant of the Cosmos

Leonard Cohen: Death Of A Ladies Man

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On November 13, 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Death of a Ladies’ Man”, the fifth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded June – July 1977, and was produced by Phil Spector.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals
  • Phil Spector– guitar, keyboards, background vocals, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
  • Art Blaine – guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • David Isaac – guitar
  • Art Munson– guitar
  • David Kessel – guitar, backing vocals
  • Al Perkins– pedal steel, slide guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow– guitar, pedal steel, slide guitar
  • Dan Kessel – organ, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michael Lang – keyboards
  • Tom Hensley – keyboards
  • Bill Mays – keyboards
  • Don Randi– keyboards
  • Pete Jolly– keyboards
  • Barry Goldberg – keyboards
  • Bob Robitaille – synthesizer, assistant engineer, synthesizer programming
  • Devra Robitaille – synthesizer
  • Ray Neapolitan – electric and upright bass
  • Ray Pohlman – bass, guitar
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Hal Blaine– drums
  • Terry Gibbs– percussion, vibraphone
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • Robert Zimmitti – percussion
  • Emil Radocchia – percussion
  • Don Menza– flute, saxophone, wind, horn arrangements
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone
  • Steve Douglas– flute, saxophone, wind
  • Conte Candoli– trumpet
  • Charles Loper – trombone
  • Jack Redmond – trombone
  • Bobby Bruce – fiddle, violin
  • Brenda Bryant – backing vocals
  • Ronee Blakley– backing vocals
  • Billy Diez – backing vocals
  • Oma Drake – backing vocals
  • Bob Dylan– backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields– backing vocals
  • Gerald Garrett – backing vocals
  • Allen Ginsberg– backing vocals
  • Clydie King– backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews– backging vocals
  • Bill Thedford , Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Lorna Willard – backing vocals
  • Nino Tempo– arrangements
  • Larry Levine– engineer
  • Bruce Gold – engineer, engineer assistant
  • Stan Ross – engineer, assistant
  • John Cabalka – art direction
  • Bill Naegels – design
  • Ron Coro – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Leonard Cohen, all music by Phil Spector.

  1. True Love Leaves No Traces
  2. Iodine
  3. Paper Thin Hotel
  4. Memories
  5. I Left a Woman Waiting
  6. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On
  7. Fingerprints
  8. Death of a Ladies’ Man