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Benny Carter And His Orchestra: Further Definitions

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In March 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Further Definitions”, album by Benny Carter and His Orchestra (14th Benny Carter album overall). It was recorded in November 1961, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Benny Carter – alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Johnny Cue – engineer
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf–Fats Waller
  2. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set – Quincy Jones, Dorcas Cochran, Henri Salvador
  3. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  4. Blue Star – Benny Carter
  5. Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
  6. Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton
  7. Cherry – Don Redman, Ray Gilbert
  8. Doozy – Benny Carter

Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back

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On February 12, 2010, “Real World / Virgin” label released “Scratch My Back”, the eighth Peter Gabriel studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “AIR Lyndhurst” in London, and “Real World Studios” in Box, England, and was produced by Peter Gabriel and Bob Ezrin.

Personnel:

  • Peter Gabriel – vocals, arrangements, design concept
  • Melanie Gabriel – vocals
  • London Scratch Orchestra – orchestra performance
  • Hungarian Orchestra – orchestra performance
  • The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford – choir
  • John Metcalfe – arrangements, orchestration, additional recording, mixing
  • Nick Ingman – arrangements, orchestration
  • Will Gregory – arrangements
  • Randy Newman – arrangements
  • Richard Chappell – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Kurina Támas – recording
  • Kölcsényi Attila – recording
  • Steve Orchard – recording
  • Olga Fitzroy – recording assistant, Pro Tools editor
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Pete Sené – engineer assistant
  • Mark Claydon – mixing assistant
  • Laurence Greed – Pro Tools editor assistant
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Bessant – graphic design, design concept
  • Nadav Kander – photography
  • David Hiscock – photography

Track listing:

  1. Heroes – David Bowie, Brian Eno
  2. The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa
  3. Mirrorball – Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp
  4. Flume – Justin Vernon
  5. Listening Wind – David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
  6. The Power of Love – Lou Reed
  7. My Body Is a Cage – Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tom Kingsbury, Will Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld
  8. The Book of Love – Stephin Merritt
  9. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today – Randy Newman
  10. Après Moi – Regina Spektor
  11. Philadelphia – Neil Young
  12. Street Sprint (Fade Out) – Thom Yorke, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, Phil Selway

George Benson: Tell It Like It Is

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In July 1969, “A&M” label released “Tell It Like It Is”, the seventh George Benson album. It was recorded April – May 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Rodgers Grant, Richard Tee – piano
  • Bob Bushnell, Jerry Jemmott, Jim Fielder – bass guitar
  • Leo Morris – drums
  • Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
  • Arthur Clarke, Bob Porcelli, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Sonny Fortune – saxophone
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Marty Sheller – arrangements, conductor
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. Soul Limbo – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
  2. Are You Happy – Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble
  3. Tell It Like It Is – George Davis, Lee Diamond
  4. Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner
  5. Jackie, All – Eumir Deodato
  6. Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ to Ya – Rudy Stevenson
  7. Water Brother – Don Sebesky
  8. My Woman’s Good to Me – Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
  9. Jama Joe – George Benson
  10. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
  11. Out in the Cold Again – Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom

Elbow: Asleep In The Back

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On May 7, 2001, “V2” label released “Asleep in the Back”, the debut Elbow studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 2001, and was produced by Steve Osborne, Ben Hillier, Danny Evans, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, analogue synth, wine glasses, harmonica, wybercron, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Mark Potter – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Craig Potter – piano, organ, analogue synth, percussion, wine glasses, keyboards, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Pete Turner – bass guitar, analogue synth, wine glasses, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • Richard Jupp – drums, percussion, backing vocals, woodwind arrangements, recording
  • The Elbow Choir – vocals
  • Danny Evans – percussion loops, recording, mixing
  • Ben Hillier – percussion, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Francoise Lemoignan – saxophone
  • Bob Sastri – brass, French horn
  • Nick Coen – brass
  • Martin Field – bassoon
  • Stuart King – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Matthew Gunner – French horn
  • Jonathan Snowden – flute, alto flute
  • Dominic Kelly – Cor Anglais
  • Ian Burdge – cello, musical director, woodwind arrangements
  • Andrea Wright – recording, mixing
  • Steve Lloyd – recording
  • Ed Chadwick – recording, mixing
  • Danton Supple – recording
  • Steve Osborne – mixing
  • Clare Lewis – mixing
  • Bruno Ellington – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey, all music by Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Craig Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

  1. Any Day Now
  2. Red
  3. Little Beast
  4. Powder Blue
  5. Bitten by the Tailfly
  6. Newborn
  7. Don’t Mix Your Drinks
  8. Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)
  9. Coming Second
  10. Can’t Stop
  11. Scattered Black and Whites

Elbow: Audio Vertigo

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On March 22, 2024, “Polydor” label released “Audio Vertigo”, the tenth Elbow studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Migration” in Gloucestershire, UK, “The Dairy” in London, and was produced by Craig Potter.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – vocals, horn arrangements
  • Mark Potter – guitars
  • Craig Potter – keyboards, mixing
  • Pete Turner – bass
  • Alex Reeves – drums
  • Sarah Field – trumpet, saxophones
  • Carol Jarvis – trombones
  • Victoria Rule – trumpet
  • Ella Hohnen-Ford, Kianja, Eliza Oakes – additional backing vocals
  • Jack Heyworth, Elvin Reeves, Otto Simpson, Jack Stirling Garvey, Martha Turner, Ted Turner – kids choir
  • Danny Evans – engineer
  • Charlie Leake – additional engineering
  • Dicky – engineer assistant
  • Ronan Murphy – engineer assistant
  • Thurston Jepps – engineer assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering 
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Peter Neill – contributing photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey, all music by Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Alex Reeves.

  1. Things I’ve Been Telling Myself for Years
  2. Lover’s Leap
  3. (Where Is It)
  4. Balu
  5. Very Heaven
  6. Her to the Earth
  7. The Picture
  8. Poker Face
  9. Knife Fight
  10. Embers of Day
  11. Good Blood Mexico City
  12. From the River

Grover Washington Jr.: All The King’s Horses

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On July 1, 1972, “Kudu” label released “All the King’s Horses”, the second Grover Washington Jr. studio album. It was recorded May – June 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Grover Washington Jr. – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Gene Bertoncini – guitar
  • Cornell Dupree – guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • David Spinozza – guitar
  • Bob James – electric piano, harpsichord, arrangements, conductor
  • Richard Tee – organ
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Billy Cobham – drums
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn

Brass and Woodwind Section

  • George Marge – alto saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, recorder
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Tony Studd – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ray Alonge, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Brooks Tillotson – French horn

String Section

  • Alexander Cores, Bernard Eichen, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
  • Richard Dickler, Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp

String Trio

  • David Nadien – violin
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Tears, in the End – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  2. All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
  3. Where Is the Love – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
  4. Body and Soul (Montage) – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green
  5. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  6. Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez
  7. Love Song 1700 – Henry Purcell

George Benson: Good King Bad

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In June 1976, “CTI” label released “Good King Bad”, the thirteenth George Benson studio album. It was recorded July – October – December 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Don Grolnick – clavinet
  • Bobby Lyle – keyboards
  • Roland Hanna – keyboards
  • Ronnie Foster – keyboards
  • Gary King – bass, rhythm arrangements
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Dennis Davis – drums
  • Sue Evans – percussion
  • David Friedman – vibraphone
  • David Sanborn – alto saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Vicari – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone 
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • Fred Wesley – trombone
  • Joe Farrell – flute
  • Romeo Penque – flute
  • David Tofani – flute
  • David Matthews – arrangements
  • Bob James – conductor
  • Max Ellen – violin
  • Paul Gershman – violin
  • Harry Glickman – violin
  • Emanuel Green – violin
  • Harold Kohon – violin
  • David Nadien – violin
  • John Pintavalle – violin
  • Max Pollikoff – violin
  • Harold Coletta – viola
  • Theodore Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Alan Shulman – cello
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Rene Schumacher – design
  • Pete Turner – cover and liner photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Theme from Good King Bad – David Matthews
  2. One Rock Don’t Make No Boulder – David Matthews
  3. Em – Philip Namanworth
  4. Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi
  5. Siberian Workout – David Matthews
  6. Shell of a Man – Eugene McDaniels

George Benson: Beyond the Blue Horizon

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In May 1971, “CTI” label released “Beyond the Blue Horizon”, the seventh George Benson album. It was recorded in February 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • George Benson – guitar
  • Clarence Palmer – Hammond organ
  • Ron Carter – double bass, electric cello
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Michael Cameron – percussion
  • Albert Nicholson – percussion
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Bob Ciano – design
  • Chuck Stewart – photography
  • Pete Turner – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by George Benson, except where noted.

  1. So What – Miles Davis
  2. The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfa, Matt Dubey
  3. All Clear
  4. Ode to a Kudu
  5. Somewhere in the East

Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid

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On March 17, 2008, “Fiction” label released “The Seldom Seen Kid”, the fourth Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2008, at “Blueprint Studios” in Manchester, England, and was produced by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

Personnel:

  • Guy Garvey – vocals, string and brass arrangements
  • Mark Potter – guitars
  • Craig Potter – keyboards, trumpet, mixing
  • Pete Turner – bass
  • Richard Jupp – drums
  • Richard Hawley – vocals
  • Tim Barber – trumpet
  •  Matt Ball – trombone
  • Sheona White – E-flat horn
  •  Ben Parsons – cornet
  • Nick Smart – cornet, flugel
  • Prabjote Osahn – violin, backing vocals
  • Stella Page – violin, viola, backing vocals
  • Ian Burdge – cello, backing vocals
  • Elbow Choir – backing vocals
  • Angela Thwaite – backing vocals
  • Louise Turner – backing vocals
  • Danny Evans – additional engineering
  • Danny McTague – additional engineering
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Mazen Murad – mastering
  • Oliver East – artwork
  • Red Design – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Guy Garvey except where noted, all music by Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp.

  1. Starlings
  2. The Bones of You (contains elements of “Summertime” by George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin
  3. Mirrorball
  4. Grounds for Divorce
  5. An Audience with the Pope
  6. Weather to Fly
  7. The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
  8. The Fix – Richard Hawley, Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp.
  9. Some Riot
  10. One Day Like This
  11. We’re Away

Quincy Jones: Quintessence

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In February 1962, “Impulse!” label released “The Quintessence”, album by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra album (the eleventh Quincy Jones album overall). It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Al Derisi, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller, Thomas Mitchell, Melba Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt – trombone
  • Julius Watkins, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Gloria Agostini – harp
  • Patricia Bown – piano
  • Bobby Scott – piano
  • George Catlett – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • James Johnson – drums
  • Bill English – drums
  • Stu Martin – drums
  • Frank Abbey – engineer
  • Bob Arnold – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Pete Turner – cover photography
  • Jack Bradley – liner photography
  • Lena Horn – liner notes
  • Lennie Hayton – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Quintessence – Quincy Jones
  2. Robot Portrait – Billy Byers
  3. Little Karen – Benny Golson
  4. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  5. For Lena and Lennie – Quincy Jones
  6. Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
  7. Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
  8. The Twitch – Billy Byers