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The Chicago Underground Trio: Flamethrower

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On August 15, 2000, “Delmark” label released “Flamethrower”, the third Chicago Underground Trio studio album. It was recorded in March 2000, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Krasinsky, Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Noel Kupersmith and Bundy K. Brown.

Personnel:

  • Rob Mazurek – cornet, electronics
  • Noel Kupersmith – bass fiddle, electronics
  • Chad Taylor – percussion
  • Jeff Parker – guitar, electronics

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Mazurek, Noel Kupersmith and Chad Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Quail – Rob Mazurek
  2. Fahrenheit 451
  3. Warm Marsh – Rob Mazurek
  4. Antiquity
  5. Flamethrower – Jeff Parker
  6. Woman in Motion – Rob Mazurek
  7. Triceptikon
  8. A Lesson Earned – Chad Taylor
  9. Arcweld – Rob Mazurek
  10. Elroy – Jeff Parker
  11. Number 19
  12. 504 – Noel Kupersmith
  13. The Tungflec Treaty
  14. The World Has Changed
  15. Elray – Jeff Parker

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Africa N’Da Blues

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On August 15, 2000, “Delmark” label released “Africa N’Da Blues”, the ninth Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Kahil El’Zabar.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – drums, percussion
  • Ari Brown – piano, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Malachi Favors – bass
  • Susana Sandoval – spoken word

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Ka-Real (take 2) – Joseph Bowie
  2. Africanos/ Latinos – Kahil El’Zabar, Susana Sandoval
  3. Miles’ Mode – John Coltrane
  4. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer
  5. Africa N’Da Blues
  6. Pharoah’s Song
  7. Ka-Real (take 1) – Joseph Bowie

Malachi Thompson: Talking Horns

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On August 14, 2001, “Delmark” label released “Talking Horns”, the twelve Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded in March 2001, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Oliver Lake – alto saxophone
  • Hamiet Bluiett – baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet
  • Willie Pickens – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Reggie Nicholson – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Woody’s Dream
  2. Brass and Oak – Oliver Lake
  3. Scope – Oliver Lake
  4. Way Back When We Didn’t Understand – Hamiet Bluiett
  5. Fred Hopkins – Hamiet Bluiett
  6. Talking Horns
  7. Lucky Seven
  8. Circles in the Air

Malachi Thompson: Rising Daystar

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October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet
  • Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
  • Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
  • Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
  • Tony Carpenter – percussion
  • Dee Alexander – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Rising Daystar
  2. Mansa
  3. Busy Little Fingers
  4. Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
  5. Surrender Your Love
  6. Fanfare for Trane
  7. Song for Morgan
  8. Circles in the Air (Dedicated to Fred Hopkins)

Malachi Thompson: Blue Jazz

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On October 21, 2003, “Delmark” label released “Blue Jazz”, the 13th and final Malachi Thompson studio album. It was recorded in February 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone
  • David Spencer, Kenny Anderson, Micah Frazier, Elmer Brown – trumpet
  • Tracy Kirk, Steve Berry, Bill McFarland, Omar Jefferson – trombone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Leon Joyce Jr. – drums
  • Dee Alexander, The Big DooWopper – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.

  1. Black Metropolis
  2. The Panther
  3. Jaaz Revelations
  4. Genesis / Rebirth
  5. Po’ Little Louie
  6. Get On the Train
  7. Blues for a Saint Called Louis
  8. Blue Jazz
  9. Footprints – Wayne Shorter
  10. Mud Hole

Kahil El Zabar’s Ritual Trio: Big M: A Tribute To Malachi Favors

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On October 17, 2006, “Delmark” label released “Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors”, the eleventh Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio album. It was recorded in December 2004, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Wagner and Robert G. Koester.

Personnel:

  • Kahil El’Zabar – vocals, drums, earth drums, kalimba, flute
  • Yosef Ben Israel – bass
  • Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, piano
  • Billy Bang – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Kahil El’Zabar, except where noted.

  1. Crumb-Puck-U-Lent
  2. Oof
  3. Freedom Flexibility – Billy Bang
  4. Big M
  5. Kau
  6. Maghoustut
  7. Malachi

Rob Mazurek: Silver Spines

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On August 27, 2002, “Delmark” label released “Silver Spines”, album by Rob Mazurek. It was recorded in March 2002, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Casey Rice and Rob Mazurek.

Personnel:

  • Rob Mazurek – cornet, Moog, laptop, found sound, tubular bells
  • Casey Rice − Nord micro modular, Metal monster saturation pedal

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Mazurek, except where noted.

  1. Moving Through and Back Again (The Quietude of Moving Through You and Back Again)
  2. Cloth and Bells Cut, 4 Seconds of Silence (I Have Separated Nothing and Doubled My Heart)
  3. Breathe and Silver Spines Contained (For Stanley Kubrick)
  4. Birds Song So Sang Them
  5. Patterns and Fixations Along the Path of Seeing Red
  6. Feel Ard… Ardeel… Feeling Hard… Falling Harder – Casey Rice
  7. Haphazard Half Hazardous.. Frequencies Push Through Another and Another…
  8. For, Love (No Burst in Beginning)
  9. Through the Window There Was a Green and Blue Dress
  10. Metal Monsters Never Fail Me Now – Casey Rice
  11. Composition 56 in 4th Place and Still Looking
  12. Them Sang So Song Birds
  13. Remember the Time It Spun Out and Fell into Itself. It Never Stopped Rising…
  14. Quietly Sleeping
  15. How Times Turns Itself (Or) That Thought I Had Next Thursday Was a Good One
  16. Underwater and Trying to Find the Stars
  17. Still Looking but Not Breathing
  18. Love, For (Slight Burst in Beginning)

Curtis Fuller: Up Jumped Spring

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On March 16, 2004, “Delmark” label released “Up Jumped Spring”, the 24th Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in August 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester and Jacey Falk.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Brad Goode – trumpet
  • Karl Montzka – piano
  • Larry Gray – bass
  • Stewart Miller – bass
  • Tim Davis – drums
  • Jacey Falk – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
  2. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  3. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  4. God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
  5. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  6. Equinox – John Coltrane
  7. I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  8. Alone Together – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  9. Whisper Not – Benny Golson
  10. Black Night – Jessie Mae Robinson
  11. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye

Siouxsie: Mantaray

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On September 10, 2007, “Universal” label released “Mantaray”, the debut Siouxsie solo album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Riverside Studio” and “Stone Room” in Somerset, UK, and was produced by Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Evans and Charlie Jones.

Personnel:

  • Siouxsie Sioux — vocals
  • Steve Evans — guitar, programming, ukulele
  • Charlie Jones— bass, upright bass, Rhodes piano, synths, piano, autoharp
  • Clive Deamer— drums
  • Hossam Ramzy — percussion
  • Ken Dewar — percussion
  • Noko— guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Phil Andrews — guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Terry Edwards— saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ted Benham — hammered dulcimer, xylophone
  • Davide Rossi — strings
  • Tom Dalgety — engineer

Track listing:

  1. Into a Swan – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Brion James
  2. About to Happen – Siouxsie Sioux, Noko, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  3. Here Comes That Day – Siouxsie Sioux, Noko, Kookie, Howard Gray
  4. Loveless – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Brion James
  5. If It Doesn’t Kill You – Siouxsie Sioux, Kookie, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  6. One Mile Below – Siouxsie Sioux
  7. Drone Zone – Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Hilton
  8. Sea of Tranquility – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans
  9. They Follow You – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans, Graham Crabb
  10. Heaven and Alchemy – Siouxsie Sioux, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans