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Nancy Wilson: Turned To Blue

On August 22, 2006, “MCG Jazz” label released “Turned to Blue”, the fifty-second and final Nancy Wilson studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild” in Pittsburgh, “Conway Studios” in Los Angeles, “Somy Music Studios” in New York City, “Audible Images Recording” in Port Matilda, and was produced by Marty Ashby and Jay Ashby. At the 49th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “Turned to Blue” won “Best Jazz Vocal Album” award.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocal
  • Marty Ashby – acoustic guitar, guitar, arrangements, executive producer
  • Alon Yavnai – piano
  • Liew Matthews – piano
  • Billy Taylor – piano
  • Vito DiSalvo – accordion
  • John Clayton – bass
  • Kip Reed – bass
  • Nilson Matta – bass
  • Rufus Reid – bass
  • Jamey Haddad – drums, percussion
  • Roy McCurdy – drums
  • Terry Clarke – drums
  • Winard Harper – drums
  • Portihno (Telmo Porto) – drums, percussion
  • Andy Narrel – steelplan
  • Mike Tomaro – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Tia Fuller – alto saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Eric DeFade – tenor saxophone
  • Jim German – baritone saxophone
  • Jack Schantz – trumpet
  • Jim Hynes – trumpet
  • Steve Hawk – trumpet
  • Sean Jones – trumpet
  • Jay Ashby – trombone, percussion, marimba, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing, mastering
  • Bob Matchett – trombone
  • Ed Kocher – trombone
  • Michael Davis – trombone
  • Daglas Purviance – bass trombone
  • Hubert Laws – flute
  • Jennifer Cunner – flute
  • Jeremy Black – violin
  • Kate Black – violin
  • Kate Hatmaker – violin
  • Stephanie Tertick – violin
  • Rosemary Harris – viola
  • Mikhail Istomin – cello
  • Dr. John H. Wilson – arrangements
  • Liew Matthews – arrangements
  • Jay Dudt – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Pablo Array – recording
  • Seth Waldmann – recording
  • Todd Whitelock – recording
  • David Stoller – recording
  • Jeff O.Brien Myers – cover art, layout, design
  • Leroy Hamilton – photography (Candid)
  • Charles Bush – photography (Nancy Wilson)
  • Renée Govanucci – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. This is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  2. Take Love Easy – Duke Ellington, John LaTouche
  3. Turned to Blue – Jay Ashby, Maya Angelou
  4. Knitting Class – K. Lawrence Dunham, Bruce Rohde
  5. Be My Love – Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
  6. Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John LaTouche
  7. Just Once – Barry Man, Cynthia Weil
  8. These Golden Years – D. Channsin Berry, John Proulx
  9. I Don’t remember Ever Growing Up – Artie Butler
  10. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Wilard Robinson
  11. I’ll Be Seeing You – Sammy Fain, Irving Khal

Marianne Faithfull: A Secret Life

On March 21, 1995, “Island” label released “A Secret Life”, the twelfth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “Excalibur Sound” and “National Edison Recording Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Angelo Badalamenti.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Carmine D’Amico – guitar
  • Vinnie Bell – guitar, mandolin
  • Kinny Landrum, Angelo Badalamenti – keyboards
  • Rufus Reid, Mark Egan, Rob Devito – bass
  • Sammy Merendino, Gordon Gottlieb – drums, percussion
  • Albert Regni, Pamela Sklar, Lawrence Feldman – flute, alto flute
  • Shelly Woodworth, Sherry Sylar – oboe, oboe d’amore
  • Andre Badalamenti – clarinet
  • Bob Carlisle – French horn
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Alfred Brown, Julien Barber, Lamar Alsop, Ann Barak, Mitsue Takayama, Ken Fricker, Juliet Haffner, Harry Zaratzian – viola
  • Fred Zlotkin, Clay Ruede, Beverly Lauridsen, Julie Green – cello
  • Gary Chester – string and woodwind recording, mixing
  • Art Polhemus – vocal and rhythm track recording
  • Tony Wright – art direction
  • Aldo Sampieri – design
  • Michel Comte, Wayne Maser – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Marianne Faithfull and Angelo Badalamenti, except where noted.

  1. Prologue – Angelo Badalamenti, Dante Alighieri (contains an interpolation od “Divine Comedy)
  2. Sleep – Marianne Faithfull, Angelo Badalamenti, Frank McGuinness
  3. Love in the Afternoon
  4. Flaming September
  5. She
  6. Bored by Dreams
  7. Losing – Marianne Faithfull, David Foreman, Angelo Badalamenti
  8. The Wedding – Marianne Faithfull, Angelo Badalamenti, Frank McGuinness
  9. The Stars Line Up
  10. Epilogue – Angelo Badalamenti, William Shakespeare (contains and interpolation of “The Tempest”)

James Moody

On December 9, 2010, James Moody died aged 85. He was musician (saxophone, flute) and singer, best known for his work in bebop and hard bop Jazz. He recorded and performed with some of the biggest names in Jazz music including Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Kenny Barron, Jon Faddis, Eddie Jefferson, Johnny Coles, Todd Coolman, Rufus Reid, Gil Fuller, Milt Jackson, Dexter Gordon, Elvin Jones, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Lalo Schifrin, Bobby Thimons, Cedar Walton, Tubby Hayes, and Roberta Gambarini. In 2011, Moody posthumously won “Grammy Award” for “Best Jazz Instrumental album”, for his album “Moody 4B”. The “New Jersey Performing Arts Center” hosts the “James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival”. As a leader Moody released 44 albums.

Jane Ira Bloom: The Nearness

On February 20, 1996, “Arabesque” label released “The Nearness”, the eight Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded in July 1995, at “Power Station Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

  • Jane Ira Bloom– soprano saxophone
  • Kenny Wheeler– flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Julian Priester– trombone, bass trombone
  • Fred Hersch– piano
  • Rufus Reid– bass
  • Bobby Previte– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted

  1. Nearly Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  2. Midnight Round/’Round Midnight – Jane Ira Bloom, Thelonious Monk
  3. 6 Bop
  4. Midnight’s Measure/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Jane Ira Bloom, David Mann, Bob Hilliard
  5. Painting Over Paris
  6. Wing Dinning
  7. Panosonic
  8. White Tower
  9. It’s a Corrugated World
  10. Monk’s Tale/The Nearness of You – Jane Ira Bloom, Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  11. Lonely House – Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes
  12. The All-Diesel Kitchen of Tomorrow
  13. Yonder

Tomasz Stanko

On July 29, 2018, Tomasz Stańko died aged 76. He was musician (trumpet), composer and improviser, associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. He has performed and recorded with many famous jazz musicians including  Adam Makowicz, Krzysztof Komeda, Zbigniew Seifert,Cecil Taylor,  Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Reggie Workman, Rufus Reid, Lester Bowie, David Murray, Manu Katché and Chico Freeman.