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John Prine: For Better, Or Worse

On September 30, 2016, “Oh Boy” label released “For Better, or Worse”, the seventeenth John Prine studio album. It was recorded January – February 2016. 

Personnel:

  • John Prine – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Howard – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Susan Tedeschi – vocals, electric guitar
  • Jason Wilber – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – mandolin
  • Tim O’Brien – mandolin, fiddle
  • Pete Wasner – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
  • Shad Cobb – fiddle
  • Dave Jacques – upright bass
  • Kenneth Blevins – drums
  • Iris DeMent – vocals
  • Alison Krauss – vocals
  • Miranda Lambert – vocals
  • Kathy Mattea – vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves – vocals
  • Fiona Prine – vocals
  • Amanda Shires – vocals
  • Morgane Stapleton – vocals
  • Holly Williams – vocals
  • Lee Ann Womack – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out – Johnny Tillotson, Teddy Wilburn
  2. Storm Never Last – Jessi Colter
  3. Falling in Love Again – Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner
  4. Color of the Blues – George Jones, Lawton Williams
  5. I’m Tellin You – Billy Hughes
  6. Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) – Scott Wiseman
  7. Look at Us – Max T. Barnes, Vince Gill
  8. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) – Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis
  9. Fifteen Years Ago – Raymond Smith
  10. Cold Cold Heart – Hank Williams
  11. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Allen Reynolds
  12. Mental Cruelty – Buck Owens, Dixie Davis, Larry Davis
  13. Mr. & Mrs. used to Be – Joe Deaton
  14. My Happiness – Betty Peterson, Borney Bergantine
  15. Just Waitin’ – Hank Williams

Doris Day and the André Previn Trio: Duet

On February 22, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Duet”, album by Doris Day and the André Previn Trio. It was recorded in 1961, and was produced by Irving Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Doris Day – vocals
  • André Previn – piano, arrangements
  • Red Mitchell – double bass
  • Frank Capp -drums

Track listing:

  1. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  2. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  3. Yes – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  4. Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Remind Me – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. Who Are We to Say (Obey Your Heart) – Sigmund Romberg, Gus Kahn
  7. Daydreaming – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  8. Give Me Time – Alec Wilder
  9. Control Yourself – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  10. Wait Till You See Him – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  12. Falling in Love Again – Sammy Lerner, Frederick Hollander

Oscar Peterson And Nelson Riddle: Oscar Peterson & Oscar Riddle

In December 1963, “Verve” label released “Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle”, album by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle. It was recorded in November 1963, at “Radio Recorders Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Davis.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  2. Judy – Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Some Day My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  5. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  6. Nightingale – Oscar Peterson
  7. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  8. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  9. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson
  10. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins

Kenny Dorham: 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm

In December 1957, “Riverside” label released “2 Horns / 2 Rhythm”, the sixth Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded November – December 1957, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet, piano 
  • Ernie Henry – alto saxophone
  • Eddie Mathias, Wilbur Ware – bass
  • G.T. Hogan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Dorham, except where noted.

  1. Lotus Blossom – Kenny Dorham, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  2. Sposin – Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf
  3. Soon – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  4. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? – Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, Gerald Marks
  5. The End of a Love Affair – Edward Redding
  6. I’ll Be Seeing You – Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal
  7. Noose Bloos
  8. Jazz-Classic

Bryan Ferry: As Time Goes By

On October 25, 1999, “Virgin” label released “As Time Goes By”, the tenth Bryan Ferry album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Lansdowne Studios” in London, and was produced by Bryan Ferry and Rhett Davies.

Personnel:

  • Bryan Ferry – lead vocals, synthesizer, arrangements, art direction
  • Phil Manzanera– guitar
  • Nils Solberg – guitar
  • Martin Wheatley – banjo
  • Colin Good – piano, musical director, arrangements
  • Jose Libertella – bandoneon
  • Luis Stazo – bandoneon
  • Cynthia Millar – Ondes Martenot
  • Chris Laurence – bass guitar
  • Richard Jeffries – bass guitar
  • Andy Newmark– drums
  • John Sutton – drums
  • Paul Clarvis – drums
  • Frank Ricotti– percussion
  • Alan Barnes- clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Enrico Tomasso – trumpet
  • Bob Hunt – trombone
  • Malcolm Earle Smith – trombone
  • Nicholas Bucknail – clarinet
  • Robert Fowler – clarinet
  • Timothy Lines – clarinet
  • David White – clarinet
  • Anthony Pike – clarinet
  • Jim Tomlinson – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Abraham Leborovich – violin
  • Wilfred Gibson – violin
  • Gavyn Wright– violin
  • Boguslaw Kostecki – violin
  • David Woodcock – violin
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Philip Dukes – viola
  • Anthony Pleeth – cello
  • Hugh Webb – harp
  • James Sanger – programming
  • Mark Tucker – engineer
  • Steve Pelluet – engineer assistant
  • Chris Dibble, Sven Taits – additional engineering
  • Nick de Ville – art direction
  • Bogdan Zarkowski – artwork
  • Mike Owen – photography
  • Robin Trower- associate producer

Track listing:

  1. As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld
  2. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  3. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. I’m in the Mood for Love – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  5. Where or When – Rodgers and Hart
  6. When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful – Harry Woods
  7. Sweet and Lovely – Charles Daniels, Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias
  8. Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
  9. Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon
  10. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein
  11. Falling in Love Again – Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner
  12. Love Me or Leave Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  13. You Do Something to Me – Cole Porter
  14. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  15. September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson