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Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole

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In December 1966, “Blue Note” label released “The Empty Foxhole”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in September 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin, cover painting, liner notes
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Denardo Coleman – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Bob Fuentes – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Good Old Days
  2. The Empty Foxhole
  3. Sound Gravitation
  4. Freeway Express
  5. Faithful
  6. Zig Zag

Blue Mitchell: Blue Soul

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In December 1959, “Riverside” label released “Blue Soul”, the fourth Blue Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in September 1959, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Blue Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Minor Vamp – Benny Golson
  2. The Head
  3. The Way You Look Tonight – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  4. Park Avenue Petite – Benny Golson
  5. Top Shelf – Jimmy Heath
  6. Waverly Street – Jimmy Heath
  7. Blue Soul
  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  9. Nica’s Dream – Horace Silver

Noir Désir: Tostaky

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On December 7, 1992, “Barclay” label released “Tostaky”, the fourth Noir Désir album. It was recorded in September 1992, at “Outside Studios” in England, and was produced by Ted Niceley, Bertrand Cantat, Serge Teyssot-Gay, Frédéric Vidalenc and Denis Barthe.

Personnel:

  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar
  • Serge Teyssot-Gay – guitar
  • Frédéric Vidalenc – bass, backing vocals
  • Denis Barthe – drums, backing vocals
  • Avril Mackintosh – guitar, mixing assistant
  • Graig Sangster – guitar, mixing assistant
  • Edgar “De L’Est – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Isabelle – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Eli “Laï Laï” Janney – voice
  • Andy “Nightingale” Baker – backing vocals
  • Ted “Che Caruso” Niceley – backing vocals
  • Eli Janney – engineer
  • Andy Baker – engineer assistant
  • Yohannes Camps-Campins – design
  • Anton Corbijn, Philippe Lévy, Philippe Prevost, Xavier Cantat – photography

Track listing:

  1. Here It Comes Slowly
  2. Ici Paris
  3. Oublié
  4. Alice
  5. One Trip / One Noise
  6. Tostaky (Le Continent)
  7. Marlène
  8. Johnny Colère
  9. 7 Minutes
  10. Sober Song
  11. It Spurts
  12. Lolita Nie En Bloc

Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going

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In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
  • Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
  • George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
  • Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
  • Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
  • Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
  • Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
  2. I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
  3. Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
  4. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
  5. Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  6. Little Tear – Don Sebesky
  7. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  8. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  9. Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
  10. Dirt Dobbler – Alfred Ellis
  11. Betcha by Golly, Wow – Thom Bell, Linda Creed
  12. This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
  13. Jazz Bridge – Don Sebesky

Dead Can Dance: Spleen And Ideal

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On November 25, 1985, “4AD” label released “Spleen and Ideal”, the second Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded September – November 1985, at “Woodbine” in Warwickshire, England, and was produced by John A. Rivers, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, all other instruments
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, all other instruments, art direction
  • Richard Avison – trombone
  • Simon Hogg – trombone
  • Carolyn Costin – violin
  • Gus Ferguson – cello
  • Martin McCarrick – cello
  • James Pinker – timpani
  • Tony Ayres – timpani
  • Andrew Hutton – soprano vocals
  • John A. Rivers – engineer
  • Jonathan Dee – engineer
  • Colin Gray – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.

  1. De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
  2. Ascension
  3. Circumradiant Dawn
  4. The Cardinal Sin
  5. Mesmerism
  6. Enigma of the Absolute
  7. Advent
  8. Avatar
  9. Indoctrination (A Design for Living)

Man: Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day

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In November 1972, “United Artists” label released “Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day”, the sixth Man album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Rockfield Studios” in Monmouth, Wales, and was produced by Dave Edmunds, Micky Jones, Clive John, Phil Ryan, Will Youatt and Terry Williams.

Personnel:

  • Micky Jones – vocals, guitars
  • Clive John – vocals, guitars
  • Phil Ryan – vocals, keyboards
  • Will Youatt – vocals, bass
  • Terry Williams – drums, percussion
  • Dave Edmunds – pedal steel guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Micky Jones, Phil Ryan, Terry Williams and Clive John.

  1. C’mon
  2. Keep on Crinting
  3. Bananas
  4. Life on the Road

The Left Banke: The Left Banke Too

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In November 1968, “Smash” label released “The Left Banke Too”, the second Left Banke (The) studio album. It was recorded in September 1967 – October 1968, at “Capitol” and “Olmstead” in New York City, and was produced by Paul Leka, Michael Brown, Arthur Schroeck and Gene Radice.

Personnel:

  • Steve Martin Caro – lead vocals, bass, tambourine, drums
  • Tom Finn – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar
  • Tom Feher – piano, guitar
  • Michael Brown – piano, organ
  • George Cameron – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion
  • Rick Brand – banjo 
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Ralph Casale – guitar
  • Marvin Potocki – guitar
  • Steve Tallarico – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Paul Griffin – keyboards
  • Paul Leka – piano, string arrangements
  • Chet Amsterdam – bass
  • Joe Mack – bass
  • Bobby Gregg – drums
  • Artie Schroek – vibraphone, drums, string arrangements
  • Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Ray Desio – trombone
  • George Young – woodwinds
  • John Abbott – horn arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Finn, except where noted.

  1. Goodbye Holly – Tom Feher
  2. There’s Gonna Be a Storm
  3. Sing Little Bird Sing – Tom Feher
  4. Mice to See You
  5. Give the Man a Hand – Marvin Potocki
  6. Bryant Hotel – Tom Feher
  7. Desirée – Michael Brown, Tom Feher
  8. Dark is the Back – George Cameron, Tom Finn, Steve Martin Caro
  9. In the Morning Light – Michael Brown, Tom Feher
  10. My Friend Today

Kaleidoscope: Tangerine Dream

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On November 24, 1967, “Fontana” label released “Tangerine Dream”, the debut Kaleidoscope album. It was recorded February – September 1967,and was produced by Dick Leahy.

Personnel:

  • Peter Daltrey – vocals, keyboards
  • Eddy Pumer – guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Clark – bass, flute
  • Dan Bridgman – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All lyrics by Peter Daltrey, all music by Eddy Pumer.

  1. Kaleidoscope
  2. Please Excuse My Face
  3. Dive into Yesterday
  4. Mr. Small, the Watch Repairer Man
  5. Flight from Ashiya
  6. The Murder of Lewis Tollani
  7. (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion
  8. Dear Nellie Goodrich
  9. Holidaymaker
  10. A Lesson Perhaps
  11. The Sky Children

Illinois Jacquet: The Blues; That’s Me!

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In November 1969, “Prestige” label released “The Blues; That’s Me!”, the 23rd Illinois Jacquet album. It was recorded in September 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone, bassoon
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Tiny Grimes – guitar
  • Buster Williams – bass
  • Oliver Jackson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Illinois Jacquet, except where noted.

  1. The Blues; That’s Me! – Tiny Grimes
  2. Still King – Frank Foster, Illinois Jacquet
  3. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. The Galloping Latin
  5. For Once in My Life – Ron Miller, Orlando Murden
  6. Every Day I Have the Blues – Peter Chatman

Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Duets

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In November 1968, “Milestone” label released “The Lee Konitz Duets”, the 21st Lee Konitz album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dick Katz.

Personnel:

  • Lee Konitz – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, amplified alto saxophone
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone
  • Marshall Brown – valve trombone, euphonium
  • Dick Katz – piano
  • Karl Berger – vibes
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Ray Nance – violin

Track listing:

  1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2. You Don’t Know What Love Is
  3. Variations on Alone Together
  4. Checkerboard
  5. Erb
  6. Tickletoe
  7. Duplexity
  8. Alphanumeric