On August 30, 2005, “Milestone” label released “Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert”, the eleventh Sonny Rollins live album. It was recorded in September 2001, in Boston, and was produced by Sonny Rollins and Lucille Rollins.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifton Anderson – trombone
Stephen Scott – piano
Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
Perry Wilson – drums
Kimati Dinizulu – percussion
Track listing:
Without a Song – lyrics by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, music by Vincent Youmans
Global Warming – Sonny Rollins
Introductions
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sherwin
Why Was I Born? – lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern
On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.
Personnel:
Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
Mike Campbell – electric guitar
Joe Walsh – electric guitar
James Raymond – piano
Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
Jim Keltner – drums
Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
Steve Gorman – drums
Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
Gil Bernal – saxophone
Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
John Waite – backing vocals
Jackson Browne – backing vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
Tom Petty – backing vocals
Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
Steve Churchyard – engineer
Greg Hayes – engineer
James Mitchell – engineer
Joe West – engineer
Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Hugh Brown – art direction
Matthew Rolston – cover photography
Bridgette Barr – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.
On August 22, 2000, “Telarc” label released “One Alone”, the 103rd Dave Brubeck album. It was recorded September 1997 – April 2000, and was produced by Russell Gloyd and John Snyder.
Personnel:
Dave Brubeck – piano
John Snyder, Michael Bishop, Jack Renner – engineer
Robert Friedrich – engineer assistant
Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, cover design
James Salzano – cover photo
Elaine Martone – production supervisor
Mark Conese, Simon James, Mark Nixdorf – technical assistant
Track listing:
That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
I’ll Never Smile Again – Ruth Lowe
One Alone – Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
You’ve Got Me Crying Again – Isham Jones, Charles Newman
Someone to Watch over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me) – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
Harbor Lights – Hugh Williams
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons
Summer Song – Dave Brubeck
Red Sails in the Sunset – Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy
Weep No More – Dave Brubeck
Bye Bye Blues – Dave Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown
On August 21, 2007, “Pi Recordings” label released “Vision Towards Essence”, the 24th Muhal Richard Abrams album. It was recorded in September 1998, at the “Guelph Jazz Festival” in Guelph, Canada and was produced by Yulun Wang and Muhal Richard Abrams.
On August 10, 1964, “Workshop Jazz” label released “Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charles Mingus”, the ninth Pepper Adams album. It was recorded in September 1963, in New York City.
In July 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Bottoms Up!”, the second 3 Sounds (The) studio album. It was recorded September 1958 – February 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Gene Harris – piano, celeste
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Track listing:
Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez
Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis
Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Jinne Lou – Gene Harris
Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You – Marvin Fisher, Jack Sega
Falling in Love with Love – Lorzenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
On July 18, 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Anthem of the Sun”, the second Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded September 1967 – March 1968, at “American Studios” in Los Angeles, “RCA Victor Studio A” in Hollywood, “Century Sound” and “Olmstead Studios” in New York City, “Criteria Recording Studiios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by David Hassinger, Jerry Garcia, Non Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Ron McKernan. The album was ranked number 288 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Jerry Garcia – lead vocals, vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, arrangements
Bob Weir – lead and co-lead vocals, vocals, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, arrangements
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – lead vocals, vocals, Hammond organ, Vox organ, celesta, claves, arrangements
In July 1970, “Impulse!” label released “For Losers”, the 17th Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in September 1968, February – August 1969, at “RCA Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Ed Michel.
Personnel:
Archie Shepp – soprano and tenor saxophone, liner notes
Robin Kenyatta – alto saxophone, flute
James Spaulding- alto saxophone
Clarence Sharpe – alto saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone, flute
Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
Martin Banks – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone
Grachan Moncur III – trombone
Leon Thomas – vocals
China-Lin Sharpe – vocals
Cedar Walton – piano
Andrew Bey – piano
Dave Burrell – organ
Wally Richardson – guitar
Bert Payne – guitar
Wilbur Ware – bass
Albert Winston – electric bass, bass
Bob Bushnell – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Beaver Harris – drums
Joe Chambers – drums
Tasha Thomas, Doris Troy – backing vocals
George Whiteman – design
Chuck Stewart – photography
Bob Thiele, Ed Michel – supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Archie Shepp, except where noted.
Stick ‘Em Up
Abstract
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
On July 9, 1971, “Harvest” label released “Fireball”, the fifth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded September 1970 – June 1971, at “De Lane Lea Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, “The Hermitage” in Welcombe, North Devon, and was produced by Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan.
In July 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Today and Now”, the 37th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Major Holley – bass
Eddie Locke – drums
Rudy van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Go Li’l Liza – traditional
Quintessence – Quincy Jones
Don’t Love Me – Bill Katz, Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts
Love Song from “Apache” – Johnny Mercer, David Raksin
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnett – Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich
Swingin’ Scotch – Coleman Hawkins
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) – Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias
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