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The Master’s Apprentices: Same

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In March 1971, “Regal Zonophone” label released the self-titled, third Master’s Apprentices (The) studio album. It was recorded in September 1970, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Jeff Jarratt.

Personnel:

  • Jim Keays – lead vocal
  • Doug Ford – guitar
  • Glenn Wheatley – bass
  • Colin Burgess – drums
  • Larry Steel – congas
  • Claude Lintott – Jew’s harp
  • John Kurlander, Peter Bown – engineer
  • Hipgnosis – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Doug Ford and Jim Keays, except where noted.

  1. Rio De Camero
  2. Michael – Doug Ford
  3. Easy to Lie
  4. Because I Love You
  5. Catty – Doug Ford
  6. Our Friend Owsley Stanley 3
  7. Death of a King – Doug Ford
  8. Song for a Lost Gipsy
  9. I’ Your Satisfier
  10. Song For Joey – Part 2 – Colin Burgess, Doug Ford, Glenn Wheatley, Jim Keays

Wayne Shorter: Super Nova

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In March 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Super Nova”, the twelfth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded August – September 1968, at “A&R” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • John McLaughlin – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Walter Booker – acoustic guitar
  • Sonny Sharrock – electric guitar
  • Miroslav Vitouš – bass
  • Chick Corea – drums, vibes
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums, kalimba
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Maria Booker – vocals
  • Niels Jakobsen – claves

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Shorter except where noted.

  1. Supernova
  2. Swee-Pea
  3. Dindi – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  4. Water Babies
  5. Capricorn
  6. More Than Human

Ben Folds Five: Whatever And Ever Amen

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On March 18, 1997, “550” label released “Whatever and Ever Amen”, the second Ben Folds Five studio album. It was recorded September – October 1996, at “Chapel Hill” in North Carolina, and was produced by Caleb Southern and Ben Folds.

 Personnel:

  • Ben Folds – lead vocals, piano, electric piano, melodica
  • Robert Sledge – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
  • Darren Jessee – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Caleb Southern – Hammond organ
  • Norwood Cheek – synthesizer space sound
  • Frank London – trumpet
  • Matt Darriau – clarinet
  • Alicia Svigals – violin
  • John Catchings – cello
  • John Mark Painter – string arrangements
  • Caleb Southern – engineer
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Chris Stamey – Pro-Tools
  • Leigh Smiler – design
  • The Klezmatics – special contributor

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.

  1. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
  2. Fair
  3. Brick – Ben Folds, Darren Jesse
  4. Song for the Dumped – Ben Folds, Darren Jesse
  5. Selfless, Cold, and Composed
  6. Kate – Ben Folds, Darren Jesse, Anna Goodman
  7. Smoke – Ben Folds, Anna Goodman
  8. Cigarette
  9. Steven’s Last Night in Town
  10. Battle of Who Could Care Less
  11. Missing the War
  12. Evaporated

Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons: Firebirds

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In March 1968, “Contemporary Records” label released “Firebirds” album by Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Contemporary Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Simmons – alto saxophone, English horn
  • Prince Lasha – alto saxophone, flute, alto clarinet
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone 
  • Buster Williams – bass
  • Charles Moffett – drums
  • Bernie Grundman Jr. – mastering
  • George Kershaw – design
  • Ed Michel – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Simmons and Prince Lasha.

  1. The Island Song
  2. Psalm of Solomon
  3. Prelude to Bird
  4. The Loved Ones
  5. Firebirds

Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt

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On March 5, 2013, “Don Giovanni Records” label released “Cerulean Salt”, the second Waxahatchee studio album. It was recorded September – November 2012, in West Philadelphia, and was produced by Kyle Gilbride, Keith Spencer, Katie Crutchfield and Jacob.

Personnel:

  • Katie Crutchfield – vocals, various instruments
  • Kyle Gilbride – guitar, synth, bass guitar, backing vocals 
  • Sam Cook-Parrott – bass guitar, backing vocals 
  • Keith Spencer – drums, bass guitar, guitar
  • Allison Crutchfield – vocals, drums
  • Kyle Gilbride – engineer
  • Sam Cook-Parrott – additional production
  • Allison Crutchfield – additional production
  • Ryan Russell – art direction, layout, photography
  • Katie Crutchfield – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Hollow Bedroom
  2. Dixie Cups and Jars
  3. Lips and Limbs
  4. Blue Pt. II
  5. Brother Bryan
  6. Coast to Coast
  7. Tangled Envisioning
  8. Misery Over Dispute
  9. Lively
  10. Waiting
  11. Swan Dive
  12. Peace and Quiet
  13. You’re Damaged

Dream Theater: Distance Over Time

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On February 22, 2019, “Inside Out Music” label released “Distance Over Time”, the fourteenth Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded June – September 2018, at “Yonderbarn Studios” in Monticello, New York, “Mixland Studios” in Midhurst, Canada, and was produced by John Petrucci.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie – lead vocals
  • John Petrucci – guitars
  • Jordan Rudess – keyboards
  • John Myung – bass, Moog Taurus pedals
  • Mike Mangini – drums
  • James “Jimmy T” Meslin – recording
  • Richard Chycki – vocal recording, additional vocal production
  • Ben Grosse – mixing
  • Paul Pavao – mixing assistant
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, illustration, design
  • Mark Maryanovich – photography

Track listing:

All music by John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess and Mike Mangini, all lyrics as noted.

  1. Untethered Angel – John Petrucci
  2. Paralyzed – John Petrucci
  3. Fall into the Light – John Myung, John Petrucci
  4. Barstool Warrior – John Petrucci
  5. Room 137 – Mike Mangini
  6. S2N – Mike Mangini, John Petrucci
  7. At Wit’s End – James LaBrie
  8. Out of Reach – James LaBrie
  9. Pale Blue Dot – John Petrucci

Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction

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In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
  • Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
  • Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
  • Bobby Bradford – trumpet
  • Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
  • Charlie Haden – double bass, electric double bass with wah-wah pedal
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Ed Blackwell – drums
  • David Henderson – recitation
  • Asha Puthli – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. What Reason Could I Give?
  2. Civilization Day
  3. Street Woman
  4. Science Fiction
  5. Rock the Clock
  6. All My Life
  7. Law Years
  8. The Jungle Is a Skyscraper

Joe Henderson: Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

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On February 18, 1992, “Verve” label released “Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn”, the 29th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in September 1991, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.

Personnel:

  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  • Stephen Scott – piano
  • Christian McBride – bass
  • Gregory Hutchinson – drums
  • Don Sickler – arrangements, transcription
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing
  • Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant 
  • Camille Tominaro – production assistant
  • Larry Offsey – design
  • William Claxton – photography
  • Susan Ragan – photography
  • Stanley Crouch – liner notes
  • Dean Pratt – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Billy Strayhorn except where noted.

  1. Isfahan – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  2. Johnny Come Lately
  3. Blood Count
  4. Rain Check
  5. Lotus Blossom
  6. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
  7. Take the ‘A’ Train
  8. Drawing Room Blues
  9. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
  10. Lush Life

MGMT: Little Dark Age

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On February 9, 2018, “Columbia” label released “Little Dark Age”, the fourth MGMT studio album. It was recorded September 2016 – May 2017, at “Baby Office” and “Kingsize Soundlabs” in Los Angeles, “The CRC” and “Tarbox Toad” in New York, and was produced by Patrick Wimberly, Dave Fridmann and Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser.

Personnel:

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, programming
  • Ben Goldwasser – vocals, backing vocals, organ, keyboards, bass, synthesizer, flute,  programming
  • Josh Da Costa – additional drums
  • Ariel Pink – synthesizer, guitars, backing vocals
  • Danny Meyer – saxophone
  • Connan Mockasin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Cellars – vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – vocals, bass, percussion, vibraphone
  • James Richardson – additional bass, synthesizer, French horn, recorder, guitar, bass
  • Sébastien Tellier – backing vocals
  • Patrick Wimberly – engineer
  • Dave Fridmann – engineer, mixing
  • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – additional engineering
  • Celso A. Estrada – engineer assistant
  • Tyler Karmen – engineer assistant
  • Matt Estep – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, all music by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, except where noted.

  1. She Works Out Too Much
  2. Little Dark Age
  3. When You Die – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ariel Pink, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Ariel Pink
  4. Me and Michael
  5. TSLAMP – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardosn
  6. James
  7. Days That Gone Away – music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Patrick Wimberley, Connan Mockasin
  8. One Thing Left to Try
  9. When You’re Small – lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, music by Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
  10. Hand It Over

Elvin Jones: Live At The Lighthouse

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In January 1973, “Blue Note” label released “Live at the Lighthouse”, the 20th Elvin Jones album. It was recorded in September 1972, at “Lighthouse Café” in Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, and was produced by George Butler.

Personnel:

  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Steve Grossman – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Dave Liebman – tenor soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Gene Perla – bass

Track listing:

  1. Fancy Free – Donald Byrd
  2. New Breed – Dave Liebman
  3. Sambra – Gene Perla
  4. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
  5. Happy Birthday Greeting
  6. Sweet Mama – Gene Perla
  7. The Children, Save the Children – Don Garcia