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Amadou & Mariam: Folila

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On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Santigold – vocals
  • Jake Shears – vocals
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
  • Ebony Bones – vocals
  • Kyp Malone – vocals
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
  • Theophilus London – vocals
  • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
  • Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
  • Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
  • Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
  • Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
  • Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
  • Laurent Griffon – bass
  • Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
  • Vieux Dembélé – djembe
  • Sidiki Diabate – kora
  • Tomani Diabate – kora
  • Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
  • Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
  • Manjul – percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
  • Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet
  • Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
  • Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
  • Julien Bescond – A&R
  • François Morel – design
  • Thomas Moulin – assistant
  • Benoît Peverelli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
  2. Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
  3. Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
  5. Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  6. Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  7. C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
  8. Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  10. Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
  11. Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
  12. Chérie – Mariam Doumbia

Henry Threadgill Sextett:

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On April 4, 1989, “RCA Novus” label released “Rag, Bush and All”, the sixth Henry Threadgill Sextett album. It was recorded in December 1988, at “Clinton Recording Studios” in New York City and was produced by David Stone.

Personnel:

  • Henry Threadgill – alto saxophone, bass flute
  • Ted Daniel – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bill Lowe – bass trombone
  • Diedre Murray – cello
  • Fred Hopkins – bass
  • Reggie Nicholson – percussion
  • Newman Baker – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Henry Threadgill

  1. Off the Rag
  2. The Devil is on the Loose and Dancin’ with a Monkey
  3. Gift
  4. Sweet Holy Rag

Horace Parlan: Up & Down

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In April 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Up & Down”, the sixth Horace Parlan album. It was recorded in June 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alferd Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Parlan – piano
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Al Harewood – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Parlan, except where noted.

  1. The Book’s Beat – Booker Ervin
  2. Up and Down
  3. Fugee – George Tucker
  4. The Other Part of Town – Grant Green
  5. Lonely One – Babs Gonzales
  6. Light Blue – Tommy Turrentine

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Strange Place For Snow

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In March 2002, “Act Music” label released “Strange Place for Snow”, the sixth Esbjörn Svensson Trio album. It was recorded in December 2011, at “Atlantis” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Daniel Berglund, Magnus Öström and Esbjörn Svensson. The album was awarded the annual prize of the “German Record Critics 2002” and the “German Jazz Award”.

Personnel:

  • Esbjörn Svensson – keyboards, grand piano
  • Daniel Berglund – double bass
  • Magnus Öström – drums, percussion
  • Janne Hansson – engineer, mixing
  • Åke Linton – engineer
  • Tommy Lydell – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Message
  2. Serenade For The Renegade
  3. Strange Place For Snow
  4. Behind The Yashmak
  5. Bound For The Beauty Of The South
  6. Years Of Yearning
  7. When God Created The Coffeebreak
  8. Spunky Sprawl
  9. Carcrash

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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In March 1967, “Columbia” label released “Straight, No Chaser”, the sixth Thelonious Monk studio album. It was recorded 1966 – 1967, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
  • Larry Gales – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Locomotive
  2. I Didn’t Know About You – Duke Ellington
  3. Straight, No Chaser
  4. Japanese Folk Song – Rentaro Taki
  5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. We See

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

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On March 19, 2013, “Dead Oceans” label released “Muchacho” the sixth Phosphorescent studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Greenpoint” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Matthew Houck.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Houck – vocals, guitars, electric lead guitar, organ, electric keys, bounce keys, instruments, drum n’ bass n’ fiddle loops, beats, percussion, shakers, rattlers
  • Jeff Bailey – bass guitar
  • Bobby Hawk – fiddle, stings
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – pedal steel, electric lead guitar
  • Scott Stapleton – piano, synthesizer, clavinet
  • Jo Schornikow – piano 
  • Christopher Marine – drums, bongo drums
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone
  • Jon Natchez – bass saxophone, bass clarinet
  • David Torch – bongo drums, percussion, conga drum 
  • Matthew Houck – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Bischoff – engineer 
  • Phil Joly – “final pass” engineer
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matthew Houck – art direction
  • Dusdin Condren – photography
  • Daniel Murphy – text, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Houck.

  1. Sun, Arise! (An Invocation, An Introduction)
  2. Song for Zula
  3. Ride On/Right On
  4. Terror in the Canyons (The Wounded Master)
  5. A Charm/A Blade
  6. Muchacho’s Tune
  7. A New Anhedonia
  8. The Quotidian Beasts
  9. Down to Go
  10. Sun Arising (A Koan, An Exit)

Modest Mouse: Strangers To Ourselfs

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On March 17, 2015, “Epic” label released “Strangers to Ourselves”, the sixth Modest Mouse studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Ice Cream Party” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Isaac Brock, Tucker Martine, Brian Deck, Andrew Weiss and Clay Jones.

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock – vocals, guitar, twelve-string, piano, Rhodes, mellotron, bass, E Bow, baritone guitar, Korg MS-20
  • Lisa Molinaro – vocals, viola, cello, bass
  • Jim Fairchild – guitar, Rhodes, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Darrin Wiener – modular synthesizer, field recordings, machine sequencing
  • Russell Higbee – bass, Rhodes, upright bass, guitar, pump organ, vibes, electric piano, baritone guitar, euphonium, kalimba, cornet, organ, backing vocals
  • Tom Peloso – bass, synth, Rhodes, piano, upright piano, cornet, kalimba, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremiah Green – drums, conga, sequencers, electronic drums, djembe, death whistle, vibes, Korg, kalimba, cigar box guitar, backing vocals
  • Ben Massarella – percussion
  • Davey Brozowski – percussion
  • Tucker Martine – percussion
  • James Mercer – vocals
  • Dann Gallucci – drum machine, guitar, acoustic guitar, sequencing, synthesizers
  • Jose Medeles – drums, percussion, vibes
  • William Slater – banjo, piano, Rhodes, modular synth, backing vocals
  • Maureen Pandos – upright bass
  • Tristan Forney – tuba
  • Corrina Repp – backing vocals
  • Jeremy Sherrer – timbales, MPC programming, backing vocals
  • Seth Lorinczi – bass
  • Ryan Baldoz – backwards bass

Track listing:

All lyrics by Isaac Brock, except where noted, all music by Isaac Brock, Lisa Molinaro, Jim Fairchild, Darrin Wiener, Russell Higbee, Tom Peloso, Jeremiah Green and Ben Massarella.

  1. Strangers to Ourselves
  2. Lampshades on Fire
  3. Shit Your Cut
  4. Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)
  5. Ansel
  6. The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box
  7. Coyotes
  8. Pups to Dust
  9. Sugar Boats
  10. Wicked Campaign
  11. Be Brave
  12. God Is an Indian and You’re an Asshole – lyrics by Jeremiah Green
  13. The Tortoise and the Tourist
  14. The Best Room
  15. Of Course We Know

Weather Report: Black Market

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On March 11, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Black Market”, the sixth Weather Report studio album. It was recorded December 1975 – January 1976, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter.

Personnel:

  • Joe Zawinul – Yamaha grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, 2 × ARP 2600, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, orchestration
  • Wayne Shorter – Selmer soprano and tenor saxophones, Computone Lyricon
  • Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
  • Jaco Pastorius – electric fretless bass 
  • Narada Michael Walden – drums
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Alex Acuña – congas, percussion
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Nancy Donald – design
  • David McMacken – illustration
  • Ed Caraeff – photography

Track listing:

  1. Black Market – Joe Zawinul
  2. Cannon Ball – Joe Zawinul
  3. Gibraltar – Joe Zawinul
  4. Elegant People – Wayne Shorter
  5. Three Clowns – Wayne Shorter
  6. Barbary Coast – Jaco Pastorius
  7. Herandu – Alphonso Johnson

Ben Frost: Scope Neglect

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On March 1, 2024, “Mute” label released “Scope Neglect”, the sixth Ben Frost studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Candybomber” in  Berlin Tempelhof Airport, and was produced by Ben Frost.

Personnel:

  • Ben Frost – performance
  • Liam Andrews – performance
  • Greg Kubacki – performance
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Form und Konzept – design
  • Tim Hecker – additional production
  • Carlos Boix – live production
  • Paul Corley – additional production
  • Lawrence English – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Frost.

  1. Lamb Shift
  2. Chimera
  3. The River of Light and Radiation
  4. 1993
  5. Turning the Prism
  6. Load Up on Guns, Bring Your Friends
  7. Tritium Bath
  8. Unreal in the Eyes of the Dead

Doves: Constellations For The Lonely

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On February 28, 2025, “EMI North” label released “Constellations for the Lonely”, the sixth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2024, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, England, and was produced by Dan Austin, Jim Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams.

Personnel:

  • Jimi Goodwin – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, drums; synthesizer, programming
  • Jez Williams – lead and backing vocals, guitar; bass guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, string arrangement, programming, mixing
  • Andy Williams – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, programming, samples
  • Martin Rebelski – keyboards
  • Fredrik Björling  – drums
  • Belinda Hammond – violin
  • Hannah Groarke-Young – violin
  • Jayne Coyle – viola
  • Elinor Gow – cello
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Martin King – engineer
  • Dan Austin – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

  1. Renegade
  2. Cold Dreaming
  3. In the Butterfly House
  4. Strange Weather
  5. A Drop in the Ocean
  6. Last Year’s Man
  7. Stupid Schemes
  8. Silent Teresa
  9. Orlando
  10. Southern Bell