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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

Duke Pearson: Wahoo!

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In February 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Wahoo!”.the sixth Duke Pearson album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Duke Pearson – piano
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute 
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Pearson, except where noted.

  1. Amanda
  2. Bedouin
  3. Farewell Machelle
  4. Wahoo
  5. ESP (Extrasensory Perception)
  6. Fly Little Bird Fly – Donald Byrd

Marissa Nadler: July

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On February 4, 2014, “Sacred Bones” label released “July”, the sixth Marissa Nadler studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Avast Studios” in Seattle, and was produced by Randall Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Marissa Nadler – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Wandscher – guitar
  • Jason Kardong – pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Moore – keyboards
  • Jonas Haskins – bass
  • Pat Schowe – drums
  • Eyvind Kang – strings, arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Marissa Nadler.

  1. Drive
  2. 1923
  3. Firecrackers
  4. We Are Coming Back
  5. Dead City Emily
  6. Was It a Dream
  7. I’ve Got Your Name
  8. Desire
  9. Anyone Else
  10. Holiday In
  11. Nothing in My Heart

Cecil Taylor: The World Of Cecil Taylor

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In January 1961, “Candid” label released “The World of Cecil Taylor”, the sixth Cecil Taylor album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Cecil Taylor – piano
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Buell Neidlinger – bass
  • Denis Charles – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Cecil Tayor except where noted.

  1. Air (Take 28)
  2. This Nearly Was Mine (Take 1) – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  3. Port of Call (Take 2)
  4. E.B. (Take 2)
  5. Lazy Afternoon – John Latouche, Jerome Moross

Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear

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On January 10, 2025, “Domino” label released “The Human Fear”, the sixth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “AYR” in Scotland, and was produced by Mike Ralph.

Personnel:

  • Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Dino Bardot – guitar, backing vocals
  • Julian Corrie – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bob Hardy – bass
  • Audrey Tait – drums, percussion
  • Clara Luciani – backing vocals
  • Gemma Chester – engineer
  • Josh Green – engineer
  • Anthony Ryan Denton – engineer assistant
  • Mark Ralph – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Kapranos, except where noted.

  1. Audacious
  2. Everydaydreamer – Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie
  3. The Doctor –Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie, Dino Bardot
  4. Hooked – Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  5. Build It Up –Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
  6. Night or Day
  7. Tell Me I Should Stay
  8. Cats
  9. Black Eyelashes
  10. Bar Lonely – Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy
  11. The Birds

Blue Effect: Modrý efekt & Radim Hladík

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In December 1975, “Supraphon” label released “Modrý efekt & Radim Hladík”, the sixth Blue Effect studio album.

Personnel:

  • Radim Hladík – guitar , acoustic guitar , Hawaiian guitar , ring modulator
  • Lešek Semelka – vocals, piano , electronic organ
  • Josef Kůstka – vocals, bass , violin
  • Vlado Čech – drums
  • Martin Kratochvil – piano
  • Jiří Stivín – flute , alto saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Radim Hladík.

  1. Boots
  2. Tearoom
  3. Puzzle
  4. Lost and Found
  5. Hypertension

Gary McFarland: Tijuana Jazz

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In December 1965, “Impulse!” label released “Tijuana Jazz”, the sixth Gary McFarland album. It was recorded in December 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Gary McFarland – marimba, electric piano
  • Joe Newman, Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica, guitar
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Bob Bushnell – electric bass
  • Mel Lewis, Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.

  1. South of the Border – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr
  2. Acapulco at Night
  3. Fantastic, That’s You – George Cates, George Douglas
  4. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
  5. Tijuana – George Cates, George Douglas
  6. Marcheta – Victor Schertzinger
  7. Granny’s Samba
  8. Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo) – Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo
  9. Mexicali Rose – Jack Tenney, Helen Stone
  10. Ira Schwartz’s Golden Dream
  11. Mary Jane
  12. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard

Elder: Innate Passage

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On November 25, 2022, “Stickman” label released “Innate Passage”, the sixth Elder album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Clouds Hill Studio” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Linda Dag.

Personnel:

  • Nick DiSalvo – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michael Risberg – guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Donovan – bass
  • Georg Edert – drums
  • Fabio Cuomo – additional keyboards
  • Behrang Alavi – additional vocals
  • Linda Dag – recording, mixing
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Adrian Dexter – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Catastasis
  2. Endless Return
  3. Coalescense
  4. Merged in Dreams – Ne Plus Ultra
  5. The Purpose