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Roland Kirk: Here Comes The Whistleman

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In February 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Here Comes the Whistleman”, album by Roland Kirk. It was recorded in March 1965, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York, and was produced by Joel Dorn and Roland Kirk.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet
  • Jaki Byard – piano
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
  • Major Holley – bass
  • Charles Crosby – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Roots
  2. Here Comes the Whistleman
  3. I Wished on the Moon – Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger
  4. Making Love After Hours
  5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  6. Aluminum Baby – Jaki Byard
  7. Step Right Up

Jimmy Smith: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

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In May 1962, “Verve” label released “Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith”, the 20th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Cred Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
  • Bob Ashton, Babe Clarke – tenor saxophone
  • George Barrow – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Quentin Warren – guitar
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Del Shields – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Walk on the Wild Side – Elmer Bernstein, Mack David
  2. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  3. In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler
  4. Step Right Up – Oliver Nelson
  5. Beggar for the Blues – Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne
  6. Bashin’ – Jimmy Smith
  7. I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) – Johnny Mercer

The Pietasters: Turbo

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On August 6, 2002, “Fueled by Ramen” label released “Turbo”, the fifth Pietasters album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Cue Studios” and was produced by Todd Harris, Stephen Jackson, Toby Hansen, Jorge Pezzimenti, Rob Steward, Alan Makranczy, Jeremy Roberts, Carlos Linares, Eric Morgan and Hayes Smith.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Jackson – vocals
  • Toby Hansen – guitar
  • Jorge Pezzimenti – bass guitar
  • Rob Steward – drums
  • Tom Goodin – guitar
  • Erick Morgan – keyboards
  • Jeb Crandall – keyboards
  • Todd Eckhardt – bass guitar
  • Alan Makranczy – saxophone
  • Hayes Smith – baritone saxophone
  • Jeremy Roberts – trombone
  • Carlos Linares – trumpet
  • DJ Selah – additional vocals, chat
  • Rich Isaac – engineer
  • Seth Foster – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Told You the First Time – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson
  2. Set Me Up – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson
  3. Drunken Master – Erick Morgan, DJ Selah
  4. Rachel – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson
  5. Mellow Mood – Bob Marley
  6. Every Afternoon – Toby Hansen
  7. Got to Stay – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson
  8. Step Right Up – Erick Morgan
  9. Wrong With You – Carlos Linares
  10. Trust Yourself – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson
  11. Nothing Good to Eat – Vic Ruggiero
  12. Malmo – Jorge Pezzimenti, Stephen Jackson, Jeremy Roberts
  13. How We Were Before – Colin Blunstone

Tom Waits: Small Change

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In September 1976, “Asylum” label released “Small Change”, the third Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded in July 1976, at “Wally Heider Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Bones Howe.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits– vocals, piano
  • Jim Hughart – bass
  • Shelly Manne– drums
  • Lew Tabackin– tenor saxophone
  • Harry Bluestone– violin, concertmaster strings
  • Ed Lustgarten – cello, strings
  • Jerry Yester– arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits.

  1. Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
  2. Step Right Up
  3. Jitterbug Boy (Sharing a Curbstone with Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie)
  4. I Wish I Was in New Orleans (In the Ninth Ward)
  5. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)
  6. Invitation to the Blues
  7. Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O’Clock Club)
  8. Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell)
  9. The One That Got Away
  10. Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)
  11. I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)