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Bobby Timmons: Holiday Soul

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In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Holiday Soul” the eleventh Bobby Timmons album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Butch Warren – double bass
  • Walter Perkins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Jack McKinney – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervisor

Track listing:

  1. Deck the Halls – traditional
  2. White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  3. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
  4. Auld Lang Syne – Robert Burns, traditional
  5. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  6. Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
  7. We Three Kings – John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
  8. You’re All I Want for Christmas – Seger Ellis, Glen Moore

Daniel Herskedal And Marius Neset: Neck Of The Woods

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On August 27, 2012, “Edition Records” label released “Neck of the Woods”, album by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal. It was recorded in 2011, at “Kulturskolan” in Lund, “We Know Music Studios” in Copenhagen, in 2012, at “Fredriksberg Church” in Copenhagen, and was produced by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal.

Personnel:

  • Marius Neset– saxophone
  • Daniel Herskedal– tuba
  • Hallvar Djupvik – vocal solo
  • Svanholm Singers – choir
  • August Wanngren – recording engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Darren Rumney – design, cover photography
  • Enok Holsegård – photography
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer

Track listing:

 All tracks by Daniel Herskedal and Marius Neset except where noted.

  1. Neck Of The Woods
  2. Preludium
  3. Lutra Lutra
  4. Eg Er Framand – traditional
  5. The Shepherd
  6. Ara’s Dance
  7. The Christmas Song
  8. Dragon’s Eye
  9. Introduction To Swan Island
  10. Swan Island
  11. The Wedding – Abdullah Ibrahim

Gregory Porter: Nat King Cole & Me

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On October 27, 2017, “Blue Note” label released “Nat King Cole & Me”, the fifth Gregory Porter studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Air Studios” in London, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles and “Esplande Studios” in New Orleans.

Personnel:

  • Gregory Porter– vocals
  • Terence Blanchard – trumpet
  • Christian Sands– piano
  • Reuben Rogers – bass
  • Ulysses Owens – drums
  • Vince Mendoza– arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Mona Lisa – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  2. Smile – Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
  3. Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
  4. L-O-V-E – Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler
  5. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas – Farres Osvaldo
  6. Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
  7. Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  8. When Love Was King – Gregory Porter
  9. The Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Helelr
  10. Ballenna – Bob Russell, Carl Sigman
  11. I Wonder Who My Daddy Is – Gladys Shelley
  12. The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells