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Carmen: Fandangos In Space

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In December 1973, “Regal Zonophone” label released “Fandangos in Space”, the debut Carmen album. It was recorded in 1973, at “John Kongo’s Studios”, “Air Studios”, and “EMI Studios”, and was produced by Tony Visconti.

Personnel:

  • David Clark Allen – lead vocals, electric and flamenco guitar
  • Roberto Amaral – lead and backing vocals, vibraphone, castanets
  • Angela Allen – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, Mellotron
  • John Glascock – backing vocals, bass guitar, bass pedals
  • Paul Fenton – drums, percussion
  • Tony Visconti – engineer
  • John Kongos – engineer
  • Alan Harris – engineer
  • John Kurlander – engineer
  • Peter Mew – engineer
  • Peter Howe – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by David Clark Allen, except where noted.

  1. Bulerias
  2. Bullfight – Roberto Amaral
  3. Stepping Stone – Roberto Amaral
  4. Sailor Song
  5. Lonely House
  6. Por Tarantos – traditional
  7. Looking Outside (My Window)
  8. Tales of Spain
  9. Retirando – John Glascock, Paul Fenton, Andrea Allen, Roberto Amaral, David Clark Allen
  10. Fandango in Space – Roberto Amaral
  11. Reprise Finale

Jimmy Forrest: Most Much!

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In November 1961, “Prestige” label released “Most Much!”, the seventh Jimmy Forrest album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
  • Hugh Lawson – piano
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Clarence Johnston – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Esmond Edwards – supervisor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Forrest except where noted.

  1. Matilda – Norman Span
  2. Annie Laurie – traditional
  3. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
  4. My Buddy – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  5. Soft Winds – Benny Goodman
  6. Robbin’s Nest – Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson
  7. Most Much

Urbie Green: Blues And Other Shades Of Green

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In November 1955, “ABC-Paramount” label released “Blues and Other Shades of Green”, the fifth Urbie Green album. It was recorded in October 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Urbie Green – trombone, valve trombone
  • Jimmy Raney – guitar
  • Dave McKenna – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Urbie Green, except where noted.

  1. Reminiscent Blues
  2. Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. You Are Too Beautiful – Richard Rodger, Lorenz Hart
  4. Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford
  5. Warm Valley – Duke Ellington
  6. Frankie and Johnny – traditional
  7. One for Dee
  8. Limehouse Blues – Philip Braham, Douglas Furber
  9. Am I Blue? – Harry Akst, Grant Clarke
  10. Dirty Dan
  11. It’s Too Late Now – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane

Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session

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On November 15, 1988, “Latent” label released “The Trinity Session”, the second Cowboy Junkies studio album. It was recorded in November 1987, at “Church of the Holy Trinity” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Peter Moore.

Personnel:

  • Margo Timmins – lead vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums
  • John Timmins – guitar, backing vocals
  • Kim Deschamps – pedal steel guitar, dobro, bottleneck slide guitar
  • Jeff Bird – fiddle, harmonica, mandolin
  • Steve Shearer – harmonica
  • Jaro Czerwinec – accordion
  • Peter Moore – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Margo Timmins and Michael Timmins, except where noted.

  1. Mining for Gold – traditional, arranged by James Gordon
  2. Misguided Angel
  3. I Don’t Get It
  4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
  5. To Love Is to Bury
  6. 200 More Miles – Michael Timmins
  7. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Allen Reynolds
  8. Sweet Jane – Lou Reed
  9. Postcard Blues – Michael Timmins
  10. Walking After Midnight – Don Necht, Alan Block

Koerner, Ray & Glover: The Return Of Koerner, Ray & Glover

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On October 22, 1965, “Elektra” label released “The Return of Koerner, Ray and Glover”, the third and final Koerner, Ray & Glover studio album. It was recorded in August 1965, by Paul Rotchild.

Personnel:

  • Tony “Little Sun” Glover – vocals, harmonica, liner notes
  • “Spider” John Koerner – vocals, guitar
  • Dave “Snaker” Ray – vocals, guitar
  • Chris Frymire – remix, mastering
  • Eric Peltoniemi – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. I Want to See My Baby – John Koerner
  2. Titanic – Lead Belly
  3. You’ve Got to Be Careful – John Koerner
  4. Looky Looky Yonder – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  5. Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
  6. Eugene C. – John Koerner
  7. Goin’ to the Country – John Koerner
  8. The Boys Was Shootin’ It Out Last Night – John Koerner
  9. Poor Howard – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  10. I Don’t Want to Be Terrified – John Koerner
  11. Don’t Let Your Right Hand Know What Your Left Hand Do – Tony Glover
  12. Lonesome Road – traditional
  13. England Blues – John Koerner
  14. Packin’ Truck – Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, John Lomax
  15. John Hardy – traditional

Marisa Anderson: Still, Here

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On September 23, 2022, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Still, Here”, the tenth Marisa Anderson studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Marisa Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – nylon-string guitar, steel-string guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, requinto guitar, electric piano, synthesizer, arrangements, recording
  • Jesse Munro Johnson – mixing
  • Amy Dragon – mastering
  • Daniel Castrejon – design
  • Dante Korinto – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Marisa Anderson, except where noted.

  1. In Dark Water
  2. The Fire This Time
  3. The Low Country
  4. Night Art
  5. Walking
  6. The Crack Where the Light Gets In
  7. La Llorona – traditional
  8. Beat the Drum Slowly – traditional

Sam Cooke: Night Beat

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In August 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Night Beat”, the tenth Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in February 1963, at “RCA Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.

Personnel:

  • Sam Cooke – vocals, arrangements
  • René Hall – guitar, conducting
  • Clifton White, Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Johnson – piano
  • Billy Preston – organ
  • Cliff Hils – bass guitar
  • Sharky Hall – drums, tambourin
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Dave Hassinger – recording

Track listing:

  1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
  2. Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
  3. Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
  4. Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
  5. I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
  6. Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
  7. Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
  8. Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
  9. Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
  10. You Gotta Move – traditional
  11. Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
  12. Shake, Rattle and Roll – Charles Calhoun

Pat Metheny: MoonDial

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On July 26, 2024, “BMG” and “Modern” labels released “MoonDial”, the 55th Pat Metheny album. It was recorded in 2024, at “High Rocks”, and was produced by Pat Metheny:

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – custom built baritone guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

  1. MoonDial
  2. La Crosse
  3. You’re Everything – lyrics by Neville Potter, music by Chick Corea
  4. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  5. We Can’t See It, But It’s There
  6. Falcon Love
  7. Everything Happens to Me / Somewhere – lyrics by Tom Adair, Stephen Sondheim, music by Matt Dennis, Leonard Bernstein
  8. Londonderry Air – traditional
  9. This Belongs to You
  10. Shōga
  11. My Love and I – lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by David Raskin
  12. Angel Eyes – lyrics by Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis
  13. MoonDial – epilogue

Lalo Schifrin: More Jazz Meets the Symphony

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On July 26, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “More Jazz Meets the Symphony”, album by Lalo Schifrin. It was recorded in December 1993, at “CTS Studios” in London, and was produced by Lalo Schifrin. The album was the second in Schifrin’s “Jazz Meets the Symphony” series.

Personnel:

  • Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements, conductor
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet, alto saxophone
  • James Morrison – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Miles: All Blues / So What / Milestones / Concierto de Aranjuez / On Green Dolphin Street / Oleo / Four / Move – Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Miles Davis / Joaquin Rodrigo / Bronislaw Kaper / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Denzil Best
  2. Down Here on the Ground – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Chano – Lalo Schifrin
  4. Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter, arranged by Lalo Schifrin
  5. Django – John Lewis
  6. Old Friends – Lalo Schifrin
  7. Madrigal – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Portrait of Louis Armstrong: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South / Someday / After You’ve Gone / St. Louis Blues / Some of These Days / Struttin’ with Some Barbeque / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (traditional / Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René / Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye / Henry Creamer, Turner Layton / W. C. Handy/Shelton Brooks / Louis Armstrong / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

Grateful Dead: History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice)

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On July 13, 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice)”, the fourth Grateful Dead live album (the ninth Grateful Dead album overall). It was recorded in February 1970, and was produced by Owsley Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia –vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lead guitar
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, percussion, harmonica
  • Bob Weir – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
  • Peter McQuaid – executive production 

Track listing:

  1. Katie Mae – Lightnin’ Hopkins
  2. Dark Hollow – Bill Browning
  3. I’ve Been All Around This World – traditional
  4. Wake Up Little Susie – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  5. Black Peter – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Howlin Wolf
  7. Hard to Handle – Al Bell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding
  8. Good Lovin’ – Rudy Clark. Arthur Resnick
  9. Big Boss Man – Al Smith, Luther Dixon
  10. Smokestack Lightning – Howlin’ Wolf
  11. Sitting on the Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson