On December 1, 2017, “Caroline” and “Legacy” labels released “Versatile”, the 38th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2017, and was produced by Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone
Jay Berliner – acoustic Spanish guitar
Dave Keary – electric guitar
Paul Moran – keyboards, trumpet, musical director
Paul Moore – bass guitar
Jeff Lardner – drums
Mez Clough – drums
Robbie Ruggiero – percussion
Rod Quinn – percussion
Christopher White – tenor saxophone
Alistair White – trombone
Sir James Galway – concert flute
Track listing:
Broken Record – Van Morrison
A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Let’s Get Lost – Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser
Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon
Skye Boat Song – traditional, arranged by Van Morrison
Take It Easy Baby – Van Morrison
Makin’ Whoopee – Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter
I Forgot That Love Existed – Van Morrison
Unchained Melody – Alex North, Hy Zaret
Start All Over Again (2017 version) Van Morrison
Only a Dream (2013 version) – Van Morrison
Affirmation – Van Morrison
The Party’s Over – Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory, Douglass Cross
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
On November 30, 2009, “Hypertension Music” label released “Life Goes On”, the tenth Gerry Rafferty album, and the last one released in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2009, at“Icon Studios” in East Sussex, England, “Studio Miraval” in France, “Blue Wave Recording Studios” in St. Philip, Barbados, “Parkgate Studios” in Sussex, England, “Chipping Norton Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, “Tye Farm”, “The Hit Factory”, “Skibo Castle” in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.
Personnel:
Gerry Rafferty – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and high-string guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming
On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.
Personnel:
Marianne Faithfull – vocals
Barry Reynolds – guitars
Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
Brian Mitchell – piano
Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
In November 1956, “Riverside” label released “Jazz à la Bohemia”, the sixth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Café Bohemia” in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Al Dreares – drums
Ray Fowler – engineer
Paul Bacon – design
Paul Weller – cover photography
Orrin Keepnews – liner notes
Track listing:
Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill
Just a Riff – Sid Catlett
You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
In October 1990, “Blue Note” label released “Dream Keeper”, the fourth Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra album. It was recorded in April 1990, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City. “Dream Keeper” was voted “Jazz album of the year” in “Down Beat” magazine’s 1991 critics’ poll.
Personnel:
Charlie Haden – double bass
Carla Bley – arranger, conductor
Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, flute
Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone, flute
Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Ray Anderson – trombone
Sharon Freeman – French horn
Joseph Daley – tuba
Juan Lazaro Mendolas – wood flute, pan flute
Amina Claudine Myers – piano
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Paul Motian – drums
Don Alias – percussion
The Oakland Youth Chorus, Elizabeth Min – director
Track listing:
Dream Keeper – Carla Bley, Langston Hughes, traditional
Dream Keeper Part 1 – Carla Bley
Feliciano Ama – traditional from El Salvador
Dream Keeper Part II – Carla Bley
Canto del Pilon (I) – traditional from Venezuela
Dream Keeper Part III – Carla Bley
Canto del Pilon (II) – traditional from Venezuela
Hymn of the Anarchist Women’s Movement – traditional from Spanish Civil War
In October 1973, “United Artists” and “BGO” labels released “Playin’ Favorites”, the fourth Don McLean studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Ed Freeman.
Personnel:
Don McLean – vocals, guitar, banjo
Buzzy Feiten – guitar, tambourine
Steve Berg – guitar
John Hughey – pedal steel
Ronnie Zito – banjo, tambourine
Frank Wakefield – vocals, mandoline
Dave Bromberg – dobro
Neil Larsen – keyboards, piano
Chuck Leavell – piano
Tony Levin – bass
Rob Rothstein – vocals, bass
Rick Marotta – drums
Johnny Sandlin – percussion
Danny Manselino – percussion
Mike Mainieri – marimba
Frank Orsini – fiddle
Russ Savakus – bass violin
Albertine Robinson – backing vocals
Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
Frank Hubach – engineer, remix
Jim Reeves – engineer
Mike Salisbury – art direction
Fred Conrad – photography
Track listing:
Sitting on Top of the World – Bo Carter, Little Walter
Living With the Blues – Brownie McGhee
Mountains O’ Mourne – Percy French
Fool’s Paradise – Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty
Love O’ Love – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
Medley: Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark – traditional, arranged by Don McLean
Everyday – Charles Hardin, Norman Petty
Ancient History – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
Over the Mountains – Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker
Lovesick Blues – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills
New Mule Skinner Blues – Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn
On October 16, 1964, “Motown” label released “A Bit of Liverpool”, the third Supremes studio album. It was recorded in 1964, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Berry Gordy, Marc Gordon and Hal Davis.
Personnel:
Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson – lead and backing vocals
On October 15, 1984, “Stiff” label released “Red Roses for Me”, the debut Pogues (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Elephant Studios” in London, and was produced by Stan Brennan.
Personnel:
Shane MacGowan – vocal, arrangements
Country Jem Finer – guitar, banjo, mandola, arrangements
Spider Stacy – vocals, tin whistle, arrangements
Jimmy Fearnley – guitar, piano, accordion, mandolin, arrangements
Rocky O’Riordan – bass guitar, arrangements
Andy “The Clobberer” Ranken – drums, backing vocals, arrangements
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