On December 12, 2025, Marilyn Mazur died aged 70. She was percussionist, performed and recorded with Six Winds, Alex Riel, Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Lindsay Cooper, Makiko Hirabayashi. Pierre Dørge, Makiko Hirabayashi, Frans Bak, Frans BakJon Balke, Peter Bastian, Harry Beckett, Kirsten Braten Berg, Ketil Bjornstad, Kristian Blak, Birgit Bruel, Etta Cameron, Nikolaj Hess, Carsten Dahl, Lars Danielsson, Laurent Cugny, Yelena Eckemoff, Agnes Buen Garnas, Caroline Henderson, Nikolaj Hess, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Robert Irving III, Morten Kaersa, Iver Kleive, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Michala Petri, Jean-Michel Pilc, Caecilie Norby, Charlie Mariano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Rena Rama, Helge Sunde, Eje Thelin, Trondheim Voices, Hans Ulrik, Andreas Vollenweider, Dhafer Youssef, Eberhard Weber and Miles Davis. As leader she released 14 albums.
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Wayne Shorter: Adam’s Apple
In October 1967, “Blue Note” label released “Adam’s Apple”, the tenth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Ven Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Joe Chambers – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Wayne Shorter, except where noted.
- Adam’s Apple
- 502 Blues (Drinkin’ and Drivin’) – Jimmy Rowles
- El Gaucho
- Footprints
- Teru
- Chief Crazy Horse
Lee Morgan: Expoobident
In August 1961, “Vee-Jay” label released “Expoobident”, the 13the Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Universal Recorders” in Chicago, and was produced by Sid McCoy.
Personnel:
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
- Eddie Higgins – piano
- Art Davis – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
Track listing:
- Expoobident – Eddie Higgins
- Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
- Triple Track – Lee Morgan
- Fire – Wayne Shorter
- Just in Time – Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- The Hearing – Clifford Jordan
- Lost and Found – Clifford Jordan
Milton Nascimento And Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza
On August 9, 2024, “Concord” label released “Milton + Esperanza”, album by Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding.
Personnel:
- Milton Nascimento – vocals
- Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, liner notes
- Dianne Reeves – vocal
- Paul Simon – vocal
- Matthew Stevens – guitar
- Lula Galvão – guitar
- Guinga – guitar
- Leo Genovese – piano
- Corey D. King – vocals, synths
- Justin Tyson – drums
- Eric Doob – drums
- Kainã Do Jêje – percussion
- Ronaldinho Silva – percussion
- Elena Pinderhughes – flute
- Carolina Shorter
- Orquestra Ouro Preto
- Lianne La Havas
- Maria Gadú
- Tim Bernardes
- Lula Galvão
Track listing:
- The Music was There – Justin Tyson
- Cais – Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos
- Late September – Esperanza Spalding
- Outubro – Milton Nascimento
- A Day in the Life – Lennon, McCartney
- Interlude for Saci – Corey D. King
- Saci – Guinga, Paulo César Pinheiro
- Wings for the Thought Bird – Esperanza Spalding
- The Way You Are – Esperanza Spalding
- Earth Song – Michael Jackson
- Morro Velho – Milton Nascimento
- Saudade dos Aviões da Panair – Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant
- Um Vento Passou – Milton Nascimento, Márcio Borges
- Get It by Now – Esperanza Spalding
- Outro Planeta – Tyson
- When You Dream – Wayne Shorter, Edgy Lee
Joe Zawinul: Zawinul
On May 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Zawinul”, the third Joe Zawinul studio album. It was recorded August – October 1970, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
- Joe Zawinul – acoustic and electric piano
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Earl Turbinton – soprano saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
- Woody Shaw – trumpet
- Jimmy Owens – trumpet
- George Davis – flute
- Hubert Laws – flute
- Miroslav Vitouš
- Walter Booker – bass
- Billy Hart – percussion
- David Lee – percussion
- Joe Chambers – percussion
- Jack DeJohnette – melodica, percussion
- Gene Paul – engineer
- Lew Hahn – recording, remixing
- Ed Freeman – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joe Zawinul.
- Doctor Honoris Causa
- In a Silent Way
- His Last Journey
- Double Image
- Arrival in New York
Mile Davis: Nefertiti
On March 1968, “Columbia” label released “Nefertiti”, the 41st Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – July 1967, at “Columbia 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero and Howard Roberts.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – piano
- Ron Carter – double bass
- Tony Williams – drums
- Fred Plaut, Ray Moore – engineer
- Rob Schwarz – mastering
Track listing:
- Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
- Fall – Wayne Shorter
- Hand Jive – Tony Williams
- Madness – Herbie Hancock
- Riot – Herbie Hancock
- Pinocchio – Wayne Shorter
Sal Nistico: Neo/Nistico
In December 1978, “Bee Hive” label released “Neo/Nistico”, the fifth Sal Nistico album. It was recorded in November 1978, at “Master Sound Productions” in Franklin Square, New York, and was produced by Jim Neumann and Fred Norsworthy.
Personnel:
- Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone
- Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone
- Ted Curson – trumpet
- Ronnie Mathews – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
Track listing:
- Anthropology – Charlie Parker
- You Don’t Know What Love Is – Gene De Paul, Don Raye
- Be My Love – Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn
- Blues for K. D. – Sal Nistico
- Bambu – Sal Nistico
- Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum – Wayne Shorter
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messemgers: Golden Boy
In November 1964, “Colpix” label released “Golden Boy” (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections from the New Musical Golden Boy), the 21st Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in 1963 in New York City, and was produced by Jack Lewis.
Personnel:
- Art Blakey – drums
- James Spaulding – alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, arrangements
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone, arrangements
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Bill Barber – tuba
- Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Billy Taylor – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.
- Theme from Golden Boy
- Yes I Can
- Lorna’s Here
- This Is the Life
- There’s a Party
- I Want to Be with You
Malachi Thompson: Rising Daystar
October 26, 1999, “Delmark” label released “Rising Daystar”, the tenth Malachi Thompson album. It was recorded May 1998 – June 1999, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner and Malachi Thompson.
Personnel:
- Malachi Thompson – trumpet
- Gary Bartz – soprano and alto saxophone
- Sonny Seals – tenor saxophone
- Kirk Brown – piano
- James Cammack, Harrison Bankhead, Fred Hopkins, John Whitfield – bass
- Nasar Abedey, Dana Hall – drums
- Tony Carpenter – percussion
- Dee Alexander – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.
- Rising Daystar
- Mansa
- Busy Little Fingers
- Nefertiti – Wayne Shorter
- Surrender Your Love
- Fanfare for Trane
- Song for Morgan
- Circles in the Air (Dedicated to Fred Hopkins)
Malachi Thompson: Blue Jazz
On October 21, 2003, “Delmark” label released “Blue Jazz”, the 13th and final Malachi Thompson studio album. It was recorded in February 2003, at “Riverside Studio” in Chicago, and was produced by Robert G. Koester.
Personnel:
- Malachi Thompson – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
- Ari Brown – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone
- David Spencer, Kenny Anderson, Micah Frazier, Elmer Brown – trumpet
- Tracy Kirk, Steve Berry, Bill McFarland, Omar Jefferson – trombone
- Kirk Brown – piano
- Harrison Bankhead – bass
- Leon Joyce Jr. – drums
- Dee Alexander, The Big DooWopper – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Malachi Thompson, except where noted.
- Black Metropolis
- The Panther
- Jaaz Revelations
- Genesis / Rebirth
- Po’ Little Louie
- Get On the Train
- Blues for a Saint Called Louis
- Blue Jazz
- Footprints – Wayne Shorter
- Mud Hole
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