Album of the week 2: RAVi COLTRANE - Spirit Fiction (USA 2o12)

Ravi Coltrane, tenor & soprano sax
Joe Lovano, tenor sax (trks. 9 & 10)
Luis Perdomo, piano (trks. 1, 3, 4, 7, 11)
Drew Gress, bass (trks. 1, 3, 4, 7, 11)
E.J. Strickland, drums (trks. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11)
Ralph Alessi, trumpet (trks. 2, 5, 8, 9)
Geri Allen, piano (trks. 2, 5, 8-10)
James Genus, bass (trks. 2, 5, 8, 9)
Eric Harland, drums (trks. 2, 5, 8, 9)

They all are stepping into whole new dimensions on this.

Released 2o12 on Blue Note

Album of the week: BLACK SABBATH - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (UK 1973)

Black Sabbath

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (tracks 5 and 6), handclaps (track 7)
• Tony Iommi – guitars (all tracks), piano (tracks 3, 4, and 6), synthesizer (tracks 5 and 6), harpsichord (track 3), organ (track 7), flute (track 7), handclaps (track 7), bagpipes (track 8)
• Geezer Butler – bass guitar (all tracks), synthesizer and mellotron (6), handclaps (track 7), nose flute (track 8)
• Bill Ward – drums (all tracks except 3), timpani (tracks 6 and 8), handclaps (track 7)

Additional personnel

• Rick Wakeman – piano and mini moog (track 4)
• Will Malone – conductor, arranger
• The Phantom Fiddlers - strings (track 8)

Produced by the band and Tom Allom and recorded at Morgan Studios in London in September 1973. Released in December 1973. Sabra Cadabra Prog! :o)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_Bloody_Sabbath