California Soul is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1968 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In […]
Wheatstraw Suite is the fourth album by American progressive bluegrass band The Dillards, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). It is the Dillards’ fourth album, and their first to move away from their traditional bluegrass sound by using a full orchestra, electric instrumentation and occasional drums. The band had been moving toward a more […]
Rejoice is the only album released by the band Rejoice! (Tom Brown & Nancy Brown). It was released in 1968 on Dunhill Records. Tracks 1 Golden Gate Park (Tom Brown; Nancy Brown) 2:33 2 Sausalito Sunrise (Tom Brown) 2:12 3 Gardens Of Chelsea (Tom Brown) 4:01 4 Spring Flew In Today (Tom Brown) 2:45 5 […]
Dreams is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the Skye label. Tracks 1 Galatea’s Guitar (Gabor Szabo) 5:40 2 Half the Day (Gary McFarland) 4:24 3 Song of Injured Love (Manuel De Falla) 4:08 4 The Fortune Teller (Gabor Szabo; Louis Kabok) 4:30 5 Fire Dance […]
Bacchanal is a 1968 album by Gabor Szabo, released on the label he founded with Cal Tjader and Gary McFarland, Skye Records Tracks 1 Three King Fishers (Donovan Leitch) 4:48 2 Love Is Blue (Andre Popp; Bryan Blackburn; Pierre Cour) 4:18 3 Theme From Valley of the Dolls (Andre Previn; Dory Previn) 3:51 4 Bacchanal […]
Sounds Out Burt Bacharach is an album by Cal Tjader, released in 1968. Callen Radcliffe “Cal” Tjader, Jr. (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician, known as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, even as he continued to perform the music of Cuba, the […]
Get It On is the first album by Pacific Gas & Electric, released in 1968. Pacific Gas & Electric was an American blues rock band in the late 1960s and early 1970s, led by singer Charlie Allen. Their biggest hit was the gospel-tinged “Are You Ready?” in 1970. Tracks 1 Wade In The Water (Frank […]
The Peace-Maker is an album by American saxophonist Harold Land recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 for the Cadet label. Tracks 1 The Peace-Maker (Harold Land) 5:112 Stylin’ (Harold Land) 3:373 40 Love (Harold Land) 4:524 Angel Dance (Harold Land) 3:415 Timetable (Harold Land) 4:126 Imagine (Francis Lai, Sammy Cahn) 3:277 The Aquarian (Harold […]
Welcome Home is an album by jazz organist Richard “Groove” Holmes which was recorded in 1968 and released on the World Pacific label. Tracks 1 Groovin’ Time (Richard Holmes) 7:202 Oklahoma Toad (Dave Frishberg) 5:093 Upward Bound (Joe Sample) 4:564 The Madison Time (Eddie Morrison, Ray Bryant) 5:265 The Odd Couple (Neal Hefti, Sammy Cahn) […]
Bill Plummer and the Cosmic Brotherhood selftitled album was their only album and was released in 1968. The Cosmic Brotherhood features Bill Goodwin, Carol Kaye and Lynn Blessing. Tracks 1 Journey to the East (Hersh Hamel) 5:572 Pars Fortuna (Bill Plummer) 3:513 The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach) 3:354 Song Plum (Bill Plummer) 6:255 Arc […]