Cherry is a 1972 album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Milt Jackson. Milton “Bags” Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the […]
Connection is an album by trumpeter/bandleader Don Ellis recorded in 1972 and released on the Columbia label. The album features big band arrangements of pop hits of the day along with Ellis’ “Theme from The French Connection” which won him a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement in 1973. Tracks 1 Put It Where You […]
High Voltage is the only album released by the soul/funk band High Voltage. It was released in 1972 on Columbia. Tracks 1 Country Road (Mark Farner) 03:07 2 Love Hate (Fred Allen) 02:51 3 What Can We Do (Maxayn Lewis) 02:40 4 Save Me (Dan Greer; George Jackson) 03:18 5 Crazy (Mike Fugate) 06:51 6 […]
Assignment Vienna is an American drama television series aired in the United States by ABC as an element in its 1972-73 wheel series The Men. The series, created by Eric Bercovici and Jerry Ludwig, was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television. Assignment Vienna told the story of Jake Webster (Robert Conrad), an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake’s Bar & Grill, an American-style establishment near the scenic heart […]
Damisi is an album recorded by American saxophonist Harold Land in 1972 for the Mainstream label. In Swahili damisi means “cheerful”. Tracks 1 Step Right Up To The Bottom (Harold Land) 04:37 2 In The Back, In The Corner, In The Dark (Harold Land) 05:48 3 Pakistan (Harold Land) 07:59 4 Chocolate Mess (Leon Chancler) […]
Free Again is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label. Eugene “Jug” Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as “The Boss”, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped […]
“Without You” is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album No Dice. The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once […]
We Got A Good Thing Going is the thirteenth album led by the saxophonist Hank Crawford and his second release on the Kudu label Tracks 1 We Got A Good Thing Going (The Corporation) 05:56 2 Imagination (Jimmy Van Heusen; Johnny Burke) 03:08 3 Down To Earth (Avery Vandenberg; Ronald Miller; William O’Malley) 03:24 4 […]
The Hot Rock is a 1972 American comedy-drama caper film directed by Peter Yates from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel of the same name, which introduced his long-running John Dortmunder character. The film stars Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn and Zero Mostel. It was […]
The Second Coming was Little Richard‘s third album for Reprise Records, and saw him reunited with Robert “Bumps” Blackwell from his Specialty days, with them co-writing the majority of the album together. The concept was to unite the best rock studio musicians of the ’50s with the best rock studio musicians of the ’70s. Many […]