Empire Jazz is an album by bassist Ron Carter featuring jazz interpretations of five of John Williams’ themes from The Empire Strikes Back which was recorded in 1980 and released on the RSO label. Tracks 1 The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) (John Williams) 08:33 2 The Asteroid Field (John Williams) 09:07 3 Han Solo […]
Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label. Tracks 1 Firebird / Birds Of Fire (John McLaughlin; Igor Stravinsky) 07:49 2 Song To A Seagull (Joni Mitchell) 09:45 3 Free As A Bird (Don Sebesky) 05:46 4 Psalm 150 (Jimmy Webb) […]
Blues Farm is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey in 1973 and released on the CTI label. Tracks 1 Blues Farm (Ron Carter) 08:06 2 A Small Ballad (Ron Carter) 05:41 3 Django (John Lewis) 05:32 4 A Hymn For Him (Ron Carter) 08:15 5 Two-Beat Johnson […]
B.C. is the eleventh album by Billy Cobham, released in 1979. William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian-American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Tracks 1 Oh Mendocino (Billy Cobham) 06:59 2 Dana (Billy […]
ALiveMutherForYa is an album by Billy Cobham, Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson & Tom Scott. For more information about the story behind this album, check out this website: http://www.stevekhan.com/discog2b.htm Tracks 1 “Antares” – The Star (Billy Cobham) 5:362 Bahama Mama (Alphonso Johnson) 8:303 Shadows (Tom Scott) 7:504 Some Punk Funk (Steve Khan) 4:315 Spindrift (Tom Scott) […]
Burning for Buddy, Volume 1 is a 1994 Buddy Rich tribute album produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart. The album is composed of performances by various rock and jazz drummers, all accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A follow-up Burning for Buddy…Volume 2 recording was released in 1997 and both recording sessions were also […]
Spectrum is the debut album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. The album contains much influence of the music of Miles Davis and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively. Ken Scott, producer and engineer of Spectrum, on recording Cobham’s drums: “Bill Cobham’s drums were treated in exactly the same way as I […]