Conquistador is the ninth album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on Columbia Records. The album is notable for its inclusion of the hit single “Gonna Fly Now (Theme from “Rocky”)”. After the experience of creating Primal Scream without his touring band, Ferguson was determined to see them become an integral part of his next […]
Heads is the fifth album by jazz musician Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed at the time by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are now distributed by E1 Music. The album […]
Jazz To The World (A Christmas Collection) is an album released by Blue Note in 1995, featuring Herb Alpert, Jeff Lorber, Fourplay, Steps Ahead, Lou Rawls, Diana Krall, Chick Corea, Dr John, Herbie Hancock and more. Tracks 1 Winter Wonderland (Dick Smith; Felix Bernard) 03:48 2 Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Frank Loesser) 03:54 3 It […]
Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (No. 1), “Gone at Last” (No. 23), “My Little Town” (No. 9, credited to Simon & Garfunkel), and the title track […]
Island Breeze is the ninth solo album by guitarist Eric Gale. It was released in 1983 on Elektra/Asylum Records.
Red Hot is an album by Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria. It was released in 1979. Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and […]
Two Of A Kind is the second album by Earl Klugh and Bob James, released in 1982. The album received a nomination for Best Selling Jazz Album at the NARM Awards in 1983, and peaked at No.1 on the Billboard Jazz chart in January 1983. Tracks 1 The Falcon (Bob James) 08:52 2 Whiplash (Harvey […]
With All My Love is the sixth and last solo album by guitarist/singer Wilbert Longmire, released in 1980 on Tappan Zee Records
Sunny Side Up (1978, Columbia) is the fourth solo album by jazz guitarist Wilbert Longmire.
Serpentine Fire is the first solo album by saxophonist Mark Colby, released in 1978 on CBS.