Tightrope is the 1977 debut solo album of jazz guitarist Steve Khan. Bob James who just got him signed to Columbia Records produced the album for his own Tappan Zee label, a sub-division of Columbia. Bob James plays a then fashionable Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer. All other musicians were (at some point) members of the Brecker […]
New Beginnings is an album by Morgana King, released in 1973. Maria Grazia Morgana Messina (June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018), known as Morgana King, was an American jazz singer and actress. She began a professional singing career at sixteen years old. In her twenties, she was singing at a Greenwich Village nightclub when […]
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon is the third solo studio album by American musician Paul Simon rush-released on May 5, 1973. It contains songs covering several styles and genres, such as gospel (“Loves Me Like a Rock”) and Dixieland (“Take Me to the Mardi Gras”). It received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1974, including […]
Thighs And Whispers is the fifth studio album by American singer Bette Midler. Released in 1979, the album reached #65 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album’s title is a humorous play on Cries and Whispers, influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 movie. The song “Millworker”, written by James Taylor, is from the short-lived […]
Seduction is an album by James Last, released in 1980. James Last (born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist (Last won the award for “best bassist” in Germany in each of […]
Windjammer is an album recorded in 1976 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was released on the Columbia label and features performances by Hubbard, Jon Faddis, Michael Brecker, Bob James, George Cables, Steve Khan and Eric Gale. Tracks 1 Dream Weaver (Gary Wright) 05:20 2 Feelings (Loulou Gaste; Morris Albert) 05:49 3 Rock Me Arms […]
ト・キ・メ・キ is Akiko Yano‘s third studio album. Released on September 5, 1978 on Phonogram. The album was released by Tokuma Japan in 1988 and by Midi in 2011. It is Akiko Yano’s first self-produced work and was recorded in New York, backed by local musicians including Will Lee (bass). Tracks 1 こどもたち 03:432 カタルン カララン 04:093 […]
Blue Lights In The Basement is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack released by Atlantic on December 13, 1977. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard 200, becoming her third consecutive top-ten album on the chart and reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. […]
Ghost Writer is the second solo album by Garland Jeffreys, released by A&M Records in 1977. It was recorded with an all-star lineup of session musicians, including Dr. John, The Brecker Brothers, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd, Hugh McCracken and David Spinozza. Another notable contributor was keyboard player Leon Pendarvis, who has been a member of […]
Here’s That Rainy Day is an album by guitarist David Spinozza, released in 1983. Tracks 1 Atlantic Crossing (David Spinozza; Chris Palmaro) 05:33 2 Here, There And Everywhere (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) 04:10 3 You Are The One (David Spinozza; Chris Palmaro; Julie Eigenberg) 05:02 4 Antonio’s Song (Michael Franks) 03:43 5 Here’s That […]