Improvisations is a 1962 LP album by Ravi Shankar. The opening piece is based on music from Shankar’s score for Satyajit Ray’s 1955 movie Pather Panchali with flutist Bud Shank playing in Indian style. Shankar composed “Fire Night” influenced by the 1961 Los Angeles fires and the song features jazz musicians Shank (flute) and Gary […]
The Partridge Family Album is the first of eight studio albums by The Partridge Family. The LP was released in October 1970, a month after the debut of the ABC-TV musical sitcom The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy, both of whom feature on the album, as do studio backing vocalists and […]
Love Me By Name is the eleventh album by Lesley Gore, released in 1976 on A&M. It was produced by Quincy Jones. “Sometimes” featuring the Brothers Johnson was released as a single but failed the charts.
A Song Is A Gentle Thing is the second solo album by singer/songwriter Deanna Edwards, released in 1976 on TeleKetics.
Soulful Brass #2 is an album by American composer, pianist and comedian Steve Allen, released in 1969 on Flying Dutchman. Tracks 1 Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You) (Rene Herrera; Rene Ornelas; Sammy Ibarra) 04:13 2 Everyday People (Sylvester Stewart) 02:35 3 Where Did The People Go? (Steve Allen) 03:49 4 […]
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg’s eighth film as a director, and marked a turning point in his career, as it was a […]
Ports is an album by Perry Botkin Jr, releases in 1977 on A&M Records. Perry Botkin Jr. (April 16, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American composer, producer, arranger, and musician. The tune “Nadia’s Theme”, composed by Botkin and Barry De Vorzon, peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. He […]
Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones’s first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, which they co-wrote four of the album tracks. Tracks 1 Is It Love That We’re Missin’ (Debbie Smith; George Johnson) 03:52 2 Paranoid […]
The Soul Of Dennis Budimir is the sixth solo album by guitarist Dennis Budimir. It was released in 2012 on Denimir Records. Tracks 1 Chega De Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim; Vinicius De Moraes) 05:48 2 How Do You Keep The Music Playing (Michel LeGrand) 04:36 3 Bachianas Brazilieras #5 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) 04:37 4 O Amor […]
All Is Well: Songs For Christmas is an Christmas EP by Clay Aiken, released in 2006. Tracks 1 All Is Well (Michael W Smith; Wayne Kirkpatrick) 03:58 2 Christmas Waltz (Jule Styne; Sammy Cahn) 02:59 3 O Come O Come Emmanuel (Traditional) 03:37 4 My Grown-Up Christmas List 04:57 Musicians 1 All Is Well Keyboards […]