Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in July 1973 by ABC Records. It was recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado and at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California. After the departure of vocalist David Palmer, the group recorded the album with Donald […]
“My Old School” is a single drawn from Steely Dan‘s 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy. It reached number 63 on the Billboard charts. The song’s lyrics tell the story of a drug bust at Bard College (named “Annandale” in the lyrics after its location) while both Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were students there, and […]
Brazilian Romance is a 1987 studio album by Sarah Vaughan. This was Vaughan’s last album, though she later contributed to Quincy Jones’ 1989 Back on the Block. Brazilian Romance was Vaughan’s third album of Brazilian music, following Copacabana (1979) and I Love Brazil! (1977) Vaughan was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal […]
Sweet Salvation is an album by Jim Krueger, released in 1978 on Columbia Records. Tracks 1 Run For Cover (Michael Omartian, Jim Krueger, Dick Hauschild) 3:34 2 Trinidad (Jim Krueger, Dick Hauschild) 4:57 3 Sweet Salvation (Jim Krueger, Dick Hauschild) 3:23 4 Hotnoggin Country Raga (Jim Krueger) 2:15 5 We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger) 2:55 […]
Stares and Whispers was Freda Payne‘s seventh American released album appearing in 1977; it was also her first for Capitol Records. The last two tracks, “Loving You Means So Much to Me” and “Bring Back the Joy,” were co-written by Payne’s then-husband, Gregory Abbott, the latter of which was co-written by Freda Payne herself. Four […]
This Is Your Life is an album by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills. The album charted at number fifteen on the jazz albums chart. Tracks 1 Stella (Paul Smith) 3:17 2 This Is Your Life (Jimmy Webb) 4:12 3 Wouldn’t You Like To See (Ben Adkins; Joe […]
Southern Winds is the fourth album by Maria Muldaur. It was released in 1978 on Warner Bros. Tracks 1 Make Love To The Music (Leon Russell) 4:04 2 Say You Will (Gary Ogan; Leon Russell) 3:16 3 I\’ll Keep My Light In My Window (Leonard Caston; Terri McFaddin) 4:29 4 I Got A Man (Rory […]
Welcome is the second solo album by Terry Clark. It was released in 1978 on Good News Records. Terry Clark is an American Christian music singer and songwriter. He is a pioneer of the Jesus music genre, later to be called contemporary Christian music. Tracks 1 Welcome (Terry Clark) 3:46 2 Let’s Have A Good […]
Birdland is a project setup by pianist Masanori Sasaji and a group of LA (studio) musicians. It was released in 2000 on Columbia Records. Tracks 1 Birdland (Joe Zawinul) 6:06 2 Girl Talk (Bobby Troup; Neal Hefti) 5:49 3 Green Flower Street (Donald Fagen) 4:14 4 My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers) 6:13 5 Freedom Jazz […]
Dream Machine is an album by flautist Paul Horn, released in 1978 on Mushroom Records. Tracks 1 Undercurrents (Lalo Schifrin) 5:40 2 Dream Machine (Lalo Schifrin) 8:05 3 Vera Cruz (Lalo Schifrin) 7:44 4 Witch Doctor (Lalo Schifrin) 6:35 5 Quite Early One Morning (Lalo Schifrin) 8:17 6 The Juggler (Lalo Schifrin) 6:08 Media Musicians […]