Champagne is the fifth album by jazz guitarist Wilbert Longmire, released in 1979 on Tappan Zee Records. Tracks 1 Diane’s Dilemma (Bob James) 06:23 2 Love’s Holiday (Skip Scarborough; Maurice White) 05:19 3 Ragtown (Bob James) 06:23 4 Pleasure Island (Jay Chattaway) 07:36 5 Funshine (Wilbert Longmire) 08:05 Musicians Bass Gary King Guitar Eric Gale […]
I’m Easy is a 1976 album by Keith Carradine recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, and Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles. The album, named after the hit single “I’m Easy”, reached number 61 on the US Billboard 200. Tracks 1 Honey Won’t You Let Me Be Your Friend (Keith Carradine) 02:46 2 High Sierra […]
Montara is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. “Little B’s Poem”, from the 1966 Blue Note album Components, is one of his best-known compositions. Hutcherson influenced […]
Harlequin is a collaborative studio album by American pianist Dave Grusin and American guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1985 through GRP Records. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart, and earned a 1986 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental for “Early A.M. Attitude”. Harlequin also earned Grammy nominations for Best […]
Carnival Of The Spirits is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. Moacir Santos (26 July 1926 – 6 August 2006) was a Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Baden Powell de Aquino and Wilson das Neves both studied under him. As a composer, Santos […]
Larry & Lee is an album by the great guitarists Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour, released in 1995 on GRP. Tracks 1 Crosstown Kids (Lee Ritenour) 05:01 2 Low Steppin’ (Lee Ritenour; Larry Carlton) 06:25 3 L.A. Underground (Lee Ritenour) 05:48 4 Closed Door Jam (Larry Carlton) 05:01 5 After The Rain (Lee Ritenour) 04:44 […]
Metamorphosis is an album by jazz arranger Wade Marcus, released in 1976 on ABC Records/Impulse! Records. Wade Marcus was a prolific and influential producer during the 1970s, producing album by acts such as The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste Of Honey, The Sylvers, Eddie Kendricks, The Dramatics, Donald Byrd and Stevie Wonder. The album hit […]
The Writers is the debut album by the superband The Writers (Frank Floyd, Hugh McCracken, Jeff Mironov, Ralph MacDonald, Jerry Peters, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason Sr), released in 1978 on Columbia. Tracks 1 Hey Babe (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 06:25 2 La La La, La, La La La (Jerry Peters) 07:16 3 Tahiti Breakfast (Jeff […]
1980 is a studio album by American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson. It was recorded from August to October 1979 and released in February 1980 by Arista Records. Scott-Heron and Jackson produced 1980 with Malcolm Cecil and performed with a host of studio musicians, including drummer Harvey Mason Sr, guitarist Marlo Henderson, and […]
Sunlight is an album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. It features Hancock’s vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius on one track. Herbie plays: Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Clavinet (Hohner-d6), Piano, Synthesizer (Oberheim Polyphonic, Oboe 1, Yamaha Cp-30, Arp 2600, Mini-moog, Arp String Ensemble, Yamaha […]