Basie & Beyond is an album from Quincy Jones featuring the Sammy Nestico Orchestra. It was released in 2000. Quincy Jones arranged and conducted for Count Basie in the late 1950s and early 60s. Nestico was the prolific workhorse of the Basie arranging staff during the final decade and a half of Basie’s life. Their […]
Reverence is the third solo album by bass player/singer Nathan East, released in 2017 (Yamaha Entertainment Group) Tracks 1 Love’s Holiday (Maurice White; Skip Scarborough) 06:01 2 Lifecycle (Nathan East; Tom Keane) 05:54 3 Elevenate (Chuck Loeb) 05:25 4 Serpentine Fire (Maurice White; Verdine White; Sonny Burke) 05:13 5 Feels Like Home (Randy Newman) 06:14 […]
Sample This is the fifteenth solo album from jazz pianist Joe Sample. It was released in 1997 on Warner Bros. It contains re-recordings of Sample’s songs and from The (Jazz) Crusaders. Tracks 1 Rainbow Seeker II (Joe Sample) 04:39 2 I’m Coming Back Again (Joe Sample) 05:03 3 Carmel (Joe Sample) 04:57 4 Night Flight […]
Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James, released in 1978 on his Tappan Zee label thru Columbia. The album’s title is a reference to this being James’ sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on […]
Spy is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on June 30, 1979. The title of the album is a tribute to Anaïs Nin, whose quote “I am an international spy in the house of love”, is written across the top on the inside jacket. Simon dedicated the album […]
Sounds…and Stuff Like That!! is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones. Tracks 1 Stuff Like That (Eric Gale; Nickolas Ashford; Quincy Jones; Ralph MacDonald; Richard Tee; Steve Gadd; Valerie Simpson) 06:18 2 I’m Gonna Miss You In The Morning (Quincy Jones; Ralph MacDonald; Tom Bahler) 03:33 3 Love, I Never Had It So Good […]
Jaco Pastorius is the debut solo album by Jaco Pastorius, released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album was produced by Bobby Colomby, drummer and founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Tracks 1 Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) 02:27 2 Come On, Come Over (Bob Herzog; Jaco Pastorius) 03:53 3 Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) 04:33 4 Kuru […]
2B Named Later is the third album by guitarist Barry Finnerty (featuring his Superfriends). It was released in 1988 on Cheetah Records. Tracks 1 UNH (Barry Finnerty) 05:22 2 Tune 2B named Later (Barry Finnerty) 05:33 3 Juan for the road (Barry Finnerty) 07:15 4 Could it be? (Barry Finnerty) 05:42 5 Jackhammer (Barry Finnerty) […]
The Comfort Zone is the second studio album by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams, released on August 20, 1991, by Mercury’s Wing Records Label. The first single from the album was “Running Back to You”, an uptempo song that peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 18 on […]
I Heard That!! is a 1976 double album by Quincy Jones. The first half of the album consists of new material, with the second a compilation of his work for A&M Records since 1969. Tracks 1 I Heard That!! (Dave Grusin; Quincy Jones) 02:11 2 Things Could Be Worse For Me (Charles May) 04:28 3 […]