Mr. Hands is the twenty-fourth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track “4 A.M.,” plus an all-synthesizer track, “Textures,” performed entirely by Hancock. “Shiftless Shuffle” (originally recorded for the Japan-only album Directstep) features all five members of The Headhunters quintet that first appeared on the 1973 album Head Hunters, including the […]
For The Sake Of Love is the third album by singer Donna Washington, released in 1982 on Capitol Records. Tracks 1 You Can’t Hide From The Boogie (Azar Lawrence; Chuck Jackson; Patryce Banks) 04:09 2 Where You Are Is Where I Wanna Be (Michael Bolton; Patrick Henderson) 03:52 3 I’m Into You (LJ Reynolds) 04:13 […]
Sketches Of Life is an album by Wayne Henderson And The Next Crusade, released in 1993. Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) was an American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders. Henderson left the group (who […]
黄昏 (Postcard Fantasy) is an album by Japanese singer Junko Ohashi, released in 1982. Ohashi got her start in music when she joined a band while she was at Hokkaido University. Inspired by such artists like Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 and Janice Joplin, Ohashi hoped to add soulful singing to her music. She later […]
Love Satellite is the sixth album by Ronnie Foster, released in 1978 on Columbia. Ronnie Foster (born May 12, 1950) is an American funk and soul-jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after the emergence of acid-jazz. Tracks 1 Why Don’t You […]
Tale Spinnin’ is the fifth studio album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon “Ndugu” Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them […]
Trust Me is the fifth album by Jean Carn, released in 1982 on Motown. Jean Carn, also spelled Jean Carne (born Sarah Jean Perkins; March 15, 1947) is an American jazz and pop singer. In mid career, she added a final e to her name. Carn is a vocalist credited with a five octave vocal […]
Keep It Live is the third album by the Dazz Band, released in 1982 on Motown. The Dazz Band is an American R&B, funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group’s biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning “Let It Whip” (1982), “Joystick” (1983), and “Let It All Blow” […]
“Let It Whip” is a 1982 single by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks. The single also reached number two on the Dance chart and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B […]
Amigos is the seventh studio album by Santana released in 1976. It generated a minor U.S. hit single in “Let It Shine” and was the band’s first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts since Caravanserai in 1972 (it ultimately reached gold record status). In Europe, the song “Europa” was released as […]