Steps Ahead is the second studio album by American jazz group Steps Ahead, released on Elektra/Musician in 1983. The group had previously released three albums, two live albums and one studio album under the name Steps on Nippon Columbia. Tracks 1 Pools (Don Grolnick) 11:17 2 I slands (Mike Mainieri) 06:27 3 Loxodrome (Eddie […]
Container Zero / Mayfair is a two-track single released in 2016 by Powder Blue Tux on the now defunct Norwegian label Preservation Records. Powder Blue Tux is the mastermind of late English drummer/composer Barney Hurley (+15/05/2025) of Samuel Purdey fame. Tracks 1 Container Zero (Barney Hurley, Mark Edwards, Gavin Dodds) 5:07 2 Mayfair (Ben Addison, […]
Abandoned Garden is an album by American vocalist Michael Franks. Released in September 1995 by Warner Bros. Records, it was Franks’ thirteenth studio album and his final album of new material with Warner Bros. The album is a dedication to the memory of Brazilian jazz musician, singer and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. Franks had drawn […]
Bill Reichenbach Quartet is the eponymous album from the trombonist Bill Reichenbach (and Quartet), released in 1984 Tracks 1 Flight Plan (Bill Reichenbach; Larry Williams) 07:42 2 Three Steps Ahead (Biff Hannon) 06:01 3 Love Lost (Larry Williams) 05:41 4 I Should Care (Axel Stordahl; Paul Weston; Sammy Cahn) 09:35 5 Leanin’ (Bill Reichenbach) 09:47 […]
Rit’s House is an album by American guitarist Lee Ritenour released in 2002, and recorded for the GRP label. AllMusic praised Rit’s House as “among his more memorable and substantial efforts”. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard jazz albums chart. Tracks 1 Module 105 (Lee Ritenour) 5:23 2 “13” (Gary McFarland) 5:01 3 […]
Pacifique is an album by French jazz singer and poet Claude Nougaro (9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) released in 1989. Tracks 1 Pacifique (Claude Nougaro, Claude Gaudette) 4:22 2 Energie (Claude Nougaro, Bunny Brunel) 3:47 3 Kiné (Claude Nougaro, Claude Gaudette) 5:44 4 Los Angeles Eldorado (Claude Nougaro, Claude Gaudette) 4:22 5 Quatre […]
Magnetic is an album by American jazz-fusion group Steps Ahead (originally known simply as Steps), brainchild of vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. Magnetic is the last Steps Ahead recording to feature Michael Brecker. The album finds the band exploring the use of electronic instruments and synthesis. Michael Brecker’s use of the Akai E.W.I. (electronic wind instrument) is astonishing. Tracks […]
Hearts And Numbers is the first solo album from American jazz pianist Don Grolnick. It was released on Hip Pocket Records in 1985. Tracks 1 Pointing At The Moon (Don Grolnick) 06:19 2 More Pointing (Don Grolnick) 03:11 3 Pools (Don Grolnick) 05:21 4 Regrets (Don Grolnick) 05:17 5 The Four Sleepers (Don Grolnick) 05:30 […]
Cosmopolitain is a solo album by French guitarist/session musician Kamil Rustam released in 2017. Tracks 1 Sand Dunes (Kamil Rustam, Arnaud Dunoyer) 2 Surfin’ Dolphins (Kamil Rustam, Arnaud Dunoyer) 3 New Amsterdam (Kamil Rustam, Arnaud Dunoyer) 4 Gnawa Blues (Kamil Rustam, Arnaud Dunoyer) 5 Canopy (Kamil Rustam, Arnaud Dunoyer) 6 Tempted (Chris Difford, Glenn […]
Jazziz is the second solo album from John Serry, released in 1980 on Chrysalis Records. Tracks 1 Acrobat (John Serry) 05:38 2 Jazziz (John Serry) 04:16 3 Doc Holiday (John Serry) 04:54 4 Penumbra (John Serry) 04:07 5 Song For You (John Serry) 06:32 6 Up Start (John Serry) 04:49 7 Don Quixote Hustle: A […]