Two is the second album by jazz keyboardist Bob James. The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” is one of the most widely […]
Tightrope is the 1977 debut solo album of jazz guitarist Steve Khan. Bob James who just got him signed to Columbia Records produced the album for his own Tappan Zee label, a sub-division of Columbia. Bob James plays a then fashionable Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer. All other musicians were (at some point) members of the Brecker […]
Thighs And Whispers is the fifth studio album by American singer Bette Midler. Released in 1979, the album reached #65 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album’s title is a humorous play on Cries and Whispers, influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 movie. The song “Millworker”, written by James Taylor, is from the short-lived […]
That Other Mile is the first album by Randall Bramblett, released in 1975 on Polydor. Randall Bramblett (born 1948) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned more than three decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek Symphony, Robbie Robertson, […]
Circle In A Square is an album by singer Lauren Kinhan, released in 2014. For more information about Lauren Kinhan, please visit her website : https://laurenkinhan.com/ Tracks 1 Circle In A Square (Lauren Kinhan; Ada Rovatti) 04:59 2 My Painted Lady Butterfly (Lauren Kinhan) 04:55 3 Another Hill To Climb (Lauren Kinhan) 06:45 4 Chasing […]
Feels So Good is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., recorded and released in 1975. The album topped both the soul and jazz albums charts and peaked at number ten on the pop album charts in the U.S. Tracks 1 The Sea Lion (Bob James) 05:57 2 Moonstreams (Grover Washington Jr) 05:56 […]
After The Dance is the eighth album by Harold Vick, releaed in 1977. Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist. Tracks 1 After The Dance (Marvin Gaye) 05:39 2 Ghetto Fantasy (Harold Vick) 06:27 3 You Are Everything (Linda Creed; Thom Bell) 04:08 […]
The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux is a live recording made at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival. It featured the Don Ellis Orchestra together with the Average White Band and guest musicians. It was originally released as a double album on vinyl. Tracks 1 Bahia (Na Baixa Do Sapateiro) (Ary Barroso) 16:25 2 Everything Must […]
Setting wordless scat singing to the improvisations of jazz musicians, Marc Beacco has created a unique approach to vocalizing. His 1995 album, Scampi Fritti, was a groundbreaking collaboration with American and European jazz musicians including Michael and Randy Brecker, trombonist Jim Pugh, and bassist Neils Henning-Olersted Pederson. Toto guitarist Steve Lukather praised Beacco for “combining […]
Back To Back is the second album by American jazz fusion group, The Brecker Brothers (Michael Brecker & Randy Brecker). It was released by Arista Records in 1976. Tracks 1 Keep It Steady (Brecker Bump) (David Sanborn; Luther Vandross; Randy Brecker; Steve Khan) 6:29 2 If You Wanna Boogie… Forget It (Don Grolnick; Steve Khan; […]