One Of A Kind is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1978, recorded for the Polydor label. It was reissued in 1984 by GRP Records. Tracks 1 Modaji (Dave Grusin) 07:42 2 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Dave Grusin; Peggy Lee) 06:13 3 Catavento (Milton Nascimento) 04:06 4 Montage (Dave Grusin) […]
Cherry is a 1972 album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Milt Jackson. Milton “Bags” Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the […]
Empire Jazz is an album by bassist Ron Carter featuring jazz interpretations of five of John Williams’ themes from The Empire Strikes Back which was recorded in 1980 and released on the RSO label. Tracks 1 The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) (John Williams) 08:33 2 The Asteroid Field (John Williams) 09:07 3 Han Solo […]
Blues Farm is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey in 1973 and released on the CTI label. Tracks 1 Blues Farm (Ron Carter) 08:06 2 A Small Ballad (Ron Carter) 05:41 3 Django (John Lewis) 05:32 4 A Hymn For Him (Ron Carter) 08:15 5 Two-Beat Johnson […]
Soul Box is the third studio album by American saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. The project was originally divided in two LPs, both released in 1973 on Kudu Records with quite identical covers as Soul Box Vol. 1 and Soul Box Vol. 2, then issued as a 2-LP set as KUX-1213. Both albums were recorded during […]
Discovered Again! is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1976, recorded for the Sheffield Lab label. It was originally a “direct to disc” recording. It was remastered and reissued on CD in Japan as Discovered Again! Plus with four bonus tracks. On the original vinyl, “Captain Bacardi” is misspelled as “Captain Bicardi”. […]
Spectrum is the debut album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. The album contains much influence of the music of Miles Davis and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively. Ken Scott, producer and engineer of Spectrum, on recording Cobham’s drums: “Bill Cobham’s drums were treated in exactly the same way as I […]