Times Of Our Lives is an album by Judy Collins, released in 1982. It peaked at #190 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. In 1981, prior to the album’s release, Collins appeared on the CBS soap Guiding Light, performing two songs from the (then) forthcoming album: “Great Expectations” and “It’s Gonna Be One of Those […]
Hands Down is the tenth studio album by Bob James, released in 1982. This was a turning point in James career, with the tracks “It’s Only Me” and “Spunky” being early exponents of electronic jazz. At the time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s (prevalent on […]
“Peg” is a song by American rock group Steely Dan, first released on the band’s 1977 album Aja. The track was released as single in 1977 and reached number 11 on the US Billboard chart in 1978 and number eight on the Cash Box chart. With a chart run of 19 weeks, “Peg” is tied […]
Modern Times is a live album by the American jazz guitarist Steve Khan and his backing band, released in 1982. Tracks 1 Blades (For Wayne Gretsky) (Steve Khan) 10:46 2 The Blue Shadow (For Folon) (Steve Khan) 11:46 3 Penguin Village (Steve Khan) 11:49 4 Modern Times (Steve Khan; Anthony Jackson; Manolo Badrena; Steve Jordan) […]
One Good Turn is the second solo album by saxophonist Mark Colby (http://markcolby.com/), released in 1979. Mark Colby (Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1949 – August 31, 2020) toured with Maynard Ferguson and the Bob James band. Tracks 1 Skat Talk (Gary King) 05:15 2 Macbeth (For Folon) (Steve Khan) 07:23 3 Peace Of […]
The Tea Dance is the second album by D.C. LaRue, released in 1976 on Pyramid Records. D.C. LaRue (born David Charles L’Heureux) (born April 26, 1948 in Meriden, Connecticut) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. His music was successful in clubs and on dance music charts worldwide during the 1970s and early 1980s. Tracks […]
The Sea Of Dirac is an album by Jun Fukamachi, released in 1977 on Kitty. Jun Fukamachi (May 21, 1946 – November 22, 2010) was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, keyboardist, and synthesizer player. Fukamachi played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd, among others, and released albums on Polydor and Toshiba in the […]
Sky Music is the second solo album by keyboardist Mike Mandel, released in 1978 on Vanguard. Tracks 1 Pyramids (Mike Mandel) 06:00 2 Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel) 05:13 3 Elephant & Castle (Mike Mandel) 05:20 4 Peg (Donald Fagen; Walter Becker) 03:52 5 As Fine As You Are (Mike Mandel) 05:32 […]
Carol Townes & Fifth Avenue is the only album released by the same group in 1976. Carol Lynn Townes is an American soul singer from Warrenton, North Carolina. Hailing from a family of gospel singers, she made her debut singing gospel at age three. She moved to New York in the early 1970s, joining a […]
Naughty is the second solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980. Tracks 1 Clouds (Nickolas Ashford; Valerie Simpson) 04:29 2 Get Read, Get Set (Arthur Jacobson; Bill Haberman; Ellison Chase; Kathy Anderson) 03:44 3 Move Me No Mountain (Aaron Schroeder; Jerry Ragovoy) 04:16 4 Nothing’s Gonna Take […]