An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel’s adolescent years with Joel paying homage to a number of different and popular American musical styles from the late 1950s and early 1960s, most […]
“Leave A Tender Moment Alone” is a song performed by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man. Toots Thielemans makes a guest appearance on harmonica. The song reached number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. “Leave […]
Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones’s first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, which they co-wrote four of the album tracks. Tracks 1 Is It Love That We’re Missin’ (Debbie Smith; George Johnson) 03:52 2 Paranoid […]
Gula Matari is an album by Quincy Jones, released in 1970 on A&M. Tracks 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Art Garfunkel; Paul Simon) 05:06 2 Gula Matari (Quincy Jones) 06:58 3 Walkin’ (Richard Carpenter) 07:59 4 Hummin’ (Nat Adderley Jr) 08:00 Musicians Bass Major Holley Bass Ray Brown Drums Grady Tate Guitar Eric Gale Guitar […]
You’ve Got It Bad Girl is a 1973 album by the American jazz musician/producer Quincy Jones. The title track is a song written by Yvonne Wright and was originally released on Stevie Wonder’s 1972 album Talking Book. Here Jones himself is performing the lead vocals. The album features another Stevie Wonder song: “Superstition”, featuring vocals […]
The Path is the second album by percussionist Ralph MacDonald, released in 1978 on Marlin Tracks 1 The Path (Pt. 1) (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter; William Eaton) 05:29 2 The Path (Pt. 2) (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter; William Eaton) 05:21 3 The Path (Pt. 3) (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter; William Eaton) 06:22 4 Smoke Rings […]
Walking In Space is a 1969 studio album by Quincy Jones. The album was recorded for A&M and features an iconic photo of Quincy by Pete Turner who made some of the most famous A&M album covers. Vocalist Valerie Simpson is featured on the title track, an arrangement of a song from the hit rock […]
The Brasil Project is a solo album by Toots Thielemans, released in 1992 Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian-American jazz musician. He was known for his harmonica playing, as well as his guitar, whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian […]
Homi & Jarvis is Amanda Homi and Brian Jarvis, who release their only album Friend Of A Friend in 1983 Amanda Homi is a singer/songwriter of English and Indian descent, born in London and later living in New York City. She performs the vocal effect of the bells on “The Bells Are Ringing.”