Harmony Grits is the first album by the funk band Street Corner Symphony, released in 1975 on Bang Records. Tracks 1 Do It (Jesse Harris) 03:43 2 The Train (Charles Jackson; Marvin Yancy) 03:07 3 I’m Not Ready (To Let You Go) (Jesse Harris) 02:50 4 Stevie’s Wonder (Melissa Manchester; Carole Bayer Sager) 03:30 5 […]
Body Heat is an album by Quincy Jones, released in 1974 on A&M. It reached #6 at the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Jazz Billboard charts. Tracks 1 Body Heat (Bruce Fisher; Leon Ware; Quincy Jones; Stan Richardson) 3:58 2 Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier) (Joe Greene; Quincy Jones; Ray Brown; Tom […]
The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in 1976. The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than the prior Steely Dan album, Katy Lied, which had been the first without founding guitarist Jeff Baxter. […]
“Kid Charlemagne” is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam and reached number 82 in the Billboard charts. It is a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style. The guitar solo by […]
“Haitian Divorce” is the third single from the Steely Dan album The Royal Scam, released in 1976. Through the years, Mr. Scheiner has worked with a veritable Who’s Who of artists, but his relationship with Fagen stretches way back to the early Steely Dan era. Serious fans like us (every Mixmaster Lassa “-of-The-Year” compilation disk […]
Hustlers Convention is an album recorded by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin under the pseudonym Lightnin’ Rod. The album was a major influence on hip hop music and combined poetry, funk, jazz, and toasting. Hustlers Convention helped add a sociopolitical element to black music. The album narrates the story of two fictional hustlers, named Sport and Spoon. […]
A Child’s Dream is the an album by Kris Peterson, released in 1972 on Stormy Forest. Tracks 1 (I Ain’t Singin’) No More Sad Songs (Yusuf Rahman, C Rahman, C Wright) 3:07 2 Get On Down (Ray Prickett) 3:18 3 One Sweet Look (S Marquez, M Edgar) 2:42 4 Hard Sometimes (Yusuf Rahman) 3:04 5 […]
T is the twelveth album by Tetsuro Oda, released in 1993. Tetsurō Oda (織田 哲郎 Oda Tetsurō, born March 11, 1958) is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter. In the late 1980s, Oda gained prominence as a songwriter. He composed over 50 top-ten hit singles on the Japanese Oricon chart during the 1990s, including […]
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is a multi-platinum double album produced by George Martin, featuring covers of songs by The Beatles. It was released in July 1978, as the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which starred the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Steve Martin. The project was managed by […]
The Way I Feel is an album by Nikki Giovanni, released in 1975. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world’s most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race […]