V.S.O.P. is a 1977 double live album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock, featuring acoustic jazz performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams), along with jazz fusion/jazz-funk performances by the ‘Mwandishi’ band (trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, flautist Bennie Maupin, bassist Buster Williams and […]
Goin’ Places is the second album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1977 by Buddah Records. Tracks 1 Whip It (Michael Henderson) 03:56 2 Goin’ Places (Michael Henderson) 04:25 3 Let Me Love You (Michael Henderson; Ray Parker Jr) 05:06 4 I Can’t Help It (Michael Henderson) 04:42 5 I’ll Be […]
Antonio Carlos Jobim And Friends is a live album which captures a historic tribute concert recorded on September 27, 1993, at the Free Jazz Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. It serves as a poignant farewell, as it was one of Jobim’s final major performances before his passing in 1994. It was released in 1996 via […]
Blues Current (1970, Polydor) is the only album released by John Murtaugh. John E. Murtaugh (1927–2017) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a pioneer in introducing the Moog synthesizer to mainstream jazz, most notably on his 1970 album. Tracks 1 Blues Current (John Murtaugh) 02:56 2 Blues For Dreaming (John Murtaugh) […]
The Joy Of Flying is a jazz fusion album by Tony Williams. It was recorded at the end of the Tony Williams Lifetime years, and is considered his first solo album since 1966. It included three duets, two with Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer, and one with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, and three different […]
We Are The Future: You Are The Answer is an album and initiative of the Quincy Jones Listen Up! Foundation. It was released in 2004. Tracks 1 Oye Como Va / El Pito / Sunshine Of Your Love 06:43 2 The Prayer 07:36 3 Fallin’ 03:57 4 Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime 04:54 5 Watermelon […]
Don’t Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. Tracks 1 Itsbynne Reel (Michael Brecker; Don Grolnick) 07:45 2 Chime This (Don Grolnick) 07:53 3 Scriabin (Vince […]
The New Standard is the 35th studio album by legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released on February 19, 1996, through Verve Records. The album is celebrated for reinventing the concept of a “jazz standard” by applying complex jazz arrangements to contemporary rock, R&B, and pop songs of the late 20th century. Tracks 1 New […]
Distant Lover (Highrise, 1982) is the eleventh solo album from Alphonse Mouzon. Tracks 1 I Don’t Want To Lose This Feeling (Alphonse Mouzon) 06:14 2 When We Were Young (Alphonse Mouzon) 05:00 3 Saving My Love For You (Alphonse Mouzon) 04:08 4 The Lady In Red (Alphonse Mouzon) 03:21 5 Get Up And Dance (Alphonse […]
East Coast, West Coast is a 1988 album by Toots Thielemans, featuring collaborations with musicians from both the East Coast and West Coast jazz scenes. Tracks 1 Naima (John Coltrane) 04:35 2 In Walked Bud (Thelonious Monk) 03:05 3 Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional) 04:39 4 Groovin’ High (Dizzy Gillespie) 03:09 5 Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie) 03:15 […]