Native Dancer is the fifteenth album by Wayne Shorter. It is a collaboration with Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento, featuring some of his most acclaimed compositions, including “Ponta de Areia” and “Miracle of The Fishes”. It is notable for including jazz rock and funk elements in addition to regional rhythms and Brazilian influence, in an attempt […]
Sit On It is an album by Jimmy Smith, released in 1977. Tracks 1 Give Up The Booty (Jimmy Smith) 8:14 2 Can’t Hide Love (Jimmy Smith) 5:04 3 Cherrystones (Jimmy Smith) 6:10 4 My Place In Space (Jimmy Smith) 7:31 5 Born To Groove _ From You To Me To You (Jimmy Smith) 6:43 […]
Night Dancing is a jazz album by Joe Farrell on the Warner Bros. label. It was released in 1978. Tracks 1 Katherine (Jeff Lorber) 6:332 Silver Lace (Joe Farrell) 8:143 How Deep Is Your Love (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) 4:154 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 3:225 Another Star (Stevie […]
Morning Sun was the ninth studio album from Alphonse Mouzon, released in 1981. Tracks 1 I’m Glad That You’re Here (Alphonse Mouzon) 5:25 2 When Linda Smiles (Alphonse Mouzon) 3:50 3 A Lullabye For Little Alphonse (Alphonse Mouzon) 4:40 4 To Mom With Love (Alphonse Mouzon) 6:19 5 Tell Me (Alphonse Mouzon) 3:34 6 […]
The self titled Vinnie Colaiuta album was Vinnie’s debut (solo) album, released in 1994 Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996,and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014 Tracks […]
Safety Zone is the eighth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on October 27, 1975, by United Artists Records. The album debuted at number 147 on the Billboard 200. Tracks 1 Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Bobby Womack) 7:022 I Wish It Would Rain (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene) 4:193 […]
Secrets is a August 1976 jazz-funk fusion album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock. The album clearly followed from its predecessor Man-Child. As ever, Paul Jackson’s basslines were critical, and the other regular member Bennie Maupin continued to provide most of the solos alongside Hancock. Man-Child had seen the addition of electric guitar to Hancock’s sound, […]
Melvin Ragin (born December 8, 1950), better known by the nickname “Wah Wah Watson“, is an American guitarist and session musician famed for his skills with a wah-wah pedal. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvin Ragin moved to Detroit and became a member of the Motown Records studio band, The Funk Brothers, where he recorded […]
Current is the fifth album by funk-disco band Heatwave, released in 1982 on the Epic label. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records. Tracks 1 Lettin’ It Loose (Rod Temperton) 4:17 2 State To State (Rod Temperton) 4:53 3 Look After Love (Rod Temperton) 5:32 4 Naturally […]
Give Me The Night is a 1980 album recorded and released by American jazz guitarist and singer George Benson. Released in the summer of 1980, Give Me The Night was produced by Quincy Jones and released on Jones’s start-up label Qwest Records, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Records. It charted at number one on both […]