Strokin’ is the first soolo album by Richard Tee, released in 1978 on Columbia/Tappan Zee Tracks 1 First Love (Chuck Rainey) 4:57 2 Every Day (Bill Withers; Richard Tee) 5:26 3 Strokin’ (Richard Tee) 5:23 4 I Wanted It Too (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 5:03 5 Virginia Sunday (Richard Tee) 5:32 6 Jesus Children Of […]
A Twist of Marley is an album produced by Lee Ritenour, released in 2001. It contains covers of Bob Marley. Tracks 1 Exodus (Bob Marley) 5:21 2 I Shot The Sheriff (Bob Marley) 5:16 3 Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley; Peter Tosh) 4:58 4 No Woman No Cry (Vincent Ford) 6:07 5 Is This […]
Born to Run is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. As his effort to break into the mainstream, the album was a commercial success, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200 and eventually selling six million copies in the United States. Two singles were released from the album: “Born to Run” […]
Setting wordless scat singing to the improvisations of jazz musicians, Marc Beacco has created a unique approach to vocalizing. His 1995 album, Scampi Fritti, was a groundbreaking collaboration with American and European jazz musicians including Michael and Randy Brecker, trombonist Jim Pugh, and bassist Neils Henning-Olersted Pederson. Toto guitarist Steve Lukather praised Beacco for “combining […]
Patti Austin‘s 1985 album, Gettin’ Away With Murder, was her third album in as many years. It produced two more hit singles, “Honey For The Bees” (#24 R&B and #6 Dance) and “The Heat of Heat.” The album used producers Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma, Monte Moir (of “The Time”) and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. […]
Niteflyte is an album by the band Niteflyte, released in 1979. Niteflyte was an American funk group , whose main members were Howard Johnson and Sandy Torano. They released an album on Ariola Records in 1979, which peaked at # 59 on the Billboard Soul Album chart, and a single , “If You Want It,” […]
All In Fun is an album by jazz/funk/soul supergroup The Writers, released in 1979. Tracks 1 No Tears (In The End) (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 6:20 2 Share Your Love (Frank Floyd) 6:49 3 I Wanna Get The Feelin’ Again (Jerry Peters) 5:18 4 All In Fun (Hugh McCracken) 4:52 5 What’s Come Over Me […]
Back To Back is the second album by American jazz fusion group, The Brecker Brothers (Michael Brecker & Randy Brecker). It was released by Arista Records in 1976. Tracks 1 Keep It Steady (Brecker Bump) (David Sanborn; Luther Vandross; Randy Brecker; Steve Khan) 6:29 2 If You Wanna Boogie… Forget It (Don Grolnick; Steve Khan; […]
A Change Of Heart is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1987 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 74 on the Billboard 200, number 43 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart and number 3 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Tracks 1 Chicago Song (Marcus Miller) 6:30 2 Imogene […]
Keep the Fire is a soft rock album released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins. It was his third solo album after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best known for the hit single “This is It”. The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals […]