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; […]
Galaxy is the seventh studio album by The Jeff Lorber Fusion it was released in 2011. Tracks 1 Live Wire (Jeff Lorber) 7:03 2 Big Brother (Jeff Lorber; Jimmy Haslip) 4:50 3 Montserrat (Jeff Lorber; Jimmy Haslip) 4:58 4 Singaraja (Jeff Lorber) 4:37 5 Galaxy (Jeff Lorber; Jimmy Haslip) 5:17 6 City (Jeff Lorber; Jimmy […]
Passionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1983 with Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks’ eighth studio album. Tracks 1 Alone At Night (Michael Franks) 4:30 2 Never Satisfied (Michael Franks) 3:54 3 Amazon (Michael Franks) 5:43 4 Now That Your Joystick’s Broke (Michael Franks) 2:51 5 Sunday Morning Here With […]
Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 19 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart. Tracks 1 Butterfat (Steve Khan) 3:05 2 Way ‘Cross Georgia (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) 4:29 3 Duck Ankles (Steve Khan) 3:22 4 Funky Banana (Dave Matthews) 3:20 5 The […]
Hold On was the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard’s R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann’s #1 R&B hit, […]