Hummingbird was an English-American jazz-funk band that released three albums between 1975 and 1977 on A&M: Hummingbird, We Can’t Go On Meeting Like This, and Diamond Nights. They featured three-fifths of the second Jeff Beck Group, including keyboardist Max Middleton, who plays on Beck’s 1975–76 jazz-rock albums Blow by Blow and Wired. Members: Bobbie Tench […]
The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan, released on May 31, 1976, on ABC. The album contains nine songs by the team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Kid Charlemagne,” “The Fez,” and “Haitian Divorce.” Behind Fagen and Becker stood a 23-player backing cast led by guitarist Larry […]
Get Up With It is an album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on November 22, 1974, on Columbia Records. The album is a sprawling, retrospective collection of previously unreleased material recorded between 1970 and 1974. It spans the entire sonic palette of Davis’s electric period, from the hard funk […]
Bernard Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American jazz-funk drummer from Elkton, Md. He built a prolific New York session career through 1960s work with King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and other soul and R&B artists, while establishing a bandleader catalog with Soul Drums, Purdie Good!, and Stand By Me. Purdie expanded into […]
Tim Moore is the debut solo album by the American singer/songwriter Tim Moore, first released in March 1974 on A Small Record Company and subsequently reissued on Asylum. Tracklist: A1. “A Fool Like You” (3:43) A2. “Second Avenue” (3:55) A3. “Charmer” (2:51) A4. “Sister Lilac” (3:16) A5. “High Feeling” (3:20) B1. “I Can Almost See […]
Yesterdays is an album by Argentine Latin-jazz saxist Gato Barbieri, released in 1974 on Flying Dutchman. Tracklist: A1. “Yesterdays” (10:45) A2. “A John Coltrane Blues” (8:17) B1. “Marnie” (7:07) B2. “Cariñoso” (10:51) Credits: Gato Barbieri — tenor saxophone Ron Carter — bass Paul Metzke — guitar Bernard Purdie — drums Ray Mantilla — timbales Babafemi — […]
We Can’t Go On Meeting Like This is the second album by English jazz-funk/soul combo Hummingbird, released in 1976 on A&M. Tracklist: A1. “Fire and Brimstone” (4:57) A2. “Gypsy Skys” (5:20) A3. “Trouble Maker” (3:14) A4. “Scorpio” (4:14) A5. “We Can’t Go On Meeting Like This” (4:19) B1. “The City Mouse” (4:49) B2. “A Friend […]
In Love is the second album by American soul/funk vocalist Cheryl Lynn, released in 1979 on Columbia. Tracklist: A1. “I’ve Got Faith in You” (4:39) A2. “Hide It Away” (4:33) A3. “Feel It” (5:04) A4. “In Love” (5:56) B1. “Keep It Hot” (5:24) B2. “I’ve Got Just What You Need” (3:52) B3. “Love Bomb” (4:08) […]
Diamond Nights is the third album by English jazz-funk ensemble Hummingbird, released in 1977 on A&M. Tracklist: A1. “Got My “Led Boots” On” (3:41) A2. “Spirit” (3:35) A3. “Cryin’ for Love” (3:14) A4. “She Is My Lady” (5:01) A5. “You Can’t Hide Love” (4:25) B1. “Anaconda” (5:50) B2. “Madatcha” (3:48) B3. “Losing You (Ain’t No […]
Young, Gifted and Black is the 13th studio album by American soul singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1972 on Atlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)” (3:39) A2. “Day Dreaming” (3:58) A3. “Rock Steady” (3:12) A4. “Young, Gifted and Black” (3:32) A5. “All the King’s Horses” (3:53) A6. “A […]
