L.A. Express was an American jazz-funk band that released four albums between 1974 and 1976, the first two with featured saxophonist Tom Scott. Their first album features keyboardist Joe Sample and guitarist Larry Carlton, who cleared out respectively for Larry Nash and Robben Ford. Members: David Luell, Joe Sample, John Guerin, Larry Carlton, Larry Nash, […]
Yellowjackets are an American jazz-rock band from Los Angeles. The group developed from the backing unit of guitarist Robben Ford with keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip, and drummer Ricky Lawson, then debuted in 1981 on Warner Bros. with Yellowjackets. After Ford departed, saxophonist Marc Russo joined for the mid-Eighties albums Samurai Samba and Shades, […]
Robben Ford is an American jazz and blues guitarist whose career spans work with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, George Harrison, and Tom Scott. He formed the group that became the Yellowjackets around the sessions for his 1979 album The Inside Story and remained closely associated with the band through its early development. Ford later established […]
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer–songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1975 on Asylum. The album continues the jazz-folk fusion of her prior album (Court and Spark) and retains L.A. Express as her backing band along with eight additional guests. Joni’s Summer Lawns lyrics cover topics like Fifties nostalgia […]
