Narada Michael Walden (born April 23, 1952) is an American jazz-funk/soul musician and producer who drummed in the second lineup of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, playing on the 1974/75 albums Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond. In 1976, he played on jazz-rock albums by Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, and Nova. As […]
Nancy Wilson (Feb. 20, 1937 — Dec. 13, 2018) was an American soul and jazz singer from Chillicothe, Ohio., who released numerous albums on Capitol Records between 1960 and 1980, followed by titles on Columbia and other labels in the decades that followed. She was born Nancy Sue Wilson on February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, […]
Millie Jackson — aka Milred Jackson (born July 15, 1944) — is an American soul singer from Thomson, Ga., who released 19 live and studio albums on Spring/Polydor between 1972 and 1983, followed by seven further titles on Jive and Ichiban during the subsequent 12-year period. She was born Mildred Virginia Jackson on July 15, […]
Michael Jackson (Aug. 29, 1958 — June 25, 2009) was an American soul-pop singer and songwriter from Gary, Ind., who rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the Jackson 5. As a solo artist, he released four albums on Motown between 1971 and 1975, followed by a mega-selling run of albums on Epic between […]
Michael Henderson (born July 7, 1951) is an American R&B bassist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Yazoo City, Miss., who served as a backing player for Miles Davis during the early 1970s. As a solo artist, he released seven albums on Buddah between 1976 and 1983, followed by an eighth on EMI in 1986. At […]
Melba Moore (born Oct. 29, 1945) is an American R&B singer and actress who got her start in showbiz as part of the off-Broadway cast in the musical Hair in 1967. She released two albums and a live disc on Mercury between 1970 and 1972, followed by four albums on Buddah and three on Epic […]
Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 — April 1, 1984) was an American R&B vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Washington, D.C., who was musically active for a quarter-century, achieving worldwide renown as one of Tamla/Motown’s leading performers. He first rose to fame with a string of duets, first with Kim Weston and then with Tammi Terrell, […]
Luther Vandross (April 20, 1951 — July 1, 2005) was an American soul singer, songwriter, and producer from N.Y.C. who emerged from the session scene fronting the namesake five-piece Luther for two albums on Cotillion in 1976 and 1977. In 1981, he released his first of 11 albums for Epic over the ensuing 15-year period. […]
Love Unlimited was an American soul trio from Los Angeles comprised of sisters Glodean and Linda James along with their cousin Diane Taylor. They released a self-titled album on Uni Records in 1972, followed by two albums on 20th Century in 1973/74 and a second pair of titles on Unlimited Gold between 1977 and 1979. […]
Loleatta Holloway (Nov. 5, 1946 — March 21, 2011) was an American soul singer from Chicago who released two albums on GRC-division Aware between 1973 and 1975, followed by four albums on Salsoul-subsidiary Gold Mine Records between 1976 and 1980. Loleatta Holloway was born on November 5, 1946, in Chicago, where she started singing with […]
Linda Clifford (born 1944) is an American soul singer from Brooklyn who released five albums on Curtom and RSO between 1977 and 1980, as well as a collaborative LP with Curtom-founder Curtis Mayfield. Three further albums appeared on Capitol/Red Label between 1982 and 1985. Discography: “Turn the Key Softly” (Stereo) / “Turn the Key Softly” […]
Leon Ware (Feb. 16, 1940 — Feb. 23, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who released a self-titled album on United Artists in 1972, followed by the popular Musical Massage on Gordy in 1976. Between 1979 and 1982, Ware released three LPs on Fabulous and Elektra, including a second eponymous album. Though […]
Leon Haywood (Feb. 11, 1942 — April 5, 2016) was an American soul singer from Houston who initially emerged as a singles artist for Fantasy, Imperial, and Fat Fish during the mid-1960s. Early in the following decade, he re-emerged as a soul-funk album artist with four longplayers on 20th Century between 1973 and 1977, followed […]
Kashif Saleem — aka Michael Jones (Dec. 26, 1956 — Sept. 25, 2016) — was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and keyboardist from Manhattan who first emerged as a member of B.T. Express, joining the band in 1974 at age 17 and appearing on their first five albums. After leaving the band, he served as […]
Jeffrey Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American R&B singer from Providence, R.I., who emerged as a member of soul-funksters L.T.D. during the 1970s. As a solo artist, he issued five albums on A&M between 1982 and 1988, followed by a half-dozen titles on assorted labels in the decades since. Discography: Jeffrey Osborne (1982) […]
Jean Carn (born March 15, 1947) is an American soul singer from Columbus, Ga., who sang on three albums for the Black Jazz label during the early 1970s with then-husband Doug Carn. Jean Carn was born Sarah Jean Perkins on March 15, 1947, in Columbus, Ga. As a child, she sang in her church choir […]
The Jackson 5 was an American soul-pop act from Gary, Ind., comprising five brothers of the Jackson musical clan: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson. They formed in 1964 when the boys were between six and thirteen years old. After winning talent competitions and cutting one local single, they signed to Motown and released […]
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes were an American soul group from Philadelphia, formed in 1954 as The Blue Notes. Members: Harold Melvin (lead vocals), Roosevelt Brodie (1954-72), Jesse Gillis, Jr. (1954-72), Franklin Peaker (1954-72), Bernard Williams (1954-65), John Atkins (1965-70), Teddy Pendergrass (lead vocals, drums, 1970-76), Bernie Wilson (1972-77), Larry Brown (1972-1975), Lloyd Parks […]
Evelyn “Champagne” King (born July 1, 1960) is an American soul-funk singer from the Bronx. Discography: Smooth Talk (1977) Music Box (1979) Call on Me (1980) I’m in Love (1981) Get Loose (1982) Face to Face (1983) So Romantic (1984) A Long Time Coming (A Change Is Gonna Come) (1985) Flirt (1988) The Girl Next […]
Eloise Laws — aka Lavern Eloise Laws (born Nov. 6, 1943) — is an American soul singer from Houston who issued singles sporadically on CBS and Music Merchant between 1968 and 1973. In 1977, she released back-to-back albums on Invictus and ABC Records, followed by two further albums on Liberty and Capitol between 1980 and […]
Donna Summer (Dec. 31, 1948 — May 17, 2012) was an American soul-funk singer from Dorchester, Mass. She was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948, in Boston, Mass., the third of seven children born to butcher Andrew and schoolteacher Mary Gaines. At age 10, Donna performed for the first time at her Mission […]
Dionne Warwick (born Dec. 12, 1940) is an American soul-pop singer from East Orange, N.J., who rose to fame in the early 1960s with a string of ballads composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Her most popular songs from the period include “Walk On By,” “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Wishin’ and Hopin’,” “Make It […]
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American soul-pop singer from Detroit who rose to fame as the lead vocalist of The Supremes, a trio that she co-founded in 1961 and fronted until 1970. Diana Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Mich., the second child of Ernestine (née Moten; 1916–1984) and […]
Deniece Williams is an American soul singer and songwriter with a musical career that dates back to the early 1970s. Between 1976 and 1984, she released seven albums on Columbia/CBS. Distinguished by her high-octave quiver, she scored international hits with “Free,” “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle,” and “Let’s Hear It for the Boy.” Williams was […]
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American soul and jazz singer from Memphis. Bridgewater was born Denise Eileen Garrett on May 27, 1950, in Memphis, Tenn., the daughter of jazz trumpeter and teacher Matthew Garrett. She was raised in Flint, Mich. At age 16, she gigged the local clubs with her first […]
Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 — Dec. 26, 1999) was an American soul-funk musician, composer, and producer from Chicago who co-founded The Impressions in 1958 and served as the group’s lead vocalist and musical director for 12 years. He was born Curtis Lee Mayfield on June 3, 1942, one of five children. He was raised […]
Cheryl Lynn (born March 11, 1957) is an American soul-funk singer who released six albums on Columbia between 1978 and 1985, scoring big with the post-disco/boogie evergreen “Got to Be Real.” She was born Lynda Cheryl Smith on March 11, 1957, in Los Angeles. As a child, she sang in her church choir. In early […]
Chaka Khan (born March 23, 1953) is an American soul singer who first emerged as the featured vocalist of Chicago funksters Rufus during the mid-1970s. Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953, in Chicago, the oldest of five children in a bohemian household. Her sister, Yvonne Stevens (b. 1954), also had […]
Candi Staton (born March 13, 1940) is an American soul singer from Hanceville, Ala. She started in the Southern soul vein with three albums on Fame between 1970 and 1972. Embracing soul-funk, she released six albums on Warner Bros. between 1974 and 1980, charting in 1976 with “Young Hearts Run Free,” a disco-age anthem of […]
Blue Magic were an American soul group from Philadelphia that released five albums on ATCO between 1974 and 1978, followed by an album apiece on Capitol and Omni during the early 1980s. Members: Keith “Duke” Beaton (tenor vocals), Ted “The Wizard” Mills (lead vocals, 1972-90, 2012-present), Wendell Sawyer (baritone vocals, tenor vocals, lead vocals, 1972-77, […]
Bloodstone was an American soul-psych group from Kansas City, Mo., that released eight albums on Decca/London between 1972 and 1976, followed by a ninth on Motown and two more on the Isley‘s T-Neck label. Members: Harry Williams, Jr. (vocals, keyboards), Charles Love (vocals, guitar, 1962–2014), Willis Draffen (vocals, guitar, 1962-2002), Charles E. McCormick (vocals, bass, […]
Bettye Lavette — aka Betty Haskin (born Jan. 26, 1946) — is an American soul singer from Muskegon, Mich. Discography: Tell Me a Lie (1982) Nearer to You (1991) Not Gonna Happen Twice (1991) A Woman Like Me (2003) I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise (2005) Child of the Seventies (2006, released 1972) The […]
Ashford & Simpson were an American soul-pop duo from N.Y.C. comprising the husband-and-wife musical team of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – Aug. 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (b. Aug. 26, 1946). The pair debuted with a standalone single in 1964, followed by a half-decade behind the scenes as staff writers for Motown. The couple […]
Anita Ward (born Dec. 20, 1956) is an American soul singer from Memphis. Discography: Songs of Love (1979) Sweet Surrender (1979)
Angela Bofill (born May 2, 1954) is an American soul singer and songwriter from the Bronx. Angela Bofill was born on May 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, NYC, to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother. She was raised in the Bronx, where she grew up listening to a mix of R&B and Latin music. […]
Al Jarreau (April 12, 1940 — Feb. 12, 2017) was an American soul and jazz singer from Milwaukee. Al was born Alwyn Lopez Jarreau on April 12, 1940, in Milwaukee, Wisc., the fifth of six children. Their father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and their mother played church piano. The family sang together at […]
Weather Report was a multinational jazz-funk/fusion ensemble that released 14 studio albums on Columbia between 1971 and 1986. Throughout its existence, the band was co-led by American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul. Numerous rhythm players did stints with the band during its 15-year history, most notably drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Narada Michael […]
Walter Egan (born July 12, 1948) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from N.Y.C. Discography: Fundamental Roll (1977) Not Shy (1978) Hi-Fi (1979) The Last Stroll (1980) Wild Exhibitions (1983)
The Ted Coleman Band were an American jazz-funk band that released the album Taking Care of Business in 1980. Members: – Discography: Taking Care of Business (1980)
Stevie Nicks is an American singer and songwriter who first emerged in the early 1970s as one-half of the folk-pop duo Buckingham Nicks with then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. Stevie Nicks born May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona. Bella Donna Stevie Nicks released her debut solo album, Bella Donna, on July 27, 1981, on Modern–Atco. 1. “Bella […]
Stephen Bishop (born Nov. 14, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter who debuted with the 1976 ABC release Careless, which spawned the hits “On and On” and “Save It for a Rainy Day.” In 1982, he charted with the ballad “It Might be You” from the comedy film Tootsie. His songs have been recorded by Frida […]
Starship Orchestra were an American jazz-funk band that released the album Celestial Sky on Columbia in 1980. Members: Norman Connors, Munyungo Jackson, Ralph Jones, Billy McCoy Discography: Celestial Sky (1980)
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American jazz-funk bassist from Philadelphia who played in the supergroup Return to Forever between 1972 and 1977. He was born Stanley Marvin Clarke on June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia. His mother, a church choir singer, encouraged him to take up music. He started on accordion, then played […]
Rupert Holmes (born Feb. 24, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, playwright, and screenwriter with a career in entertainment that dates to the late 1960s. Starting as a hit-writer for The Cuff Links and The Buoys, he emerged as a recording artist with a string of production-pop albums during the second half of […]
Roy Ayers (born Sept. 10, 1940) is an American vibraphonist, composer, and producer from Los Angeles. Ayers was born on September 10, 1940, in Los Angeles to a trombonist father and pianist mother. The family lived in the musically thriving South Park area, where young Roy received his first pair of mallets at age five […]
Ronnie Laws (born Oct. 3, 1950) is an American saxophonist and flutist from Houston who played in Earth, Wind & Fire circa 1972/73. Discography: Pressure Sensitive (1975) Fever (1976) Friends and Strangers (1977) Flame (1978) Pressure feat. Ronnie Laws (1979) Every Generation (1980) Solid Ground (1981) Mr. Nice Guy (1982) Mirror Town (1986) All Day […]
Roger Voudouris (Dec. 29, 1954 — Aug. 3, 2003) was an American vocalist and songwriter from Sacramento. Discography: Roger Voudouris (1978) Radio Dream (1979) On the Heels of Love (1981)
Robert Byrne (July 10, 1954 — June 26, 2005) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Detroit who released the album Blame It on the Night on Mercury in 1979, followed by the album An Eye for an Eye as half of the duo Byrne & Barnes in 1981. Discography: Blame It on the […]
Robbie Dupree — aka Robert Dupuis (born 1947) — is an American vocalist and songwriter from New York. Discography: Robbie Dupree (1980) Street Corner Heroes (1981) Carried Away (1989)
Raymond Louis Kennedy (Nov. 26, 1946 — Feb. 16, 2014) was an American vocalist and songwriter from Philadelphia who first recorded two albums with the psych-rock band Group Therapy. In 1976, he recorded two albums for MCA with the blues-rock supergroup KGB. As a solo artist, Kennedy released a 1970 self-titled album under his full […]
Ratt are an American hard-rock/metal band from San Diego that released a self-titled EP on Music for Nations in 1983, followed by five albums on Atlantic between 1984 and 1990. Members: Stephen Pearcy (vocals), Robbin Crosby (guitar, vocals, 1981-91), Joey Cristofanilli (bass, 1981-82), Warren DeMartini (guitar, vocals, 1982-92), Marq Torien (guitar, vocals, 1982), Juan Croucier […]
Player were an American adult-oriented rock band from Los Angeles. Members: John Friesen (drums, 1977-83), Ronn Moss (bass, vocals, 1977-81, 1995-present), J.C. Crowley (guitar, keyboards, vocals, 1977-80, Peter Beckett (vocals, guitar, 1977-79, 1980-83, 1995-present), Miles Joseph (guitar, vocals, 1980-83), Gabriel Katona (keyboards, 1980-83), Rusty Buchanan (vocals, bass, 1981-83) Discography: Player (1977) Danger Zone (1978) Room […]
Paul Davis (April 21, 1948 — April 22, 2008) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter from Meridian, Miss. Discography: A Little Bit of Paul Davis (1970) Paul Davis (1972) Ride ‘Em Cowboy (1974) Southern Tracks & Fantasies (1976) Singer of Songs, Teller of Tales (1977) Paul Davis (1980) Cool Night (1981)
Patrice Rushen (born Sept. 30, 1954) is an American musician and composer who began her career as a jazz keyboardist in the mid-1970s, playing on albums by Alphonso Johnson, Azar Lawrence, Donald Byrd, Eddie Henderson, Harvey Mason, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Luis Gasca. She was born Patrice Louise Rushen on September 30, 1954, in Los Angeles. […]
Pat Benatar is an American rock vocalist from Brooklyn who released nine studio albums and a live disc on Chrysalis between 1979 and 1993. During the first half of the 1980s, she scored a string of modern-rock radio hits, including “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “You Better Run,” “Promises In the Dark,” “Fire […]
Pages were an American adult-oriented rock band from Los Angeles. Members: Steve George (keyboards, vocals), Richard Page (vocals, piano, clavinet, guitar), John Lang (lyrics) Discography: Pages (1978) Future Street (1979) Pages (1981)
Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 — Sept. 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter with a recording career that spanned nearly five decades. Davis was born Miles Dewey Davis III on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Ill. He was the middle child of Miles Dewey Davis Jr., an affluent dentist, and Cleota Mae Henry, a […]
Mike Mandel is an American keyboardist, composer, and arranger from Yakama, Wash., who released two albums on Vanguard in 1978 and 1979. Discography: RMI Harmonic Synthesizer and Keyboard Computer (1976 • Clark Ferguson / Mike Mandel / Carlo Curley) Sky Music (1978) Utopia Parkway (1980)
Lonnie Liston Smith (born Dec. 28, 1940) is an American jazz-funk keyboardist, composer, arranger, and band-leader who has been musically active since the early 1960s. His early career included stints with Max Roach, Roland Kirk, Pharoah Sanders, and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Following an early ’70s gig with Gato Barbieri, Smith formed the Cosmic Echoes, […]
Lenny White (born Dec. 19, 1949) is an American jazz-rock drummer from N.Y.C. who played in the bands Azteca and Return to Forever during the 1970s. Discography: Venusian Summer (1975) Big City (1977) Streamline (1978) The Adventures of Astral Pirates (1978) The Griffith Park Collection (1982 • Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard […]
Legs Diamond was an American hard-rock band from San Francisco that released two albums on Mercury in 1977 and 1978, followed by six further studio albums over the subsequent two decades. Members: Michael Prince (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Rick Sanford (lead vocals, percussion, flute, 1975-87), Jeff Poole (drums, percussion, 1975-85), Michael “Diamond” Gargano (bass, 1975-81), Roger […]
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 — June 30, 2001) was an American tenor saxophonist from Lima, Ohio. Discography: Page One (1963) Our Thing (1964) In ‘n Out (1965) Inner Urge (1966) Mode for Joe (1966) The Kicker (1968 • Joe Henderson Sextet) Tetragon (1969) Power to the People (1970) In Pursuit of Blackness (1971) Black […]
Herbie Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz keyboardist who has been musically active since the late 1950s. Hancock was born in Chicago on April 12, 1940, the middle child of government meat inspector Wayman Edward Hancock and secretary Winnie Belle. Herbie was named after singer and actor Herb Jeffries. At age seven, […]
Googie and Tom Coppola are an American husband/wife jazz-pop duo that emerged in Herbie Mann‘s backing four-piece Air, which released an eponymous album in 1971. As a duo, the couple released Shine the Light of Love on Columbia in 1980. Discography: Shine the Light of Love (1980)
George Duke (Jan. 12, 1946 – Aug. 5, 2013) was an American jazz-funk keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer who was musically active from the mid-1960s up through the 21st century. During the 1970s and ’80s, he released 21 studio albums. George M Duke was born on January 12, 1946, in San Rafael, Calif. At age […]
Fuse One were an American jazz-funk supergroup that released two albums on CTI in 1981 and 1982, followed by a third on GNP Crescendo in 1984. Members: – Discography: Fuse One (1981) Silk (1982) Ice (1984)
Eric Tagg (born Jan. 8 1953) is an American vocalist and songwriter from Illinois. Discography: Smilin’ Memories (1975) Rendez-Vous (1977) Dreamwalkin’ (1982)
Donald Fagen (Jan. 10, 1948) is an American vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter from Passaic, N.J., who rose to prominence as the frontman and co-creative force behind Steely Dan during the 1970s. Discography: The Nightfly (1982) Kamakiriad (1993) Morph the Cat (2006) Sunken Condos (2012)
Dokken are an American hard-rock/metal band from Los Angeles that released four albums on Elektra between 1984 and 1988. Members: Don Dokken (vocals, guitar), Mick Brown (drums), Greg Leon (guitar, 1977-78), George Lynch (guitar, 1978-88, 1992-98), Juan Croucier (bass, vocals, 1978-82), Jeff Pilson (bass, vocals, guitar, piano, Mellotron, 1984-99) Discography: Breakin’ the Chains (1981 • […]
Dean Friedman (born 1955) is an American singer/songwriter from New Jersey. Discography: Dean Friedman (1977) “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking Chair. (1978) Rumpled Romeo (1981)
David Werner is an American vocalist and songwriter from Pittsburgh who released two albums on RCA Victor during the mid-1970s, followed by a self-titled release on Epic in 1979. Discography: Whizz Kid (1974) Imagination Quota (1975) David Werner (1979) Live (1979)
David Sancious (born Nov. 30, 1953) is an American keyboardist, guitarist, composer, and arranger who led jazz-rockers Tone on the 1975/76 Epic albums Forest of Feelings and Transformation (The Speed of Love). After the 1977 recording Dance of the Age of Enlightenment, he issued three further albums on Arista. Sancious was born on November 30, […]
Dave Valentin (April 29, 1952 — March 8, 2017) was an American flutist from the Bronx. Discography: Legends (1979) Land of the Third Eye (1980) The Hawk (1980) Pied Piper (1981) In Love’s Time (1982) Flute Juice (1983) Kalahari (1984) Jungle Garden (1985) Mind Time (1987) Live at the Blue Note (1988)
Dan Hartman (Dec. 8, 1950 — March 22, 1994) is an American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Harrisburg, Penn., who emerged as the bassist in The Edgar Winter Group during the early 1970s. Discography: Images (1976) Instant Replay (1978) Relight My Fire (1979) It Hurts to Be in Love (1981) I Can Dream About You […]
Dan Fogelberg (Aug. 13, 1951 — Dec. 16, 2007) was an American singer/songwriter from Peoria, Ill. He was born Daniel Grayling Fogelberg on August 13, 1951, in Peoria, Illinois, the youngest of three sons born to classical pianist Margaret (née Irvine) and high school band conductor Lawrence Peter Fogelberg. At age four, his father let […]
Chick Corea (June 12, 1941 – Feb. 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader with a six-decade career that spanned the early 1960s to the late 2010s. He emerged as a backing player for Mongo Santamaria, Sonny Stitt, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, and Cal Tjader. As a solo artist, Corea […]
Bobby Caldwell (born Aug. 15, 1951) is an American blue-eyed soul vocalist and songwriter from N.Y.C. who released two albums on T.K.-subsidiary Clouds between 1978 and 1980, followed by a second pair of albums on Polydor in 1982/83. After a number of years behind the scenes, he issued six discs on Sin-Drome Records between 1989 […]
Bob Welch (July 31, 1946 — June 7, 2012) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Los Angeles who cut an album with the soul-rock trio Head West in 1970, followed by a five-album run with Fleetwood Mac between 1971 and 1974. After fronting the power-trio Paris for two albums in 1976, he released […]
Blood, Sweat & Tears were an American brass-rock/soul band from N.Y.C., formed in 1967 by Blues Project alumni Al Kooper and Steve Katz. After their 1968 Columbia debut Child Is Father to the Man, Kooper and trumpeter Randy Brecker departed for prolific solo and collaborative careers. In 1969, a revised lineup with vocalist David Clayton-Thomas […]
Billy Cobham (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian-American jazz-rock drummer who played in the bands Dreams, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Atmospheres during the early 1970s. Starting with his 1973 solo debut Spectrum, Cobham released eight albums on Atlantic and four on Columbia through 1979, including a live release in partnership with George Duke. He […]
Ambiance were an American jazz-funk/soul band from Los Angeles. Members: Daoud Abubakar Balewa Discography: Ebun (1979) Drift Up to Space (1980) Gida-Gida / Tight & Tidy (1981) Into a New Journey (1982) Come Touch Tomorrow (1985) Colours in Spaces (1986) Ambiance II Fusion Ensemble Featuring Daoud Aboubakar Balewa (1998 • Ambiance II Fusion Ensemble)
