Cesar Ascarrunz was a Bolivian/American Latin-rock musician based in San Francisco who released the album Cesar 830 on Flying Dutchman in 1975. Discography: Cesar 830 (1975)
Cesar Ascarrunz
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The Motors
The Motors were an English pop-rock band from London that released three albums on Virgin between 1977 and 1980. The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Nick Garvey and keyboardist/bassist Andy McMaster after the breakup of their prior outfit Ducks Deluxe. Garvey also appeared on the 1976 one-off single by Snakes, where he played alongside future-Wire […]
Birthright
Birthright were an American jazz tentet from Buffalo, N.Y., that released two albums between 1974 and 1976. Members: Joe Ford (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, electric piano), Paul Gresham (tenor saxophone), Nasar Abadey (drums, percussion), Jim Kurzdorfer (acoustic bass, electric bass), Onaje Allan Gumbs (electric piano, piano), Jimmy Manuel (piano), Beverly Simms (percussion, vocals), Greg Millar […]
Oregon
Oregon are an American ethno-jazz band from Eugene, Ore., formed in 1970. Members: Collin Walcott (percussion, tabla, sitar, dulcimer, 1970-84), Glen Moore (bass, clarinet, viola, piano), Paul McCandless (bass clarinet, oboe, horn, soprano saxophone, synthesizer, wind synthesizer), Ralph Towner (flugelhorn, classical guitar, piano, percussion, 12-string guitar, guitar, Hammond organ), Trilok Gurtu (percussion, tabla, 1987-93), Mark […]
Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford (Dec. 12, 1934 — Jan. 29, 2009) was an American post-bop/jazz-funk alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer from Memphis. Discography: More Soul (1961) The Soul Clinic (1961) From the Heart (1962) Soul of The Ballad (1963) True Blue (1964) Dig These Blues (1965) After Hours (1966) Mr. Blues (1967) Double Cross (1968) Mr. Blues […]
Grover Washington Jr.
Grover Washington Jr. (Dec. 12, 1943 — Dec. 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist who released 10 albums on Kudo between 1971 and 1977, followed by multiple titles on Motown, Elektra, and Columbia during the next two decades. Washington was born on December 12, 1943, to a musical family in Buffalo, New […]
Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris (Oct. 20, 1934 — Nov. 5, 1996) was an American post-bop/jazz-funk tenor saxophonist and organist from Chicago. Discography: Exodus to Jazz (1961) Mighty Like a Rose (1961) A Study in Jazz (1962) Goes to the Movies (1962) Bossa Nova (1963) Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964) Here Comes the Judge (1964) The In Sound […]
Ted Curson
Ted Curson — aka Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 — Nov. 4, 2012) — was an American post-bop/jazz-funk trumpeter from Philadelphia. Discography: Plenty of Horn (1961) Plays Fire Down Below (1963) Tears for Dolphy (1964 • Ted Curson Quartet) The New Thing and the Blue Thing (1965) Urge (1966) Ode to Booker Ervin (1970) Pop […]
Johnny Heartsman
Johnny Heartsman (Feb. 9, 1936 — Dec. 27, 1996) was an American jazz-funk multi-instrumentalist from Sacramento, Calif. Discography: Music of My Heart (1976 • Johnny Heartsman and Circles) Sacramento (1987) The Touch (1991) Made in Germany (& Blues Company) (1993)
John Handy
John Handy (born Feb. 3, 1933) is an American post-bop/jazz-funk multireedist from Dallas. Discography: No Coast Jazz (1961 • John Handy III) Jazz (1962 • John Handy III) John Handy (1965) The 2nd John Handy Album (1966 • The John Handy Quintet) Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (1966) New View! (1967 • The […]
Synergy
Synergy is the recording/performance moniker of American electronic musician Larry Fast (born Dec. 10, 1951), who released seven albums under the name on Passport Records between 1975 and 1982. Discography: Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra (1975) Sequencer (1976) Cords (1978) Games (1979) Audion (1981) Computer Experiments: Volume One (1981) The Jupiter Menace (1982) Metropolitan Suite […]
Orchestra Luna
Orchestra Luna were an American art-rock/operatic ensemble from Boston that released an eponymous, Rupert Homes-produced album on Epic in 1975. Members: Rick Berlin (keyboards), Scott Chambers (bass), Randy Roos (guitar), Don Mulvaney (drums), Lisa Kinscherf (vocals), Liz Gallagher (vocals), Peter Barrett (vocals), Steven Paul Perry (guitar), Chet Cahill (bass), Bob Brandon (keyboards), Ace Holleran (drums, […]
Jobriath
Jobriath Salisbury — aka Bruce Wayne Campbell (Dec. 14, 1946 — Aug. 3, 1983) — was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter from King of Prussia, Penn., who released two albums on Elektra between 1973 and 1974. Discography: Jobriath (1973) Creatures of the Street (1974) As the River Flows (2014, recorded 1972)
The Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd.
The Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd. were an American post-bop ensemble that released the album Hastings Street Jazz Experience on Midnite Records in 1976. Members: – Discography: Hastings Street Jazz Experience (1976)
McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner (Dec. 11, 1938 — March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist with a musical career that spanned more than six decades. After a series of apprenticeships with Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, and Freddie Hubbard, he made his band-leading debut with Inception in 1962. Up through 1970, he maintained a biannual release schedule […]
Hadley Caliman
Hadley Caliman (Jan. 12, 1932 — Sept. 8, 2010) was an American post-bop jazz saxophonist from Idabel, Okla. Discography: Hadley Caliman (1971) Iapetus (1972) Projecting (1976) Celebration (1977)
Maggie Bell
Maggie Bell is a Scottish singer who fronted soul-rockers Stone the Crows on four albums between 1970 and 1972. As a solo artist, she debuted with the 1974 Atlantic release Queen of the Night, followed by Suicide Sal on Led Zeppelin‘s Swan Song label. In 1981, she recorded one album with super-group Midnight Flyer. She […]
Monk Montgomery
Monk Montgomery — aka William Howard Montgomery (Oct. 10, 1921 — May 20, 1982) — was an American jazz-funk guitarist from Indianapolis. Discography: It’s Never Too Late (1969) Bass Odyssey (1971) Reality (1974)
Mike Longo
Mike Longo (born March 19, 1939) is an American jazz-funk pianist from Cincinnati. Discography: Matrix (1971) The Awakening (1972) 900 Shares of the Blues (1974) Funkia (1974) Talk With the Spirits (1976)
Mark Colby
Mark Colby (born 1949) is an American jazz-funk saxophonist from Brooklyn. Discography: Serpentine Fire (1978) One Good Turn (1979)
The Lyman Woodard Organization
The Lyman Woodard Organization were an American jazz-funk ensemble from Detroit. Members: Lyman Woodard (electric piano, organ, Mellotron), Leonard King (drums), Ron English (guitar, bass), Bud Spangler (percussion), Lorenzo Brown (percussion), Norma Bell (saxophone), Charles Moore (triangle), Robert Lowe (guitar), Kerry Campbell (saxophone), Allan Barnes (saxophone), Marcus Belgrave (trumpet), Ron Jackson (trumpet), Leroy Emmanuel (vocals) […]
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar (July 13, 1928 — Aug. 3, 1999) was an American post-bop/jazz standup bassist from Indianapolis. Discography: Modern Jazz Performances of Songs From Li’l Abner (1957 • Shelly Manne & His Friends (André Previn, and Leroy Vinnegar) Leroy Walks! (1958 • The Leroy Vinnegar Sextet) Leroy Walks Again (1962 • Leroy Vinnegar Quintet) Jazz’s […]
Larry Willis
Larry Willis (Dec. 20, 1940 — Sept. 29, 2019) was an American jazz-funk pianist and composer from NYC. Discography: A New Kind of Soul (1970) Inner Crisis (1974) Just in Time (1989) Heavy Blue (1990) Let’s Play (1991) How Do You Keep the Music Playing (1992) Steal Away (1992) Unforgettable (1992) Solo Spirit (1993) A […]
Stuff
Stuff were an American jazz-funk supergroup that released three albums and two live discs on Warner Bros. between 1976 and 1980. Members: Gordon Edwards (bass), Richard Tee (keyboards), Eric Gale (guitar), Cornell Dupree (guitar), Steve Gadd (drums), Chris Parker (drums) Discography: Stuff (1976) More Stuff (1977) Live Stuff (1978) Stuff It (1979) Live in New […]
Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas (Feb. 25, 1953 — May 19, 2018) was an American jazz-funk guitarist and producer from Queens. Discography: Survival Themes (1979)
Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant (Dec. 24, 1931 — June 2, 2011) is an American post-bop/jazz-funk pianist from Philadelphia. Discography: Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant (1956 • Betty Carter & Ray Bryant) Ray Bryant Trio (1956 • Ray Bryant Trio) Ray Bryant Trio: Piano, Piano, Piano, Piano (1957 • Ray Bryant Trio) Alone With the Blues (1959) […]
Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson (March 28, 1947) is an American jazz-funk bassist from Oakland. Discography: Black Octopus (1978) The Funk Stops Here (1992 • Mike Clark & Paul Jackson) Conjunction (2001 • Mike Clark, Paul Jackson & Marc Wagnon) Funk On a Stick (2007)
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson (June 4, 1932 — Oct. 28, 1975) was an American post-bop/jazz-funk saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader from St. Louis. Discography: Meet Oliver Nelson (1959) Taking Care of Business (1960) Screamin’ the Blues (1961 • Oliver Nelson Sextet) Straight Ahead (1961 • Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy) Nocturne (1961) The Blues and the […]
Tony Williams
Tony Williams — aka Tillmon Anthony Williams (Dec. 12, 1945 — Feb. 23, 1997) — was an American post-bop/jazz-funk drummer from Chicago. Discography: Life Time (1965 • Anthony Williams) Spring (1966 • Anthony Williams) Emergency! (1969 • The Tony Williams Lifetime) Turn It Over (1970 • The Tony Williams Lifetime) Ego (1971 • The Tony […]
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine (April 5, 1934 — Sept. 12, 2000) was an American post-bop/jazz-funk tenor saxophonist from Pittsburgh. Discography: Look Out! (1960) Blue Hour (1961 • Stanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds) Stan “The Man” Turrentine (1962) Dearly Beloved (1962) That’s Where It’s At (1962) Never Let Me Go (1963) Soul Shoutin’ (1964 • Shirley Scott […]
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa (Dec. 21, 1940 — Dec. 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, producer, and bandleader from Baltimore, Md., who was active as a recording artist for more than 25 years, starting with his backing band the Mothers of Invention during the mid-1960s. Between 1966 and 1975, he released five albums on Verve, followed […]
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart was the performance moniker of Don Van Vliet (Jan. 15, 1941 — Dec. 17, 2010), an American musician, singer, poet, songwriter, and painter from Glendale, Calif., who was active as a recording artist between 1967 and 1982, releasing 11 albums with his avant-blues Magic Band. Magic Band members: Captain Beefheart (vocals, harmonica, saxophone, […]
Rough Diamond
Rough Diamond was an English hard-rock band that released a self-titled album in 1977 on Island Records. Singer David Byron formed the band after his dismissal from Uriah Heep. They included guitarist Clem Clempson (Colosseum, Humble Pie) and drummer Geoff Britton (East of Eden, Wings). After Bryon left for a solo career, the others carried […]
Shandi Sinnamon
Shandi Sinnamon (born 1954) is an American singer/songwriter from Miami who released a self-titled album on Asylum in 1976, followed by a second eponymous album with a New Wave/rock backing band on Dreamland Records Inc. in 1980. Discography: Shandi Sinnamon (1976) Shandi (1980)
Cory
Cory Braverman is an American soul-rock vocalist who released the album Fire Sign on RCA-subsidiary Phantom Records in 1976. In 1982, she briefly reemerged on TSOP with the standalone single “The Smirf.” Discography: Fire Sign (1976) “The Smirf” / “The Smirf (Instr.)” (1982)
Celia Yancey
Celia Yancey is an American soul-rock vocalist who released the album Yancey with accompanying singles on GRT (U.S.) and Bellaphon (Germany) in 1976. The album was reissued as Southern Lady, complete with different cover art, on Brylen Records in 1982. Discography: Yancey (1976)
Pierre Moerlen’s Gong
Pierre Moerlen’s Gong was a French jazz-rock band that functioned as a continuation of Gong following the departure of Daevid Allen, with percussionist Moerlen assuming the reigns. This iteration of the band released six albums between 1975 and 1981, the last three of which bear the affixed nameplate. Members: Pierre Moerlen (drums), Benoit Moerlen (percussion, […]
Sharks
Sharks were an English hard-rock/blues band that released two albums on Island during 1973 and 1974. The band was formed by ex-Free bassist Andy Fraser and journeyman guitarist Chris Spedding. Members: Andy Fraser (bass, piano), Chris Spedding (guitar), Marty Simon (drums), Steve Parsons (guitar, vocals), Busta Jones (bass, 1974), Nick Judd (keyboards, 1974), Jackie Badger […]
Hello Sailor
Hello Sailor were a New Zealander rock band that released two albums on Zodiac-subsidiary Key in 1977 and 1978. The band regrouped in the mid-1980s for an album on Zulu Records. Members: Graham Brazier (vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar), Harry Lyon (guitar, vocals), Dave McArtney (guitar, vocals, 1975-2013), Graeme Turner (drums, 1975-76), Tony McMaster (bass, 1975), […]
Dragon
Dragon are a New Zealander rock band that released two albums on Vertigo in 1974 and 1975, followed by four titles on CBS/Portrait between 1977 and 1979. Another round of albums appeared on Polydor and RCA Victor during the mid-to-late 1980s. Members: Todd Hunter (bass, vocals, 1972-97, 2006-present), Ray Goodwin (guitar, keyboards, vocals, 1972-76), Neil […]
Mike Nock
Mike Nock (born Sept. 7, 1940) is a New Zealander jazz pianist with an international career in music dating back to the early 1960s. At the turn of the 1970s, he recorded three album with stateside jazz-rock pioneers the Fourth Way. In 1971, he debuted as a bandleader with the MPS release Between or Beyond. […]
Mother Goose
Mother Goose were a New Zealander art-rock band that released two albums on Mushroom Records between 1977 and 1979, followed by a third album on Parole in 1982. Members: Craig Johnston (vocals), Marcel Rodeka (drums), Pete Dickson (lead guitar, 1975-79, 1983-85), Justin McCarthy (lead guitar,1979-83), Kevin Collings (rhythm guitar), Steve Young (keyboards, 1975-82), Neil Shilkin […]
The Wurzels
The Wurzels were an English comedy-folk band from Nailsea, Somerset, originally formed in 1966 as a four-piece with vocalist Adge Cutler. In this configuration, the band released four albums on Columbia between 1967 and 1969, plus a fifth on Starline in 1972. Trimmed to a trio, the band released six proper albums between 1975 and […]
Wizzard
Wizzard was an English rock band, formed in 1972 by onetime Move and Electric Light Orchestra frontman Roy Wood. They released four singles on Harvest, culminating with the 1973 album Wizzard Brew. Three singles on Warner surrounded the 1974 retro-rock concept album Introducing Eddy & The Falcons. On the ELO-vine imprint Jet, Wizzard issued a […]
The Spiders From Mars
The Spiders From Mars were an English hard-rock band that initially formed in 1971 to provide instrumental backup for David Bowie. Guitarist Mick Ronson and drummer Mick “Woody” Woodmansey backed the singer on the 1969/70 albums Man of Words, Man of Music and The Man Who Sold the World. With the addition of bassist Trevor […]
Supercharge
Supercharge were an English R&B/big band from Liverpool that debuted with an album on Stag Music in 1974, followed by five albums on Virgin between 1976 and 1979. After an album apiece on Criminal Records and Intercord during the 1980–82 period, the band released two live discs and a comeback studio album on Memo Music […]
Strapps
Strapps were an English hard-rock band that released three albums on Harvest between 1976 and 1978, followed by a fourth on Eastworld in 1979. The band featured veteran drummer Mick Underwood (Episode Six, Quatermass, Sammy), who subsequently joined Gillan. Members: Ross Stagg (guitar, vocals), Joe Read (bass, vocals), Mick Underwood (drums), Noel Scott (keyboards, 1974-?), […]
UPP
UPP were an English jazz-funk band that released two albums on Epic during 1975 and 1976, the first produced by Jeff Beck. Drummer Jimmy Copley hailed from rustic-rockers Spreadeagle; he later did session work for Ann Lewis, The Quick, Go West, and Killing Joke. Keyboardist Andy Clark recorded three 1969–71 albums as part of the […]
The Pyramids
The Pyramids are an American spiritual-jazz ensemble from Yellow Springs, Ohio, that released three albums on namesake self-press Pyramid Records between 1973 and 1976. The nameplate was reactivated in the 2010s for a further round of titles on Cultural Odyssey, Strut, and Philophon. Members: Idris Ackamoor [Bruce Baker] (saxophone), Margo Simmons (flute), Kimathi Asante (bass, […]
Pythagoron
Pythagoron™ were an American ambient/drone ensemble from NYC that self-released an eponymous album in 1977. Members: – Discography: Pythagoron (1977)
Random
Random were an American avant-rock band from Illinois that self-released the album Nothin’ Tricky in 1977. Members: Ralph Athey (clarinet, saxophone, vocals), Jerry Fiddler (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vocals), Sam Kolmodin (bass guitar, contrabass, vocals), Sandy Robinson (violin, viola, vocals), Paul Shimandle (12-string guitar, percussion, vocals) Discography: Nothin’ Tricky (1977)
Yellow Autumn
Yellow Autumn were an American folk-psych trio from Compton, Calif., that released the album Children of the Mist on Vala Records in 1977. Members: Gary Creighton (acoustic guitar, dulcimer, piano, vibraphone, vocals), Erb Swanigan (flute, cello), Lorraine Dechter (tambourine, classical guitar, vocals) Discography: Children of the Mist (1977)
So & Co
So & Co were a French avant-psych band that released a self-titled album on Pathé in 1975. That same year, the band backed veteran singer/songwriter Gérard Entremont on his first full-length album, released on Pathé as Gérard Entremont & Co. Saxophonist Alain Potier subsequently appeared in Plat du Jour and Urban Sax. Members: Jacques Brely […]
Schtüng
Schtüng were a New Zealander symphonic-rock band that released a self-titled album on Polydor in 1977. Members: David Bowater (saxophone, flute), Geoff Bowdler (percussion), Andrew Hagen (keyboards, vocals, guitar), Paul Jeffery (keyboards, vocals), Rob Sinclair (bass, vocals), Morton Wilson (guitar, vocals) Discography: Schtüng (1977)
Space Waltz
Space Waltz were a New Zealander art-rock band that released a self-titled album on EMI in 1975. Members: Alastair Riddell (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Eddie Rayner (piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, synthesizer), Greg Clark (electric guitar), Peter Cuddihy (bass), Brent Eccles (drums) Discography: Alastair Riddell: Space Waltz (1975)
Shona Laing
Shona Laing (born Oct. 9, 1955) is a Kiwi singer/songwriter who rose to fame in her native New Zealand with a pair of teen-prodigy albums on Vertigo and Philips in 1973 and 1974. During the 1980s, she gained renown in the Northern Hemisphere with the hi-tech political numbers “(Glad I’m) Not a Kennedy” and “Soviet […]
Think
Think were a New Zealander art-rock band that released the album We’ll Give You a Buzz on Atlantic in 1976. Members: Alan Badger (bass), Phil Whitehead (guitar), Neville Jess (drums), Don Mills (keyboards), Ritchie Pickett (vocals), Kevin Stanton Discography: We’ll Give You a Buzz (1976)
Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh (born Nov. 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from Wichita, Kan., who emerged at the turn of the 1970s in hard-rockers the James Gang, appearing on the albums Yer’ Album, Rides Again, and Thirds. In 1972, he debuted as a solo artist with the ABC Dunhill release Barnstorm, named for […]
Joe Vitale
Joe Vitale (born April 2, 1949) is an American drummer, keyboardist, songwriter, and occasional vocalist from Canton, Ohio, who played in the garage-psych bands The Chylds and The Echos during the late 1960s. During the 1970s, he played on albums by Rick Derringer, Michael Stanley, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, the Outlaws, Jay Ferguson, and Dan […]
Baby Grand
Baby Grand were an American hard-rock/art-rock band from Philadelphia that released two albums on Arista in 1977 and 1978. Members: Eric Bazilian (guitar, vocals), Rob Hyman (keyboards, vocals), David Kagan (vocals), David Prater (drums, 1978-79), Carmine Rojas (bass, 1978-79) Discography: Baby Grand (1977) Ancient Medicine (1978)
Lift
Lift were an American symphonic-rock band from New Orleans, formed in 1972. In 1974, the band recorded an album’s worth of material that was ultimately released as Caverns of Your Brain by the tax-scam Guinness label in 1977. Members: Chip Gremillion (keyboards), Chip Grevemberg (drums), Cody Kelleher (bass, 1972-75), Chris Young (rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, […]
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band that released six albums between 1977 and 1984 on Ensign and Mercury. Singer Bob Geldof was an outspoken new wave figurehead who later marshalled the all-star charitable projects Band Aid and Live Aid. Members: Bob Geldof (vocals), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards, vocals), Gerry Cott (guitar 1975-81), Pete Briquette […]