Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American
jazz
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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
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, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorkshire, England. He had extended family in Barbados and Venezuela. Gale often visited the U.K. and Venezuela as an adolescent, which influenced his style into adulthood. He was fluent in Spanish.
Gale started playing the guitar at age 12. At that time, he skipped junior high school. Soon after, in high school, he visited
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Born and raise ...
's home after school and sat in on jam sessions, which inspired Gale's readily recognizable style. Gale received his Master of Science in chemistry at
Niagara University
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. He was also on the football team. Later, Gale was pursued by
Frank Sinatra
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to work on the hit song "My Way", as mentioned in Frank Sinatra's autobiography. Gale decided to pursue a musical career full-time instead of getting his Ph.D. in Chemistry.
A close friend of Gale,
Roberta Flack
Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is a retired American singer. She topped the ''Billboard'' charts with the No. 1 singles " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", " Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Feel Like Makin' Love", " W ...
, asked Gale to work with her on the '' Killing Me Softly'' album. He had just finished recording his ''
Negril
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'' album with the Wailers Band, along with
Peter Tosh
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on vocals, in
Kingston, Jamaica
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. During that period of time, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated in the United States and it hit Gale hard; he flew out to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to clear his mind and reconnect with nature, then was able to finish an album in Kingston with his friends who understood politics and injustice. This was mentioned in the Aston "Familyman" Barrett's autobiography. After that, Flack called Gale and begged him to come back home to New York to help her with the ''Killing Me Softly'' album. Gale was reluctant so she flew the band members to him instead. After some persuading, they ended up returning to the United States. The album was a hit.
Gale often worked as a session musician, recording with musicians such as
Gary Burton
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,
Joe Cocker
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,
King Curtis
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,
The Drifters
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Aretha Franklin
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,
Lena Horne
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,
Illinois Jacquet
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Although he was a pioneer of ...
,
Billy Joel
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,
Quincy Jones
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,
Herbie Mann
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,
David "Fathead" Newman
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,
Diana Ross
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,
Mongo Santamaria
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Geography Africa
* Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city
* Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction)
* Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom
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,
Paul Simon
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,
Nina Simone
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Clark Terry
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He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duk ...
,
Bobby Timmons
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, and
Jackie Wilson
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. In the 1970s he became a studio guitarist for
CTI Records
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Stanley Turrentine
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, and
Grover Washington Jr.
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He w ...
, and was a member of the R&B band
Stuff
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. His first of many albums as a solo act was released by Kudu.
Gale died of
lung cancer
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in 1994 at the age of 55 and is survived by his wife Masako Murakami-Gale, their three daughters, and two grandchildren.
Discography
As leader
* ''Forecast'' (Kudu, 1973)
* ''
Negril
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'' (Micron Music;
Klik
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, 1975)
* ''Multiplication'' (Columbia, 1977)
* ''Ginseng Woman'' (Columbia, 1977)
* ''Part of You'' (Columbia, 1979)
* ''Touch of Silk'' (Columbia, 1980)
* ''Blue Horizon'' (Elektra Musician, 1982)
* ''In the Shade of a Tree'' (JVC, 1982)
* ''Island Breeze'' (Elektra Musician, 1983)
* ''In a Jazz Tradition'' (EmArcy, 1988)
* ''Let's Stay Together'' (Artful Balance, 1988)
* ''Utopia'' (Rooms, 1998, released posthumously)
With
Stuff
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*Physical matter
*General, unspecific things, or entities
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Books
*''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly
*''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jeremy Strong
Fictional cha ...
Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946).
Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...
* ''Come as You Are'' (Warner Bros., 1976)
* ''Send It'' (Warner Bros., 1977)
* ''Is It Still Good to Ya'' (Warner Bros., 1978)
* ''Stay Free'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
* ''A Musical Affair'' (Warner Bros., 1980)
* ''Street Opera'' (Capitol, 1982)
* ''So So Satisfied'' (Big Break, 2015)
With
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
George Benson
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A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, play ...
* ''
Giblet Gravy
''Giblet Gravy'' is the fourth album by jazz/ soul guitarist George Benson.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
*George Benson – guitar
*Albertine Robinson, Eileen Gilbert, Lois Winter – vocals
* Eric Gale – guitar, tracks 2, 4, 5, ...
'' (Verve, 1968)
* ''
Good King Bad
''Good King Bad'' is the thirteenth studio album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released by CTI Records in 1976.Payne, DCTI Records discographyaccessed February 24, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic revi ...
'' (CTI, 1976)
* ''
Benson & Farrell
''Benson & Farrell'' is an album co-led by American guitarist George Benson and jazz saxophonist and flutist Joe Farrell;Payne, DCTI Records discographyaccessed February 24, 2012 both artists had previously released several albums on the CTI la ...
'' (CTI, 1976)
* ''Space'' (CTI, 1978)
* ''
Pacific Fire
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'' (CTI, 1983)
With
Ron Carter
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* ''
Anything Goes
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Hank Crawford
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I Hear a Symphony
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Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song became their sixth number-one pop hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop ...
'' (Kudu, 1975)
* ''
Hank Crawford's Back
''Hank Crawford's Back'' is the seventeenth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford and his sixth for the Kudu label which was released in 1976.Payne, DKudu Records discographyaccessed October 9, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. ...
'' (Kudu, 1976)
* ''Tico Rico'' (Kudu, 1977)
With
Fania All-Stars
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History
Beginnings
In 1964, Fania Records was founded in New York City by Jerry Masucci, a ...
Roberta Flack
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Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
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Flack and Hathaway were both solo artists on the Atlantic roster who'd enjo ...
Jun Fukamachi
was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, and keyboardist. He played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd and released albums for Polydor and Toshiba in the 1970s.
Early life and career
At the age of 3, Fukamachi began to learn pian ...
* ''The Sea of Dirac'' (Kitty, 1977)
* ''Evening Star'' (Kitty, 1978)
* ''On the Move'' (Alfa, 1978)
With
Freddie Hubbard
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* ''A Soul Experiment'' (Atlantic, 1969)
* ''First Light'' (CTI, 1973)
* ''In Concert'' (CTI, 1973)
* ''Windjammer'' (Columbia, 1976)
With Bob James
* '' Two'' (CTI, 1975)
* ''
Three
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
'' (CTI, 1976)
* ''
BJ4
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'' (CTI, 1977)
* ''
Heads
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Quincy Jones
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Body Heat
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'' (A&M, 1974)
* ''I Heard That!!'' (A&M, 1976)
* ''Sounds ... and Stuff Like That!!'' (A&M, 1978)
With
Gladys Knight & the Pips
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Starting out as simply ...
* ''Still Together'' (Buddah, 1977)
* ''The One and Only'' (Buddah, 1978)
* ''About Love'' (Columbia, 1980)
* ''Touch'' (Columbia, 1981)
With Yusef Lateef
* ''
Yusef Lateef's Detroit
''Yusef Lateef's Detroit'' (subtitled ''Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°'') is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1969 (with one track from '' The Complete Yusef Lateef'' recording sessions in 1967) and released on the A ...
The Gentle Giant
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* '' In a Temple Garden'' (CTI, 1979)
With
Ralph MacDonald
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His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...
* ''Sound of a Drum'' (Marlin, 1976)
* ''The Path'' (Marlin, 1978)
* ''Counterpoint'' (Marlin, 1979)
* ''Universal Rhythm'' (Polydor, 1984)
* ''Surprize'' (Polydor, 1985)
With
Van McCoy
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* ''Disco Baby'' (Avco, 1975)
* ''The Disco Kid'' (Avco, 1975)
* ''The Real McCoy'' (H&L, 1976)
* ''Rhythms of the World'' (H&L, 1976)
With
David "Fathead" Newman
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Captain Buckles
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* ''From a Whisper to a Scream'' (Kudu, 1971)
* ''Alone Again Naturally'' (Kudu, 1972)
* ''Capricorn Princess'' (Kudu, 1976)
With
Diana Ross
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David Ruffin
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* ''
In My Stride
''In My Stride'' is an album by David Ruffin, released in 1977. It was his last studio album for Motown Records.
Critical reception
The ''Bay State Banner'' wrote that "even in the most ouRawls-inspired copy cuts, the bluesy soul of Ruffin the ...
'' (Motown, 1977)
* ''Who I Am'' (Motown, 1975)
* ''Everything's Coming Up Love'' (Motown, 1976)
With
Mongo Santamaria
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Geography Africa
* Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city
* Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction)
* Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom
* Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributa ...
Soul Song
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Background
The song also represented a first for co-writer Norro Wilson: a No. ...
'' (Atlantic, 1969)
* ''
Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes
''Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes'' is an album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label.Payne, DShirley Scott discographyaccessed July 4, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating " ...
'' (Atlantic, 1969)
* '' Something'' (Atlantic, 1970)
With Tom Scott
* ''New York Connection'' (Ode, 1975)
* ''Blow It Out'' (Ode, 1977)
* ''Intimate Strangers'' (Columbia, 1978)
* ''Apple Juice'' (Columbia, 1981)
* ''Streamlines'' (GRP, 1987)
* ''Flashpoint'' (GRP, 1988)
* ''Them Changes'' (GRP, 1990)
* ''Keep This Love Alive'' (GRP, 1991)
* ''Reed My Lips'' (GRP, 1994)
With
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
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Wild Horses Rock Steady
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'' (Kudu, 1972)
With
Richard Tee
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Stanley Turrentine
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* ''
Salt Song
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Reception
The Al ...
'' (CTI, 1971)
* ''
Don't Mess with Mister T.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn ...
The Man with the Sad Face
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'' (Fantasy, 1976)
* '' Nightwings'' (Fantasy, 1977)
* ''West Side Highway'' (Fantasy, 1978)
With
Grover Washington Jr.
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He w ...
* ''
Inner City Blues
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Mister Magic
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Critical reception
Reviewing for '' Th ...
'' (Kudu, 1975)
* ''
A Secret Place
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Backgro ...
'' (Kudu, 1976)
* '' Skylarkin''' (Motown, 1980)
* ''Winelight'' (Elektra, 1980)
* '' Come Morning'' (Elektra, 1981)
* ''The Best Is Yet to Come'' (Elektra, 1982)
* ''Inside Moves'' (Elektra, 1984)
With Sadao Watanabe
* ''Morning Island'' (Flying Disk, 1979)
* ''Nice Shot!'' (Flying Disk, 1980)
* ''How's Everything'' (Columbia, 1980)
* ''Orange Express'' (CBS/Sony, 1981)
* ''Bravas Brothers'' (1983)
* ''Fill Up the Night'' (Elektra, 1983)
* ''Rendezvous'' (Elektra, 1984)
* ''Vocal Collection'' (Warner, 2009)
With others
* Mose Allison, ''Lessons in Living'' (Elektra Musician, 1983)
*
Herb Alpert
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, ''My Abstract Heart'' (A&M, 1989)
*
Eric Andersen
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Carla Bley
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
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Angela Bofill
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, ''Angie'' (GRP, 1978)
* Angela Bofill, ''Angel of the Night'' (GRP, 1979)
*
Ruth Brown
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, ''Black Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful'' (Skye, 1969)
*
Solomon Burke
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be h ...
Paul Butterfield
Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and band leader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his n ...
, ''Put It in Your Ear'' (Bearsville, 1975)
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Oscar Castro-Neves
Oscar Castro-Neves (May 15, 1940 - September 27, 2013), was a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in bossa nova.
Biography
He was born in Rio de Janeiro as one of triplets and formed a band with his br ...
, ''Tropical Heart'' (JVC, 1993)
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...
, ''Implosions'' (Jazzvisions, NEC Avenue, 1987)
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The Coasters
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with " Searchin'" and " Young Blood" in 1957, their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producin ...
, ''Young Blood'' (Atlantic, 1982)
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were recordings of son ...
, ''
Stingray
Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae ...
'' (A&M, 1976)
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Randy Crawford
Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, she has ap ...
King Curtis
Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll. A bandleader, band member, and session musician ...
Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New O ...
, ''Fats Is Back'' (Reprise, 1968)
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Charles Earland
Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist.
Biography
Earland was born in Philadelphia and learned to play the saxophone in high school. He played tenor with Jimmy McGriff at the age of 17 and in 1960 fo ...
, ''Revelation'' (Mercury, 1977)
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Pee Wee Ellis
Alfred James Ellis (April 21, 1941 – September 23, 2021), known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown's band in the 19 ...
, ''Home in the Country'' (Savoy, 1977)
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Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...
, ''
Crawl Space
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'' (CTI, 1977)
* Joe Farrell, ''La Catedral y El Toro'' (Warner Bros., 1977)
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Maynard Ferguson
Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often serv ...
, ''
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Simone Butler (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums). ...
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in '' Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Wit ...
, ''
Young, Gifted and Black
''Young, Gifted and Black'' is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in early 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album climbed to #2 on ''Billboards R&B albums survey and peaked at #11 on the main al ...
One Bad Habit
''One Bad Habit'' is a vocal album by Michael Franks (musician), Michael Franks, released in 1980 by Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks' sixth studio album and the first to receive significant radio play in the United States.
Critical receptio ...
'' (Warner Bros., 1980)
*
Fuse One Fuse One was a group of jazz musicians who collaborated for two albums released on CTI Records and one album released on GNP Crescendo Records. Allmusic Discography/ref>
The albums ''Fuse One'' and ''Silk'' were produced by Creed Taylor. The first ...
, ''Silk'' (CTI, 1981)
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Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...
, ''
The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
'' (Perception, 1970)
*
Barry Goldberg
Barry Joseph Goldberg (born December 25, 1942) is an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Goldberg has co-produced albums by Percy Sledge, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and the Textones, plus Bob Dylan's ve ...
, ''Street Man'' (Buddah, 1969)
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/ hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before laun ...
, ''
Tune In, Turn On
''Tune In, Turn On'' (subtitled ''To the Hippest Commercials of the Sixties'') is an album by Benny Golson featuring music from television advertisements recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.Urbie Green, '' The Fox'' (CTI, 1977)
*
Dave Grusin
Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...
, ''Dave Grusin and the N.Y./L.A. Dream Band'' (GRP, 1982)
* Dave Grusin, ''The Orchestral Album'' (GRP, 1994)
*
Chico Hamilton
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader ...
, ''
The Head Hunters
''The Head Hunters'' is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1968 and originally released on the Solid State label.Payne, D.Solid State Records discographyaccessed June 30, 2015
Reception
The Allmu ...
'' (Solid State, 1969)
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...
, ''
Fat Albert Rotunda
''Fat Albert Rotunda'' is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It was Hancock's first release for Warner Bros. Records after his departure from Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV specia ...
Joe Higgs
Joseph Benjamin Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is ...
, ''Life of Contradiction'' (Micron Music, 1975)
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Johnny Hodges
Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano ...
, ''
Blue Notes
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical ...
'' (Verve, 1966)
*
Loleatta Holloway
Loleatta Holloway (, ; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation". In December 2016, ''Billboard'' named her the 95th most successful dance artist of all time. Acco ...
Love Sensation
"Love Sensation" is a 1980 song performed by American R&B singer Loleatta Holloway, taken from her album of the same name. The song was produced and written by Dan Hartman, arranged by Norman Harris, and mixed by Tom Moulton. It was a hit on ...
'' (Gold Mind, 1980)
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Red Holloway
James Wesley "Red" Holloway (May 31, 1927 – February 25, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Born in Helena, Arkansas,Daniel E. Slotnik"Red Holloway, Swinger of the Sax, Dies at 84" ''The New York Times'', February 28, 2012 ...
, '' The Burner'' (Prestige, 1964)
* Richard Holmes, ''I'm in the Mood for Love'' (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
*
Stix Hooper
Stix or STIX may refer to:
People
* Stix Hooper (born 1938), American jazz musician
* Gary Stix, American journalist
* Thomas H. Stix (1924–2001), American physicist
* Christine Stix-Hackl (born 1957), Austrian jurist
Arts and entertainment ...
, ''Lay It On the Line'' (Artful Balance, 1989)
*
Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...
, ''Lena & Gabor'' (Skye, 1969)
*
Bobbi Humphrey
Barbara Ann "Bobbi" Humphrey (born April 25, 1950) is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays jazz fusion, funk, and soul-jazz. She has recorded twelve albums and founded the jazz label Paradise Sounds Records. In 1971, she was the first ...
Weldon Irvine
Weldon Jonathan Irvine Jr. (October 27, 1943 – April 9, 2002), also known as Master Wel, was an American composer, playwright, poet, pianist, organist, and keyboardist.
Biography
Irvine, an African American, was born in Hampton, Virginia, on ...
, ''Sinbad'' (RCA Victor, 1976)
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the " King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over ...
Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on " Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.
Although he was a pioneer of ...
, ''Spectrum'' (Argo, 1965)
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Al Jarreau
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R ...
, '' Tenderness'' (Warner Bros., 1994)
* Al Jarreau, ''Live at Montreux 1993'' (Eagle, 2016)
*
Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...
, ''
52nd Street
52nd Street is a -long one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City. A short section of it was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Jazz center
Following the repeal of ...
'' (Columbia, 1978)
* Billy Joel, ''
An Innocent Man
''An Innocent Man'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel's adolescent years with Joel paying homage to a number of di ...
'' (Columbia, 1983)
*
J. J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
Biograph ...
and
Kai Winding
Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie '' Mondo Ca ...
, ''
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
'' (A&M/CTI, 1968)
* J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding, '' Betwixt & Between'' (A&M/CTI, 1969)
*
Salena Jones Salena may refer to:
* Salena, Nepal, village development committee
* Salena Jones (born 1930 or 1944), American jazz and cabaret singer
* Salena Godden
Salena Godden is an English poet, author, activist, broadcaster, memoirist and essayist ...
, ''My Love'' (JVC, 1981)
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Tamiko Jones
Tamiko Jones (born Barbara Tamiko Ferguson, 1945) is an American singer. Her most successful record was "Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out For Your Love)" in 1975.
Career
Barbara Tamiko Ferguson was born in Kyle, West Virginia, and has part Japanese, ...
, ''I'll Be Anything for You'' (A&M/CTI, 1968)
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Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fin ...
Al Kooper
Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. ...
, ''
Kooper Session
''Kooper Session'' is the second-in-line of the ''Super Session'' albums featuring singer-songwriter Al Kooper. Joining Kooper in the guitar slot is 15-year-old phenomenon Shuggie Otis, son of rhythm and blues pioneer Johnny Otis.
Divided into ...
'' (Columbia, 1969)
* Al Kooper, ''
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
''You Never Know Who Your Friends Are'' is the second solo album by American multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper, issued in 1969 on Columbia Records.
Background
Kooper wasted no time recording this album, coming just seven months after his debut ...
Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm- ...
, ''
The Chicago Theme
''The Chicago Theme'' is an album by flautist Hubert Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in New Jersey in 1974 and released in 1975 on the CTI label.
Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His ...
, ''
Celebrate Me Home
''Celebrate Me Home'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1977. The album, Loggins' first since splitting from Loggins and Messina, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his p ...
'' (Columbia, 1977)
*
Galt MacDermot
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His most-successful musicals were '' Ha ...
, ''Hair Pieces'' (Verve Forecast, 1968)
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Junior Mance
Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (October 10, 1928 – January 17, 2021), known as Junior Mance, was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Biography Early life (1928–1947)
Mance was born in Evanston, Illinois. When he was five years old, Mance st ...
, ''
With a Lotta Help from My Friends
''With a Lotta Help from My Friends'' is a rock/jazz/funk fusion album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1970.Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, voice actor, trumpeter and composer.
He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother ...
, ''Tarantella'' (A&M, 1981)
*
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (inclu ...
, ''
Glory of Love
"Glory of Love" is a 1986 song performed by Peter Cetera, which he wrote and composed with his then-wife Diane Nini and David Foster. The song was recorded by Cetera shortly after he left the band Chicago to pursue a solo career. Featured in the ...
Wade Marcus Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s. He composed the music to the film ''The Final Comedown'' with Grant Green. He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, T ...
, ''A New Era'' (Cotillion, 1971)
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Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...
, ''Grrr'' (Mercury, 1966)
* Hugh Masekela, ''
Home
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'' (Moonshine, 1982)
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Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs " Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song ...
, ''Sings Percy Mayfield'' (RCA Victor, 1970)
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Ullanda McCullough
Ullanda McCullough is an American pop music singer most noted as a backing vocalist.
Career
McCullough began her singing career at age 13 in Detroit, Michigan. In early 1970s she sang numerous advertising jingles including the 1971 Coca-Cola com ...
, ''Ullanda McCullough'' (Ariola, 1981)
*
Gary McFarland
Gary Robert McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. '' Down Beat magazine'' said he made "on ...
, ''America the Beautiful'' (Skye, 1969)
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Jimmy McGriff
James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader.
Biography Early years and influences
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States, McGriff started playing pi ...
, ''Cherry'' (Solid State, 1966)
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Essra Mohawk
Essra Mohawk (born Sandra Elayne Hurvitz on April 23, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded a dozen albums, many receiving critical acclaim.
Her best-known songs include "Sufferin' Til Suffrage" and "Interjections!" (both from ...
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards.
As a teenager in t ...
, ''
Blowin' Your Mind!
''Blowin' Your Mind!'' is the debut studio album by Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, released in 1967. It was recorded 28–29 March 1967 and contained his first solo pop hit " Brown Eyed Girl". It was included by '' Rolling Stone'' as one ...
'' (Bang, 1967)
*
Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad ( ar, إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such a ...
, ''
House of the Rising Sun
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
'' (Kudu, 1976)
* Idris Muhammad, ''
Turn This Mutha Out
''Turn This Mutha Out'' is a 1977 album by Idris Muhammad. Produced and arranged by CTI/Kudu staff arranger David Matthews, it was aimed more at the R&B/dance market than the jazz market. One of only a few Kudu albums not produced by label owne ...
'' (Kudu, 1977)
*
Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento (; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He has toured across the world.
Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album for his alb ...
, ''Yauarete'' (CBS, 1987)
*
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...
, ''
The Sound of Feeling
''The Sound of Feeling'' (full title ''Leonard Feather Presents The Sound of Feeling and The Sound of Oliver Nelson'') is a jazz album featuring two separate groups featuring Oliver Nelson recorded in late 1966 and released on the Verve label.
Felix Pappalardi
Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. He is best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the band Mountain, whose song "Mississippi Queen" peaked at ...
, ''Don't Worry Ma'' (A&M, 1979)
*
Peaches & Herb
Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo. Herb Fame (born October 1, 1941) has remained a constant as "Herb" since the duo was created in 1966; seven different women have filled the role of "Peaches", most notably Francine Edna "Peaches" Hurd B ...
, ''Peaches & Herb'' (MCA, 1977)
*
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...
, ''TP (Teddy Pendergrass album), TP'' (Philadelphia International, 1980)
* Teddy Pendergrass, ''This One's for You (Teddy Pendergrass album), This One's for You'' (Philadelphia International, 1982)
* Noel Pointer, ''Hold On'' (United Artists, 1978)
* Bernard Purdie, ''Soul Drums'' (Date, 1967)
* Chuck Rainey, ''The Chuck Rainey Coalition'' (Skye, 1972)
* Jerome Richardson, ''Groove Merchant (album), Groove Merchant'' (Verve, 1967)
* Tom Rush, ''The Circle Game (album), The Circle Game'' (Elektra, 1968)
* Lalo Schifrin, ''Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin album), Black Widow'' (CTI, 1976)
* Lalo Schifrin, ''Towering Toccata'' (CTI, 1977)
* Diane Schuur, ''Love Songs'' (GRP, 1993)
* Jimmy Scott, ''The Source'' (Atlantic, 1970)
* Doc Severinsen, ''Brand New Thing'' (Epic, 1977)
* Janis Siegel, ''Experiment in White'' (Atlantic, 1982)
* Carly Simon, ''Boys in the Trees'' (Elektra, 1978)
* Carly Simon, ''Hello Big Man'' (Warner Bros., 1983)
* Lucy Simon, ''Lucy Simon'' (RCA Victor, 1975)
*
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
, ''One-Trick Pony (album), One-Trick Pony'' (Warner Bros., 1980)
* Paul Simon, ''Hearts and Bones'' (Warner Bros., 1983)
*
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blu ...
, ''Silk & Soul'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
* Nina Simone, ''Nina Simone Sings the Blues'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
* Nina Simone, ''To Love Somebody (album), To Love Somebody'' (RCA Victor, 1969)
* Nina Simone, ''Baltimore (album), Baltimore'' (CTI, 1978)
* Jimmy Smith, ''Respect'' (Verve, 1967)
* Jeremy Steig, ''Firefly (Jeremy Steig album), Firefly'' (CTI, 1977)
* Sly Stone, ''High On You'' (Epic, 1975)
* Sonny Stitt, ''Little Green Apples (album), Little Green Apples'' (Solid State, 1969)
* Gábor Szabó, ''Macho (album), Macho'' (Salvation, 1975)
* Grady Tate, ''Windmills of My Mind'' (Skye, 1968)
* Grady Tate, ''Master Grady Tate'' (ABC Impulse!, 1977)
* Howard Tate, ''Howard Tate'' (Atlantic, 1972)
*
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duk ...
Bobby Timmons
Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he wa ...
, ''Got to Get It!'' (Milestone, 1968)
* Phil Upchurch, ''Upchurch/Tennyson'' (Kudu, 1975)
* Thijs van Leer, ''Nice to Have Met You'' (CBS, 1978)
* Billy Vera, ''Storybook Children'' (Atlantic, 1968)
* Harold Vick, ''After the Dance'' (Wolf, 1977)
* Cedar Walton, ''Beyond Mobius'' (RCA Victor, 1976)
* Clarence Wheeler, ''The Love I've Been Looking For'' (Atlantic 1971)
* Michael White (clarinetist), Michael White, ''How Strong We Believe'' (Electric Bird, 1991)
* Cris Williamson, ''Cris Williamson'' (Ampex, 1971)
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