In March 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Blackjack”, the 28th Donald Byrd album. It was recorded in January 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In February 1969, “Charles Tangerine Records” label released “I’m All Yours Baby!”, the 28th Ray Charles album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Joe Adams.
Personnel:
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
Sid Feller – arrangements
Mark Taylor – engineer
Daniel Pezza, Henry Epstein – design
Track listing:
Yours – Jack Sherr
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Love Is Here to Stay – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
Memories of You – Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake
Till the End of Time – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman
I Had the Craziest Dream – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Someday – Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml
Indian Love Call – Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml
I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) – Edna Osser, Marjorie Goetschius
On April 15, 1982, “Columbia” label released “Lite Me Up”, the 28th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “George Massenburg Studio” in Los Angeles, “El Dorado Studios” in Hollywood, “Garden Rake Studios”, and was produced by Herbie Hancock, Jay Graydon and Narada Michael Walden.
On July 26, 2019, “Hot Shot Records” label released “Tall, Dark, and Handsome”, the 28th Delbert McClinton album. It was recorded in 2019, at “The Rock House” in Franklin, TN, and was produced by Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton and Kevin McKendree. The album received a “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Delbert McClinton – vocals
Bob Britt – acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, engineer, mixing, mastering
Pat McLaughlin – guitar
Yates McKendree – guitar, engineer
James Pennebaker – guitar
Kevin McKendree – piano, organ, engineer
Dennis Wage – electric organ
Glenn Worf – bass
Michael Joyce – bass
Joe Maher – drums, percussion
Jack Bruno – drums
Dana Robins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hoke – tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet
Roy Agee – trombone
Quentin Ware – trumpet
Stuart Duncan – violin
Vicki Hampton – backing band
Jim DeMain – mastering
Fetzer Design – art direction, design, photography
Track listing:
Mr. Smith – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Kevin McKendree
If I Hock My Guitar – Bob Britt, Michael Joyce, Delbert McClinton
No Chicken on the Bone – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Dennis Wage
Let’s Get Down Like We Used To – Al Anderson, Delbert McClinton, Pat McLaughlin
Gone to Mexico – Delbert McClinton
Lulu – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Kevin McKendree
Loud Mouth – Bob Britt, Michael Joyce, Delbert McClinton
Down in the Mouth – Delbert McClinton
Ruby & Jules – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Dennis Wage
Any Other Way – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Kevin McKendree
A Fool Like Me – Delbert McClinton
Can’t Get Up – Bob Britt, Michael Joyce, Delbert McClinton
Temporarily Insane – Bob Britt, Michael Joyce, Delbert McClinton
A Poem – Bob Britt, Delbert McClinton, Kevin McKendree
On June 16, 1999, “Polydor Japan” released “One for All”, the 28th Kazumi Watanabe album. It was recorded in March 1999, at “The Bottom Line” in New York City, and was produced by Koko Tanikawa and Kazumi Watanabe.
On April 27, 2004, “ECM” label released “Promises Kept”, the 28th Steve Kuhn album. It was recorded June – September 2000, at “Edison Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
Steve Kuhn – piano
David Finck – bass
String Ensemble conducted by Carlos Franzetti
Krista Bennion Feeney, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Richard Sortomme, Karl Kawahara, Barry Finclair, Helen Kim, Robert Shaw, Carol Pool, Anca Nicolau -violin
Sue Pray, Vince Lionti, Karen Ritscher – viola
Stephanie Cummins, Richard Locker, Joshua Gordon – cello
In December 1972, “Kudu” label released “The Prophet”, the 28th Johnny Hammond album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Johnny Hammond Smith – organ
John Eckert, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Andre, Dick Griffin – trombone
Tony Studd – bass trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Maceo Parker – tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Andrew Primus – steel drum
Pee Wee Ellis – arranger, conductor, electric piano, melodica
Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas – vocals
Buddy Lucas – harmonica
Hubert Laws – flute
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Johnny “Hammond” Smith except where noted
On November 2, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Suite 16”, the 28th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in April 1970, at “Regent Sound Studios”, in New York City, June 1970, at “Corner Studios” in Cologne, Germany and was produced by Joel Dom.
On May 6, 2016, “ECM” label released “Andando el Tiempo”, the 28th Carla Bley album. It was recorded in November 2015, at “Auditorio Stello Molo – RSI” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
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