In July 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Green Is Beautiful”, the 27th Grant Green album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
Grant Green – guitar
Neal Creque, Emmanuel Riggins – organ
Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Candido Camero – conga
Richie “Pablo” Landrum – bongos
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone
Track listing:
Ain’t It Funky Now – James Brown
A Day in the Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
The Windjammer – Neal Creque
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
In February 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Easy Walker”, the 17th Stanley Turrentine album. It was recorded in July 1966 and July 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff and Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano, electric piano
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Gene Taylor – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Ray Lucas – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Track listing:
Meat Wave – Hank Johnson
They All Say I’m the Biggest Fool – Buddy Johnson
Yours Is My Heart Alone – Franz Lehár
Easy Walker – Billy Taylor
What the World Needs Now – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
In November 1967, “Columbia” label released “The Time Has Come”, the debut Chambers Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by David Rubinson.
Personnel:
Lester Chambers – lead vocal
Willie Chambers – vocal, guitars
Joseph Chambers – vocal, guitar
George Chambers – vocal, bass
Brian Keenan – drums
Gary Sherman – arranger
Jim Marshall – photography
Track listing:
All Strung Out Over You – Rudy Clark
People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield
I Can’t Stand It – Lester Chambers
Romeo and Juliet – Lester Chambers
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
So Tired – Andre Goodwin, Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
Uptown – Betty Mabry
Please Don’t Leave Me – Lester Chambers, Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers, George Chambers, Brian Keenan
What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Time Has Come Today – Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers
On September 15, 1971, “United Artists” label released “Communication”, the third Bobby Womack studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “United Artists Recording Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bobby Womack.
Personnel:
Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, organ, string and horn arrangements
Barry Beckett – piano, clavichord, harpsichord, electric piano, Moog synthesizer
On June 8, 1973, “United Artists” label released “Facts of Life”, the fifth Bobby Womack studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Bobby Womack.
Personnel:
Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, string and horn arrangements
Dave Turner, Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr – guitar
Barry Beckett, Clayton Ivey – keyboards
David Hood, Jerry Masters – bass
Roger Hawkins – drums
Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton – engineer
Mike Salisbury – art direction, design
Philip Hays – illustration
Track listing:
Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out – James Cox
I’m Through Trying to Prove My Love to You – Bobby Womack
If You Can’t Give Her Love – Clayton Ivey, Phillip Mitchell
That’s Heaven to Me – Sam Cooke
Medley: Holdin’ on to My baby’s Love / Nobody – Bobby Womack, George Jackson, Raymond Moore
Medley: Fact of Life/He’ll Be There When the Sun Goes Down – Bobby Womack
Can’t Stop a Man in Love – George Soulé, Terry Woodford
The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Natural Man – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler
On March 1, 1994, “Mapleshade” label released “Masters from Different Worlds”, the 32nd Clifford Jordan album. It was recorded in December 1989, at “Mapleshade Studios” in Upper Marlboro, MD, and was produced by Fred Kaplan and Pierre Sprey.
Personnel:
Clifford Jordan – soprano and tenor saxophone
Ran Blake – piano
Julian Priester – trombone
Windmill Saxophone Quartet:
Jesse Meman – alto saxophone
Tom Monroe, Ken Plant – tenor saxophone
Clayton Englar – baritone saxophone
Steve Williams – drums
Alfredo Mojica – congas
Claudia Polley – vocals
Daniel Vong – art direction
Michael Wilderman – photography
Track listing:
Something to Live For – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
A Touch of Evil – Ran Blake
Arline – Ran Blake
Laura – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
Short Life of Barbara Monk – Ran Blake
Vanguard – Ran Blake
Julia – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Doug’s Prelude – Clifford Jordan
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
In October 1967, “Cadet” label released “Groovin’ with the Soulful Strings”, the second Soulful Strings (The) album. It was recorded June – July 1967, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
Richard Evans – musical arrangements, direction
Sol Bobrov – viola
David Chausow – viola
Arthur Ahlman – violin
Harold Kupper – violin
Karl B. Fruh – cello
Emil Mittermann – cello
Theodore Ratzer – cello
Charles Stepney – organ, vibraphone
Lenny Druss – saxophone, flute
Vernice Green – saxophone, flute
Ronald Steele – guitar, sitar
Phil Upchurch – guitar
Cleveland Eaton – bass
Louis Satterfield – bass
Philip R. Thomas – bongos, congas
Morris Jennings – drums
Track listing:
Burning Spear – Richard Evans
All Blues – Miles Davis
What Now My Love – Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë
Within You Without You – George Harrison
Our Day Will Come – Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson
Soul Prelude – J.S. Bach
Groovin’ – Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati
Alfie – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Comin’ Home Baby – Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough
(I Know) I’m Losing You – Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant
In October 1972, “Avco” label released “Round 2” is the second Stylistics (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Thom Bell.
Personnel:
Russell Thompkins, Jr. – lead vocals
Airrion Love, James Smith, Herb Murrell, James Dunn – backing vocals
Linda Creed, Barbara Ingram – additional backing vocals
Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Tony Bell, Eli Tartarsky – guitar
Thom Bell – piano, harpsichord
Joe DeAngelis, Stephanie Fauber, Robert Martin – French horn
Rocco Bene, Bobby Hartzell – trumpet
Jack Faith – alto saxophone, flute
George Shaw – flute
Vincent Forchetti, Bob Moore, Richard Genevese – trombone
Don Renaldo, Tony Sinagoga, Albert Berone, Rudy Malizia, Angelo Pretrella, Romeo Di Stefano, Charles Apollonia, Davis Barnett, Richard Jones, Herschel Wise – strings
Mary Gale – harp
Fredric Cohen – oboe
Ronnie Baker – bass
Earl Young – drums
Larry Washington – congas
Vince Montana – percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Thom Bell and Linda Creed, except where noted.
I’m Stone in Love with You – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Anthony Bell
If You Don’t Watch Out
You and Me
It’s Too Late – Carole King, Toni Stern
Children of the Night
You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Break Up to Make Up – Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble
In October 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “Silk & Soul”, the thirteenth Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “RCA Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by Danny Davis.
Personnel:
Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Eric Gale – guitar
Rudy Stevenson – guitar
Ernie Hayes – piano, harpsichord
Gene Taylor – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Sammy Lowe – arrangements, conductor
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
It Be’s That Way Sometime – Sam Waymon
The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Go to Hell – Morris Balley Jr.
Love o’ Love – Andy Stroud
Cherish – Terry Kirkman
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
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