On February 3, 2018, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler died aged 65. He was musician (drums, percussion), composer, music producer and university professor. He recorded and performed with numerous famous artists including Mile Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Harris, Patti LaBelle, John Lee Hooker, Donna Summer, George Benson, Robbie Robertson, Syreeta Wright, Hampton Hawes, Kenny Rogers, LeAnn Rimes, George Duke, Sheena Easton, Peabo Bryson, Joe Henderson, Lionel Richie, Cheryl Lynn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tina Turner, Patrice Rushen, Jennifer Holliday, Harold Land, Minnie Riperton, Azar Lawrence, Santana, Lalo Schifrin, Julian Priester, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.
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Barney Kessel
On May 6, 2004, Barney Kessel died aged 80. He was musician (guitar), noted for his inversions and chord-based melodies. In his successful solo career he has recorded 31 album as a leader, was member of the group of session musicians The Wrecking Crew, and has performed with many famous musicians including Georgie Auld, Chet Baker, Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Buddy Collette, Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Hampton Hawes, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Oliver Nelson, Anita O’Day, Art Pepper, Zoot Sims, Shorty Rogers, Sonny Rollins and Pete Rugolo.
Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust
In April 1975, “A&M” label released “Diamonds & Rust”, the seventeenth Joan Baez album. It was recorded in January 1975, and was produced by Larry Carlton, David Kershenbaum and Joan Baez.
Personnel:
- Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, arrangements
- Joni Mitchell– vocal improvisation
- Larry Carlton– acoustic and electric guitar, arranger
- Dean Parks– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Red Rhodes– pedal steel guitar
- Rick Lo Tempio – electric guitar
- Larry Knechtel– piano
- Joe Sample– electric piano, Hammond organ
- Hampton Hawes– piano
- David Paich– piano, electric harpsichord
- Malcolm Cecil– synthesizers
- Wilton Felder– bass
- Reinie Press – bass
- Max Bennett– bass
- Jim Gordon– drums
- John Guerin– drums
- Jim Horn– saxophone
- Tom Scott– flute, saxophone, arranger
- Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Rick Riggieri – engineer
- Henry Lewy – engineer
- Ellis Sorkin – engineer assistant
- Bob Cato – design
Track listing:
- Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
- Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
- Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
- Children and All That Jazz – Joan Baez
- Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
- Blue Sky – Dickey Betts
- Hello in There – John Prine
- Jesse – Janis Ian
- Winds of the Old Days – Joan Baez
- Dida – Joan Baez – duet with Joni Mitchell
- Medley: I Dream of Jeannie – Stephen Foster / Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly
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