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B. B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King

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On June 13, 2000, “Duck” label released “Riding with the King”, album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”, Greece by “IFPI Greece”, Italy by “FIMI”, Japan by “RIAJ”, New Zealand by “RMNZ” and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • B. King – co-lead vocals
  • Eric Clapton – co-lead vocals, guitar
  • Doyle Bramhall II – guitar, backing vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low– guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan– guitar
  • Joe Sample– piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Tim Carmon– organ
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Arif Mardin– string arrangements
  • Susannah Melvoin– backing vocals
  • Wendy Melvoin– backing vocals
  • Paul Waller – programming
  • Alan Douglas – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Sweeney – engineer assistant
  • Mick Guzauski– mixing
  • Robert Sebree – artwork, photography
  • Don Paulsen – artwork, photography
  • Wherefore Art?– artwork, design
  • Stephen Walker – artwork direction

Track listing:

  1. Riding With the King – John Hiatt
  2. Ten Long Years – Jules Taub, B. King
  3. Key to the Highway – Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar
  4. Marry You – Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah  Melvoin, Craig Ross
  5. Three O’Clock Blues – Lowell Fulson
  6. Help the Poor – Charles Singleton
  7. I Wanna Be – Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton
  8. Worried Life Blues – Sam Hopkins, Big Maceo Merriweather
  9. Days of Old – Jules Taub, B.B. King
  10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer – B. King, Jules Taub
  11. Hold On, I’m Comin – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  12. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

 

Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust

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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:

  1. Diamonds & Rust – Joan Baez
  2. Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
  3. Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer – Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright
  4. Children and All That Jazz – Joan Baez
  5. Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
  6. Blue Sky – Dickey Betts
  7. Hello in There – John Prine
  8. Jesse – Janis Ian
  9. Winds of the Old Days – Joan Baez
  10. Dida – Joan Baez – duet with Joni Mitchell
  11. Medley: I Dream of Jeannie – Stephen Foster / Danny Boy – Frederick Weatherly

Boz Scaggs: Slow Dancer

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In March 1974, “Columbia” label released “Slow Dancer”, the sixth Boz Scaggs album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Johnny Bristol.

Personnel:

  • Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
  • David Cohen, David T. Walker, Dennis Coffee, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon, Wah Wah Watson, Orville “Red” Rhodes- guitars
  • Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample, Michael Melvoin, Russell Turner – keyboards
  • James Jamerson, James Hughart – bass
  • Ed Greene, James Gadson- drums
  • Joe Clayton, King Errison – congas
  • Gene Estes, John Arnold – percussion, vibraphone
  • Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John Kelson – saxophone
  • George Bohanon, Lon Norman – trombone
  • Chuck Findley, Jack Laubach, Paul Hubinon, Warren Roche – trumpet, flugehorn
  • Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson – backing vocals
  • B. Barnum – arrangements
  • Greg Venable – engineer
  • Al Schmitt – remix
  • Tony Lane – artwork
  • Ethan Russell – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Boz Scaggs, except where noted.

  1. You Make It So Hard (To Say No)
  2. Slow Dancer – George Daly, Boz Scaggs
  3. Angel Lady (Come Just In Time) – Johnny Bristol, Jack McDonough, Boz Scaggs
  4. There Is Someone Else
  5. Hercules – Allen Toussaint
  6. Pain of Love – Johnny Bristol
  7. Sail on White Moon – Johnny Bristol
  8. Let It Happen – Johnny Bristol, Boz Scaggs
  9. I Got Your Number – Johnny Bristol, Eddie Reeves
  10. Take It for Granted

Al Jarreau

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On February 12, 2017, Alwin Lopez “Al” Jarreau died aged 76. He was musician (percussion) and singer, with successful solo career, has recorded and performed with many famous musicians and bands including: Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle, Miles Davis, David Sanborn Rick Braun, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Sister Sledge, Bob James, Shakatak, Lee Ritenour, Benny Golson and Quincy Jones. In 1991 Jarreau was awarded the “Honorary Doctorate of Music” by “Berklee College of Music”; in 2001 he was inducted in the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”; in 2004 he was awarded “Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts” by “University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee”, and in 2012 he was inducted in the “SoulMusic Hall of Fame at SoulMusic.com”. Jarreau won seven “Grammy Awards”.

Joe Sample

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On September 12, 2014, Joseph Leslie “Joe” Sample died aged 75. He was musician (piano, keyboards) and composer, one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders (Crusaders from 1971), and has performed with some of the biggest names of the contemporary music, including Miles Davis, The Supremes, George Benson, B.B King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eric Clapton and Steely Dan.

Tine Turner: Private Dancer

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On May 29, 1984, “Capitol” label released “Private Dancer”, the fifth Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded 1983-1984, and was produced by Terry Britten, John Carter, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Wilton Felder, Rupert Hine, Joe Sample, Greg Walsh and Martyn Ware. The album became worldwide commercial success, being certified 7 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 5 x Platinum in Germany by “BVMI”, 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”, 5 x Platinum in US by the “RIIA”, Platinum in Spain by PROMUSICAE, and Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner– lead and backing vocals
  • Jeff Beck– guitar
  • Terry Britten– guitar, backing vocals
  • Hal Lindes – guitar
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar
  • David T. Walker – guitar
  • Paul Warren- guitar
  • Nick Glennie-Smith– keyboards
  • Billy Livsey – keyboards
  • Nick Plytas – piano, synthesizer
  • David Ervin– synthesizer programming
  • Jimmy Philips – keyboards
  • Joe Sample – synthesizer, piano
  • Martyn Ware – synthesizer, drum machine, backing vocals
  • Wilton Felder– bass, saxophone
  • Rupert Hine – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • John Illsley – bass
  • John Trivers- bass
  • Terry Williams – drums
  • Graham Broad– drums
  • Jack Bruno – drums
  • Alan Clark– percussion, keyboards
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Gary arnacle– saxophone
  • Mel Collins– saxophone
  • Cy Curnin– backing vocals
  • Glenn Gregory– backing vocals
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • David Ervin , Rupert Hine, Greg Walsh – programming
  • David Cullen – string arrangements
  • Greg Walsh, Martyn Ware – arrangements
  • F. Byron Clark, John Hudson, Walter Samuel, Greg Walsh, Stephen W Tayler – engineer
  • John Hudson, Stephen W Tayler – mixing
  • Humberto Gatica – remix
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Sam Gay – creative direction
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • John O’Brien – design
  • Peter Ashworth – photography

.  Track listing:

  1. I Might Have Been Queen – Rupert Hine, Obstoj
  2. What’s Love Got to Do with It – Terry Britten, Lyle
  3. Show Some Respect – Terry Britten, Shifrin
  4. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Bryant, Miller, Peebles
  5. Better Be Good to Me – Chapman, Chinn, Knigh
  6. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green, Jackson, Mitchell
  7. 1984 – David Bowie
  8. Steel Claw – Brady
  9. Private Dancer – Mark Knopfler

Eric Clapton: Reptile

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On March 13, 2001, “Reprise” label released “Reptile”, the fifteenth Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton – vocals, guitars, sleeve concept
  • Doyle Bramhall II– guitar
  • Andy Fairweather Low– guitar
  • Billy Preston– Hammond organ piano, melodica
  • Tim Carmon– piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
  • Paul Carrack– keyboards, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ
  • Joe Sample– Wurlitzer, Rhodes electric piano
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Paulinho da Costa– percussion
  • Paul Waller – drum programming
  • The Impressions– backing vocals
  • Nick Ingman– string arrangement
  • Simon Climie– Pro Tools
  • Alan Douglas – engineer
  • Paul Miggens – lettering
  • Jack English– photography

Track listing:

  1. Reptile – Eric Clapton
  2. Got You on My Mind – Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs
  3. Travelin’ Light – J.J. Cale
  4. Believe in Life – Eric Clapton
  5. Come Back Baby – Ray Charles
  6. Broken Down – Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan
  7. Find Myself – Eric Clapton
  8. I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It –Stevie Wonder
  9. I Want a Little Girl – Murray Mencher, Billy Moll
  10. Second Nature – Eric Clapton, Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan
  11. Modern Girl – Eric Clapton
  12. Superman Inside – Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall, IIand Susannah Melvoin
  13. Son & Sylvia – Eric Clapton

Joni MItchell: Court and Spark

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Court and spark

On January 1, 1974, “Asylum” label released “Court and Spark”, the sixth Joni Mitchell studio album.  It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Joni Mitchell.  The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA” and was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in “The Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.” In 2003, the album was ranked at number 113 in “Rolling Stone” magazine list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Joni Mitchell– lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano,  clavinet
  • Larry Carlton– electric guitar
  • Wayne Perkins– electric guitar
  • Dennis Budimir – electric guitar
  • Robbie Robertson– electric guitar
  • José Feliciano– electric guitar
  • Joe Sample– electric piano, clavinet
  • Wilton Felder– bass
  • Max Bennett– bass
  • Jim Hughart – bass
  • John Guerin– drums, percussion
  • Milt Holland– chimes
  • Tom Scott– woodwinds, reeds
  • Chuck Findley– trumpet
  • David Crosby– backing vocals
  • Graham Nash– backing vocals
  • Susan Webb – backing vocals
  • Cheech Marin– backing voice
  • Tommy Chong– backing voice

Track listing:

All track by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

  1. Court and Spark
  2. Help me
  3. Free Man in Paris
  4. People’s Parties
  5. Same Situation
  6. Car on a Hill
  7. Down to You
  8. Just Like This Train
  9. Raise on Robbery
  10. Trouble Child
  11. Twisted – Annie Rose, Wardell Gray

Steely Dan: Gaucho

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On November 21, 1980, “MCA” label released “Gaucho”, the seventh Steely Dan studio album.  It was recorded 1978 -1980, at the “Sigma Sound of Philadelphia” and “Village Records” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Gary Katz.

Personnel:

  • Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer, electric piano, organ, rhythm arrangements
  • Walter Becker – bass, guitar, guitar solo, rhythm arrangements
  • Steve Khan- guitar, lead guitar
  • Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton – lead guitar
  • Hugh McCracken, Hiram Bullock, Rick Derringer – guitar
  • Rob Mounsey- piano, synthesizer, horn arrangement
  • Don Grolnick- electric piano, clavinet
  • Pat Rebillot, Joe Sample  – electric piano
  • Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson  – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums, percussion
  • Bernard Pretty Purdie,  Rick Marotta, Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Crusher Bennett, Victor Feldman, Ralph McDonald, Nicholas Marrero – percussion
  • Tom Scott- alto saxophone and clarinet; tenor saxophone, lyricon, horn arrangement
  • Michael Brecker, Dave Tofani – tenor saxophone
  • David Sanborn- alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber- baritone saxophone
  • Randy Brecker- trumpet, flugelhorn
  • George Marge, Walter Kane – clarinet
  • Wayne Andre- trombone
  • Michael McDonald, Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson, Frank Floyd, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Lani Groves, Leslie Miller, *Zachary Sanders, Toni Wine – backing vocals
  • Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick, Rob Mounsey – rhythm arrangements
  • Rob Mounsey, Tom Scott – horn arrangements
  • Vartan- art direction
  • Suzanne Walsh – art direction, design
  • Michael Diehl – design
  • John Tom Cohoe – design assistant
  • Rene Burri – photography
  • Ryan Null – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted

  1. Babylon Sisters
  2. Hey Nineteen
  3. Glamour Profession
  4. Gaucho – Michael Becker, Donald Fagen, Jarrett
  5. Time Out of Mind
  6. My Rival
  7. Third World Man