On July 22, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Wild Flower”, the seventh Hubert Laws album. It was recorded October – November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.
Personnel:
Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, piccolo, electric flute
Chick Corea – piano
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Ron Carter, Richard Davis – double bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Ramon “Mongo” Santamaría – congas
Joe Chambers, Airto Moreira, Warren Smith – percussion
Bernard Eichen, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Aaron Rosand – violin
Julian Barber, Selwart Clarke, Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Harry Zaratzian – viola
Seymour Barab, Richard Bock, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman – cello
On July 20, 1978, “Tappan Zee” label released “Touchdown”, the sixth Bob James album. It was recorded in 1978, at “CBS Studios”, “Sound Mixers” and “A&R Recording” in New York, and was produced by Bob James.
Personnel:
Bob James – acoustic piano, Yamaha electric grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer, arrangements, conductor
Eric Gale – electric guitar
Hiram Bullock – vocals, electric guitar
Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar
Richard Resnicoff – rhythm acoustic guita
Gary King – electric bass
Ron Carter – acoustic bass, piccolo bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Steve Gadd – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Mongo Santamaria – percussion
Phil Bodner – alto saxophone, flute, oboe
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
David Sanborn – alto saxophone solo
Harvey Estrin – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
George Marge – tenor saxophone, English horn, flute, oboe, recorder
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Mike Lawrence – trumpet
Ron Tooley – trumpet
Wayne Andre – trombone
Dave Bargeron – trombone
Alan Raph – trombone
Hubert Laws – flute
David Nadien – concertmaster
Harry Cykman, Lewis Eley, Max Ellen, Louis Gabowitz, Diana Halprin, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Herbert Sorkin, Richard Sortomme – violin
Jean Dane, Theodore Israel, Sue Pray and Emanuel Vardi – viola
Jonathan Abramowitz, Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Charles McCracken – cello
In June 1976, “CTI” label released “Good King Bad”, the thirteenth George Benson studio album. It was recorded July – October – December 1975, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
On July 14, 1983, “Arista” label released “Get It Right”, the twenty-ninth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Luther Vandross.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Doc Powell – guitar
Georg Wadenius – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, rhythm arrangements
Yogi Horton – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas, bongos
Steve Kroon – congas, triangle
Dave Friedman – vibraphone
David Carey – timpani
George Young – soprano saxophone
Alan Rubin, George Young, Gregory Williams, Jim Pugh, John Clark, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Lou Marini, Peter Gordon, Ronnie Cuber, Tom Malone – horns
Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Zaratzian, Homer Mensch, Jan Mullen, Jean R. Dane, Jesse Levy, John Beal, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rabushka, Judy Geist, Julien Barber, Kathryn Kienke, Kermit Moore, Lamar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Margaret Ross, Marilyn Wright, Regis Landiorio, Richard Sortomme, Richard Young, Sanford Allen, Sue Pray, Winterton Garvey – strings
Rob Mounsey – string arrangements, horn arrangements
In April 1987, “A&M” label released “Will Power”, the ninth Joe Jackson album. It was recorded in 1987, and was produced by Joe Jackson. “Will Power” was Jackson’s first experiment with classical music.
Personnel:
Joe Jackson – keyboards, percussion, orchestration, arrangements, mixing
Ed Roynesdal – Kurzweil K250 synthesizer, electric piano
Pat Rebillot- piano
Vinnie Zummo – guitar
Homer Mensch, John Miller, John Beal, Joe Tamosaitis – double bass
Anthony Jackson- bass guitar
Neil Jason- bass guitar
Gary Burke – drums
Sue Evans, Dave Carey, David Freidman – percussion
Tony Aiello – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
Chris Hunter – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Steve Slagle- soprano saxophone
Michael Parloff, Laura Conwesser, Andrew Lolya – flute, piccolo
Susan Trainer – piccolo
Roger Rosenberg, Ray Beckstein, Charles Russo, Dave Tofani- clarinet, bass clarinet
Henry Shuman – oboe
John Campo – bassoon
Paul Ingraham, Jerry Peel, Pohn Clark, Donal Corrado – French horns
Michael Morreale, Mel Davis- trumpet
Dave Taylor, Tom Malone- trombone
David Nadien- concertmaster, violin
Charles Libove, Barry Finclair, John Pintavalle, Jan Mullen, Marti Sweet, Arnold Eidus, Richard Sortomme, Matthew Raimondi, Marin Alsop, Gerald Tarack, Regis Iandorio, Joseph Rabushka, Lew Eley, Jean Ingraham, Marilyn Wright, Masako Yanagita, Al Rogers, Louanne Montesi, Richard Henrickson, David Davis – violin
Lamar Alsop, Ted Isreal, Maureen Gallagher, Carol Landon, Julian Barber, Harry Zaratzian, Sol Greitzer, Sue Pray, Jean Dane – violas
Charles McCracken, Richard Locker, Warren Lash, Seymour Barab, Jacqueline Mullen, Fred Zlotkin, Jean Leblanc, Diane Barrere, Alla Goldberg – cello
Andrew Zurcher – vocal
Paul Goodman, Michael Frondelli and Dennis Ferrante – recording
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