On March 3, 2012, Ronald Douglas Montrose died aged 64. He was musician (guitar), songwriter and music producer, worked with many musicians including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Beaver & Krause, Boz Scaggs, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, The Beau Brummels, Dan Hartman, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Marc Bonilla and Sammy Hagar. He was founding member and leader of the bands Montrose and Gamma. He released ten solo albums.
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Kenny Dorham: Una Mas
In January 1964, “Blue Note” label released “Una Mas” the 16th Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in April 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
- Kenny Dorham – voice, trumpet
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – piano
- Butch Warren – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Kenny Dorham, except where noted.
- Una Mas (One More Time)
- Straight Ahead
- Sao Paolo
- If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Gary Peacock
On September 5, 2020, Gary Peacock died aged 85. He was a musician (bass), one of the most important figures in modern jazz history. He recorded and performed with major jazz figures such as Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Frank Amsallem, Bill Carrothers, Marc Copland, Marilyn Crispell, Don Ellis, Clare Fischer, Barney Kessel, Sonny Simmons, Prince Lasha, Misha Mengelberg, Don Pullen, Bud Shank, Ravi Shankar, John Surman, Ralph Towner, Mal Waldrom, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Woods, Toninho Horta, and Masabumi Kikuchi. As leader, he released twelve albums.
Douglass Rauch
On April 23, 1979, Douglass Haywood Rauch died aged 28. He was musician (bass), known for his unique and pioneering use of thumb in a downward and upward motion, technique now commonly referred to as “double thumbing”. Rauch performed and recorded with Buzzy Linhart, Voices of East Harlem, Bunky and Jake, Carly Simon, Loading Zone, Gábor Szabó, Tony Williams, David Bowie, Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Papa John Creach, Betty Davis, John McLaughlin, the George Duke Band and Jan Hammer, but was best known as member of Santana.
Jack Bruce: A Question of Time
On October 3, 1989, “Epic” label released “A Question of Time”, the ninth Jack Bruce studio album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Jack Bruce and Joe Blaney.
Personnel:
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, keyboards, piano, cello, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, harmonica
- Jimmy Ripp, Vernon Reid, Albert Collins, Vivian Campbell, Malcolm Bruce – guitar
- Paul Barrere- slide guitar
- Allan Holdsworth- guitar, SynthAxe
- Bernie Worrell- piano, keyboards, Melodica, Hammond organ, synth, Clavinet, backing vocals
- Nicky Hopkins, Jonas Bruce – piano
- Dougie Bowne, Ginger Baker, Tony Williams – drums
- Mark Nauseef- Ghanaian drums, percussion
- Zakir Hussain– tablas
- Steve Jordan– percussion
- The Savage Horns – John Abernathy saxophone
- Gary “Bone” Cooper – backing vocals
- The Golden Gate Boys Choir, The SoMa Footlights Chorus – choir
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack Bruce.
- Life on Earth
- Make Love
- No Surrender
- Flying
- Hey Now Princess
- Blues You Can’t Lose
- Obsession
- Kwela
- Let Me Be
- Only Playing Games
- A Question of Time
- Grease the Wheels
Ray Manzarek: The Golden Scarab
On March 28, 1974, “Mercury” label released “The Golden Scarab”, the debut Ray Manzarek solo album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bruce Botnick and Bob Brown.
Personnel:
- Ray Manzarek – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizer, kalimba
- Patti Smith – vocals
- Larry Carlton- guitar
- Jerry Scheff- bass
- Tony Williams– drums
- Mayuto Correa- wood block, bongos, congas
- Milt Holland- pandeiro, cabasa, quica, African cowbell
- Steve Forman – tuned cowbells, whistles, guiro, tuned wood blocks
- Ernie Watts- tenor saxophone
- Oscar Brashear- trumpet
- George Bohanon- trombone
Track listing:
All tracks by Ray Manzarek except where noted.
- He Can’t Come Today
- Solar Boat
- Downbound Train – Chuck Berry
- The Golden Scarab
- The Purpose of Existence Is?
- The Moorish Idol
- Choose Up and Choose Off
- Oh Thou Precious Nectar Filled Form (or) A Little Fart
Stanley Clarke: Same
In December 1974, “Nemperor” and “Atlantic” labels released the self-titled, second Stanley Clarke studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Stanley Clarke.
Personnel:
- Stanley Clarke – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, guitar, piano
- Jan Hammer– keyboards
- Bill Connors– guitar
- Tony Williams– drums
- Airto Moreira– percussion
- David Taylor – trombone, brasses
- Jon Faddis, James Buffington, Lew Soloff, Garnett Brown, Peter Gordon – brasses
- David Nadien, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Carol Buck, Beverly Lauridsen, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Emanuel Green – string section
- Michael Gibbs– string and brass arrangement
- Ken Scott– engineer
- Dave Whitman – engineer assistant
- Brian Gardner– mastering engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Stanley Clarke; except where noted.
- Vulcan Princess
- Yesterday Princess – Stanley Clarke, Carolyn Clarke
- Lopsy Lu
- Power
- Spanish Phases for Strings & Bass – Michael Gibbs
- Life Suite
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
Stealers Wheel: Same
In October 1972, “A&M” label released the self-titled, debut Stealers Wheel album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Apple Studios” in London, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Personnel:
- Gerry Rafferty- lead vocals, guitar
- Paul Pilnick – lead guitar
- Joe Egan- lead vocals, keyboards
- Tony Williams- bass
- Rod Coombes– drums
- Geoff Emerick, John Mills – engineer
- John Patrick Byrne – cover painting
Track listing:
- Late Again – Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty
- Stuck in the Middle With You – Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty
- Another Morning – Joe Egan
- I Get By – Joe Egan
- Outside Looking In – Gerry Rafferty
- Johnny’s Song – Gerry Rafferty
- Net to Me – Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty
- José – Joe Egan
- Gets So Lonely – Joe Egan
- You Put Something Better Inside Me – Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty
Weather Report: Mr. Gone
In September 1978, “ARC” label released “Mr. Gone”, the ninth Weather Report album. It was recorded in May 1978, at “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius.
Personnel:
- Joe Zawinul- modified Rhodes 88 electric piano, acoustic piano, two ARP 2600 synthesizers, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase and Mu-Tron Volume Wah effects, kalimba, thumbeki drums, sleigh bells, melodica, high hat, voice
- Wayne Shorter- tenor, alto and soprano saxophone, voice
- Jaco Pastorius- bass, drums, timpani, voice
- Peter Erskine- drums , high hat , voice
- Tony Williams, Steve Gadd- drums
- Manolo Badrena- voice solo
- Jon Lucien, Deniece Williams- voice
- Maurice White- vocal
- Alex Kazanegras – engineer
- Dave Mancini – second engineer
- Nancy Donald – design
- Lou Beach – cover illustration
Track listing:
- The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat – Joe Zawinul
- River People – Jaco Pastorius
- Young and Fine – Joe Zawinul
- The Elders – Wayne Shorter, arranged by Joe Zawinul
- Gone – Joe Zawinul
- Punk Jazz – Jaco Pastorius
- Pinocchio – Wayne Shorter
- And Then – music – Joe Zawinul, lyrics – Sam Guest
Devadip Carlos Santana: The Swing Of Delight
In August 1980, “Columbia” label released “The Swing of Delight”, the last of three solo albums to be released under his temporary Sanskrit name Devadip Carlos Santana, given to him by Sri Chinmoy. The others two albums were “Illuminations” in 1974 and “Oneness” in 1979. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Personnel:
- Devadip Carlos Santana – vocals, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitar, percussion, design concept
- Herbie Hancock– acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner Clavinet, synthesizers (Clavitar, Prophet 5, Yamaha CS-80, Oberheim 8 Voice, brass, strings)
- Ron Carter– acoustic bass
- David Margen – bass
- Harvey Mason, Graham Lear, Tony Williams– drums
- Armando Peraza – congas, bongos, percussion
- Raul Rekow – vocals, congas, percussion
- Orestes Vilató – vocals, timbales, percussion
- Wayne Shorter– soprano and tenor saxophone
- Premik Russell Tubbs– soprano and tenor saxophone
- Steve Cain, Bryan Bell, David Rubinson, Leslie Ann Jones – engineer
- Bob Kovach – engineer assistant
- Jeff Mestler, Paul Stubblebine – digital engineer
- Kouji Suzuki – remastering
- Sri Chinmoy – front cover art
- Tadanori Yokoo – inside cover art
- Roger Ressmeyer – photography
Track listing:
- Swapan Tari – Sri Chinmoy
- Love Theme from “Spartacus” – Alex North
- Phuler Matan – Sri Chinmoy
- Song for My Brother- Carlos Santana
- Jharna Kala – Sri Chinmoy
- Gardenia – Carlos Santana
- La Llave – Carlos Santana
- Golden Hours – Carlos Santana
- Sher Khan, the Tiger – Wayne Shorter
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