Harvey Mason
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Harvey William Mason is an American jazz drummer. He has worked with many jazz and fusion artists such as Bob James
, The Brecker Brothers, Lee Ritenour
, Herbie Hancock
's Headhunters
and almost all the Mizell Brothers
productions with Donald Byrd
, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey
and Gary Bartz
. He is featured on George Benson
's 1976 album, Breezin'
. Harvey is also the Percussionist for the Contemporary Jazz group Fourplay
, which includes keyboardist Bob James, Guitarist Chuck Loeb Bassist Nathan East.
Mason's son, Harvey Mason, Jr.
, is one-half of the production team The Underdogs
with Damon Thomas. The Underdogs have produced tracks for artists including Fantasia Barrino
, Justin Timberlake
, Mariah Carey
and Luther Vandross
. Harvey Sr.'s work is featured on one of the The Underdogs' major works, the soundtrack of the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls
.
In 1979 Mason Sr, released the hit single "Groovin' You", a disco-stomping tune, from the album with the same name. This music was then, sampled by House producer Gusto, in his 1995 hit-single "Disco's Revenge".
With Chet Atkins
With Beck
With George Benson
With Donald Byrd
With Casiopea
With Chick Corea
With Miles Davis
& Michel Legrand
Wit Joe Farrell
With The Headhunters
With Herbie Hancock
With Gene Harris
With Eddie Henderson
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobbi Humphrey
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Yosui Inoue
With Carole King
With Kenny Loggins
With Wade Marcus
With Joe Pass
With Lee Ritenour
With Rufus
With Patrice Rushen
With Moacir Santos
With Diane Schuur
With Marlena Shaw
With Donna Summer
With Stanley Turrentine
With Kazumi Watanabe
With Grover Washington, Jr.
With Jimmy Webb
With Gary Wright
Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
, The Brecker Brothers, Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has recorded over 42 albums, appeared on over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. One of his most popular songs was the smash hit, “Is It You” in 1981. Ritenour is considered to be a...
, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
's Headhunters
The Headhunters
The Headhunters are an American jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s. Hancock's debut album with the group, Head Hunters, is one of the best-selling jazz/fusion records of all time.-History:Herbie...
and almost all the Mizell Brothers
Mizell Brothers
The Mizell Brothers were a record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell .-History:...
productions with Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey
Bobbi Humphrey
Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world....
and Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and The Juilliard School...
. He is featured on George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
's 1976 album, Breezin'
Breezin'
Breezin' is an album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.The album marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially. Breezin topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts in Billboard and spun off two hit singles, the title song and "This Masquerade," which was a top ten pop and...
. Harvey is also the Percussionist for the Contemporary Jazz group Fourplay
Fourplay
Fourplay is a contemporary jazz quartet in the United States. The original members of the group were Bob James , Lee Ritenour , Nathan East , and Harvey Mason . In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the group and Fourplay chose Larry Carlton as his replacement...
, which includes keyboardist Bob James, Guitarist Chuck Loeb Bassist Nathan East.
Mason's son, Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr. is a songwriter, record producer and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for some of the biggest legends in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Luther Vandross as well as today’s superstars like Britney Spears, Jordin...
, is one-half of the production team The Underdogs
The Underdogs (duo)
The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer...
with Damon Thomas. The Underdogs have produced tracks for artists including Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which...
, Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
and Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
. Harvey Sr.'s work is featured on one of the The Underdogs' major works, the soundtrack of the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (film)
Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...
.
In 1979 Mason Sr, released the hit single "Groovin' You", a disco-stomping tune, from the album with the same name. This music was then, sampled by House producer Gusto, in his 1995 hit-single "Disco's Revenge".
With Fourplay
| Title | Released | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Fourplay | 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| Between the Sheets | 1993 | Warner Bros. |
| Elixir Elixir (album) Elixir is the third studio album by Fourplay, released in 1994. Among the guest vocalists on this album are Phil Collins, Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Lee Ritenour: guitars* Nathan East: bass* Bob James: keyboards... |
1995 | Warner Bros. |
| The Best of Fourplay The Best of Fourplay - Personnel :* Lee Ritenour - guitars* Harvey Mason - drums* Nathan East - bass* Bob James - keyboards... |
1997 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 4 (Fourplay album) 4 is the fourth studio album by Fourplay, released in 1998. This is their first album with guitarist Larry Carlton.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Larry Carlton – guitars* Nathan East – bass* Bob James – keyboards... |
1998 | Warner Bros. |
| Snowbound Snowbound (Fourplay album) Snowbound is the fifth studio album by Fourplay, released in 1999. It is a recording of Christmas songs.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Bob James - keyboards* Nathan East - bass* Harvey Mason - drums* Larry Carlton - guitars... |
1999 | Warner Bros. |
| Yes, Please! Yes, Please! Yes, Please! is the seventh album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2000.-Track listing:-Musicians:*Nathan East - Bass, Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant, Fretless Bass, Performer, 6-String Bass... |
2000 | Warner Bros. |
| Heartfelt | 2002 | Bluebird |
| Journey Journey (Fourplay album) - Personnel :* Bob James - keyboards* Harvey Mason - drums* Larry Carlton - guitars* Nathan East - bass... |
2004 | Bluebird |
| X | 2006 | Bluebird |
| Energy | 2008 | Heads Up |
| Let's Touch the Sky Let's Touch the Sky - Personnel :* Bob James - keyboards* Harvey Mason - drums* Nathan East - bass* Chuck Loeb - guitar- Crew :* Ken Freeman - engineer, mixing* Andrew Hey - engineer* Sandrine Lee - photography* Mark Wexler - executive producer... |
2010 | Heads Up |
As sideman
With Herb AlpertHerb Alpert
Herbert "Herb" Alpert is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records...
- Midnight SunMidnight Sun (Herb Alpert album)Midnight Sun is an album of late-night jazz standards recorded by Herb Alpert. This was Alpert's final release of newly recorded music for A&M Records in 1992...
(A & M, 1992)
With Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
- Street DreamsStreet Dreams (Chet Atkins album)Street Dreams is an album by Chet Atkins on the Columbia label.Having previously recorded some of Darryl Dybka's compositions, Atkins asked Dybka to help create a jazzier musical direction...
(Columbia, 1986)
With Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
- The InformationThe InformationThe Information is the tenth studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, released in October 2006 on Interscope Records. It was produced and mixed by longtime Beck collaborator Nigel Godrich. Recording began in 2003 concurrently with Guero, but the album was not completed until 2006...
(Interscope, 2006)
With George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
- Breezin'Breezin'Breezin' is an album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.The album marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially. Breezin topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts in Billboard and spun off two hit singles, the title song and "This Masquerade," which was a top ten pop and...
(Warner Bros., 1976) - Weekend in L.A. (Warner Bros., 1978)
With Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
- Street LadyStreet LadyStreet Lady is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1973.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "the appeal of Street Lady is how its polished neo-funk and pseudo-fusion sound uncannily...
(Blue Note, 1973) - Stepping into TomorrowStepping into TomorrowStepping Into Tomorrow is a 1974 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd.The Allmusic Review by Andy Kellman awards the album with 4 stars.-Track listing:#"Stepping Into Tomorrow" – 5:06#"Design A Nation" – 4:19...
(Blue Note, 1974) - Places and SpacesPlaces and SpacesPlaces and Spaces is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd, that was released on Blue Note in 1975.The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards this album with 4 stars and states: "Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and...
(Blue Note, 1975) - Caricatures (Blue Note, 1976)
With Casiopea
Casiopea
, named as a misspelling of the constellation Cassiopeia, was a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined the group, leaving Hidehiko out of...
- 4x44x4 (Casiopea album)-Personnel:*Issei Noro – Electric guitar , Acoustic guitar , Percussion *Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar , Classical guitar , Acoustic Guitar *Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards *Don Grusin –...
(Alpha, 1982) - Light and ShadowsLight and Shadows-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Executive Producer - Yuzo Watanabe*Recording Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura, Don Murray*Assistant Engineer - Tadashi Yamaguchi, Doug Boehm*Mixing Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura...
(Pony Canyon, 1997)
With Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
- The Mad HatterThe Mad Hatter (album)The Mad Hatter is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released in 1978.The track names for the album, as well as its title, are derived from the children's fairy-tale Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.-Track listing:...
(Polydor, 1978)
With Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
& Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
- Dingo (Warner Bros., 1991)
Wit Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
Joseph Carl Firrantello , known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:Farrell was born in Chicago...
- Night DancingNight DancingNight Dancing is a jazz album by Joe Farrell on the Warner Bros label. It was released in 1978 .-Side one:#"Katherine" – 6:36#"Silver Lace" – 8:15#"How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:19...
(Warner Bros., 1978)
With The Headhunters
The Headhunters
The Headhunters are an American jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s. Hancock's debut album with the group, Head Hunters, is one of the best-selling jazz/fusion records of all time.-History:Herbie...
- Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)
With Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
- Head HuntersHead HuntersHead Hunters is the twelfth studio album by American jazz musician Herbie Hancock, released October 13, 1973, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place during September 1973 at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California...
(Columbia, 1973) - Man-ChildMan-ChildMan-Child is the seventeenth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The album is arguably one of his most funk influenced albums and it represents his further departure from the "spacey, higher atmosphere jazz," as he referred to it, of his earlier career. Hancock uses more funk based rhythms around...
(Columbia, 1975) - Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1978)
With Gene Harris
Gene Harris
Gene Harris was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz....
- In a Special WayIn a Special Way (album)In a Special Way is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "Harris crafted a record that revels in contemporary soul trends from the mid-'70s --...
(Blue Note, 1976) - Tone TantrumTone TantrumTone Tantrum is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1977 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Gene Harris never veered closer to mainstream jazz-funk than Tone Tantrum -- a slick, propulsive...
(Blue Note, 1977)
With Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson (musician)
Eddie Henderson is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. Henderson's influences include Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw and Miles Davis.-Family influence and early music history:...
- SunburstSunburst (album)Sunburst is an album by American jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Richard S...
(Blue Note, 1975)
With Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
- High EnergyHigh Energy (Freddie Hubbard album)High Energy is an album recorded in 1974 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was first studio album released on the Columbia label and features performances by Hubbard, Joe Sample, George Cables, Junior Cook, Ernie Watts, Pete Christlieb and Ian Underwood.-Track listing:# "Camel Rise" -# "Black...
(Columbia, 1974)
With Bobbi Humphrey
Bobbi Humphrey
Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world....
- Blacks and BluesBlacks and BluesBlacks and Blues is the third studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1973 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(Blue Note, 1973) - Satin DollSatin Doll (album)Satin Doll is the fourth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(Blue Note, 1974) - Fancy DancerFancy DancerFancy Dancer is the fifth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(Blue Note, 1975)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern...
- MontaraMontara (album)Montara is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Montara is one of the great feel-good jazz albums of the 1970s, one of the great Latin jazz albums...
(Blue Note, 1975)
With Yosui Inoue
Yosui Inoue
is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record producer, who is an important figure in Japanese music. He is renowned for his unique tone, eccentric lyrics, and dark sunglasses which he always wears....
- Nishoku no KomaNishoku no Komais the fourth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yosui Inoue, released in October 1974.All tracks which appeared on the album were recorded at the studios in L.A., owing to a record producer Hidenori Taga's suggestion. Except an arranger Katz Hoshi and a guitarist Hiromi Yasuda, recording...
(Polydor, 1974)
With Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
- Rhymes and Reasons (Ode, 1972)
- FantasyFantasy (Carole King album)Fantasy is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1973. This time King wrote all the songs herself. At the time of its release, it only reached #6 on the Billboard album chart, but has remained highly regarded by her fans over the ensuing decades...
(Epic, 1973)
With Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins
During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...
- Celebrate Me HomeCelebrate Me HomeCelebrate Me Home is the debut solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1977. The album, Loggins' first since splitting from Loggins and Messina, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his previous recordings towards a more polished, soft rock sound.Despite featuring...
(Columbia, 1977)
With Wade Marcus
Wade Marcus
Wade Marcus was a producer during the 1970s. He composed the music to the film The Final Comedown with Grant Green. He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, The Sylvers, Eddie Kendricks, The Dramatics, Peaches & Herb, Donald Byrd, G. C...
- MetamorphosisMetamorphosis (Wade Marcus album)Metamorphosis is an album by jazz arranger Wade Marcus, released in 1976 on ABC Records/Impulse! Records. Wade Marcus was a prolific and influential producer during the 1970s, producing album by acts such as The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste Of Honey, The Sylvers, Eddie Kendricks, The Dramatics,...
(ABC, 1976)
With Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
- WhitestoneWhitestone (Joe Pass album)Whitestone is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1985. It is his second Brazilian-pop influenced album, the first being his 1978 release Tudo Bem!.-Track listing:# "Light in Your Eyes" – 4:21...
(Pablo, 1985)
With Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has recorded over 42 albums, appeared on over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. One of his most popular songs was the smash hit, “Is It You” in 1981. Ritenour is considered to be a...
- Gentle ThoughtsGentle ThoughtsGentle Thoughts is the second solo album by Lee Ritenour. It features Ernie Watts, Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason and Steve Forman.-Track listing:#"Captain Caribe/Getaway" #"Chanson" #"Meiso"...
(JVC, 1977) - Captain FingersCaptain Fingers- Musicians :* Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar, Classical guitar, 360 systems polyphonic guitar synthesizer* Keyboards - Dave Grusin, Dawilli Gonga , Ian Underwood, Patrice Rushen, David Foster...
(Epic, 1977) - Sugar Loaf ExpressSugar Loaf ExpressSugar Loaf Express is a direct to disc studio album by Lee Ritenour released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Sugar Loaf Express"#"Morning Glory"#"That's the Way Of The World"#"Slippin' in the Back Door"#"Tomorrow"#"Lady Soul"-Musicians:*Eric Gale...
(JVC, 1977) - Earth RunEarth RunEarth Run is a 1986 album by Lee Ritenour released in April 1986 on GRP Records. The album went to number 10 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.-Track listing:-Charts:-Musicians:*Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion...
(GRP, 1986)
With Rufus
Rufus (band)
Rufus was an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," and "Ain't Nobody."-Origins:...
- NumbersNumbers (Rufus album)Numbers is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1978. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals...
(ABC, 1979)
With Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...
- NowNow (Patrice Rushen album)Now is the 8th album by R&B-jazz vocalist/pianist/songwriter Patrice Rushen. Now was her third highest charting album, reaching #40 in 1984. It features the hit singles "Feels So Real " and "Get Off ," which are among Rushen's best known in the R&B genre...
(Elektra, 1984)
With Moacir Santos
Moacir Santos
Moacir Santos was a Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Baden Powell de Aquino and Wilson das Neves both studied under him...
- SaudadeSaudade (album)Saudade is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Early Morning Love" - 3:25...
(Blue Note, 1974) - Carnival of the SpiritsCarnival of the SpiritsCarnival of the Spirits is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Track listing:# "Quiet Carnival" - 5:52# "Jequie" - 2:53# "Kamba" - 4:30...
(Blue Note, 1975)
With Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur is an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Deedles", she has won two Grammy Awards, headlined many of the world's most prestigious music venues, including Carnegie Hall and The White House and has toured the world performing with such greats as Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, B. B...
- MidnightMidnight (Diane Schuur album)Midnight is a 2003 album by Diane Schuur, of songs written by Barry Manilow .- Track listing :# "Meet Me, Midnight" – 2:58# "When October Goes" – 4:49# "Stay Away from Bill" – 3:49...
(Concord, 2003)
With Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw is an American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials.-Biography:She was first introduced to music by her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a jazz trumpet player...
- Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? is an album by American vocalist Marlena Shaw recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "A record as fierce and blunt as its title portends, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? vaults...
(Blue Note, 1974)
With Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
- Donna SummerDonna Summer (album)- Personnel :*David Alexander – photography*Bill Barnum – supervisor*H.B. Barnum – director*Dara Lynn Bernard – chorus*Roy Bittan – piano*Michael Boddicker – programming, vocoder, vocoder programming, polymoog*Larry Bunker – drums...
(Geffen, 1982)
With Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family...
- Have You Ever Seen the RainHave You Ever Seen the Rain (album)Have You Ever Seen the Rain is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his third recorded for the Fantasy label, featuring performances by Turrentine with Freddie Hubbard and an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gene Page...
(Fantasy, 1975) - WonderlandWonderland (Stanley Turrentine album)Wonderland is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his second recorded for the Blue Note label following his return to the label in 1984, featuring four performances of tunes associated with Stevie Wonder by Turrentine with Don Grusin, Ronnie Foster, Mike Miller, Abe Laboriel, Harvey...
(Blue Note, 1984)
With Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe is a jazz and jazz fusion guitarist, from Tokyo, Japan. He was born on October 14, 1953 Kazumi learned to play guitar from Sadanori Nakamure, one of Japan's grandmaster guitarists. Kazumi released his first recording in 1971, and quickly became a promising guitarist in his own right...
- Mermaid BoulevardMermaid Boulevard-Track listing:-Personnel:*Kazumi Watanabe - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer*Lee Ritenour - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Arrangement*Patrice Rushen - Electric Piano & Clavinet*Ernie Watts - Tenor Sax & Flute*Steve Forman - Percussion...
(Alfa, 1978)
With Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...
- A Secret PlaceA Secret PlaceA Secret Place is a 1976 album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. The album topped the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and reached number seven on the Soul Albums chart in 1977.-Background:"Tenor and soprano saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr...
(Kudu, 1976)
With Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...
- El MirageEl Mirage (Jimmy Webb album)El Mirage is Jimmy Webb's sixth album. Released by Atlantic Records in 1977, it was the first album for which Webb handed production and arrangement duties on to another person, George Martin, producer of The Beatles....
(Atlantic, 1977)
With Gary Wright
Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...
- Headin' HomeHeadin' Home (album)Headin' Home is the sixth solo album by one-time Spooky Tooth keyboard player Gary Wright released in 1979.-Track listing:All songs written by Gary Wright;except as noted#"Keep Love In Your Soul"...
(Warner Bros., 1979)