Roland Bautista
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Roland Bautista is a guitar player who has played in the band Earth, Wind & Fire
, and also with Tom Waits
.
and left the band soon after the album's release.
In the meantime he released at least two solo albums on ABC Records
: Bautista in 1977 and The Heat Of The Wind in 1978. He also contributed to jazz albums on Blue Note Records
, as guitar player for Ronnie Laws Band
and he has recorded for The Crusaders
, Jackson 5, Lamont Dozier
, Ramsey Lewis
, Randy Crawford
, George Duke
, Wayne Henderson
and Hubert Laws
.
His contributions to Tom Waits' albums are 1978 Blue Valentine released in 1978 on which he played the electric guitar and 1980's Heartattack and Vine
where he also played the 12-string guitar as well as the electric guitar.
He returned to EWF in 1981 replacing former member Al McKay
and performing on the albums Raise!
, Powerlight
and Electric Universe
until 1983 when the group went on a four year hiatus.
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
, and also with Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
.
Career
Bautista played on the EWF album Last Days and TimeLast Days and Time
Last Days and Time is the third studio album by American R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1972 on Columbia Records. It was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.- Track listing :- Personnel :...
and left the band soon after the album's release.
In the meantime he released at least two solo albums on ABC Records
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....
: Bautista in 1977 and The Heat Of The Wind in 1978. He also contributed to jazz albums on Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
, as guitar player for Ronnie Laws Band
Ronnie Laws
Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws.-Biography:...
and he has recorded for The Crusaders
The Crusaders
The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
, Jackson 5, Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
, Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
, George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
, Wayne Henderson
Wayne Henderson (musician)
Wayne Henderson is a soul-jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders...
and Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
.
His contributions to Tom Waits' albums are 1978 Blue Valentine released in 1978 on which he played the electric guitar and 1980's Heartattack and Vine
Heartattack and Vine
Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits' last album on the Asylum label, released in September 1980.Bruce Springsteen covered "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows throughout the 1980s."On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name....
where he also played the 12-string guitar as well as the electric guitar.
He returned to EWF in 1981 replacing former member Al McKay
Al McKay
Al McKay is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and former member of the American funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. Al used to lead his own group Al McKay's L.A...
and performing on the albums Raise!
Raise!
Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in 1981 on ARC/Columbia Records. Raise! has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA. Raise! was the bestselling R&B album of 1982. The album featured...
, Powerlight
Powerlight
Powerlight is the twelfth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in February 1983. Powerlight has been certified gold for selling over 500, 000 copies in the US...
and Electric Universe
Electric Universe
Electric Universe is a psychedelic trance project from Germany formed by Boris Blenn and Michael Dressler in 1991. Their first EP release, Solar Energy was an instant hit with the underground trance scene and is often credited with putting the Spirit Zone Recordings label at the forefront of...
until 1983 when the group went on a four year hiatus.
Selective discography
- 1972 Last Days and TimeLast Days and TimeLast Days and Time is the third studio album by American R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1972 on Columbia Records. It was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.- Track listing :- Personnel :...
- Earth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & FireEarth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of... - 1975 Electric Collection - Ramsey LewisRamsey LewisRamsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
- 1975 Pressure SensitivePressure SensitivePressure Sensitive is debut album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "this obviously commercial effort can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's...
- Ronnie LawsRonnie LawsRonald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws.-Biography:... - 1976 Free as the Wind - The CrusadersThe CrusadersThe Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
- 1977 Bautista - Roland Bautista
- 1977 Friends & StrangersFriends & StrangersFriends & Strangers is the third album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws recorded in 1977 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
- Ronnie Laws - 1977 Genie - Bobby LyleBobby LyleBobby Lyle is a jazz, soul jazz, and smooth jazz pianist. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a home near the corner of Park Avenue and 32nd Street. His father, reportedly, was a sports writer for the Star Tribune newspaper.He had his first gig at 16 and...
- 1977 New Warrior - Bobby Lyle
- 1977 Peddlin' Music on the Side - Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
- 1978 Blue Valentine - Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
- 1978 Destiny - The Jacksons
- 1978 Flame - Ronnie Laws
- 1978 Images - The Crusaders
- 1978 Land of Passion - Hubert LawsHubert LawsHubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
- 1978 Heat of the Wind - Roland Bautista
- 1978 Midnight BelieverMidnight BelieverMidnight Believer is a 1978 blues album by B. B. King and The Crusaders.-Track listing:All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.#"When It All Comes Down " -- 4:11#"Midnight Believer" -- 4:59...
- B.B. King - 1978 Heartattack and VineHeartattack and VineHeartattack and Vine was Tom Waits' last album on the Asylum label, released in September 1980.Bruce Springsteen covered "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows throughout the 1980s."On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name....
- Tom Waits - 1979 Street Life - The Crusaders
- 1980 Now We May Begin - Randy CrawfordRandy CrawfordRandy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
- 1980 Rhapsody and Blues - The Crusaders
- 1980 Routes - Ramsey Lewis
- 1981 Raise!Raise!Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in 1981 on ARC/Columbia Records. Raise! has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA. Raise! was the bestselling R&B album of 1982. The album featured...
- Earth, Wind & Fire - 1981 The Crusaders Live in Japan - The Crusaders
- 1982 PowerlightPowerlightPowerlight is the twelfth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in February 1983. Powerlight has been certified gold for selling over 500, 000 copies in the US...
- Earth, Wind & Fire - 1983 Electric UniverseElectric UniverseElectric Universe is a psychedelic trance project from Germany formed by Boris Blenn and Michael Dressler in 1991. Their first EP release, Solar Energy was an instant hit with the underground trance scene and is often credited with putting the Spirit Zone Recordings label at the forefront of...
- Earth, Wind & Fire