This week In Soul Artists 48/52
Teddy Pendergrass, The Temptations, The Chambers Brothers, The Roots, John Legend, Gallant, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Luther Vandross, Alicia Keys, Parliament, Erykah Badu, Soul II Soul, Queen Latifah
A Tribe Called Quest release ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm’ featuring ‘Can I Kick It?’ (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest's 'People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm' is their debut album released on April 17, 1990 by Jive Records.
OutKast release their second album : ‘ATLiens’ featuring ‘Elevators (Me & You)’ (1996)
OutKast's 'ATLiens' is their second studio album released on August 27, 1996 by LaFace Records.
Prince releases ‘Graffiti Bridge,’ his twelfth album and the soundtrack to the eponym film (1990)
Prince's 'Graffiti Bridge' is his twelfth studio album (and the soundtrack to the eponym film) released on August 20, 1990 by Paisley Park, Warner Bros.
We remember Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet. ‘Modern Jazz Percy’
This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Columbia publish Nas debut album : ‘Illmatic’ (1994)
Nas 'Illmatic' is his debut studio album released on April 19, 1994 by Columbia Records
This week In Jazz Legends 52/52
Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Freddie Hubbard, Weather Report, Duke Ellington
Whitney Houston releases her fifth album : ‘Just Whitney’ featuring ‘Whatchulookinat’ and ‘Try It on My Own’ (2002)
Whitney Houston's 'Just Whitney...' is her fifth (and her first in four years) studio album released on December 10, 2002 by Arista Records.
“Illmatic” by Nas
"Illmatic" by Nas is his debut studio album released on April 19, 1994.
Track Listing :
1.The Genesis (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, F. Braithwaite) - 01:45 . . 2.N.Y. State Of Mind (Nasir Jones, C.F. Martin) - 04:53 . . 3.Life'S A Bitch (Nasir Jones, A. Cruz, Olu Dara, Ronnie Wilson, Oliver Scott) - 03:30 . . 4.The World Is Yours (Nasir Jones, Pete Rock) - 04:50 . . 5.Halftime (Nasir Jones, William Paul Mitchell, Gary Byrd) - 04:20 . . 6.Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) (Nasir Jones, C. Martin, Reuben Wilson, P. Barsella) - 04:08 . . 7.One Love (Nasir Jones, Jonathan Davis, Jimmy Heath) - 05:25 . . 8.One Time 4 Your Mind (Nasir Jones, Gary Byrd) - 03:18 . . 9.Represent (Nasir Jones, C. Martin) - 04:12 . . 10.It Ain'T Hard To Tell (Nasir Jones, Gary Byrd) - 03:22 .Musicians :
Nas–…Astronomy Domine
From 'El Satelite' to 'Saturday Night On Saturn', we have mixed 17 'Jazz With a Slice Of Pop' tunes around the theme of 'Stars, Planets And Other Sky Items'. It has Benny Carter, Pat Metheny, Gene Ammons With Woody Herman & His Orchestra, Dinah Washington and many more.