Flora Purim records her sixth album ‘Encounter’ with Airto Moreira, Hermeto Pascoal et al (1976)
Flora Purim's 'Encounter' is her sixth album recorded between April 1976 and February 1977 and released in 1977 By Milestone.
Weather Report release ‘Mysterious Traveller,’ their fifth album co-produced By Wayne Shorter and Josef Zawinul (1974)
Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' is their fifth album released on March 24, 1974 by Columbia.
Weather Report begin the recording of their sixth album : ‘Tale Spinnin” for Columbia (1975)
Weather Report's 'Tale Spinnin'' is their sixth album recorded between February and April 4, 1975 with Leon Ndugu Chancler on drums and released in May 1975 by Columbia.
Phil Collins releases his debut solo album : ‘Face Value’ featuring ‘In the Air Tonight’ and ‘I Missed Again’ (1981)
Phil Collins' 'Face Value' feat. 'In the Air Tonight' is his debut solo studio album released on February 1981, 13 by Virgin / Atlantic Records.
Columbia publish Santana’s thirteenth album : ‘Beyond Appearances’ (1985)
Santana's 'Beyond Appearances' is their thirteenth studio album recorded in California in 1984 and released in February 1985 by Columbia.,
Columbia publish Santana’s fourteenth album : ‘Freedom’ featuring Buddy Miles as a vocalist (1987)
Santana's 'Freedom' is their fourteenth studio album featuring Buddy Miles as a vocalist and released in February 1987 by Columbia.
Weather Report record ‘8:30,’ a double live album for Columbia (1979)
Weather Report 's '8:30' is a double album recorded live (except for 2 tracks) in January–February 1979, produced by Joe Zawinul & Jaco Pastorius and released the same year by Columbia.
Sarah Vaughan records her last album : ‘Brazilian Romance’ produced by Sérgio Mendes (1987)
Sarah Vaughan's 'Brazilian Romance' is her last (and her third of Brazilian music) album produced by Sérgio Mendes, recorded in January 1987 and released the same year by Columbia.
MCA publish ‘Street Life’ by The Crusaders featuring Randy Crawford on the title track (1979)
The Crusaders' 'Street Life' is their twelfth studio album featuring Randy Crawford on the title track and released on December 9, 1979 by MCA
Weather Report record ‘Live and Unreleased’ (1975)
Weather Report's 'Live and Unreleased' is their third official live album recorded in November 1975, 1977 & 1978,
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Paul Simon releases his seventh album : ‘Graceland’ featuring ‘You Can Call Me Al’ and ‘The Boy in the Bubble’ (1986)
Paul Simon's 'Graceland' is his seventh studio album released on August 12, 1986 by Warner Bros.
Happy Birthday Billy Cobham. ‘One More Year B.C.’
Happy Birthday Narada Michael Walden. ‘Mas Que Narada’
David Ruffin begins the recording of ‘David,’ a posthumous album (1969)
David Ruffin's 'David' is an album (also known as 'The Unreleased Album') recorded between January 6, 1969 & May 26, 1971 and released on June 25, 2004 by Hip-O.
Jay-Z releases ‘The Black Album,’ his eighth album featuring ’99 Problems’ (2003)
Jay-Z 's 'The Black Album' is his eighth studio album featuring '99 Problems' and released on November 14, 2003, by Roc-A-Fella Records
James Brown records ‘Sex Machine,’ a double live album with the original J.B.’s (1969)
James Brown's 'Sex Machine' is a double live album recorded on October 14, 1969, with the original J.B.'s featuring Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins and released In 1970 By King.
Jay-Z releases his sixth album ‘The Blueprint’ featuring Eminem as guest (2001)
Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint' is his sixth studio album featuring Eminem as guest, produced by Kanye West and Timbaland among others and released on September 11, 2001 by Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam