Randy Weston, Buddy DeFranco, Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Robben Ford, Peter Erskine, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Sun Ra , John Zorn, Dexter Gordon

Flora Purim's 'Encounter' is her sixth album recorded between April 1976 and February 1977 and released in 1977 By Milestone.

Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' is their fifth album released on March 24, 1974 by Columbia.

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' 'Face Value' feat. 'In the Air Tonight' is his debut solo studio album released on February 1981, 13 by Virgin / Atlantic Records.

Santana's 'Beyond Appearances' is their thirteenth studio album recorded in California in 1984 and released in February 1985 by Columbia.,

Santana's 'Freedom' is their fourteenth studio album featuring Buddy Miles as a vocalist and released in February 1987 by Columbia.

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'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.

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's 'Live and Unreleased' is their third official live album recorded in November 1975, 1977 & 1978,

Herbie Hancock, Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Archie Shepp, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson

Paul Simon's 'Graceland' is his seventh studio album released on August 12, 1986 by Warner Bros.

This day (May 16, 1944), in Panama, is born Billy Cobham, a Panamanian American jazz drummer.

This day (April 23, 1952), in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is born Narada Michael Walden, an American producer, drummer, singer and songwriter.

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 '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'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'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