As we wish today a happy birthday to Richard Carpenter, the time is perfect for a ‘Carpenters At their Bests’ post
A&M publish The Carpenters’ second album : ‘Close To You’ featuring ‘We’ve Only Just Begun’ (1970)
The Carpenters' 'Close to You' is their second studio album featuring '(They Long to Be) Close to You' and 'We've Only Just Begun,' produced by Jack Daugherty and released on August 19, 1970 by A&M
A&M publish Carpenters’ sixth album : ‘Horizon’ featuring ‘Solitaire’ (1975)
Carpenters' 'Horizon' is their sixth album produced by Richard & Karen Carpenter and released on June 6, 1975 by A&M
A&M publish ‘Carpenters,’ their eponymous third album featuring ‘Superstar’ (1971)
'Carpenters' feat. 'Superstar' is their eponymous third studio album released on May 14, 1971 by A&M.
A&M release The Carpenters’ fifth album : ‘Now & Then’ (1973)
The Carpenters' 'Now & Then' is their fifth album featuring Karen Carpenter as a drummer on almost all tracks and released on May 1, 1973 by A&M
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Jimmy Smith records ‘Groovin’ at Smalls’ Paradise,’ a live album for Blue Note (1957)
Jimmy Smith's 'Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise' is a live album recorded on November 15, 1957 and released the same year by Blue Note.
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Miles Davis records ‘Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival’ with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams (1963)
Miles Davis' 'Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival' is an album recorded with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams on September 20, 1963 and released on July 31, 2007 By Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
Miles Davis records ‘In Europe’ with Ron Carter, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams at Festival du Jazz in Antibes (1963)
Miles Davis' 'In Europe' is an album with Ron Carter, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams, recorded on July 27, 1963 at Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes and released in 1964 by Columbia.
Art Pepper records ‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ with a big band conducted by Marty Paich (1959)
'Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics' is an album recorded on March 12, 24 & May 12, 1959 with a jazz big band conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and released the same year by Contemporary.
Miles Davis records ‘Walkin’ with the Miles Davis All Stars (1954)
Miles Davis' 'Walkin' is an album recorded on April, 3 and April 29, 1954 with the 'Miles Davis All Stars' and released the same year by Prestige.
Miles Davis and his Quintet record ‘In Person Friday & Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk’ (1961)
Miles Davis' 'In Person Friday & Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk' is a live album recorded with the Quintet on April 21 & 22, 1961 at a nightclub in San Francisco and released the same year by Columbia
ABC Paramount publish Quincy Jones’ debut album : ‘This Is How I Feel About Jazz’ (1957)
Quincy Jones' 'This Is How I Feel About Jazz' is his debut album recorded in New-York City and released on March 21, 1957 by Abc Paramount.
Columbia publish Miles Davis’ album : ‘Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert’ (1964)
Miles Davis' 'Four & More: Recorded Live in Concert' is an album recorded on February 12, 1964 at Philharmonic Hall Of Lincoln Center, New York City and released on January 17, 1966 by Columbia.
Columbia publish Tony Bennett’s album : ‘Tony’ (1957)
Tony Bennett's 'Tony' is an album (re-titled 'Tony Bennett Showcase') produced by Ernest Altschuler and released on January 14, 1957 by Columbia.
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Arista Records publish Kenny G’s second cover album : ‘At Last…The Duets Album’ (2004)
Kenny G's 'At Last...The Duets Album' is his second cover album recorded with David Sanborn , Arturo Sandoval, Leann Rimes, Earth, Wind & Fire, Yolanda Adams, Daryl Hall, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Richard Marx, Barbra Streisand and more and released on November 23, 2004 by Arista Records.
Dr Dre releases ‘2001,’ his second album featuring ‘Forgot About Dre’ (2001)
Dr. Dre's '2001' is his second studio album featuring 'Forgot About Dre,' co-produced with Mel-Man and released on November 16, 1999 by Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records
Harmonizing veteran David Crosby embark young partners, among them Michael Teague of Snarky Puppy, for another trip toward Woodstock. Your weed or mine?
David Crosby's 'Here If You Listen' is his seventh album recorded with Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael Teague of Snarky Puppy and released on October 26, 2018 by BMG
>>> At age, 77, David Crosby is a “lion in winter” – sage in the ways of the world he serenades, with leonine hair and a history of stirring up trouble through song >>>>>
> Crosby shows great taste and artistic smarts in giving The Lighthouse Band, as the collective is known, a more prominent presence >>>Billboard>>
> Crosby addresses his own mortality, singing “I've been thinking about dying/ and how to do it well.” It’s a tough subject, but one that he tackles head-on >>>
David Crosby - Here If You Listen
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Sting releases his eleventh album : ‘The Last Ship’ based on his eponymous musical to be premiered the following year (2013)
Sting's 'The Last Ship' is his eleventh (his first since 2003) studio album released on September 20, 2013 by Cherrytree, Interscope, A&M.
Verve publish Diana Krall’s ninth album : ‘From This Moment On’ (2006)
Diana Krall's 'From This Moment On' is her ninth album released on September 19, 2006 by Verve.
For ‘In the Blue Light,’ Paul Simon hires Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and others to revisit several old and more obscure pieces of his catalogue. De(blue)lightful!
Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.
(Source Paul Simon - In the Blue Light | The Paul Simon Official Site)
> But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals. >>>>>
> ...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next >>>The Times>>
> is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time >>>
Paul Simon - In the Blue Light
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Eliane Elias releases ‘I Thought About You’ as ‘A Tribute to Chet Baker’ (2013)
Eliane Elias' 'I Thought About You' is an album sub-titled 'A Tribute to Chet Baker' released on May 28, 2013 by Concord.