Alphonso Johnson

This week In Jazz Legends 35/52

How well do you know the music of Randy Weston, Buddy DeFranco, Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Tony Williams, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, George Duke,...

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Happy Birthday Billy Cobham. ‘One More Year B.C.’

This day (May 16, 1944), in Panama, is born Billy Cobham, a Panamanian American jazz drummer.Tracklist : 1 . Crosswinds Project – 6 (2018) 2 . Radioactive (2017) 3 ....

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Happy Birthday Narada Michael Walden. ‘Mas Que Narada’

This day (April 23, 1952), in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is born Narada Michael Walden, an American producer, drummer, singer and songwriter. Tracklist : 1 . Sizzle Reel (2013) 2 . 40...

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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.Track Listing : 1.Windows (Chick Corea) - 05:37 . 2.Latinas (Hermeto...

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Santana brings Freedom to East Berlin (1987)

April 6, 1987 - The "Freedom Tour" with Santana - that is Carlos Santana (g, voc), Alphonso Johnson (b), Chester D. Thompson (kb), Alex Ligertwood: (voc, perc), Buddy Miles (voc,...

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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.Track Listing : 1.Nubian Sundance (Josef Zawinul) - 10:40 . 2.American Tango (Miroslav Vitouš, Josef Zawinul)...

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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.Track Listing :...

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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.Track Listing : 1.In The Air...

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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., Track Listing : 1.Breaking Out (Alphonso Johnson, Alex Ligertwood) -...

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This week In Jazz Legends 05/52

How well do you know the music of Bill Evans’ moody “Nardis” evolves into an introspective canvas, while Carmen McRae’s haunting take on “Round Midnight” fuses jazz clarity with late-night...

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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. Track Listing : 1.Veracruz (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie,...

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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...

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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.Track Listing...

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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 MCATrack Listing : 1.Street Life (Will Jennings,...

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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,Track Listing : 1.Freezing Fire (Wayne Shorter) - 08:14 . 2.Plaza Real (Wayne...

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Me:nu Du Jour November 19 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Joni Mitchell, Toni Braxton, George Harrison, Robbie Williams, Don Henley, Shawn Lane, Charles Mingus, Nils Frahm We Celebrate Tyga We Watch Stevie Wonder, Alison...

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Weather Report perform in Copenhagen (1975)

November 19, 1975 - Weather Report - that is Joe Zawinu (p), Wayne Shorter (s), Alphonso Johnson (b), Alex Acuna (perc) and Chester Thompson (d) - performs in Copenhagen, Denmark

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°253 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of 2 Unlimited, Adventures Of Stevie V, Stakka Bo, Umboza, N~Tyce, Gloria Estefan, Another Level, Berri, Bomb The Bass, Ruff Driverz, Bellini, Apollo...

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Me:nu Du Jour September 7 (EN.FR.ES)

>> EN FRANCAIS | >> EN ESPAÑOLTODAY We Listen To Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Muse, Gary Numan, Pet Shop Boys, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Lisa Stansfield, Magnetic Fields, Gary Burton, John McLaughlin, The Slits...

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Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson et al attend Aurex Jazz (1980)

September 7, 1980 - Robben Ford (g), Freddie Hubbard (tp), Randy Brecker (tp), Michael Brecker (ts), Joe Farrell (ts), Joe Henderson (ts), George Duke (kb), Alphonso Johnson (b) and Peter...

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