This day (July 12, 2003), in / Los Angeles, California, died Benny Carter, an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

Pat Benatar's 'Precious Time' feat. 'Fire and Ice' is her third studio album recorded in Los Angeles and released on July 6, 1981.

'Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory' is an album recorded for his 50th birthday with John Scofield, Taj Mahal, Pat Martino, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Cray, Slash, George Benson, B.B. King, Steve Lukather, Mike Stern and more and released on June 29, 2010 by Concord.

George Benson's 'Bad Benson' is his twelfth studio album recorded on April 22 and June 20, 1974 and released on October 13, 1974 by CTI.

Ben Harper's 'The Will to Live' is his second album recorded with the Innocent Criminals and released on June 17, 1997 by Virgin America.

Pat Metheny's 'Unity Band' is a studio album recorded with Chris Potter, Ben Williams and Antonio Sánchez and released on June 12, 2012 by Nonesuch.

Lena Horne's 'Being Myself' is her most recent studio album released on June 2, 1998 by Blue Note.

Ben Harper's 'Give Till It's Gone' is his tenth (and first in five years) studio album released on May 17, 2011 by Virgin.

'Childhood Home' by Ellen & Ben Harper is a fully acoustic album released on May 6, 2014 by Universal / Prestige Folklore..

Gorillaz' 'The Now Now' is their sixth album produced by Damon Albarn and James Ford, featuring George Benson and Snoop Dog and released on June 29, 2018 by Warner Bros / Parlophone

NME

The follow-up to 2017’s bloated ‘Humanz’ is a trim and spritely listen
prides itself on making 11 pop tracks that zip with energy, passion and an abundance of ideas

Rolling Stone

Gorillaz' 'The Now Now' Is a Focused Call for Unity In Hard Times
opening with a vintage chilled-out summer jam certified with sugary licks by soul jazz touchstone George Benson The Sun
Gorillaz’s main man Damon Albarn talks new about his ‘fresh’ new album The Now Now – from politics to melancholic tunes
artist Jamie Hewlett, who was present at the sessions to create new narratives for…

'No Mercy In This Land' by Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite is their second collaborative studio album released on March 30, 2018 by Anti Records

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Interview: Ben Harper on Recording "No Mercy In This Land" with Charlie Musselwhite
We didn’t rush it. We didn’t push it. We just let the time open up again. I’m glad it wasn’t another..

Rolling Stone

Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite Detail New Album 'No Mercy In This Land'
He transforms notes into emotions that feel both hauntingly familiar and brand new, as if .. musicomh

Harper’s vocals are shaded and slurred in places, harking back to blues singers of old.

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Benjamin Clementine 's 'I Tell a Fly' is his second and self-produced studio album released on September 29, 2017 by Behind / Virgin EMI

Benjamin Clementine 's 'I Tell a Fly'

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Charlie Musselwhite's 'One Night in America' is an album released on February 26, 2002 by Telarc.

Bebel Gilberto's 'Tanto Tempo' is her third studio album, produced by Suba and released on April 25, 2000 by Ziriguiboom

This day (April 25, 2023), in Manhattan, New York, died Harold George 'Harry' Belafonte, Jr. , an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist.

Ella Fitzgerad's 'Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert' is a live album recorded on April 25, 1958 with a trio led by Lou Levy and released in 1988 by Verve.

Gnarls Barkley's 'St. Elsewhere' is their debut album featuring 'Crazy,' produced by member Danger Mouse and released on April 24, 2006 on Downtown / Atlantic

Tom Petty's 'Full Moon Fever' is his first solo album featuring contributions from Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and George Harrison and released on April 24, 1989 by Mca Universal.

As we wish, today, American musician, Michael League a Happy Birthday, the time has come to playlist the 'BESTS' of his band : Snarky Puppy

Joe Cocker's 'With a Little Help from My Friends' is his first album produced by Denny Cordell and released on April 23, 1969 by Regal Zonophone.

ABBA's 'Voulez-Vous' is their sixth studio album released on April 23, 1979 by Polar.

Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' is her sixth studio album featuring James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and Jack White as guests and released on April 23, 2016 by Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records.

Mary J. Blige's 'Share My World' is her third studio album released on April 22, 1997 by Mca.

David Bowie's 'Never Let Me Down' is his seventeenth studio album released on 20 April 1987 by EMI.

'Dr. John's Gumbo' is his fifth album (and a tribute to the music of his native city) released on April 20, 1972 y Atco Records.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's 'Dee Dee’s Feathers' is a collaborative album recorded with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and released on April 20th, 2015 by Masterworks / Okeh Records.

The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' feat. 'Riders On The Storm' is their sixth studio album (and the last to feature Jim Morrison) released on April 19, 1971 by Elektra.

This day (April 19, 2005), in Copenhagen, Denmark, died Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, a Danish jazz bassist.

'Michel Petrucciani & NHOP' is a collaboration album between Petrucciani, the pianist and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, the bassist recorded on April 18, 1994 at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse and released on March 24, 2009 by Dreyfus Records.

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.

Junior Wells' 'Come on in This House' is a blues album recorded between April 16 and May 31, 1996 and released the same year by Telarc.

Mariah Carey's "E=MC²" feat. 'Touch My Body' is her eleventh studio album released on April 15, 2008 by Island.

Chaka Khan's 'What Cha' Gonna Do for Me' is her third solo album produced by Arif Mardin and released on April 15, 1981 y Warner Bros.

Santana's 'Santana IV' is their twenty-third studio album (reuniting the almost entire Woodstock lineup) released on April 15, 2016 by Santana Records.

David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' is his fifteenth studio album (featuring "Let's Dance" "Modern Love" and "China Girl"), co-produced with Nile Rodgers and released on April 14, 1983 by RCA.