On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany.

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Marvin Gaye's 'Midnight Love' is his final album to be released (on October 1, 1982) before his death by Columbia.

Released on September 30, 2014, "Up" is an album by The Stanley Clarke Band with many guests (and friends), covering Clarke's own hits.

Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' is his eighteenth album released on September 28, 1976 by Motown Records.

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane' is an album recorded on September 26, 1962 and released in February 1963 by Impulse!.

Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Branford Marsalis, Raul de Souza,…

Aretha Franklin's 'So Damn Happy' is a studio (and her first since 'A Rose Is Still a Rose' in 1998) album released on September 22, 2003 by Arista Records.

Sheryl Crow's 'The Globe Sessions' is her third studio album recorded at Globe Recording Studio in New York and released on September 21, 1998 by A&M

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Illumination' is their nineteenth album recorded with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Kenny G, Kelly Rowland, will.i.am and Brian McKnight and released on September 20, 2005 by Sanctuary.

Nina Simone's 'Wild Is the Wind' is her sixth studio album produced by Hal Mooney and released on September 16, 1966 by Philips

Raphael Saadiq's 'The Way I See It' is his third studio album released on September 16, 2008 by Columbia Records.

Kid 'N Play, Stetsasonic, Bobby Byrd, Wreckx N Effect, Newcleus, London Boys, Stephanie Mills, Jerry Harrison, The Specials, Gloria Estefan, S'Express, Stevie Wonder

LL Cool J's 'Mama Said Knock You Out' is his fourth studio album produced mostly by Marley Marl and released on September 14, 1990 by Def Jam.

Funkadelic's 'One Nation Under a Groove' is their tenth studio album released in September 1978 by Warner Bros.

Andra Day’s ‘Cheers To the Fall’ is her first album produced by Adrian Gurvitz and Raphael Saadiq and released on August 28, 2015 by Buskin / Warner Bros.

George Benson's 'Songs and Stories' is a studio album co-produced with Marcus Miller and released on August 25, 2009 by Concord.

Dr. John's 'Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch' is a tribute album to Louis Armstrong, released on August 19, 2014 by Concord.

Take That, Bobby Womack, Tony Di Bart, Wet Wet Wet, Bee Gees, Mundy, Dave Stewart, 911, Mishka, Lush, Sam Brown, My Life Story

The Doors' 'Full Circle' is their eighth studio album (the second after Morrison's death) released on August 15, 1972 by Elektra.

Quincy Jones's 'Back on the Block' is a studio album released on August 8, 1989 by Qwest and featuring many famous artists : Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson,

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'Homebase' by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is their fourth studio album released on July 23, 1991 by Jive/RCA .

Ella Fitzgerald's 'A Perfect Match' is a live album recorded on July 12, 1979 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with the Count Basie Orchestra and released the same year by Pablo

Eric B. & Rakim's 'Paid in Full' is their debut album released on July 7, 1987 by 4th & B'way Records.

Big Boi's 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty' is his debut solo studio album released on July 5, 2010 by Purple Ribbon / Def Jam

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Santana's 'Lotus' is a live album recorded on July 3 & 4, 1973 in Japan and released as a triple vinyl in May 1974 by Columbia.

Isaac Hayes' 'Shaft' is the soundtrack (released on July 2, 1971 by Enterprise) of the eponymous American 'blaxploitation' film directed by Gordon Parks.

Tim Buckley, John Hiatt, Jackson Browne, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Womack, David Sylvian, Toquinho, Gilberto Gil, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Lowell George, Maxwell, Ricky Gervais, Mackenzie Crook

Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' is their second studio album produced by member Chuck D and Hank Shocklee and released on June 28, 1988.by Def Jam / Columbia

'Purple Rain' by Prince & The Revolution is the sixth studio album (and the soundtrack to the eponymous movie) released on June 25, 1984 by Warner Bros.

Herbie Hancock's 'Sunlight' is an album recorded with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius and released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia.

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Them's 'The Angry Young Them' feat. 'Gloria' is their first album featuring lead singer Van Morrison and released on June 11, 1965 by Decca.

Natalie Cole's 'Unforgettable… with Love' is an album featuring covers of standards performed by Natalie's father, Nat King Cole and released on June 11, 1991 by Elektra..

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'I Am' feat. 'Boogie Wonderland' & 'After the Love Has Gone' is their ninth studio album released on June 9, 1979 by Cbs.