Paul Desmond records ‘Summertime,’ an album for CTI (1969)
Paul Desmond's 'Summertime' is an album recorded on October 10, 16 & 24, November 5 & 20 and December 26, 1968 and released in 1969 By Cti.
Atlantic publish Roberta Flack’s third album : ‘Quiet Fire’ (1971)
Roberta Flack's 'Quiet Fire' is her third studio album released in November 1971 by Atlantic.
Columbia publish Miles Davis’ album : ‘Live-Evil’ (1971)
Miles Davis' 'Live-Evil' is an album (featuring live and studio recordings) released on November 17, 1971 by Columbia Records.
Happy Birthday Kevin Eubanks. ‘All The Way To Eubanks’
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Atlantic publish Bette Midler’s debut album ‘The Divine Miss M’ featuring ‘Do You Want to Dance?’, ‘Chapel of Love,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Boogie…
Bette Midler's The Divine Miss M' is her debut album (titled after her famous stage persona) released on November 7, 1972 by Atlantic.
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George Benson records the album ‘Shape of Things to Come’ produced by Creed Taylor for A&M (1968)
George Benson's 'Shape of Things to Come' is a studio album (his first to be produced by Creed Taylor) recorded on August 27 & October 22, 1968 and released in 1969 by A&M.
Herbie Hancock releases ‘Gershwin’s World’ his forty-second album recorded with Joni Mitchell, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder and Wayne Shorter (1998)
Herbie Hancock's 'Gershwin's World' is his forty-second album recorded with Joni Mitchell, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, etc and released on October 20, 1998 by Verve.
Antônio Carlos Jobim records his tenth album : ‘Urubu’ for Warner Bros. (1975)
Antônio Carlos Jobim's 'Urubu' is his tenth album recorded on October 16–23, 1975 and released in November 1976 by Warner Bros.
Wayne Shorter records his ninth album : ‘The All Seeing Eye’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)
Wayne Shorter's 'The All Seeing Eye' is his ninth album recorded on October 15, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.
‘Jobim, Hancock & Friends’ Tom Jobim’s last concert
Archie Shepp records ‘The Cry of My People’ for Impulse! (1972)
Archie Shepp's 'The Cry of My People' is an album recorded on September 25–27, 1972, with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets and chamber orchestras and released the same year by Impulse!.
A Tribe Called Quest release their second album : ‘The Low End Theory’ (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest's 'The Low End Theory' is their second studio album mostly produced by group member Q-Tip and released on September 24, 1991 by Jive Records
Charles Mingus records ‘Let My Children Hear Music,’ an album for Columbia (1971)
Charles Mingus' 'Let My Children Hear Music' is an album recorded on September 23 – November 18, 1971 with a large jazz orchestra by Columbia.
Warner Bros. publish Bette Midler’s ninth album : ‘Bathhouse Betty’ (1998)
Bette Midler's 'Bathhouse Betty' is her ninth studio album released on September 15, 1998 by Warner Bros.
Freddie Hubbard records the album ‘First Light’ for CTI (1971)
Freddie Hubbard's 'First Light' is an album featuring string arrangements by Don Sebesky and recorded on September 14, 15 & 16, 1971 by By CTI
Bette Midler releases ‘Some People’s Lives,’ her seventh album featuring ‘From a Distance’ (1990)
Bette Midler's 'Some People's Lives' is her seventh studio album (featuring 'From a Distance') released on September 4, 1990 by Atlantic.
Columbia release Herbie Hancock’s thirtieth album : ‘Mr. Hands’ (1980)
Herbie Hancock's 'Mr. Hands' is his thirtieth album (with Jaco Pastorius on one track.) released in September 1980 by Columbia.
McCoy Tyner records ‘Expansions,’ his tenth album with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter et al (1968)
McCoy Tynerr's 'Expansions' is his tenth album recorded on August 23, 1968 with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis and Freddie Waits and released in June 1970 by Blue Note.
CTI publish George Benson’s ‘Body Talk’ produced by Creed Taylor (1973)
George Benson's 'Body Talk' is a studio album produced by Creed Taylor and released on August 23, 1973 by CTI.
Eric Dolphy records his second album as leader : ‘Out There’ (1960)
Eric Dolphy's 'Out There' is his second album as band leader, recorded on August 15, 1960 and released the same year by New Jazz.
Joe Henderson records ‘The Kicker’ for Milestone (1967)
Joe Henderson's 'The Kicker' is an album recorded on August 10 & September 27, 1967 with Mike Lawrence, Grachan Moncur III, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Louis Hayes and released the same year by Milestone.
Wes Montgomery records his sixth album : ‘So Much Guitar’ for Riverside (1961)
Wes Montgomery's 'So Much Guitar' is his sixth album recorded on August 4, 1961 and released the same year by Riverside.
Roberta Flack releases her fifth album : ‘Killing Me Softly’ (1973)
Roberta Flack's 'Killing Me Softly' is a studio album released on August 1, 1973 by Atlantic.
Herbie Hancock records his thirty-fourth album : ‘Quartet’ with the V.S.O.P. Quartet (1981)
Herbie Hancock's 'Quartet' is his thirty-fourth album recorded on July 28, 1981 with the V.S.O.P. Quartet featuring Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis and Tony Williams and released in 1982 by Columbia.
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Flora Purim records ‘500 Miles High’ live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1974)
Flora Purim's '500 Miles High' is a live album recorded on July 6, 1974 at the Montreux Jazz Festival and released the same year by Milestone.
Herbie Hancock records ‘V.S.O.P.’ at Newport Jazz Festival (1976)
Herbie Hancock's 'V.S.O.P.' is a live album recorded at Newport Jazz Festival, New York on June 29, 1976 and released in April 1977 by Columbia..
Paul Desmond records ‘From the Hot Afternoon’ produced By Creed Taylor for A&M/CTI (1969)
Paul Desmond's 'From the Hot Afternoon' is an album recorded on June 24–25 & August 13–14, 1969 and released the same year by A&M/CTI
Miles Davis records his last fully acoustic album ‘Nefertiti’ for Columbia (1967)
Miles Davis' 'Nefertiti' is a studio (and his last fully acoustic) recorded on June 7, 22-23 and July 19, 1967 and released in December 1967 by Columbia.
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Roberta Flack releases her debut album : ‘First Take’ featuring ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ (1969)
Roberta Flack's 'First Take' feat. 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' is her debut album produced By Joel Dorn and released on June 20, 1969 by Atlantic.