In the Pocket: 70s Jazz-Funk (2013)

2013 UK Compilation

TRACKS:

1.  “Just Around the Corner” by Herbie Hancock.  Taken from the album Mr. Hands (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
2.  “Coming To You Live” by Charles Earland.  Taken from the album Coming To You Live (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #33 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
3.  “Barbara Ann” by Webster Lewis.  Taken from the album Touch My Love (1978, Epic).
4.  “Brazilica” by Ramsey Lewis. Taken from the album Salongo (1976, Columbia). Album peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
5.  “In the Park” by Lonnie Liston Smith.  Taken from the album Love is the Answer (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #16 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
6.  “Hop Scotch” by Harvey Mason.  Taken from the album Marching in the Street (1975, Arista). Album peaked at #19 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
7.  “Zaius” by Eddie Russ.  Taken from the album See the Light (1976, Monument). 
8.  “Put It in the Pocket” by Freddie Hubbard.  Taken the from the album Liquid Love (1975, Columbia). Album peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
9.  “Africano” by Earth, Wind & Fire.  Taken from the album That’s the Way of the World (1975, Columbia).
10. “Sinbad” by Weldon Irvine. Taken from the album Sinbad (1976, RCA Victor). 
11. “Palos” by Bobo. Taken from the album Bobo (1979, Columbia). Album peaked at #38 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
12. “Chicago Theme (Love Loop)” by Hubert Laws. Taken from the album The Chicago Theme (1975, CTI). Album peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.

Jazz Appreciation Month 2018: Jazz and Justice

Jazz Appreciation Month (fondly known as “JAM”) was created at the National Museum of American History in 2001 to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz for the entire month of April. For more, click on the image below:

Recommend App for Jazz Listening

https://krtu.trinity.edu/news/new-improved-krtu-app

KRTU keeps jazz relevant within a modern context and preserving its history, emphasizing jazz’s historical significance, contemporary value and diversity.

 

NY Times: Inside Sonny Rollins’s Jazz Archive

Inside Sonny Rollins’s Jazz Archive, Headed Home to Harlem

Billboard #1 Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1988

Starting in 1987, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions. Here’s a chart of the #1 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1988:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 9	Go	Hiroshima
January 23
February 6	Dianne Reeves	Dianne Reeves
February 20
March 5
March 19
April 2
April 16
April 30	And You Know That	Kirk Whalum
May 14
May 28
June 11	Simple Pleasures	Bobby McFerrin
June 25
July 9	Reflections	George Howard
July 23	Time and Tide	Basia
August 6
August 20	Close-Up	David Sanborn
September 3	Rites of Summer	Spyro Gyra
September 17
October 1	Simple Pleasures	Bobby McFerrin
October 15
October 29
November 12	Silhouette	Kenny G
November 26
December 10
December 24

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

100 Essential Jazz Albums

In case you missed it, here’s an interesting list from The New Yorker that focuses on older, more traditional jazz. Click on the image below to check it out.

Billboard #1 Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1987

Starting with the February 28, 1987 issue, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions.  From the aforementioned issue:

Here’s a chart of the #1 contemporary jazz albums of 1987:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
February 28	Standards, Vol. 1	Stanley Jordan
March 14
March 28	Najee’s Theme	Najee
April 11
April 25
May 9
May 23
June 6
June 20	Duotones	Kenny G
July 4
July 18
August 1
August 15	Collaboration	George Benson & Earl Klugh
August 29
September 12
September 26
October 10	Discovery	Larry Carlton
October 24
November 7
November 21	Stories Without Words	Spyro Gyra
December 5	Go	Hiroshima
December 19

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986

2015 Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees

The 2015 inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame are:

Dexter Gordon
(1923-1990)
Tenor Saxophone

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James P. Johnson
(1894-1955)
Piano

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Lennie Tristano
(1919-1978)
Piano

Cool Heat (1983)

1983 UK release

SIDE ONE:

1.  “Garden Party” by Mezzoforte.  Taken from the 1982 album, Surprise Surprise.  Peaked at #17 on the UK singles charts in February 1983.
2.  “Space Princess” by Lonnie Liston Smith.  Taken from the 1978 album, Exotic Mysteries.
3.  “Brazilian Love Affair” by George Duke.  Taken from the 1980 album, A Brazilian Love Affair.  Peaked at #36 on the UK singles charts in July 1980.
4.  “Jazz Carnival” by Azymuth. Taken from the 1979 album, Light as a Feather.  Peaked at #19 on the UK singles charts in January 1980.
5.  “Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)” by Tom Browne.  Taken from the 1980 album, Love Approach.  Peaked at #10 on the UK singles charts in July 1980.
6.  “Invitations” by Shakatak.  Taken from the 1982 album, Invitations.  Peaked at #24 on the UK singles charts in September 1982.
7.  “Let’s Stay Together” by Bobby M, vocals by Jean Carn.  Taken from the 1982 album, Blow.  Peaked at #53 on the UK singles charts in January 1983.
8.  “I Thought It Was You” by Herbie Hancock.  Taken the from the 1978 album, Sunlight.  Peaked at #15 on the UK singles charts in August 1978.
9.  “Stuff Like That” by Quincy Jones, vocals by Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson, saxophone solo by George Jones.  Taken from the 1978 album, Sounds…and Stuff Like That!!  Peaked at #34 on the UK singles charts in July 1978.  Peaked at #21 on the US singles charts in 1978.

SIDE TWO:

1.  “Birdland” by Weather Report.  Taken from the 1977 album, Heavy Weather.
2.  “Morning Dance” by Spyro Gyra.  Taken from the 1979 album, Morning Dance.  Peaked at #17 on the UK singles charts in July 1979.  Peaked at #24 on the US singles charts in 1979.
3.  “Sign of the Times” by Bob James.  Taken from the 1981 album, Sign of the Times.
4.  “The Groove” by Rodney Franklin.  Taken from the 1980 album, You’ll Never Know.  Peaked at #7 on the UK singles charts in April 1980.
5.  “Together Again” by Stanley Clarke.  Taken from the 1979 album, I Wanna Play for You.
6.  “The Chinese Way” by Level 42.  Taken from the 1982 album, The Pursuit of Accidents.  Peaked at #24 on the UK singles charts in January 1983.
7.  “Stomp!” by Brothers Johnson. Taken from the 1980 album, Light Up the Night, produced by Quincy Jones.  Peaked at #6 on the UK singles charts in February 1980.  Peaked at #7 on the US singles charts in 1980.
8.  “What’s Going On?” by Harvey Mason, vocals and guitar by George Benson. Taken from the 1977 album, Funk in a Mason Jar.
9.  “Rockall” by Mezzoforte.  1983 single-only release.  Peaked at #75 on the UK singles charts in June 1983.

Billboard Jazz Charts 1976-1985

Click image to access PDF file of the jazz chart history from January 1976 – December 1985.  The information contained in the document is believed to be reliable but accuracy is not guaranteed.