Body Music Longmont – Mix + setlist

I had a great time Saturday May 20th doing my third ever DJ/Selector set playing exclusively CTI / KUDU tracks on vinyl. I made a number of changes from the first two sets, in total now I have a potential pick list of 54-tracks. Thanks to Body Music Longmont, Absolute […]

a young Herbie Hancock, wearing headphone sat on a piano stool next to a young Don Sebesky, wearing black rim glasses and a sweater. In the foreground, a blurred picture of Wes Montgomery with guitar and smoking a cigarette.

The Orchestra In The Sky Has a New Arranger

Ken Sebesky, son of Don Sebesky, announced on April 29th that his father has passed on to the great orchestra in the sky. Doug Payne has the first of what I understand is a two-part tribute, click the image below for his full part-1. Born December 10, 1937, Perth Amboy, […]

Self portrait of Kawme Brathwaite with camera taken in a mirror

Kwame Brathwaite

I’m late in marking his passing but I’d bet most people reading this don’t know of Kwame Brathwaite’s work. You should. He didn’t do much work for Creed Taylor, but two of his liner pictures, coincidentally from albums with Hubert Laws, had a big impact on me. Brathwaite album cover […]

CT 516

CT 516 Astrud Gilberto – Solo El Fin (For All We Know) Side A: Solo el Fin (For All We Know)Side B: Solo el Fin (For All We Know)Astrud GilbertoIssues: CTI CT 516 [45]Master No.: CT 516 B/CT 516 BRecorded: January 13th, 1971Released: March 1971 As the last of the […]

CT 512

CT 512 Astrud Gilberto – (Where Do I Begin) Love Story / CT 512 Where There Is A Heartache Side A: (Where Do I begin) Love StorySide B: Where There’s A HeartacheAstrud GilbertoIssues: CTI CT 511 [45]Master No.: CT 511 A/CT 511 BRecorded: January 13th, 1971Released: February 1971 This is […]

Picture of CTI Single CT 511 in the white label promo edition

CT 511

CT 511 Stone Flower / God and The Devil in the Land of the Sun – Antonio Carlos Jobim Side A: Stone Flower (3:18)Side B: God and The Devil in the Land of the Sun (2:20)Antonio Carlos JobimIssues: CTI CT 511 [45]Master No.: CT 511 A/CT 511 BRecorded: Englewood Cliffs, […]

Podcast Time Machine – Bob James

Today isn’t just Christmas Day, it’s Robert McElhiney James aka Bob James 83rd birthday, he was born on Christmas Day 1939. Bob has always been very generous with his time when it comes to interviews. I loved the practice sessions Bob did during the pandemic where you could hear the […]

The CT Produced Holiday Mix

Jimmy Smith’s “Christmas Cookin’” album was released on December 10th, 1964[1]The Creed Taylor Christmas Album – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com) and back in 2020, I posted an entry with details of the Smith album, and a “fantasy” Creed Taylor Produced Christmas Album. I’ve reproduced the album links here, you can […]