A look at the music produced by legendary producer Creed Taylor
At the 9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966), presented on March 2nd, 1967, Wes Montgomery won the grammy for BEST INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ PERFORMANCE – GROUP OR SOLOIST WITH GROUP for Goin’ Out Of My Head. Goin’…
Continue Reading On This Day: Wes Montgomery Wins Grammy Award, 1967
CT 502 – Take Away This Pain – Kathy McCord Side A: Take Away This Pain (?)(from Kathy McCord)Kathy McCordIssues: CTI CT 502 [45]Master No.: CT 502 A/CT 502 B Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Nov. 18, 19, 20, 24…
CT 501 – La Jean – Hubert Laws First single on CTI will be “Let It Be” by Laws, which has just been shipped.” Creed Taylor – February 28th, 1970 Billboard magazine “Taylor Bows Label…
A “Baker’s dozen” is twelve plus one. Starting in February 1970, fifty years ago, CTI Records started releasing their CT 500 series singles. There were a baker’s dozen, plus one released with the original style…
I’ve been busy working on a vinyl to digital conversion of George Bensons The Other Side of Abbey Road. I have a purchased MP3 version and we have access to 2x streaming versions, which I…
[Thanks to Doug Payne for the edits and corrections] On this day, February 6th, 1963, 57-years ago, Bill Evans entered the studio for a series of dates with himself as a leader and sideman at…
On this day in 1970 a group of preeminent Jazz musicians and a young drummer assembled at Rudy Van Gelder studios in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey, to record what would become a defining album for…
His death was announced by his long time partner and wife, Kristen Park on January 19th, via a Gofundme page setup for Claudio. It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my…
Bob James/Don’t Mess With Mister Bob. To celebrate Bobs birthday on December 25th, I put together this 3-track mix of some great tracks he bought us, among many. I have more than one hundred albums…
Allee Willis passed away on Christmas Eve, 2019. Phenomenal song writer, a full bio, plus discography etc. can be found on discogs. Allee wrote dozens of great song lyrics, @Verdine_White bought Allee to@MauriceWhiteEWF and Allee wrote…