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The album spent 63 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 16 on the R&B albums [2] chart and No. 50 on the Top Pop Albums chart. [3] In 1987, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental [4] and the song "Since I Fell for You" earned a nomination for Al Jarreau in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
Ja-Da. " Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!) " is a hit song written in 1918 by Bob Carleton. The title is sometimes rendered simply as " Jada." The song has flourished through the decades as a jazz standard. In his definitive American Popular Songs, Alec Wilder writes about the song's simplicity:
The Bridge is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded in 1962. [ 6 ] It was Rollins' first release following a three-year sabbatical and was his first album for RCA Victor. [ 7 ] The saxophonist was joined by the musicians with whom he recorded for the next segment of his career: Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on double ...
Jazz. Occupation (s) Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Instrument. Piano. Years active. 1940s - 2015. Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. [1] He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.
"Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz". [1] Released in 1976 from their debut album Good High, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart, while reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 41 on Billboard ' s year ...
1936. Genre. Jazz. Composer (s) Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington. Lyricist (s) Irving Mills. " Caravan " is an American jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung.
Bob James chronology. Touchdown. (1978) Lucky Seven. (1979) One on One. (1979) Lucky Seven is the seventh album by jazz keyboardist Bob James, released in 1979. It peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. [3] My Fair Lady, recorded by " Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical. [4] It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day.