George Benson - Good King Bad (1976/FLAC)

Good King Bad is the thirteenth studio album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released by CTI Records in 1976. 

Recorded: Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 1 (track 3), July 8 (track 6), Dec 4 (tracks 1 & 2) & Dec 5 (tracks 4 & 5), 1975

The Brecker Brothers discography [1975-2020] (FLAC)

 In the '70s, brothers Michael and Randy Brecker co-led a band of New York session big shots that included, at various times, David Sanborn, Don Grolnick, Will Lee, and George Duke, among others. When they chose to, the Brecker Brothers Band could be one of the most intelligent and creative fusion outfits. Chief composer/trumpeter Randy's best tunes were structurally unpredictable, melodically intricate, and harmonically complex, inside/out bop heads played in an impossibly precise manner over a bed of funk rhythms. Unlike the bulk of jazz-funk, the Breckers -- on their first record, at least -- kept the pandering to a minimum. Though it had a certain commercial appeal, 1975's Back to Back was an artistic success as well. The Brothers' music was a smart combination of extended pop forms, top-notch jazz improvisation, and sophisticated compositional techniques. On later albums, the temptation to sell records apparently became too great to resist. Still, virtually every record had something of substance to recommend it. In the early '90s, RCA issued a pair of compilation CDs that combined the best of the band's purely instrumental, jazz-based work. By 1982, the brothers had ceased working together, but they did reunite occasionally for touring and the recording of two albums for GRP: Return of the Brecker Brothers in 1992 and Out of the Loop in 1994. 

1975 - The Brecker Brothers (2016)

1976 - Back To Back (2016)

1977 - Don't Stop The Music (2016)

1978 - Heavy Metal Be-Bop (2017)

1980 - Detente (2017)

1981 - Straphangin' (2017)

1991 - Score (1991)

1992 - Return Of The Brecker Brothers (2017)

1994 - Out Of The Loop (2017)

2015 - The Bottom Line Archive (2015)

2020 - Live And Unreleased

Steps discography (1980-1982) [FLAC]

 

Steps Ahead is an American jazz fusion group.

The group arose out of spontaneous sessions at Seventh Avenue South, a jazz club in New York City owned by saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter brother Randy Brecker. The first three albums were released under the name Steps, later changed to Steps Ahead, on Nippon Columbia in Japan, starting with the debut live album Smokin' in the Pit (1980), followed by Step By Step (1981) and Paradox (1982). 

David Liebman, Randy Brecker, Richie Beirach, Frank Tusa & Al Foster - Mosaic Select 32: Pendulum - Live At The Village Vanguard (3 CD, 2008/FLAC)

 David Liebman's transitional album Pendulum, his first live-performance recorded effort on the Ornette Coleman-directed, John Snyder-produced Artists House label, was logically an extension of the Open Sky trio and Lookout Farm recordings he did in the earlier part of the 1970s. This three-CD set is a departure for the Mosaic Select series, in that they include the complete 1979 issued Pendulum recording, and add two further full-length, previously unissued offerings done at the Village Vanguard. The original complement of Liebman, pianist Richie Beirach, and bassist Frank Tusa had been expanded to include trumpeter Randy Brecker, and drummer Al Foster replacing Bob Moses. While mainly a blowing session on standards and removed from the improvisationally inclined smaller combos, the recording reflects Liebman's still devout lineage derived from the tenor sax of John Coltrane, while also exploring possibilities on the soprano sax that he took up, abandoned for a time, and brought back to his heart in a more enduring manner. 

• David Liebman - saxophone
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Richie Beirach - piano
• Frank Tusa - bass
• Al Foster - drums

1-1 Pendulum
1-2 Picadilly Lilly
1-3 Footprints

2-1 There Is No Greater Love
2-2 Solar
2-3 Picadilly Lilly
2-4 Night And Day

3-1 Blue Bossa
3-2 Well You Needn't
3-3 Bonnie's Blue
3-4 Impressions