此专辑被公认为爵士乐史上，最具影响力及最受欢迎的专辑之一. Chick Corea三十年的音乐生涯是不同音乐经历的一种混合。1941年，他出生于马萨诸萨州的切尔西。四岁时开始学习钢琴，而且儿时家庭之中也是充满音乐的，整天能听到Charlie Parker、Dizzy Gillespie、Bud Powell、Lester Young和Horace Silver，另外Beethoven和Mozart的音乐也启发了他的创作天性。 Chick Corea早期的创作开始于和小号手Blue Mitchell（1964-1966年间）的第一次职业合作演出期间，这时他正式作为这支名为Tones For Jones Bones的乐队的领导者了。早期的合作对象还包括Willie Bobo、Cal Tjader、Herbie Mann以及Mongo Santamaria，使得Corea许多作品中的Latin音乐成分很浓厚。在帮Sara Vaughan伴奏一年之后，由于加入了Miles Davis乐队任电钢琴演奏，Chick Corea开始真正的成名。与Miles Davis合作的几年间，他参与了《Bitches Brew》和《In a Silent Way》两张划时代的Fusion经典作品的录音。也就是从那时开始，他组建了自己的先锋即兴演奏团体“Circle”，成员包括贝司手 Dave Holland、小号手Barry Altschul、萨克斯手Anthony Braxton。 1971年，在“Circle”成立三年之后，Corea改变了其音乐上的注意力。成立了早期版本的Return to Forever，乐队的风格很柔和、充满桑巴风味，这时Stanley Clark任贝司手，还有人声乐手Flora Purim，其丈夫Airto为鼓手，长笛手Joe Farrell。以这个班底制作了两张专辑和一部分独奏钢琴专辑以后，Chick Corea开始为乐队插上了电，走上Fusion的路线，这时还招募了两位充满火力的乐手鼓手Lenny White和吉他手Bill Connors。 在Chick Corea使用合成器形成其独一无二的风格的同时，Return to Forever（这时吉他手由Al DI Meola代替Bill Connors）以其开拓性的专辑《Where Have I Known You Before》、《No Mystery》和《Romantic Warrior》在七十年代的Fusion大潮中冲锋陷阵。当1975年Return to Forever解散，Corea又开始尝试录制不同风格的唱片，包括电子大乐队、独奏钢琴、古典音乐、强力二人组演奏（与Herbie Hancock或Gary Burton一起）。 八十年代中期，Chick Corea组一支电子乐队，制作了获格兰美奖的专辑《Leprechaun》、《My Spanish Heart》、《Musicmagic》，其他的一些作品还包括《Mad Hatter》、《Return to Forever Live》，以及与Joe Henderson、Freddie Hubbard、Hubert Laws、Chaka Khan和Nancy Wilson等人的一系列合作。 1996年，Chick Corea和Sony Classical唱片合作，与Bobby Mcferrin制作了一张Morzat系列作品的专辑，期间充满了Corea独特的爵士即兴演奏以及Mcferrin的人声录音，另外还包括两个Morzat的钢琴协奏曲、Morzat第二号钢琴奏鸣曲的即兴变奏。Chick Corea与Bobby Mcferrin因此成为好友，共同合作了六年，并制作了一张现场爵士的专辑。

Comes in gatefold cover containing 6 pages of lyrics, notes & photos.

David Byrne & Co.'s follow up to the platinum selling "Speaking In Tongues" and the live "Stop Making Sense" albums offered their most pop oriented album ever. This edition includes the bonus track of a 12" version of "The Lady Don't Mind".

民谣强人James Taylor的第二张专辑，这张专辑让他成为了时代杂志的封面人物。不过成功的背后总有艰辛，在这张专辑问世之前，James不知受了什么刺激住进了一家精神病院，专辑中的打榜歌曲Fire and Rain的由来，就是因为他的一个病友自杀了。不过听着这张专辑里清新单纯的木吉他，实在很难想像能写出这样清新歌曲的人居然也有住进精神病院的经历。

Miles Davis's impact on jazz is almost incalculable. From his early days as a sideman for Charlie Parker, through his groundbreaking Birth of the Cool sessions, to his stunning small groups of the '50s and '60s, through to his electric renaissance, the trumpeter, bandleader, and composer has left a deep mark on all who came after. He is one of jazz's true giants. Sketches of Spain, though one of Davis's most commercially successful sessions, is also one of his most controversial. Re-teaming with arranger and composer Gil Evans, who played such a pivotal role in Davis's 1949 Birth of the Cool recordings, Davis recorded a series of large group albums beginning in the late '50s, including Porgy and Bess, Miles Ahead, and Quiet Nights. Sketches of Spain, with its emphasis on flamenco, rich orchestrations, and relaxed tempos, is certainly one of Davis's most mellow recordings (he even works out on fluegelhorn), and proved to have broad appeal. To some critics, however, the project was "elevated elevator music." An expanded version of the album, featuring alternative tracks and unreleased material, was issued in 1997 by Columbia Legacy. --Fred Goodman

My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969. The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", and The Beatles' "Yesterday", French songs such as "If You Go Away", and of course the anthemic title song "My Way", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this latter stage of his career. My Way was recorded and mixed at EastWest Studios, then called Oceanway Recording. Later it was remixed and reissued by Concord Records in 2009 to mark its 40th Anniversary. Two bonus tracks were included, and new liner notes from Bono. The bonus tracks were a rehearsal of "For Once in My Life" from 1969, for Sinatra's eponymous Emmy Award nominated 1969 television special, Sinatra, and a live 1987 performance of "My Way" at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas.

IV is the fourth studio album from Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop band BadBadNotGood. It was released on July 8, 2016. It features collaborations with Future Islands frontman Sam Herring, saxophonist Colin Stetson, Haitian-Canadian musician Kaytranada, American hip hop artist Mick Jenkins, and Canadian singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson. It is also the band's first album to feature longtime touring partner and collaborator Leland Whitty as a formal member of the band.

The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip hop music scene in the mid-late 1990s.

Music & Me was the third solo album by American singer Michael Jackson, released in 1973 on the Motown label, selling two million copies worldwide. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection. The album was released during a difficult period for Jackson, who was 14 years old at the time, as he was experiencing vocal changes and facing a changing music landscape. Having been influenced by fellow Motown label mates Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, Jackson wanted to include his own compositions on the album, but Motown refused to allow this. Despite featuring a photo of Jackson strumming an acoustic guitar on the album cover, he does not actually play an instrument on the album. Jackson would later express his frustrations about this to his father, Joe Jackson, who would later work to terminate Michael and his brother's contract with Motown, and negotiate lucrative contracts for them with Epic Records. Since Jackson was on a world tour with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, promotion on this album was limited. The Stevie Wonder cover, "With a Child's Heart", was released as a single in the United States, where it reached #14 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and #50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Two additional songs ("Music and Me" and "Morning Glow") were released as singles in the UK, but they failed to chart. Another track, "Too Young", was released as a single in Italy, while the track "Happy" was a single in Australia and "Doggin' Around" was a limited-release single in the Netherlands. Ten years after this album's release, "Happy" was released as a single in the UK to promote Motown's 18 Greatest Hits compilation album. For the compact disc issues of the album, the text on the album was changed and the shade of green was darker. After this release, Jackson took two years to work on a follow-up album that focused on his maturing voice which became, Forever, Michael. (wiki) ==================================== by Ron Wynn This was Michael Jackson's least successful album during his solo run at Motown. The songs were undistinguished, Jackson sounded tentative and uninterested vocally, and the production and arrangements were routine at best, sometimes inferior. There's little wonder that Jackson at this point began to openly express his desires to expand his horizons and try a fresher, more contemporary approach.

Suzanne Vega untitled album based on Carson McCullers. Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the U.S. The album features 10 songs from her upcoming play about the iconic American author Carson McCullers. The play is a one woman show written and staring Suzanne Vega, with songs written by Suzanne Vega and Tony Winner Duncan Sheik.

“斯莱和斯通一家”（Sly & the Family stone）乐队 斯莱·斯通（Sly Stone），1944年出生于达拉斯，从小在教堂唱福音歌。不久随家迁往旧金山海湾地区，大学时学了三年小号、音乐理论和作曲。1967年，他效仿海湾地区的嬉皮士社团，组织了一个包括黑、白两个人种，有男有女的乐队“斯莱和斯通一家”（sly & the Family stone），共7个人，其中有斯莱的妹妹和弟弟。斯莱自己唱歌、演奏吉他和键盘乐器。 “斯莱和斯通一家”在摇滚舞曲的节拍和低音线条的基础上结合了管乐、迷幻摇滚中常用的那种比较松弛的吉他演奏，以及与吸毒有关的歌词，成了第一个表演所谓“迷幻索尔”的乐队。他们演唱时，经常由两人或三人主唱，两个明显不同的男声部与一个女声部并置在一起，产生一种独特的和声效果。