WAnother Place was the fourth studio album released by American jazz band Hiroshima, released in 1985 by Epic Records. The album was notably the first gold record released by the band and was on the Billboard jazz chart for over a year.
WBadfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971) is an album by Bill Cosby. It is an instrumental jazz-funk album in which Cosby plays electric piano. It is his third musical album release. The first track is a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. It was issued on compact disc in 2008 by Dusty Groove.
WBill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972) is an album written & produced by Bill Cosby.
WBlack Focus is the debut studio album by the English duo Yussef Kamaal, who consist of drummer Yussef Dayes and keyboardist Kamaal Williams. It was released on 4 November 2016 under Brownswood Recordings. Characterised by its "spontaneity and flow", the album draws influence from electronic sounds of British origin. The album was universally acclaimed by critics who described it as having a culturally diverse palette.
WBlack Smith is a 1974 album by jazz musician Jimmy Smith. Produced by Jerry Peters and Michael Viner
WCool is a studio album by American keyboardist George Duke. The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
WFree Yourself is the debut studio album released in 1977 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Experience Unlimited.
WHah Man is a studio album released in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. The album consists go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album's title track "Hah Man" was used as the theme song to the television show The Sinbad Show, a 1994 black sitcom starring comedian Sinbad.
WHead Hunters is the twelfth studio album by American pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, released October 26, 1973, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the evening at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California.
WJourney to Love is the third solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.
WLive-Evil is an album of both live and studio recordings by American jazz musician Miles Davis. Parts of the album featured music from Davis' concert at the Cellar Door in 1970, which producer Teo Macero subsequently edited and pieced together in the studio. They were performed as lengthy, dense jams in the jazz-rock style, while the studio recordings were renditions of Hermeto Pascoal compositions. The album was originally released on November 17, 1971.
WThe Mix-Up is the seventh studio album by Beastie Boys, released on June 26, 2007. The album consists entirely of instrumental performances and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
WModern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. "Dayride" from the Return to Forever album No Mystery (1975) was re-recorded for this album. Also included was "More Hot Fun", a sequel to "Hot Fun" from the previous album School Days.
WMystery was the seventh studio album released by RAH Band, released in 1985. The album hit #60 on the UK Albums Chart making it the only time that the band has ever hit the chart.
WOf Human Feelings is an album by American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ornette Coleman. It was recorded on April 25, 1979, at CBS Studios in New York City with his Prime Time band, which featured guitarists Charlie Ellerbee and Bern Nix, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and drummers Calvin Weston and Coleman's son Denardo. It followed the saxophonist's failed attempt to record a direct-to-disc session earlier in March of the same year and was the first jazz album to be recorded digitally in the United States.
WRocks, Pebbles and Sand is the 1980 album by jazz bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Clarke. This was the first recording where Stanley featured his tenor bass.
WSalt of the Earth is the second album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers.
WSchool Days is the fourth solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. The album reached number 34 in the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 in the Jazz Albums chart.
WShe is a funk album by Harry Connick Jr. recorded in 1994, accompanied by his newly formed funk band. "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" was included on Columbia Records' soundtrack from action-comedy The Mask, starring Jim Carrey. It was also Connick's only single to reach the Billboard charts, peaking at #67. The album was certified Platinum.
WStanley Clarke is the second solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.
WSuper Heavy Organ is an album by New Orleans and San Diego keyboardist Robert Walter.
WThird Generation was the third studio album released by American jazz band Hiroshima, released in 1983 by Epic Records. The album hit #142 on Billboard 200.
WThunder is the debut studio album by supergroup S.M.V., consisted of bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten. It was released on August 12, 2008 via Heads Up International. Recording sessions took place at Hannibal Studio and Threshold Sound + Vision in Santa Monica, at House of Blues Studios in Encino, at Westlake Studios and Le Gonks West in Los Angeles, at VixMix Studios in Nashville, and at Ryan's Place in Topanga. The entire album was produced by Marcus Miller with co-production by Clarke and Wooten. It features contributions from Antoinette "Butterscotch" Clinton on vocals, George Duke, Ruslan Sirota, Ariel Mann, Chick Corea and Karlton Taylor on keyboards, Ronald Bruner Jr., Poogie Bell, Derico Watson and J. D. Blair on drums, Kevin Ricard on percussion, Michael "Patches" Stewart on trumpet, and Steve Baxter on trombone.
WTime Capsule is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1976-77 and released on the Vanguard label.
WTimeless is a studio album released on April 7, 1998 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown with The Second Chapter Band. The album was dedicated to Eva Cassidy, who died two years earlier after the sudden onset of cancer.
WTutu is an album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded primarily at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Clinton Recording in New York, except the song "Backyard Ritual", which was recorded at Le Gonks in West Hollywood. Davis received the 1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on the album.
WWe Got This is a triple-studio album released by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. The triple-album consists of one audio CD containing five new songs, one 22-track audio CD from Chuck Brown's live concert at the 9:30 Club, and one video DVD of the same show. The 22-track songs are presented as one continuous medley, including many of his well-known songs. We Got This consists of collaborations with Jill Scott, Ledisi, and Marcus Miller. The album was dedicated to the memories of Little Benny.
WWe the People is the debut album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers.
WWe're About the Business is a studio album released on April 24, 2007 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. We're About the Business was Chuck Brown's highest-charting album ever, which peaked on May 12, 2007 at #2 on the "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" and #37 on the "Billboard Pop Albums".
WWest Coast Boogaloo is the debut album by the San Diego acid-soul-jazz band The Greyboy Allstars, featuring Fred Wesley on trombone on three tracks. The album was recorded in one day, live with the band, with Karl Denson and DJ Greyboy taking the reins as producers. It was originally released in December 1994 on vinyl by the now defunct Greyboy Records and later on CD. In June 2020, the band announced that Light In The Attic Records would be issuing a brand new pressing of the out of print classic on vinyl. "This album should interest all collectors from the Sonny Stitt/Groove Holmes/Rusty Bryant Prestige Records era of the '60's and '70's"
WWhere Go the Boats is a 1978 album by jazz saxophonist John Handy.
WYou're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis, presenting a mixture of pop tunes and political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album features Davis' interpretations of two contemporaneous pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".