A people, a law and an argument conducted across millennia.
The sole verified fact about 'A Night at Birdland, Volume 1' is that it emerged from a 1954 live session during which Art Blakey declared his commitment to young musicians on-mic. Nothing else — personnel, label, venue, sound, repertoire context, or release status — is confirmed by the provided material.
Tenor Madness is a 1956 Prestige Records album by Sonny Rollins, notable for the title track—the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. Rollins assembled the rhythm section from Miles Davis's 'First Great Quintet' (Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones), with Coltrane appearing exclusively on the 12-minute title track. The session occurred two weeks after that same quartet recorded with Davis for the albums Workin', Relaxin', and Steamin'. The title track's B-flat blues melody, though credited to Rollins here, originated as Kenny Clarke's 'Royal Roost' in 1946. Other tracks include Rollins's original 'Paul's Pal', a blues reinterpretation of 'When Your Lover Has Gone', the ballad 'My Reverie', and a fast 4/4 treatment of Rodgers & Hart's 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'. Critics regard the album as among Rollins's finest early work and a landmark of 1950s modern jazz combo recordings.
Glassworks is a six-movement chamber work Philip Glass wrote for the recording studio after his large concert and stage pieces, released by CBS in 1982 on LP and on cassette, each with its own mix. It was meant to bring his music to a wider audience, and it did: the album sold well and made his name widely known.
20 Golden Greats was first issued in Britain in 1978, collecting recordings associated with Buddy Holly and the Crickets from 1956–58. It also circulated as Buddy Holly Lives. The release date belongs to the retrospective, not to a newly assembled performing group.
Released in 2008, 808s & Heartbreak followed the death of Kanye West's mother and the end of his engagement. His fourth studio album shifts much of its emphasis from rapping to singing. That change makes the handling of the voice the central question of the record.
Faces' third album was their second release of 1971. Glyn Johns shared production duties, helping shape a programme shorter and more concentrated than its predecessors. Rod Stewart's growing solo profile is part of the context, but Ronnie Lane's three lead vocals make the group's broader identity essential.