Steven Lee Lukather is an American guitarist,singer,songwriter,arranger and record producer,best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a steady flow of session work beginning in the 1970s that has since established him as a prolific session musician,recording guitar tracks for more than 1,500 albums spanning a broad array of artists and genres. He has also contributed to albums and hit singles as a songwriter,arranger and producer. Notably,Lukather played guitar on Boz Scaggs' albums Down Two Then Left (1977) and Middle Man (1980),and was a prominent contributor to several studio albums by Michael Jackson,including Thriller (1982). Lukather has released nine solo albums,the latest of which,Bridges,was released in June 2023.
Road Tested is a live album and first live album by Bonnie Raitt,released in 1995.
Larry Eugene Carlton is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought after guitarists of his era,Carlton has participated in thousands of recording sessions,recorded on hundreds of albums in many genres,including more than 100 gold records,as well as for television and movies. He has been a member of the jazz fusion group the Crusaders,the smooth jazz band Fourplay,and has maintained a long solo career.
Natural Wonder is a live album by American musician Stevie Wonder,released in 1995 and recorded in Osaka,Japan and Tel Aviv,Israel. The tour featured different symphony orchestras at some venues,conducted by touring conductor Henry Panion III. It is his fourth live album after Recorded Live:The 12 Year Old Genius (1963),Stevie Wonder Live (1970),and Live at the Talk of the Town.
Rush Street is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Richard Marx. Released in late 1991,it sold over two million copies in the United States alone. It was Richard's third consecutive multi-million seller in the U. S.
Symphony No. 1 is the 14th studio album by Joe Jackson,released in 1999. Jackson received a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2001,after several unsuccessful nominations for previous work. Symphony No. 1 was played by a band of jazz and rock musicians including Steve Vai and Terence Blanchard.
Neil Citron is a Toronto-born Canadian guitarist,Grammy Award-winning recording engineer,and songwriter who has played with Lana Lane,and briefly with heavy metal band Quiet Riot in 2006,among numerous other music industry credits. He has also worked on the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding,That Thing You Do!,and Ricki and the Flash.
Heartfelt is the seventh studio album by Fourplay,released in 2002. This is the first album to be released by Arista Records.
Casiopea World Live '88 is the fifth live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988. It is a compilation Album consisting of recordings of some of their songs played in concert during Casiopea's World Tour in 1988 that promoted their previous album "Euphony". It is also a collaboration album with two Japanese horn sections from two other bands,the brass section of "Spectrum" and the brass Section of "The Tops". Additionally,it is the first album Spectrum recorded since their breakup in 1981,and is their penultimate album. Lead trumpeter/vocalist of Spectrum,Ichiro Nitta,was also the Producer of "The Tops" at the time this album was released. Tops released one more album,"Soul Children",the following year,before they disbanded in 1991. This was also the last album to feature Tetsuo Sakurai on Bass and Akira Jimbo on Drums,who both left to form the band Jimsaku.
Candyman is the second studio album by American rock musician Steve Lukather,released on March 29,1994,by Columbia Records. It was a collaboration of musicians who were for the most part also in Lukather's band Los Lobotomys. Toto familiars Simon Phillips and David Paich participated as well as David Garfield,John Peña,Chris Trujillo,Lenny Castro,Larry Klimas,Fee Waybill,Richard Page and Paul Rodgers. Lukather recorded the album in mostly live takes with little overdubbing.
SantaMental is the fourth and the holiday studio album from Steve Lukather,released in 2003.
Ever Changing Times is the fifth studio album by Steve Lukather. It was his first album since leaving Toto. In March 2008,a site was launched in order to promote the album. According to Lukather,the album shows a lot of his influences and music he likes.
Person To Person:Live At The Blue Note is a Ben E. King live album. It was recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. The album was released on Half Note Records in 2003.
Absolutely Live is a live album released by the band Toto in 1993,with new vocalists Jenney Douglas-McRae,John James,and Donna McDaniel joining lead singer Steve Lukather. Initially released in 1993,the album has been subsequently re-released in 1999 on Sony International. After the release of the album,the band went on a brief hiatus.
All's Well That Ends Well is the sixth studio album by Steve Lukather,released on vinyl and as a jewel case CD on October 11,2010 by Mascot Records. In Europe a limited edition Digibook was also released,containing a booklet with studio pictures and liner notes from Lukather and producer CJ Vanston,as well as a personal message from Lukather. The album is dedicated to his late mother Kathy.
The Chick Corea Elektric Band is an album by jazz and fusion keyboard player Chick Corea,released in 1986. It is the eponymous debut album of the Chick Corea Elektric Band,which at that time also featured drummer Dave Weckl,bass player John Patitucci and guitarists Scott Henderson and Carlos Rios.
Inside Out is an album by the Chick Corea Elektric Band,released in 1990 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number six on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
X is the ninth studio album by Fourplay,released in 2006.
Transition is the seventh studio album by Steve Lukather,released on vinyl and as a jewel case CD on January 21,2013,by Mascot Records. In Europe a limited edition Digibook was also released,containing a booklet with studio pictures and liner notes from Lukather and producer C. J. Vanston.
Playin' It Cool is the debut solo studio album by American musician Timothy B. Schmit,the bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in 1984 on Asylum in the United States and Europe. The album features guest appearances from Don Henley,Joe Walsh,Steve Lukather,Carl Wilson,J.D. Souther and Rita Coolidge.
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