Geoff Anderson

Dec 6, 2024 | kuvo.org | Geoff Anderson

Tight, harmony vocals are on tap for this week’s Vinyl Vault when we’ll hear some tracks from the Pointer Sisters’ album Steppin’. The album was the sisters’ third studio album and was released in 1975 on ABC Blue Thumb Records. The number of sisters in the band has varied over the years. Steppin’ was recorded when four sisters were in the group: Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June. Two years later, Bonnie left the group for a solo career but the others continued as a trio.

Nov 18, 2024 | kuvo.org | Geoff Anderson

It’s a solo piano recording this week on the Vinyl Vault as we check out some tunes from the Ray Bryant album, “Solo Flight.” Recorded in late 1976 and released the following year, this is a recording on the Pablo Record Label. Bryant (1931 – 2011) recorded prolifically and in many different contexts; often in a trio format, sometimes with larger ensembles and several times all by himself. On “Solo Flight,” Bryant was able to be himself and play what he felt.

Oct 28, 2024 | kuvo.org | Geoff Anderson

After recording over 20 albums for Blue Note Records from the mid-1960s to late ‘70s, vibist Bobby Hutcherson switched to Columbia Records where he recorded three albums in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. In 1981, Columbia released a retrospective of those albums on “The Best of Bobby Hutcherson.” Next on the Vinyl Vault, we’ll hear some tracks from that compilation. The three Columbia albums were “Highway One” (1978), “Conception” (1979) and “Un Poco Loco” (1980).

Oct 18, 2024 | kuvo.org | Geoff Anderson

This week, the Vinyl Vault goes back 50 years for an album by guitarist, vocalist, and composer David Bromberg. In 1974, Columbia Records released his album, “Wanted Dead or Alive.” The album title refers to the personnel and the recording context. Side one is a studio recording featuring members of the Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Keith Godchaux, and Bill Kreutzmann. The second side was recorded live.

Oct 17, 2024 | kuvo.org | Lakecia Benjamin |Geoff Anderson

She has a style—no question about it. In Lakecia Benjamin’s case, it’s gold. She’s taken the color of her alto saxophone and wrapped her body in it. On the covers of her last couple of albums, the gold wardrobe rules, with some white accents. Sunday night at the Newman Center, she sported gold, skin-tight pants, and a gold jacket over a white shirt with white boots. Then there’s the big hair, pulled to one side and the dramatic mascara behind the oversized rectangular glasses. It’s a flashy look.