John Tropea – The Jingle – Marlin Records (1976)

Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo’s Chart Takeover

Record World Jazz Award Winners 1976

Henry Stone always loved jazz. Even as the Disco genre overtook the global pop charts, Stone had entire labels and production companies devoted to modern, and even smooth & easy listening styles of America’s original genre. While KC and The Sunshine Band were making their mark on the Hot 100, Henry Stone’s jazz artists Ralph […]

John Tropea: Marlin Records’ Virtuoso Guitarist of Futuristic Soul, Jazz, Funk, and Disco

How does a virtuoso jazz fusion guitarist end up making a disco record? By signing to Henry Stone’s Marlin Records in the 1970’s of course. John Tropea is a Berklee School of Music six string master whose classic academic training belies his penchant for soul, funk, Latin, blues, and R&B jams. These traits saw him […]

John Tropea To Touch You Again

Amazing Jazz Guitarist
From the late 1970s

Phil Upchurch – Self Titled – Produced by George Benson

The Heart and Soul Of the Jazz Guitar