Genre: Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk Country of origin: EU Year of first release: 2012 Year of this publication: 2012 Publisher (label): Rhino Records Catalog number: 8122-79691-9 Format: 5xCD, Albums Country of performer (group): US Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac) Rip type: tracks+.cue Audio bitrate: lossless

Tracklist: CD1: The Art Of Tea (1976) CD2: Sleeping Gypsy (1977) CD3: Burchfield Nines (1978) CD4: Tiger In The Rain (1979) CD5: One Bad Habit (1980)

Michael Franks (b. September 18, 1944, La Jolla, California) is an American singer, composer, and musician (guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano). Michael Franks, a popular singer and author of pop-jazz numbers from the late 70s to the 90s, which were sung by many genre-related performers, can boast of a doctoral dissertation. Having replaced several local folk and rock groups, Franks successfully graduated from high school and entered the Faculty of Philology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he specialized in modern literature, and in the evenings, to earn a living and study, he continued to perform in clubs and a cafe