19/03/2021

Stanley Turrentine "Betcha" (1979) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Jazz-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Take Me Home (Michele Aller & Bob Esty)
02 - Love Is The Answer (Todd Rundgren)
03 - Betcha (L. McDonald & S. Schwartz)
04 - Concentrate On You (H. Johnston)

Side Two

01 - You (Sonny Henry)
02 - Hamlet (So Peaceful) (Stanley Turrentine)
03 - Long Time Gone (Sonny Henry)
04 - Together Again (Sonny Henry)


Produced by Stanley Turrentine
Arranged & Conducted by Gene Page

Stanley Turrentine : Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Burke : Keyboards
Eddie Watkins Jr. : Electric Bass
Jeff Porcaro : Drums ("Betcha", "Take Me Home", "Hamlet (So Peaceful)", "Long Time Gone")
James Gadson : Drums ("You", "Love Is The Answer", "Together Again", "Concentrate On You")
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar 
'Wah Wah' Watson : Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar (except "Betcha", "Long Time Gone")
Thom Rotella : Electric Guitar ("Betcha", "Long Time Gone")
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Percussion, Synthesizer
Gary Coleman : Vibraphone, Bells
Todd Cochran : Synthesizer

Concertmaster Harry Bluestone
Musicians Contractor Billy Page
Background vocals Jim Gilstrap, Lynn Davis, Marlena Jeter, Andrea Robinson, John Lehman & Zedric Turnbough 

Recording & Remix Engineer : Sye Mitchell
Assistant Engineer : Debbie Thompson
Mastering Allen Zentz at Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Production Coordinator : Richard Carpenter
Recorded May & June, 1979 at Dawnbreaker Recording Studios, San Fernando, California