28/02/2023

Paulinho Da Costa "Happy People" (1979) -Westcoast Jazz-



 Label : Pablo Records


Brésil Side 1

01 - Deja Vu (John Barnes)
02 - Take It On Up (John Barnes, Louis Satterfield, White & Wright) 
03 - Love Till The End Of Time (Greg Phillinganes) 
04 - Seeing Is Believing (John Barnes & Cameron)
05 - Dreamflow (Larry Carlton)

Side 2

01 - Carnival Of Colors (Ivan Lins, Martins & Deborah Thomas)
02 - Let's Get Together (Paulinho Da Costa & Marlo Henderson)
03 - Happy People (Erich Bulling & Paulinho Da Costa)
04 - Put Your Mind On Vacation (Greg Mathieson & Deborah Thomas)


Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : John Barnes, Greg Phillinganes
Drums : James Gadson
Guitar : Marlo Henderson, Al McKay, Larry Carlton
Bass : Nathan Watts
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Trumpets & Flugelhorns : Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio, Gary Grant
Trombones : Bill Reichenbach, Eric Culver, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary, Tom Malone
Saxophone, Flutes & Oboe : Gary Herbig

Lead vocals
Philip Bailey on "Deja Vu"
Deborah Thomas on "Carnival Of Colors" & "Put Your Mind On Vacation"
Bill Champlin on "Take It On Up" & "Seeing Is Believing"
Carl Carwell on "Let's Get Together"

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Jeanette Hawes, Carl Carwell, Deborah Thomas, Clarence Ford Jr., Bill Champlin, Venette Gloud, Carmen Twillie

Horns Arrangements :
Eric Bulling on "Happy People", "Carnival Of Colors"
John Barnes on "Deja Vu", "Seeing Is Believing", "Let's Get Together"
Bruce Miller on "Take It On Up", "Dreamflow"
Vocal Arrangements :
Philip Bailey on "Deja Vu"
Bill Champlin on "Take It On Up" & "Seeing Is Believing"
Carl Carwell on "Let's Get Together"

Produced by Paulinho Da Costa for Burunga Productions
Engineered & Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Additional Engineer : Chris Desmond 
Recorded at Davlen Sound, Sunset Sound & 'Mom and Pops Co-Store' 
Mixed at Sunset Sound 
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios