05/12/2018

Crusaders "Ghetto Blaster" (1984) -Soul Jazz-



Label : MCA Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Dead End (Joe Sample)
02 - Gotta Lotta Shakalada (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
03 - New Moves (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
04 - Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy) (Wilton Felder & Caiphus Semenya)

Side 2

01 - Night Ladies (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
02 - Mr. Cool (Joe Sample)
03 - Dream Street (Wilton Felder & Joe Sample)


Produced by Wilton Felder, Joe Sample & Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler

Joe Sample Plays Keyboards (Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7, Yamaha GS-1, Prophet 5, Prophet 8, Yamaha CE-20, Chroma, Mini Moog & Acoustic Piano)
Wilton Felder Plays Saxophones & Bass (Yamaha Saxophones & Electric Bass)
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler Plays Drums (Yamaha Drums, Remo Drum Heads, Paiste Cymbals & Linn Drum)

Featured Vocalists 'Tiffany' : Jessica Williams on "Night Ladies" & "Gotta Lotta Shakalada", Gwen Evans on "New Moves" & "Gotta Lotta Shakalada"Choral Group Featured on "Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)" 
Arranged by Caiphus Semenya : Caiphus Semenya, Howard Smith, Phyllis St. James, Linda McCrary, Molefe Vernon, Lebohang Morake & Maxi Anderson

Guest Musicians :
Guitar : Charles Fearing, Dean Parks, Roland Bautista, David T. Walker & Cornell Dupree
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Trumpet : Chuck Findley
String Contractor : Nathan Kaproff
Concertmaster : Paul Shure
String Arrangements : Joe Sample with special thanks to Jerry Wollman
Synthesizer Programming : David Ervin, Jon Steinhoff, Dean Gant & Clark Spangler
Recording Engineers : F. Byron Clark, Assisted by Paul Ericksen & Clark Germain
Terry Diane Becker Assisted by Doug Williams, Jim Faraci, Clif Jones
Additional Recording by Craig Burbidge
"Dream Street" & "Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)" Mixed by F. Byron Clark, Assisted by Paul Ericksen & Clark Germain
Recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, Village Recorders, Sound Castle & Studio Masters
Mixed at Sound Castle & Hollywood Sound Recorders
Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc Mastering