James Ingram "It's Your Night" (1983) -Westcoast Soul-

  

 Label : Qwest Records

 1

01 - Party Animal (James Ingram, Mark Vieha & Richard Page)
02 - Yah Mo Be There (James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones)
03 - She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) (Brian Neary & Jim Photoglo)
04 - Try Your Love Again (Brock Walsh & Glen Ballard)

2

01 - Whatever We Imagine (David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock & Paul Gordon)
02 - One More Rhythm (Rod Temperton)
03 - There's No Easy Way (Barry Mann)
04 - It's Your Night (James Ingram, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil)
05 - How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (Theme From "Best Friends") (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman)


Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions
Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Swedien using The Acusonic Recording Proces Phase I
Except "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" Recorded by Joel Moss
Technical Director : Matt Forger
Assistant Engineers : Steve Bates, Mark Ettel, Ric Butz, Greg Laney
Additional Sound Sources Recorded by Matt Forger
Production Assistant & Dietary Insultant : Mark Gadson, Oscar Ross
Assistant To The Produce : Steve Ray
Recorded at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, except "Whatever We Imagine" Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles
Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Records, Los Angeles


1

01 - Party Animal

James Ingram : Lead vocals, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass
Greg Phillinganes : Keyboards, Synthesizer
Mark Vieha : Synthesizer
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Craig Hundley : Synthesizer Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Louis Johnson : Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
Jim Gilstrap, Bunny Hull, Scherrie Payne, Susaye Green, Valerie Johnson, August Johnson, Luther Vandross, Ollie Brown, Phillip Ingram, Zane Giles, Howard Hewitt : Background vocals
Arranged by James Ingram, Mark Vieha, Quincy Jones

02 - Yah Mo Be There

James Ingram : Vocals, Synthesizer
Michael McDonald : Vocals, Synthesizer
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Rod Temperton : Synthesizer
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Quincy Jones : African Voices
Arranged by James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones

03 - She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)

James Ingram : Lead vocals
Robbie Buchanan : Synthesizer, Keyboards
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
David Paich : Synthesizer
Don Dorsey : Synthesizer
Quincy Jones : Electric Piano
Larry Carlton : Guitar
Raymond Calhoun : Drums
Arranged by Quincy Jones, Robbie Buchanan

04 - Try Your Love Again

James Ingram : Lead vocals
Greg Phillinganes : Keyboards, Synthesizer
Craig Hundley : Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Gary Grant : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone, Bassbone
Larry Williams : Sax
Ernie Watts : Tenor Sax Solo
Arranged by Glen Ballard, Quincy Jones, Jerry Hey

2

01 - Whatever We Imagine

James Ingram : Lead vocals
David Foster : Keyboards, Synthesizer
Craig Hundley : Synthesizer Programming
Ian Underwood : Synthesizer Programming
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Tom Scott : Lyricon
Arranged by David Foster, Jerry Hey

02 - One More Rhythm 

James Ingram : Lead vocals
Jimmy Smith : Organ Synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes : Acoustic Piano, Synthesizer
Rod Temperton : Synthesizer
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer Programming
Craig Hundley : Synthesizer Programming
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Gary Grant : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Tom Scott : Sax
Larry Williams : Sax
Steven Ray : Fingerpopper
Edie Lehman, Linda Harmon, Howard Hewett, Tom Bahler : Background vocals
Arranged by Rod Temperton, Jerry Hey

03 - There's No Easy Way

James Ingram : Lead vocals
David Paich : Synthesizer
Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer Programming
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Arranged by David Paich, Quincy Jones

04 - It's Your Night

James Ingram : Lead vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer
Robbie Buchanan : Synthesizer
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Louis Johnson  : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Tom Scott : Lyricon Solo
James Ingram, Maxine Willard Waters, Paulette McWilliams, Carmen Twillie, Bunny Hull : Background vocals
Steven Ray : Fingerpopper
Arranged by James Ingram, Barry Mann, Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones, Jerry Hey

05 - How Do You Keep The Music Playing?

James Ingram : Lead vocals
David Foster : Acoustic Piano
David Paich : Synthesizer
Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
George Doering : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Arranged by Johnny Mandel, David Foster, Quincy Jones
*Co-Produced by Johnny Mandel for Shadow Productions
Recorded by Joel Moss