04/06/2021

Chaka Khan "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" (1981) -Westcoast Soul-


  
 Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis 1

01 - We Can Work It Out (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
02 - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (Hamish Stuart & Ned Doheny)
03 - I Know You, I Live You (Chaka Khan & Arif Mardin)
04 - Any Old Sunday (Ann McCrary, Linda McCrary, Andy Fraser & Danny Ironstone)
05 - We Got Each Other (Chaka Khan, Fred Lederman & Alan Baboff)

2

01 - And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia) (Dizzie Gillespsie, Frank Paparelli, Chaka Khan & Arif Mardin)
02 - Night Moods (Jerry Ragovoy)
03 - Heed The Warning (Chaka Khan, Mark Stevens, Ellison Chase & Arthur Jacobson)
04 - Father He Said (Deborah Ash & Michael Campagna)
05 - Fate (Frank Musker & Dominic Bugatti)
06 - I Know You, I Live You (Chaka Khan & Arif Mardin)


On All Selections Except "We Can Work It Out" & "And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)" :
Chaka Khan : Lead & Background vocals
Larry Williams : Keyboards, Synthesizers, Flute & Saxophones
Anthony Jackson : Bass
David Williams & Hamish Stuart : Guitars
Steve Ferrone : Drums

"We Can Work It Out"
Greg Phillinganes : All Keyboards, Mini Moog Bass, Rhythm Arrangement
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Raymond Pounds : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Chaka Khan : Lead & Background vocals
Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Bill Reichenbach, Gary Grant, Larry Hall : Brass & Reeds
Larry Williams : Horn Arrangement
Arif Mardin : String Arrangement
Gene Orloff : Concertmaster

"And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)"
Dizzy Gillespsie : Trumpet
Herbie Hancock : Clavitar Solo & Break, Oberheim Bells
David Foster : Mini Moog Bass & Prophet 5
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Casey Schelierell : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Chaka Khan : All Vocals
Charlie Parker's Alto Sax Break (excerpted from "Night In Tunisia" from Parker's The Very Best Of Bird Album on Warner Bros)

Additional Credits :
"What Cha' Gonna Do For Me"
Bob Christianson : Synthesizer
Crusher Bennett : Percussion
Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax Solo
Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Lew Delgatto, Barry Ridgers, Lew Soloff : Brass & Reeds
Arif Mardin : Horn Arrangement
"I Know You, I Live You"
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Larry Williams : Saxophones & Horn Arrangement
Chaka Khan & Crusher Bennett : Percussion
"Any Old Sunday"
Randy Brecker : Flugelhorn
"We Got Each Other"
Mark Stevens : Duet Vocal
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Larry Williams : Saxophones & Horn Arrangement
"Night Moods"
Arif Mardin : String Arrangement
Gene Orloff : Concertmaster
"Heed The Warning"
David Richards : Moog Synthesizer & Solo
"Fate"
Hiram Bullock : Guitar Solo
David Richards : Synthesizer
Richard Tee : Clavinet
Crusher Bennett : Percussion

Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Additional Recording at :
Atlantic Studios, New York
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles 
The Automatt, San Francisco
Assisting Engineers : 
David Richards (Chief Engineer), Mountain Studios
Michael O'Reilly & Bob WarnerAtlantic Studios
David Leonard, Sunset SoundWayne LewisThe Automatt
"And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)" & "We Can Work It Out" Recorded by Jeremy Smith
Mastering Engineer : George MarinoSterling Sound, New York
Production Coordination in New York by Chrissy Allerdings
Production Coordination in Los Angeles by Frank DeCaro

Produced by Arif Mardin
Recorded & Mixed by Lew Hahn