Harvey Mason "Funk In A Mason Jar" (1977) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-

Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - Pack Up Your Bags (Harvey Mason, Skip Scarborough & Art Wilson)
02 - Till You Take My Love (Harvey Mason & David Foster)
03 - Space Cadets (Harvey Mason, Ray Parker Jr., Louis Johnson & Dave Grusin)
04 - Freedom Either Way (Harvey Mason & Sally Mason)
05 - Funk In A Mason Jar (Harvey Mason)

Side 2

01 - What's Going On (Marvin Gaye, Alfred Cleveland & Renaldo Benson)
02 - Set It Free (Kenny Loggins & Eva Ein)
03 - Phantazia (Dave Grusin)
04 - Liquid (Harvey Mason)


Produced by Harvey Mason

Recorded at :

Conway Recorders, Peter Chaikin, Engineer

Chris Gordon, Bill Hudson, Cisco Deluna : Assistant Engineers

Crystal Recording, John Fischbach, Gary O, Engineers

Burbank Studios, John Neal & Phil Schier, Engineers

TBS Studio, Phil Schier, Engineer

Total Experience, Frank Byron Clark, Engineer

A.B.C. Recording Studios, Barney Perkins, Engineer

Western United Studios, Don Murray, Engineer

Mixed at Conway Studios by Peter Chaikin

String Musicians on "What's Going On" & "Until You Take My Love"

Violins : Harrison Goldman, Garvey Winterton, Hnery Roth, Dorothy Wade, Karen Jones, Arnold Belnick, Bob Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Marsha van Dyke

Cello : Rollice Dale, Denyse Buffum, Renita Koven, Virgina Majewski, Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford


01 - Pack Up Your Bags

Featuring Art Wilson, Vocal Solo

Rhythm Arrangement : Harvey Mason

String Arrangement : Jerry Peters

Background Vocal Arrangement : Harvey Mason

Piano : Jerry Peters

Guitar : Michael Sembello, Al McKay

Bass : Nathan Watts

Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Strings : Charles Veal

Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Venetta Fields

Drums, Vibes, Bells, Congas, Percussion : Harvey Mason

02 - Till You Take My Love

Featuring Merry Clayton, Vocal Solo

Rhythm Arrangement : David Foster, Harvey Mason

String Arrangement : Jerry Peters

Horns Arranged by Greg Adams

Piano : David Paich

Electric Piano : David Foster

Guitar : Ray Parker Jr., Jay Graydon, Phil Upchurch

Bass : Mike Porcaro

Percussion : Steve Forman

Horns : Tower Of Power (Lenny Pickett, Emilio Castillo, Steven 'Doc' Kupka, Mic Gillette, Greg Adams)

Strings : Charles Veal

Background vocals : Stephanie Spruill, Paulette McWilliams

Drums; Congas, Percussion : Harvey Mason

03 - Space Cadets

Bass : Louis Johnson
Guitar : Ray Parker Jr.
Electric Piano, Synthesizer : Dave Grusin

Percussion, Drums, Vocal : Harvey Mason
Special Effects : Hoppy Mason 

04 - Freedom Either Way

Featuring Harvey Mason, Vocals

Rhythm Arrangement : Harvey Mason

Horns Arranged by Larry Williams

Bass : Louis Johnson

Guitar : Jay Graydon

Piano : David Foster

Percussion : Steve Forman

Horns : Seawind Horns (Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Jerry Hey)
Drums, Congas, Percussion : Harvey Mason

05 - Funk In A Mason Jar

Vocals : Merry Clayton, Sylvia Cox, Harvey Mason, Kenny Mason, Marvin Mason
Rhythm & Horns Arrangements : Harvey Mason

06 - What's Going On

Featuring George Benson, Solo Guitar ; Jorge Dalto, Acoustic Piano Solo
Bass : Stanley Banks

Electric Piano : Ronnie Foster

Percussion : Steve Forman

Strings : Charles Veal
Drums, Vibes, Congas, Percussion, Rhythm & Strings Arrangement : Harvey Mason

07 - Set It Free

Featuring Tom Scott, Tenor Solo ; Bob James, Piano Solo ; Stephanie Spruill, Paulette McWilliams, Vocals

Rhythm Arrangement : Bob James
Strings Arrangement : Jerry Peters
Vocals Arrangement : Harvey Mason
Bass : Verdine White

Guitar : David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour

Acoustic Guitar : Lee Ritenour

Percussion : Victor Feldman

Synthesizer : Dave Grusin

Strings : Charles Veal

Congas : Ralph MacDonald 
Drums : Harvey Mason

08 - Phantazia

Featuring Lee Ritenour, Guitar Solo ; Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar Solo ; Ronnie Foster, Mini Moog Solo

Rhythm Arrangements : Dave Grusin

Horns Arranged by Harvey Mason

Electric Piano : Dave Grusin

Synthesizer : Ian Underwood

Trumpet : Chuck Findley, Jerry Hey, Kenny Mason, Gary Grant

Trombone : Bill Watrous, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde

Percussion : Steve Forman

Percussion, Drums : Harvey Mason

09 - Liquid

Rhythm Arrangements : Bob James

Horns Arranged by Kenny Mason

Piano : Bob James
Bass : Verdine White

Guitar : David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour

Tenor Saxophone : Tom Scott

Percussion : Victor Feldman
Synthesizer : Dave Grusin

Trumpet : Chuck Findley, Jerry Hey, Kenny Mason, Gary Grant

Trombone : Bill Watrous, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde

Drums : Harvey Mason