16/04/2021

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


Label : Arista Records


États-Unis 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