08/07/2023

Alphonso Johnson "Yesterday's Dreams" (1976) -Jazz Fusion / Jazz Funk-



 Label : Epic Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha (Alphonso Johnson, Phillip Bailey & Pat Walker)
02 - As Little As You (Alphonso Johnson)
03 - Scapegoat (Alphonso Johnson)
04 - Show Us The Way (Alphonso Johnson)

Side 2

01 - Balls To The Wall (Alphonso Johnson)
02 - Tales Of Barcelona (Alphonso Johnson)
03 - Flight To Hampstead Heath (Alphonso Johnson)
04 - One To One (Alphonso Johnson, Chester Thompson, Patrice Rushen, Sheila Escovedo, Ray Gomez & McKinley Jackson)


Produced by Skip Drinkwater for Zembu Productions, Inc.
Production Assistant : Bruce Heigh
Recorded at Cherokee Studios & The Sound Labs, Hollywood, Calif.
Recording Engineers : Tommy Vicari & Don Murray
Assistant Engineers : Danny Vicari, John Bruno & Linda Tyler
Remixed at The Sound Labs
Mastered at A&M Studios by Ernie Grundman


Side 1

01 - Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha

Alphonso Johnson : Bass & Vocals
Philip Bailey Vocals
Dianne Reeves : Vocals
Grover Washington Jr. : Tenor Saxophone
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Mike Clark : Drums
Sheila Escovedo : Congas
David Foster : Organ
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Soloist : Grover Washington Jr.

02 - As Little As You

Alphonso Johnson : Bass, Stick & Voice Box
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Mike Clark : Drums
Sheila Escovedo : Congas
Soloists : Alphonso Johnson & Patrice Rushen

03 - Scapegoat

Alphonso Johnson : Bass
Grover Washington, Jr. : Tenor Saxophone
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Sheila Escovedo : Congas & Percussion
Mike Clark : Drums
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone
Gary Grant : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
George Bohannon Trombone
Garnett Brown : Trombone
Ernie Fields : Baritone Saxophone & Flute
Soloist : Grover Washington Jr.
Horns Arranged & Conducted by McKinley Jackson

04 - Show Us The Way

Alphonso Johnson  Guitar
 & Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Jon Lucien : Vocals
Children : Themselves
Ensemble Arrangement & Solo by Ian Underwood

Side 2

01 - Balls To The Wall 

Alphonso Johnson : Basses
Ray Gomez : Guitars
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet
Chester Thompson : Drums
Sheila Escovedo : Congas
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Soloists : Alphonso Johnson & Ray Gomez

02 - Tales Of Barcelona

Alphonso Johnson : Basses
Ray Gomez : Guitars
Mark T. Jordan : Organ
Chester Thompson : Drums
Sheila Escovedo : Congas
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers

03 - Flight To Hampstead Heath

Alphonso Johnson : Basses
Ray Gomez : Electric Guitars
Lee Ritenour : Acoustic Twelve-String Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Harpsichord & Electric Piano
Ian Underwood : Synthesizers
Chester Thompson : Drums
Ruth Underwood : Miscellaneous Percussion
Sheila Escovedo : Congas, Bongos, Bell Tree & Timbales
Soloist : Alphonso Johnson

04 - One To One

Alphonso Johnson : Basses
Ray Gomez : Guitars
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet
Chester Thompson : Drums
Sheila Escovedo : Congas & Wolf Whistle
Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone
Ernie Fields : Baritone Saxophone
Chuck Findley Trumpet
Gary Grant : Trumpet
George Bohannon Trombone
Garnett Brown : Trombone
Soloists : Patrice Rushen & Ray Gomez
Horns Arranged & Conducted by McKinley Jackson