The Brothers Johnson "Blam!!" (1978) -Funk / Jazz Pop-

 Label : A&M Records

 Side One

01 - Ain't We Funkin' Now (Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler, Alex Weir & Valerie Johnson)
02 - So Won't You Stay (Harvey Mason & David Foster)
03 - Blam! (George Johnson, Quincy Jones, Louis Johnson, David Foster, Alex Weir & Tom Bahler)

Side Two

01 - Rocket Countdown / Blastoff (Jerry Hey & Bill Reichenbach)
02 - Ride-O-Rocket (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Mista' Cool (Louis Johnson, Larry Williams & Ed Eckstine)
04 - It's You Girl (Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones & George Johnson)
05 - Streetwave (Louis Johnson, Wayne Vaughn, Alex Weir & Jerry Hey)


Louis Johnson : Basses, Guitar & Vocals
George Johnson : Lead Guitar, Lead & Background vocals

Alex Weir : Rhythm Guitar, Lead vocal on "It's You Girl" & Background vocals

David Foster : Synthesizer, Electric Piano

Richard Tee : Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano on "Ride-O-Rocket"

Wayne Vaughn : Electric Piano on "Streetwave"

Harvey Mason : Drums

Steve Schaeffer : Drums on "So Won't You Stay", Syndrums on "Ain't We Funkin' Now"

Steve Khan : Additional Guitar on "It's You Girl"

Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer Programming

Steve Forman : Tympani on "Ride-O-Rocket"

Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Percussion

Larry Carlton : Guitar on "So Won't You Stay"

Horns Arranged by Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler & Jerry Hey

Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, French Horn

Larry Williams : Sax, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Synthesizer on "Streetwave" & "Mista' Cool"

Kim Hutchcroft : Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones, Alto Flute, Soprano Sax Solo on "Streetwave"

Gary Grant : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Slide Trumpet

Bill Reichenbach : Trombone, Bass Trombone, Alto Trombone

Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax Solo on "So Won't You Stay"

All Background vocals by The Brothers Johnson Band & they are :

George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Alex Weir, Richard Heath, Bobby Rodriguez, Kenny Pickens, Wayne Vaughn under the direction of Tom Bahler with a lotta help from our friends... The New York Super Singers... and they are : Patti Austin, Tom Bahler, Vivian Cherry, William Eaton, Bobby Floyd, Frank Floyd, Gwen Guthrie, Yolanda McCullough, Zachary Sanders, Raymon Simpson

Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones
Associate Producer : Tom Bahler
Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Swieden using the Acousonic Recording Process at Cherokee Recording Studios, L.A. ; A&R Recording, N.Y. & Westlake Audio, L.A.

Assisted by David Rideau, Niels Erik Lund & 'Cheerch' Frank D'Amigo

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California