10/05/2013

Michael Franks "The Best Of Michael Franks - A Backward Glance" (1998) -Westcoast Jazz / Smooth Jazz-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis 01 - Popsicle Toes (Michael Franks)
02 - Eggplant (Michael Franks)
03 - The Lady Wants To Know (Michael Franks)
04 - Antonio' s Song (Michael Franks)
05 - When The Cookie Jar Is Empty (Michael Franks)
06 - Tiger In The Rain (Michael Franks)
07 - Baseball (Michael Franks)
08 - Love Duet (Michael Franks)
09 - When Sly Calls (Michael Franks)
10 - Your Secret's Safe With Me (Michael Franks)
11 - When I Give My Love To You (Michael Franks)
12 - Island Life (Michael Franks & Rob Mounsey)
13 - The Art Of Love (Michael Franks)
14 - Soul Mate (Michael Franks)
15 - Hourglass (Michael Franks)


Compilation Produced by Michael Franks
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Masterdisk, NYC
Consulting Engineer : Tom Mark
Production Coordinator : Ilene Mark


01 - Popsicle Toes

From "THE ART OF TEA" (1975)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
Recorded by Bruce Botnick & Lee Herschberg
Mixed by Al Schmitt
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums & Percussion : John Guerin
Guitar : Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes Piano : Joe Sample
Vibes : Larry Bunker

02 - Eggplant

From "THE ART OF TEA" (1975)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
Recorded by Bruce Botnick & Lee Herschberg
Mixed by Al Schmitt
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums & Percussion : John Guerin
Guitar : Larry Carlton
Acoustic Guitar : Michael Franks
Fender Rhodes Piano : Joe Sample

03 - The Lady Wants To Know

From "SLEEPING GYPSY" (1977)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
Recorded & Mixed by Al Schmitt
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Claus Ogerman
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : John Guerin
Guitar : Larry Carlton
Piano : Joe Sample
Tenor Saxophone : Michael Brecker
Percussion : Ray Armando

04 - Antonio' s Song

From "SLEEPING GYPSY" (1977)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
Recorded & Mixed by Al Schmitt
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Claus Ogerman
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : John Guerin
Guitar : Larry Carlton
Piano : Joe Sample
Alto Saxophone : David Sanborn
Percussion : Ray Armando 

05 - When The Cookie Jar Is Empty

From "BUCHFIELD NINES" (1978)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
Recorded by Jeffrey Kawalek & Al Schmitt
Mixed by Al Schmitt
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Eumir Deodato
Bass : Will Lee
Drums : Steve Gadd
Guitar : John Tropea
Keyboards : Leon Pendarvis
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald

06 - Tiger In The Rain

From "TIGER IN THE RAIN" (1979)
Produced & Arranged by John Simon
Recorded & Mixed by Glenn Berger
Bass : Ron Carter
Drums : Ben Riley
Guitar : Bucky Pizzarelli
Piano : Kenny Barron
Percussion : Rubens Bassini
Vibes : Mike Mainieri
Soprano Sax : Seldon Powell

07 - Baseball

From "ONE BAD HABIT" (1980)
Produced by Tommy LiPuma & Andre Fischer
Recorded & Mixed by Al Schmitt
Horns Arranged & Conducted by Jerry Hey
Bass : Neil Jason
Drums : Rick Marotta
Guitar : David Spinozza
Keyboards : Don Grolnick
Percussion : Ray Armando
Background vocals : Sylvia Shemwell, Yolande Howard & Petsye Powell

08 - Love Duet

From "OBJECTS OF DESIRE" (1982)
Produced by Michael Colina & Ray Bardani
Recorded & Mixed by Ray Bardani
Strings Arranged by Michael Colina
Lead & Background vocals : Renee Diggs
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Harvey Mason
Guitar : Hugh McCracken
Fender Rhodes & Acoustic Piano : Rob Mounsey
OB-Xa : Michael Colina
Percussion : Victor Feldman
Tambourine : Ray Bardani
Alto Saxophone : David Sanborn

09 - When Sly Calls

From "PASSIONFRUITS" (1983)
Produced & Arranged by Rob Mounsey
Recorded by Artie Friedman, Marti Robertson & Ed Rak
Mixed by Artie Friedman
Bass : Will Lee
Drums : Chris Parker
Guitar : Jeff Mironov
Fender Rhodes Piano : Rob Mounsey
Percussion : Sue Evans
Flugelhorn : Randy Brecker
Background vocals : Kacey Cisyk & Lesley Miller
Sly : Frank Floyd

10 - Your Secret's Safe With Me

From "SKIN DIVE" (1985)
Produced & Arranged by Rob Mounsey
Recorded by Ed Rak, Kevin Halpin & Ben Wisch
Mixed by Kevin Halpin
Bass : Neil Jason
Drums : Chris Parker
Guitar : Jeff Mironov
Keyboards : Rob Mounsey

11 - When I Give My Love To You

From "SKIN DIVE" (1985)
Produced & Arranged by Rob Mounsey
Recorded by Ed Rak, Kevin Halpin & Ben Wisch
Mixed by Kevin Halpin
Lead & Background vocals : Brenda Russell
Drums : Chris Parker
Keyboards & Programming : Rob Mounsey

12 - Island Life

From "THE CAMERA NEVER LIES" (1987)
Produced & Arranged by Rob Mounsey
Recorded by Richard Alderson, Kevin Halpin & Jon Wolfson
Mixed by Kevin Halpin
Guitars : Jeff Mironov
Congas & Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Keyboards & Programming : Rob Mounsey
Flute Solo : Rob Mounsey

13 - The Art Of Love

From "BLUE PACIFIC" (1990)
Produced & Arranged by Jeff Lorber
Recorded by Jeff Lorber
Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Keyboards & Programming : Jeff Lorber
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Luis Conte
Saxophone : Marc Russo
Cymbals : Sean Franks

14 - Soul Mate

From "DRAGONFLY SUMMER" (1993)
Produced & Arranged by Jeff Lorber
Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Keyboards & Programming : Jeff Lorber
Drums : John "JR" Robinson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Eric Benet 

15 - Hourglass

From "ABANDONED GARDEN" (1995)
Produced by Matt Pierson & Gil Goldstein
Recorded by Tom Mark, Matthew Lamonica & James Farber
Mixed by James Farber
Arranged by Gil Goldstein
Bass : Marc Johnson
Drums : Peter Erksine
Guitar : Jeff Mironov
Piano : Gil Goldstein
Percussion : Don Alias & Bashiri Johnson