Paul Jackson Jr. "I Came To Play" (1988) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 Side One

01 - I Came To Play (Paul Jackson Jr.)
02 - My Love's For Real (Paul Jackson Jr.)
03 - Morning Joy** (Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims)
04 - Personal Touch** (Paul Jackson Jr.)

Side Two

01 - Lost And Never Found (Paul Jackson Jr. & Alex Brown)
02 - To The Curb* (Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims)
03 - Let's Wait Awhile (James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson & Melanie Andrews)
04 - Straight From The Heart* (Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims)
05 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness (William Runyan & Thomas Obadiah Chisholm)


Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Mastering Grundman Mastering


Side One

01 - I Came To Play

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr.
Rhythm Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr.

All Instruments Performed by Paul Jackson Jr.

Piano Solo : George Duke

Saxophone : Gerald Albright

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA & The Bunny Hop Recording Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA by David Rideau & Mitch Gibson

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineers : Toni Greene & Paul Jackson Jr.

02 - My Love's For Real

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr.

Background vocals : Lynn Davis, Carl Carwell, Alex Brown

Vocal Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr.

Rhythm Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr.

Drum Programming : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Paul Jackson Jr. & Robbie Buchanan

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan

Saxophone : Gerald Albrigh

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Synthesizer Programming : Robbie Buchanan

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA & The Bunny Hop Recording Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA by David Rideau & Mitch Gibson

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene

03 - Morning Joy

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Rhythm Arrangers : Cornelius Mims & Paul Jackson Jr.

Drums : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA by David Rideau

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene

04 - Personal Touch

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Background vocals : Lynn Davis

Rhythm Arranger : Cornelius Mims

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Acoustic Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Keyboards : Cornelius Mims & John Bokowski

Synthesizer Programming : John Bokowski

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA & The Bunny Hop Recording Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA by David Rideau

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene

Side Two

01 - Lost And Never Found

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr.

Lead vocals : O'Bryan Burnette

Background vocals : Alex Brown, Josie James, Marlena Jeter, Monty Seward

Vocal Arranger : Alex Brown

Rhythm Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr.

Drum Programming : Paul Jackson Jr.

Drum Sounds : Harvey Mason

Percussion : Ollie Brown

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Freddie Washington

Keyboards : Paul Jackson Jr. & Wayne Linsey

Synthesizer Programming : Paul Jackson Jr.

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA by David Rideau

Mixed at Ameraycan Recording Studio, N. Hollywood, CA by Taavi Mote

Additional Engineer : Mark Herman

02 - To The Curb

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Rap : Bart Nicholson a.k.a. M.C. Cheba

Additional Rap : Paul Jackson Jr.

Vocal Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr.

Rhythm Arrangers : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Drum Programming : Cornelius Mims & Paul Jackson Jr.

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr., (Cornelius Mims in Breakdown)

Bass : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Keyboards : Cornelius Mims & John Bokowski

Saxophone & Lyricon : Tom Scott

Synthesizer Programming : John Bokowski

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA & The Bunny Hop Recording Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA by David Rideau

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineers : Paul Jackson Jr. & Toni Greene

03 - Let's Wait Awhile

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr.

Background vocals : Lynn Davis, Brenda K. Pierce

Vocal Arranger : Paul Jackson Jr., James Harris III & Terry Lewis

Rhythm Arrangers : Paul Jackson Jr., James Harris III & Terry Lewis

Drums : Paul Jackson Jr.

Percussion : Paul Jackson Jr.

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Cornelius Mims

Keyboards : Wayne Linsey & Paul Jackson Jr.

Synthesizer Programming : Wayne Linsey & Paul Jackson Jr.

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA by Paul Jackson Jr.

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene

04 - Straight From The Heart

Produced by Cornelius Mims & Paul Jackson Jr.

Background vocals : Kipper Jones, Crystal Blake & Cornelius Mims

Vocal Arrangers : Paul Jackson Jr. & Cornelius Mims

Rhythm Arrangers : Cornelius Mims & Paul Jackson Jr.

Drum Programming : Cornelius Mims & Chuckii Booker

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Cornelius Mims

Keyboards : Chuckii Booker & Cornelius Mims

Synthesizer Programming : Chuckii Booker

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA by David Rideau

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene

05 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Produced by Paul Jackson Jr.

String Arranger : Jerry Peters

Strings : Nancy Stein, Evan Wilson, Kimiyo Takeya 

Concertmaster : Charles Veal

Rhythm Arrangers : Paul Jackson Jr. & Abraham Laboriel

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.

Bass : Abraham Laboriel

Recorded at Mankind Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA & Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau & Paul Jackson Jr.

Mixed at Elumba Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA by David Rideau

Additional Engineer : Toni Greene