21/08/2016

Donny Gerrard "The Romantic" (2000) -Funk / Soul-



Label : Frequency Records


Canada 01 - Baby I'm Yours (Van Allen McCoy)
02 - The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble)
03 - I Love You For Sentimental Reasons (William Pat Best & Deek Watson)
04 - Wildflower (Douglas Fraser Edwards & Thomas David Richardson)
05 - Candles In The Night (Chuck Brucato)
06 - Nothing In Common (Ferdinand Jay Smith & Chuck Brucato)
07 - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (John D. Loudermilk)
08 - Time Was (Ferdinand Jay Smith)
09 - Another Kind Of Love Affair (Donny Gerrard & Jim Devlin)
10 - Lover's Question (Brook Benton & Jimmy T. Williams)
11 - That's All (Alan Brandt & Bob Haymes)


Produced by Ferdinand Jay Smith for Picture Perfect Productions
Associate Producers : Jeff Gilhart & F.J. Smith IV
Recorded at The Studios at Linden Oaks, Rochester, New York
Additional Recording at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California & Westlake Audio, Beverly Hills, California
All Songs Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Linden Oaks except "That's All" Mixed by Jeff Gilhart
All Recording Engineered by Jeff Gilhart
Additional Recording by Steve Forney
Assisted by Luke Yaeger, C. Shane Voisard, David Glover & Ben Arons
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studio


The Players :
Bass : Jimmy Johnson, Tim Landers & Ralph Ortiz
Percussion : Steve Gadd, David Accorso & Carlos Vega
Keyboards : Casey Filiaci, Larry Williams, Andy Calabrese & Larry Cohn
Guitars : Jeff Gilhart, Mike Miller & George Cocchini
Horns : Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Dan Higgins & Bill Reichenbach
Strings : Rochester, Philharmonic, Orchestra Led by Dr. Raymond Ricker
Background vocals by Black Glass : Donny Gerrard, Laura Creamer, Carl Graves, Clydene Jackson, Brooke Smith, FJ Smith IV, Carmen Twillie & Mona Lisa Young
Arranged by Donny Gerrard & Ferdinand Jay Smith
Additional Arrangements by Carmen Twillie & Clydene Jackson
Solo Sax & Clarinet : Dan Higgins


01 - Baby I'm Yours

Arrangement by Casey Filiaci & Ferdinand Jay Smith
Drums : David Accorso
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano & Keyboards : Casey Filiaci
Guitar : George Cochini

02 - The Very Thought Of You

Arrangement by Bill Reichenbach
Drums : Carlos Vega
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Keyboards : Larry Williams
Solo Sax : Dan Higgins
Strings Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach

03 - I Love You For Sentimental Reasons

Arrangement by Bill Reichenbach
Drums : Carlos Vega
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Keyboards : Larry Williams
Solo Sax : Dan Higgins
Strings Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach

04 - Wildflower

Drums : Carlos Vega
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Keyboards : Larry Williams & Andy Calabrese
Guitar : Mike Miller
Strings Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach
Adapted From A Jimmie Haskell Arrangement

05 - Candles In The Night

Arrangement by Casey Filiaci & Ferdinand Jay Smith
Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano : Casey Filiaci
Keyboards : Larry Cohn
Guitar : Mike Miller

06 - Nothing In Common

Arrangement by Ferdinand Jay Smith, Casey Filiaci & Donny Gerrard
Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Tim Landers
Piano : Casey Filiaci
Strings Arrangement by Jeff Tyzik

07 - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Arrangement by Ferdinand Jay Smith & Casey Filiaci
Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano : Casey Filiaci
Horns : Bill Reichenbach, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant & Dan Higgins
Horns Arrangements by Jerry Hey

08 - Time Was

Arrangement by Ferdinand Jay Smith & Casey Filiaci
Drums : David Accorso
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano : Casey Filiaci
Keyboards : Andy Calabrese
Guitar : George Cocchini
Guitar Solo : Jeff Gilhart
Strings Arrangements by Jeff Tyzik

09 - Another Kind Of Love Affair

Arrangement by Donny Gerrard & Casey Filiaci
Drums : Steve Gadd
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano & Keyboards : Casey Filiaci & Andy Calabrese
Guitar : George Cocchini
Strings Arrangements by Jeff Tyzik

10 - Lover's Question

Arrangement by Ferdinand Jay Smith & Casey Filiaci
Drums : David Accorso
Bass : Ralph Ortiz
Piano : Casey Filiaci
Guitar : George Cocchini
Horns : Bill Reichenbach, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant & Dan Higgins
Horns Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach

11 - That's All

Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach
Drums : Carlos Vega
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Piano : Larry Williams
Guitar : Mike Miller
Solo Sax : Dan Higgins
Strings Arrangements by Bill Reichenbach