Rare Silk "American Eyes" (1985) -Westcoast Jazz / Smooth Jazz-

Label : Palo Alto Jazz

 Side One

01 - Oops! (Mike Mainieri & Todd Buffa)
02 - Watch What Happens (Michel Legrand & Norman Gimbel)
03 - 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanigem, Cootie Williams & Bass Gonzales)
04 - Hello (Todd Buffa & Kim Stone)

Side Two

01 - American Eyes (Todd Buffa & Michael Berry)
02 - Storm (Stanley Turrentine & Marylyn Gillaspie)
03 - Up From The Skies (Jimi Hendrix)
04 - Burn It! (Todd Buffa)


Produced by Rare Silk
Direction by Patrick Cullie & Scott Roche for Out West Management
Pre-Production at Coupe Studios, Boulder, CO
Engineered by Tim Geelan at Caribou Ranch & Greene Street Recording, New York City
Additional Engineering at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA & Different Fur Recording, San Francisco 
Rare Silk :
Todd Buffa, Gaile Gillaspie, Marylynn Gillaspie & Barbara Reeves
Trio :
Michael Berry : Drums
Kip Kuepper : Bass
Eric Gunnion : Keyboards
Mastered by Vladimir Miller at CBS Recording Studios, New York


Side One

01 - Oops!

Vocal Arrangements by Kip Kuepper

02 - Watch What Happens

Vocal Arrangements by Rare Silk

03 - 'Round Midnight

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04 - Hello

Bass : Kim Stone
Steel Drum & Marimba : Dave Samuels
Percussion : Manolo Badrena

Side Two

01 - American Eyes

Guitar : John Scofield

02 - Storm

Soprano Sax : Jack Waltrip
Percussion : Manolo Badrena

03 - Up From The Skies

Vocal Arrangements by Rare Silk
Guitar : John Scofield

04 - Burn It!

Percussion : Manolo Badrena
String Arrangement by Sam Lancaster
String : Chester Hampson
Cello : Eric Bertoluzzi
Flute : Jack Waltrip
Performer : Psycho-Acoustic Singers
Viola : Sue Vreeland
1st Violin : Katherine White
2nd Violin : Arlene Taylor
Additional Voices In Chant Section : AJ Cohen, Annie Volz, Beverly Lovelace, Byron Lovelace, Christian Dalbavie, Cindy Matthews, Jordan Lovelace, Kenny Crandall, Kip Kaplan, Kip Kuepper, Mac McDonald, Patrick Cullie, Patty Roche & Scott Roche