James J.T. Taylor "Master Of The Game" (1989) -Contemporary R&B-

Label : MCA Records

 Side One

01 - Sister Rosa (James JT Taylor)
02 - 8 Days A Week (James JT Taylor & Dennis Matkosky)
03 - The House That Jack Built (James JT Taylor)
04 - Bring Back The Night (James JT Taylor)
05 - Master Of The Game (Dennis Matkosky & Paul Gordon)

Side Two

01 - Kiss My Face (James JT Taylor)
02 - Lay Awake At Night (James JT Taylor)
03 - Girl You're Mine Now (Jeff Paris)
04 - Romancia (James JT Taylor)
05 - The Promised Land (Bobby Caldwell & Paul Gordon)


Executive Producer : Tom Manning for Jamanfre Productions, Inc.
Production Coordinators : Tom Manning & Jolie Levine
All Songs Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc System, Hollywood, CA


Side One

01 - Sister Rosa

Produced & Arranged by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Dennis Matkosky, Jeff Lorber & Ian Eales
Recorded at JHL Studio, Pacific Palisades, CA & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Marvin Morris
Vocals Produced & Recorded by Dennis Matkosky
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall
Additional Arrangements by Jeff Lorber
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Dennis Matkosky : Hammond B-3
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards & Programming
Rose Stone & Leslie Hall : Background vocals

02 - 8 Days A Week

Produced & Arranged by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Dennis Matkosky
Recorded by Jeff Lord-Alge & Dennis Matkosky
Recorded at Midi Madness Studio, Woodland Hills, CA & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Bill Malina
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall & Jeffrey Poe
James JT Taylor : Synthesizers, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Lead & Background vocals
Dennis Matkosky : Synthesizers, Keyboards & Drum Programming
Wayne Linsey : Synthesizers & Keyboards
Beroz Farat : F16 & Linn Drum Programming
Freddie Washington : Bass
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Denny Pelfrey : Saxophone
Rose Stone, Tata Vega & Phil Perry : Background vocals

03 - The House That Jack Built

Produced & Arranged by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Dennis Matkosky, Jeff Lorber & Ian Eales
Recorded at JHL Studio, Pacific Palisades, CA & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Marvin Morris
Vocals Produced & Recorded by Dennis Matkosky
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall
Additional Arrangements by Jeff Lorber
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards & Programming

04 - Bring Back The Night

Produced by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Eumir Deodato
Arranged by James JT Taylor
Recorded by Eumir Deodato & Angel Ugarta
Recorded at Duplex Sound Studio, New York
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Can-Am Recorders, INc., Tarzana, CA
Mix Engineer : Toby Wright & Jeff Poe
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Kevin Jasper : Programming
Paul Pesco : Gibson Electric Nylon String Guitar
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Claude Gaudette : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Starleana Young, Jacinto Manning, Yolanda Hagins & Cindy Mizelle : Background vocals

05 - Master Of The Game

Produced by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Dennis Matkosky
Arranged by Dennis Matkosky & Paul Gordon
Recorded by Ian Eales
Recorded at Midi Madness Studio, Woodland Hills, CA ; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA & The Studio, Woodland Hills, CA
Assistant Engineers : Rick Butz, Marc Kolbe & Marvin Norris
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Toby Wright
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Dennis Matkosky : Piano, Synclavier, Synthesizers & Keyboards
Freddie Washington : Bass
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
James Harrah : Guitar
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
James Ingram & Alex Brown : Background vocals

Side Two

01 - Kiss My Face

Produced & Arranged by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Dennis Matkosky, Jeff Lorber & Ian Eales
Recorded at JHL Studio, Pacific Palisades, CA & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Bill Malina
Vocals Produced & Recorded by Dennis Matkosky
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall
Additional Arrangements by Jeff Lorber
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion & Percussion Solo
Michael Thompson : Acoustic Guitar
Claude Gaudette : Keyboards
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards & Programming

02 - Lay Awake At Night

Produced & Arranged by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc.
Recorded by Dennis Matkosky, Jeff Lorber & Ian Eales
Recorded at JHL Studio, Pacific Palisades, CA & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Bill Malina
Vocals Produced & Recorded by Dennis Matkosky
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Mix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall
Additional Arrangements by Jeff Lorber
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Michael Thompson : Acoustic Guitar & Guitar Solo
Claude Gaudette : Keyboards
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards & Programming

03 - Girl You're Mine Now

Produced by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Eumir Deodato
Arranged by Jeff Paris
Recorded by Eumir Deodato & Angel Ugarta
Recorded at Duplex Sound Studio, New York
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Can-Am Recorders, INc., Tarzana, CA
Mix Engineer : Toby Wright & Jeff Poe
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Jeff Paris : Programming
Kevin Jasper : Programming
Paul Pesco : Gibson Electric Nylon String Guitar
Norberto Goldberg : Congas
Starleana Young & Cindy Mizelle : Background vocals

04 - Romancia

Produced by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Eumir Deodato
Arranged by James JT Taylor
Recorded by Eumir Deodato & Angel Ugarta
Recorded at Duplex Sound Studio, New York
Mixed by Brian Malouf at Can-Am Recorders, Inc., Tarzana, CA
Mix Engineer : Toby Wright
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Steve Skinner : Programming
David Williams : Yamaha Rhythm Guitar
Claude Gaudette : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Starleana Young & Alfredo Manning : Background vocals

05 - The Promised Land

Produced by James JT Taylor for Jamanfre Productions, Inc. & Eumir Deodato
Arranged by Bobby Caldwell & Paul Gordon
From The Columbia Motion Picture "Ghostbusters II"
Recorded by Dennis Matkosky, Ian Eales, Eumir Deodato & Angel Ugarta
Recorded at Westlake audio, Los Angeles, CA & Duplex Sound Studio, New York, NY
Assistant Engineer : Bill Malina
Mixed by Chris Tergeson at The Hit Factory, New York, NY
Mix Engineer : Tom Fritz
Remixed by Brian Malouf at Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Remix Engineer : Patrick MacDougall
James JT Taylor : Lead & Background vocals
Kevin Jasper : Programming
Paul Pesco : Gibson Electric Nylon String Guitar
Claude Gaudette : Keyboards
Starleana Young & Alfredo Manning : Background vocals