Diane Schuur "Schuur Thing" (1985) -Smooth Jazz / Contemporary Jazz-

Label : GRP Records

 Side 1

01 - Needle In A Haystack (Con Conrad & Herb Magidson)
02 - By Design (Larry Prentiss, Vince DiCola, Jodie Victor & Steve Lane)
03 - Love Dance (Paul Williams, Ivan Lins & Victor Martins)
04 - Love You Back (Randy Goodrum & Wayland Holyfield)
05 - Someday We'll All Be Free (Donny Hathaway & Edward Howard)

Side 2

01 - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Edward Kennedy Ellington & Irving Mills)
02 - American Wedding Song (Eugene McDaniels)
03 - Take Me To The River (Mabon Hodges & Al Green)
04 - Make A Plan (Randy Goodrum & Brent Maher)
05 - No Time For True Love (Randy Goodrum)
06 - Sure Thing (Ira Gershwin & Jerome Kern)


Produced & Arranged by Dave Grusin
Executive Producers : Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen
Recorded & Digitally Mixed by Don Murray
Assisted by Terry Bower
Tracks Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood & Starlight Studios, Burbank, California
Strings Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, California

Mixed at Starlight Studios, Burbank, California

Mastered by Wally Traugott, Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

Project Coordinator : Morgan Ames

String Section
Conducted & Arranged by Dave Grusin
Martin J. Berman : Contractor
Gerald Vinci : Concertmaster
Robert Sushel, Anatol Kaminsky, Karen Jones, Pamela Henderson, Constance Meyer, Jennifer Small, Isabelle Daskoff, Stuart V. Canin, Thelma Beach, Reg Hill, Kathleen Lenski, Dixie Blackstone, Edward Green, Allan Harshman, Linn Subotnick, Robin Renee Ross, Carole S. Mukogawa, Frederick Seykora, Mary Lane


01 - Needle In A Haystack

Dave Grusin : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitars
Larry Williams : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums

02 - By Design

Jose Feliciano : Guest Vocalist
Dave Grusin : Synthesizers
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums

03 - Love Dance

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Stan Getz : Tenor Saxophone
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums & Percussion

04 - Love You Back

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

05 - Someday We'll All Be Free

Dave Grusin : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

06 - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Stan Getz : Tenor Saxophone
Chuck Domanico : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

07 - American Wedding Song

Jose Feliciano : Guest Vocalist
Dave Grusin : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums

08 - Take Me To The River

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitars
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums
Diane Schuur : Lead & Background vocals

09 - Make A Plan

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitars
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

10 - No Time For True Love

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums

11 - Sure Thing

Dave Grusin : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Carlos Vega : Drums