29/09/2019

Earth Wind & Fire "Sparkle" (1980) - Funk / Westcoast Soul-



Label : CBS, Inc.

États-Unis 01 - Sparkle (Maurice White, Eddie DelBarrio & Philip Bailey)
02 - You (Maurice White, David Foster & Brenda Russell)


Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions
From The Album "FACES" (1980)

Earth Wind & Fire :
Maurice White : Vocals, Drums & Kalimba
Verdine White : Bass
Larry Dunn : Piano, Synthesizers & Synthesizer programming
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas & Percussion
Al McKay : Guitar
Fred White : Drums & Percussion
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone
Ralph Johnson : Percussion
All Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

Additional Musicians :
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
David Foster : Keyboards
Marlo Henderson : Guitar
Jerry Peters : Keyboards & Organ
Garry Glenn : Keyboards
Steve Lukather : Guitar

Our Horn Section :
Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Michael Harris, Steve Madaio & Nolan Smith Jr. : Trumpet
George Bohannon, Jeff Clayton, Bill Reichenbach, Fred Wesley & Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Don Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone
Larry Williams & Fred Jackson Jr. Saxophone & Flutes
Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe, George Price, Alan Robinson & Marilyn Robinson : French Horns
Saxophone Solo on "You' by Don Myrick
Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84, Erich Bulling
Horn Arrangements by Jerry Hey
String Arrangements by David Foster, Jerry Peters & James Newton Howard
Concertmaster Janice Gower, Harris Goldman & Assa Drori