14/05/2020

George Howard "When Summer Comes" (1993) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : GRP Records


États-Unis 01 - When Summer Comes (George Howard & Vance Taylor)
02 - Grazin' In The Grass (Hugh Masekela & H. Elston)
03 - Just For Tonight (George Howard, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett)
04 - Hard Times (George Howard & Vance Taylor)
05 - Three Minute Warning (George Howard, Vance Taylor, Ronnie Garrett & Sonny Emory)
06 - Family (Rayford Griffin & Sekou Bunch)
07 - Only Human (Jeffrey Osborne & Barry Eastman)
08 - When A Child Smiles (George Howard & Vance Taylor)
09 - Reach (George Howard & Ronnie Garrett)
10 - Out In The Cold (Vance Taylor & Ronnie Garrett)


Produced by George Howard
Assisted by Vance Taylor
Also Assisted by Sam Sims
("Only Human" & "When A Child Smiles")
"Grazin' In The Grass" Produced by Keith Lewis for Noise Club, Inc.
"Family" Produced by Rayford Griffin
Executive Producers : Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen
Recorded at :
Devonshire Studios, Burbank, CA
Sound Castle Studios, Los Angeles, CA
The Chapel Studio, Encino, CA
Tree Sound Studio, Atlanta, GA
Ollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Engineers :
Bobby Brooks (Tracking & Overdubs)
Malcolm Weldon (Tracking at Tree Sound, Atlanta)
Devon Black ("Grazin' In The Grass")
Assistant Engineers :
Rich Novak & Jeff Graham at Devonshire
Alex Sok & Tim Nitz at Sound Castle
Andy Warwick at The Chapel Studio
J. Paul Diaz at Tree Sound
Mixed by Bobby Brooks & George Howard at Devonshire Studios
Keyboard Programming & Sound Design by Michael McKnight
Production Coordination by Marc Engel
Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems
Post-Production by Michael Landy, Joseph Doughney & Adam Zlinka at The Review Room/NYC


01 - When Summer Comes


George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Vance Taylor : Keyboards, Drum Machine Programming
George Duke : Additional Keyboards
Deron Johnson : Acoustic Piano
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar

02 - Grazin' In The Grass

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Keith Lewis : Keyboards, Drum Machine Programming
Oliver Leiber : Guitar
Vocals : Alexandra Brown, Carmen Carter, Debra Parson, Carl Carwell
Vocal Arrangement by Keith Lewis & George Howard

03 - Just For Tonight

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone & Lead vocal
Vance Taylor : Keyboards & Bass Synthesizer
Darrell Smith : Additional Keyboards
Sonny Emory : Drum Machine Programming
Rayford Griffin : Drums
Munyungo Jackson : Percussion
Paul Jackson Jr. Guitar
Background vocals : Alexandra Brown, Carmen Carter, Debra Parson, Carl Carwell

04 - Hard Times

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Vance Taylor : Keyboards & Bass Synthesizer
Mark Stephens : Additional Keyboards
George Howard, Vance Taylor : Drum Machine Programming

05 - Three Minute Warning

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Vance Taylor : Keyboards
Ronnie Garrett : Bass
Sonny Emory : Drums
Munyungo Jackson : Percussion

06 - Family

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Rayford Griffin : Keyboards, Drum Machine Programming
Sekou Bunch, Vance Taylor : Additional Keyboards
Deron Johnson : Acoustic Piano
Tommy Organ : Guitar
Horn Section :
Everette Harp : Alto Saxophone
Michael Stewart : Trumpet
Reggie Young : Trombone

07 - Only Human

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Vance Taylor, Darrell Smith : Keyboards
Sam Sims : Bass
Sonny Emory : Drum Machine Programming
Munyungo Jackson : Percussion
Paul Jackson Jr. Guitar
Vocals : Alexandra Brown, Carmen Carter, Debra Parson, Carl Carwell
Vocal Arrangement by Alexandra Brown & George Howard

08 - When A Child Smiles

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Stanley Clarke : Piccolo Bass
Vance Taylor Keyboards
Ronnie Garrett : Bass
Sonny Emory : Drums
Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs : Percussion
Kevin Chokan : Acoustic Guitar

09 - Reach

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Marva King : Lead vocal
Vance Taylor : Keyboards & Bass Synthesizer
Kevin Chokan : Guitar
Ronnie Garrett : Drum Machine Programming

10 - Out In The Cold

George Howard : Soprano Saxophone
Vance Taylor : Keyboards & Bass Synthesizer
Sonny Emory : Drum Machine Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. Guitar