18/05/2020

Norman Brown "Better Days Ahead" (1996) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : MoJazz Records


États-Unis 01 - This Time Around (Norman Brown)
02 - Better Days Ahead (Norman Brown)
03 - After The Love Is Gone (David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin)
04 - Places In The Heart (Norman Brown)
05 - Third World (Norman Brown)
06 - Come Closer To Me (Norman Brown)
07 - N-Control (Norman Brown)
08 - Serenade (Norman Brown)
09 - Your Body's Callin' (R. Kelly)
10 - Facts Of Love (Norman Brown, Kimberly Ross & Kenneth H. Williams)


Co-Produced by Herman Jackson & Michael Vail Blum except were indicated
Recording Studios : Titan Studio, Van Nuys, CA ; In Your Ear Recording, Los Angeles, CA ; Oceanway Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA ; Larrabee Studios Sound, Burbank, CA ; Record Plant Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA ; The Enterprise Recording Studio, Studio City, CA
Mastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media, North Hollywood


01 - This Time Around


Guitar : Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards : Wayne Linsey, Gail Johnson
Percussion : Darryl Munyungo Jackson

02 - Better Days Ahead

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards : Herman Jackson
Percussion : Darryl Munyungo Jackson

03 - After The Love Is Gone

Co-Produced by Herman Jackson
Arranged by Norman Brown & Herman Jackson
Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : James Manning
Drum & Synthesizer Programming : Herman Jackson
Vocal Arrangement : Norman Brown, Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey
Scat Vocals : Norman Brown
Background vocals : Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey, Bridgette Bryant, Arnold McCuller

04 - Places In The Heart

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards & Grand Piano : Herman Jackson
Percussion : Darryl Munyungo Jackson

05 - Third World

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards : Herman Jackson
Percussion : Darryl Munyungo Jackson

06 - Come Closer To Me

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards : Herman Jackson
Percussion : Darryl Munyungo Jackson
Horns : Earth Wind & Fire Horns - Raymond Brown, Gary Bias, Reginald Young
Horns Arranged by Norman Brown
Orchestrated by Raymond Brown
Vocals : Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey, Bridgette Bryant
Vocal Arrangements : Norman Brown, Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey

07 - N-Control

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards : Wayne Linsey
Organ & Synth : Gail Johnson
Horns : Earth Wind & Fire Horns - Raymond Brown, Gary Bias, Reginald Young
Horns Arranged by Norman Brown
Orchestrated by Raymond Brown

08 - Serenade

Guitar Norman Brown
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Drums : Rayford Griffin
Keyboards & Grand Piano : Herman Jackson

09 - Your Body's Callin'

Produced by The Characters : Troy Taylor & Charles Farrar for Character Music Corporation
Music by The Characters
Arranged by Norman Brown
Additional Arrangements : Troy Taylor
Guitar Norman Brown
Background vocals : Troy Taylor

10 - Facts Of Love

Produced by Norman Brown for Normantic Music & The Characters : Troy Taylor & Charles Farrar for Character Music Corporation
Music by The Characters
Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements : Troy Taylor
Lead Guitar : Norman Brown
Drum & Synthesizer Programming : Troy Taylor
Background vocals : Troy Taylor