Rodney Franklin "Skydance" (1985) -Jazz Pop / Jazz Funk-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Fiesta (Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster, Stuart Dubey & Michael Carr)
02 - Destiny (Keith Jones, Rodney Franklin, Bob Mocarsky & Diane Cornwall)
03 - Song For You (Rodney Franklin)

Side Two

01 - Children (Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster & Lena Sunday)
02 - One From The Heart (Rodney Franklin)
03 - Skydance (Rodney Franklin & Paul Buckmaster)


Produced by Paul Buckmaster & Rodney Franklin
Executive Producer : George Butler
Recorded at Sarm West Studios, London, England, November-December 1984
Engineer : Stuart Bruce
Assistant Engineers : Steve Reece, Heff
Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, One On One Studios, The Mix Room & Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 1985
Mixed at Sunset Sound Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Erik Zobler
Assistant Engineers : Steve Shelton, Gary Wagner, Duncan Aldrich


Side One

01 - Fiesta

Arranged by Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster
Rodney Franklin : Programmable Electronic Synthesizers, Linn Programming
Kuma Harada : Bass
Vic Lyton : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Rodney Franklin, Phyllis St. James, Darryl Phinnessee, Tommy Funderburk : Background vocals
Gerald Albright : Saxophone Alto Solo
Ray Brown : Trumpet

02 - Destiny

Rodney Franklin : Acoustic Piano, Programmable Electronic Synthesizers
Keith Jones : Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Oji : Vocals

03 - Song For You

Rodney Franklin : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Programmable Electronic Synthesizers
Kuma Harada : Bass
Simon Phillips : Drums
Howard Smith : Vocal
Don Palmer : Strings Concertmaster

Side Two

01 - Children

Arranged by Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster
Rodney Franklin : Programmable Electronic Synthesizers, Linn Programming
Keith Jones : Bass
Ray Gomez : Guitar
Daryl Coley : Lead vocal
Jim Gilstrap, Darryl Phinnessee, Darryl Coley : Background vocals
Children : Solana Lord, Elijah Canning, Crystal Soufer, Kelly Lambert, Jamaica Franklin, Brendan Berger, Aviva Porter, Mira Speare, Michael Schmidt, Derrick A. McKinney
Gerald Albright, Ray Brown : Horns

02 - One From The Heart

Arranged by Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster
Rodney Franklin : Rhodes, Programmable Electronic Synthesizers
Keith Jones : Bass
Simon Phillips : Drums
Rodney Franklin, Phyllis St. James, Lena Sunday : Vocals

03 - Skydance

Arranged by Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster
Rodney Franklin : Programmable Electronic Synthesizers
Keith Jones : Bass
Simon Phillips : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Phyllis St. James, Lena Sunday, Oji, Rodney Franklin, Paul Buckmaster : Vocals
Don Palmer : Strings Concertmaster