26/10/2020
Grover Washington Jr. "The Best Is Yet To Come" (1982) -Smooth Jazz-
Label : Elektra / Asylum Records
Side One
01 - Can You Dig It (Ralph MacDonald & William Salter)
02 - The Best Is Yet To Come (Dexter Wansel & Cynthia Biggs)
03 - More Than Meets The Eye (Grover Washington Jr.)
04 - Things Are Getting Better (Gerald H. Prce Jr.)
Side Two
01 - Mixty Motions (William Eaton)
02 - Brazilian Memories (William Eaton)
03 - I'll Be With You (Grover Washington Jr. & Dexter Wansel)
04 - Cassie's Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.) (Grover Washington Jr.)
Executive Producer : Grover Washington Jr.
"The Best Is Yet To Come" & "I'll Be With You" Produced by Grover Washington Jr. & Dexter Wansel
"Can You Dig It", "Brazilian Memories" & "Mixty Motions" Produced by Grover Washington Jr. & Ralph MacDonald
"Cassie's Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.)" Produced by Grover Washington Jr. & Nathan Sassover
"The Best Is Yet To Come", "I'll Be With You", "More Than Meets The Eye", "Things Are Getting Better" Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios - Starhip One, Philadelphia, PA Recording Hits Since '68
Engineer : Pete Humphreys
Assistants : John Wisner, Scott MacMinn, Barry Craig
"Can You Dig It", "Brazilian Memories", "Mixty Motions" Recorded at Rosebug Recording, New York, New York
Engineer : Richard Alderson & Kendall Brown
Assistants : Eddie Heath, Lamont Moreno
"Cassie's Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.)" Recorded at Group IV Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Dennis Sands
Assistants : Greg Orloff
Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios by Pete Humphreys, Grover Washington Jr. with Ralph MacDonald & Richard Alderson, Kendall Brown
Mastered at CBS by Vladimir Meller
Side One
01 - Can You Dig It
Arranged by William Eaton
Alto : Grover Washington Jr.
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Bass : Marcus Miller
Guitar : Eric Gale
Fender Rhodes : Richard Tee
OBX-A Synthesizer : Paul Griffin
Horn Section : Jon Faddis, Frank Weiss, Alex Foster
02 - The Best Is Yet To Come
Arranged by Grover Washington Jr. & Dexter Wansel
Tenor : Grover Washington Jr.
Lead & Backing vocals : Patti LaBelle
Drums : Darryl Washington
Bell & Shaker : Ralph MacDonald
Percussion : Leonard Gibbs
Bass : Cedric Napoleon
Keyboards : James Lloyd
Guitar : James Herb Smith
OBX-A Synthesizer : Dexter Wansel
03 - More Than Meets The Eye
Arranged by Grover Washington Jr.
Soprano : Grover Washington Jr.
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Darryl Washington
Percussion : Leonard Gibbs
Bass : Cedric Napoleon
Guitar : Richard Steacker
Acoustic Piano & Keyboards : James Lloyd
OBX-A Synthesizer : Dexter Wansel
Rhodes : Teddi Schlossman
Flute : Mona Goldman-Yoskin
04 - Things Are Getting Better
Arranged by Grover Washington Jr.
Saxello : Grover Washington Jr.
Lead & Background vocals : Bobby McFerrin
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Darryl Washington
Percussion : Leonard Gibbs
Bass : Cedric Napoleon
Guitar : Richard Steacker
Acoustic Piano & Keyboards : James Lloyd
OBX-A Synthesizer : Dexter Wansel
Side Two
01 - Mixty Motions
Arranged by William Eaton
Saxello : Grover Washington Jr.
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Bass : Marcus Miller
Guitar : Eric Gale
Fender Rhodes : Richard Tee
OBX-A Synthesizer : Paul Griffin
02 - Brazilian Memories
Arranged by William Eaton
Tenor : Grover Washington Jr.
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Bass : Marcus Miller
Guitar : Eric Gale
Fender Rhodes & Clavinet : Richard Tee
Synthesizer : Paul Griffin
03 - I'll Be With You
Arranged by Grover Washington Jr., Dexter Wansel & Cynthia Biggs
Soprano : Grover Washington Jr.
Vocals : Cedric Napoleon
Background vocals : Carlan Benson, Evette Benton, Lucille Jones
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Darryl Washington
Percussion : Leonard Gibbs
Bass : Cedric Napoleon
Guitar : Richard Steacker
Keyboards : James Lloyd
Synthesizer : Dester Wansel & Grover Washington Jr.
04 - Cassie's Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.)
Arranged by Grover Washington Jr.
Soprano : Grover Washington Jr.
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Victor Feldman & Kevin Johnson
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Keyboards : Richard Tee
Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Acoustic Piano & Synthesizer : Billy Childs