24/05/2021

Bill Summers And Summers Heat "On Sunshine" (1979) -Jazz Funk-



Label : Prestige Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Walking On Sunshine (Eddy Grant)
02 - You've Got Me Lovin' Again (Gary Calvin)
03 - She's Gone (Daryl Hall & John Oates)
04 - Musicland (Ray Obiedo & Paul Smith)

Side 2

01 - Dancing Lady (Bill Summers & Claytoven)
02 - Love's All We Need (Ray Obiedo, Lori Ham & Calvin Tillery)
03 - Feel The Heat (Claytoven & Bill Summers)
04 - Learn To Live As One (Calvin Tillery, Lori Ham, Bo Freeman & Larry Batiste)
05 - Samba De Oakland (Larry Batiste)


Produced by Bill Summers & Phil Kaffel

Bill Summers : Percussion, Flute ("You've Got Me Lovin' Again"), Lead vocals ("You've Got Me Lovin' Again", "Dancing Lady"), Background vocals

Summer Heat :
Lori Ham : Lead vocals ("Learn To Live As One", "Dancing Lady", "Walking On Sunshine", "Love's All We Need"), Background vocals
Calvin Tillery : Lead vocals ("Dancing Lady", "Walking On Sunshine", "Musicland", "You've Got Me Lovin' Again", "She's Gone", "Love's All We Need"), Background vocals
Tom Poole : Trumpet & Flugelhorn, Trumpet Solo ("Feel The Heat")
Larry Batiste : Trombone, Piano ("Learn To Live As One"), Background vocals
Claytoven : Tenor & Alto Saxohones, Alto Solo ("Musicland", "She's Gone"), Piano ("Musicland"), Lead vocal ("She's Gone"), Background vocals
Ray Obiedo : Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Guitar Solo ("Feel The Heat")
Bo Freeman : Bass (except on "You've Got Me Lovin' Again")
Paul Van Wageningen : Drums (on "Musicland", "Love's All We Need", "Feel The Heat", "Learn To Live As One")
Scott Roberts : Rototoms ("Walking On Sunshine"), Timbales ("Samba De Oakland", "Feel The Heat"), Background vocals ("Feel The Heat")

Plus 
Marlon McClain : Guitar Solos ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady")
Greg Phillinganes : Piano ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady", "Love's All We Need", "Samba De Oakland")
Dwayne Sweet : Keyboards ("You've Got Me Lovin' Again")
Mark Sokin : Piano ("Feel The Heat")
Colin Payne : Organ ("She's Gone")
Paul Smith : Mini Moog & Clavinet ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady")
Tim Gorman : Mini Moog ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady", "She's Gone")
Gary Calvin : Bass ("You've Got Me Lovin' Again")
Lloyd Adams : Drums ("She's Gone")
Gaylord Birch : Drums ("You've Got Me Lovin' Again")
Tony Lewis : Drums ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady", "Samba De Oakland")

Horns : ("Dancing Lady", "Walking On Sunshine", "Love's All We Need")
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Wayne Wallace : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Carlberg Jones : French Horn ("Dancing Lady")

Strings : ("She's Gone", "You've Got Me Lovin' Again", "Musicland", "Learn To Live As One")
Kathy Walters, David Litven : Violins
Lorraine Hunt : Viola
Julianne Feldman : Cello

Background vocals
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters & Pat Henderson ("Walking On Sunshine", "Dancing Lady", "Love's All We Need")
Nyya Lark, Phillip Richardson ("Musicland")

Horn & String Arrangements by Pure Delite Music (Larry Batiste, Claytoven & Tom Poole)
Rhythm Arrangements by Bill Summers And Summer Heat ; Bill Summer & Tony Lewis ("Walking On Sunshine")
Percussion Arrangements by Bill Summers

Engineer : Phil Kaffel
Assistants : Danny Kopelson, Richard Corsello, Wally Buck, Nyya Lark, Kirk Felton
Mastering : Stan 'T W A C G' Kalina
Recorded & Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York
Executive Producer : Orrin Keepnews