20/12/2021

Stix Hooper "The World Within" (1979) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Jazz-



Label : MCA Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - Brazos River Breakdown (Stix Hooper)
02 - African Spirit (Stix Hooper)
03 - Rum Or Tequila? (Stix Hooper)
04 - Passion (Stix Hooper)

Side B

01 - Cordon Bleu (Joe Sample)
02 - Jasmine Breeze (Stix Hooper)
03 - The Little Drummer Boy (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone)


Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Inc. and Cherokee Recording Studios
Producers - Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper & Joe Sample for Crusaders Productions, Inc. 
Engineered & Mixed by Jeremy Smith with Larry Rebhum & Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant
Mastered at A&M Studios by Bernie Grundman

Compositions Arranged by Stix Hooper with the exception of "The Little Drummer Boy" which is a Stix Hooper / Joe Sample collaboration
Horn Arrangements by the Seawind Horns : Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft & Larry Williams on "The Little Drummer Boy" & "Brazos River Breakdown"

Musicians & Instrumentation
Drums, Percussion & Vocal : Stix Hooper
Rhodes Electric Piano : Joe Sample - All Compositions except "African Spirit" & "Jasmine Breeze"
LoBue Fretless Bass Chapman Stick : Alphonso Johnson - All Compositions except "African Spirit"
Marimba : Bobby Hutcherson - "The Little Drummer Boy", Solos on "Rum Or Tequila?" & "Jasmine Breeze"
Extra Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa - All Compositions except "The Little Drummer Boy", "Jasmine Breeze" & "Passion"
Guitars
Dean Parks - All Compositions except "African Spirit"
Barry Finnerty - All Compositions except "African Spirit" & "Jasmine Breeze" with Solo on "The Little Drummer Boy"
Roland Bautista - All Compositions except "African Spirit"
Horns : Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams & Jerry Hey"The Little Drummer Boy" & "Brazos River Breakdown"
Jerry Hey Plays Fluegel Horn Solo on "Passion"
Koto : Osamu Kitajima - "Jasmine Breeze"
Shakuhachi : Kazu Matsui"Jasmine Breeze"
Synthesizer : Todd Cochran"The Little Drummer Boy" & "Passion"
Musette : Frank Marroco - "Cordon Bleu"
Chant-Vocals (African Spirit) : Stix Hooper & Paulinho Da Costa