22/11/2022

Gerald McCauley "The McCauley Sessions" (1999) -Smooth Jazz / Soul Jazz-



Label : MCK Records


États-Unis 01 - Can We Do That? (Larry Springfield)
02 - Checkin' (Gerald McCauley & Adwin Brown)
03 - When Love Gets Deeper (Brenda Russell & Rob Mullins)
04 - Midnight Rendezvous (Rob Mullins)
05 - Still Searchin' / No Love In Sight (Angela Bofill & Loree Gold)
06 - Keep Rollin' (Gerald McCauley & Nils)
07 - Maybe There Are Reasons (Lonette McKee)
08 - Won't You Let Me Love You (Weldon Irvine & Bernard Wright)
09 - Nocturnal Mood (Hicks & Gerald McCauley)
10 - Pages (Marcus Johnson & Gerald McCauley)


01 - Can We Do That? 

Produced & Arranged by Gerald McCauley & Eddie Miller
Larry Springfield : Lead vocals
Chanté Moore : Co-Lead & Backing vocals
Paul Jackson Jr. : Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Eddie Miller : Programming, Synth Bass, Keys/Synths
Recorded Summer '93 at Westlake Audio (Studios A, B, D), Los Angeles
Engineered by Gregg Mull
Mixed by Eric Sarafin at Westlake Audio (Studio A)
Previously Unreleased

02 - Checkin' 

Produced by Gerald McCauley
Arranged by Gerald McCauley & Mikael Sandgren
Adwin Brown : Spoken Word & Ad-Libs
Bobby Lyle : Organ Solo
Gerald McCauley : Programming, Synthesizers, Vocoder, Samples & Horn Samples, Background Vox
Mikael Sandgren : Programming, Synth Bass, Electric Piano
Phil Upchurch : Guitars
Damia Satterfield : Lead vocal Ad-Libs
Dred Scott : Voice Sample
Recorded Fall '96 at Westlake Audio (Studio A), Los Angeles ; Wildwoods (Studio A), Los Angeles ; Bimmer Music Co., Thousand Oaks
Engineered by Mikael Sandgren, Gerald McCauley, Gregg Mull, Reggie Dozier
Mixed by Dave Way at Studio One, Hollywood
Original Release : January 1997 on "THE POWER OF TOUCH" CD by Bobby Lyle (Atlantic Jazz)

03 - When Love Gets Deeper 

Produced by Rob Mullins & Gerald McCauley
Arranged by Rob Mullins
Vocal Arrangement by Brenda Russell & Gerald McCauley
Brenda Russell : Lead vocals, Additional Background vocals
Rob Mullins : Piano & Solo, Rhythm Section Instruments, Keyboards
Eric Marienthal : Soprano Sax
Eric McCrain : Percussion
Valerie Pinkston : Background vocals
Bridgette Bryant : Background vocals
Recorded Summer '97 at Much 2 Loud Studios, Culver City ; Frontpage, Burbank ; The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Rob Mullins, Dave Rideau, Gerald McCauley
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Westlake Audio (Studio E), Los Angeles
Original Release : September 1997 on "THE DANCE FOR THE NEW WORLD" CD by Rob Mullins (Zebra/WEA)

04 - Midnight Rendezvous 

Produced & Arranged by Rob Mullins & Gerald McCauley
Rob Mullins : Piano, Rhythm Section Instruments, Keyboards
Chuck Mills : Guitars
Val Watson : Vocals
Carla Collins : Vocals
Recorded Summer '97 at Much 2 Loud Studios, Culver City ; Frontpage, Burbank ; The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Rob Mullins, Dave Rideau, Gerald McCauley
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Westlake Audio (Studio E), Los Angeles
Original Release : September 1997 on "THE DANCE FOR THE NEW WORLD" CD by Rob Mullins (Zebra/WEA)

05 - Still Searchin' / No Love In Sight 

Produced & Arranged by Gerald McCauley
Jeanette Jurado : Lead vocals
Nils : Guitars
Gerald McCauley : Synth Bass, Keyboards & Programming, Background vocals
Bobbi Sanders : Additional Vocals
Recorded Summer / Fall '97 at The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Gerald McCauley, Nils
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Westlake Audio (Studio D), Los Angeles
Original Release : May 1998 from The Nils CD "BLUE PLANET" (Brajo/EMD)

06 - Keep Rollin' 

Produced & Arranged by Gerald McCauley
Nils : Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Gerald Albright : Sax & Flute
Gerald McCauley : Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming & Scat
Recorded Summer / Fall '97 at The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Gerald McCauley, Nils
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Westlake Audio (Studio D), Los Angeles
Original Release : May 1998 from The Nils CD "BLUE PLANET" (Brajo/EMD)

07 - Maybe There Are Reasons 

Produced by Gerald McCauley
Arranged by Gerald McCauley & Rob Mullins
Strings Arranged by Mark Cargill
Vocals Arranged by Gerald McCauley
Nils : Guitars
Carl Anderson : Lead vocals
Rob Mullins : Piano Solo
Bobby Lyle : Piano
Michael White : Drums
Kevin Ricard : Percussion
Keith Rouster : Bass
Gerald McCauley : Synths
Mark Cargill : Strings
Background-in-the-Round : Gerald McCauley, LA Dawn Myers, Luisa Dunn, Valerie Watson, J. Karen Thomas & Carla Collins
Recorded between Winter '95 & Winter '97 at Much 2 Loud Studios, Culver City ; Westlake Audio (Studio C), Los Angeles : Ocean Way, Hollywood ; Wildwoods (Studio A), Los Angeles ; C.C. I. Studios, Torrance ; The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Gerald McCauley, Gregg Mull, Mark Cargill, Reggie Dozier, Mikael Sandgren, Nils
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Westlake Audio (Studio E), Los Angeles
Original Release : May 1998 from The Nils CD "BLUE PLANET" (Brajo/EMD)

08 - Won't You Let Me Love You 

Produced & Arranged by Gerald McCauley
Tate Moss : Lead vocals
Marcus Johnson : Piano Solo
Gerald McCauley : Electric Piano, Synths, Background vocals
Enzo Todesco : Drums
Keith Rouster : Bass
Nils : Guitars
Recorded between Spring '98 & Summer '98 at The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Nils, Gerald McCauley
Mixed by Paul Klingberg at BMG Studios, New York
Original Release : June 1998 on The Marcus Johnson CD "CHOCOLATE CITY GROOVIN'" (N2K/Encoded)

09 - Nocturnal Mood 

Produced by Gerald McCauley
Arranged by Gerald McCauley & Mikael Sandgren
Carl Anderson : Lead vocal
Damia Satterfield : Co-Lead & Backing vocals
Jerry Peters : Piano Fills & Solo
Gerald McCauley : Rhodes Fills, Add'l Synths, Background vocals
Mikael Sandgren : Programming, Synth Bass, Synth Pad
Kevin Ricard : Percussion
Recorded between Winter '95 & Fall '98 at Harris Sound, Los Angeles ; Wildwoods (Studio A), Los Angeles ; The Soul Shack, Van Nuys
Engineered by Mikael Sandgren, Gerald McCauley
Mixed by Dave Rideau at Soundcastle (Studio A)
Also Appears on "L.A. JAZZ SYNDICATE II" Compialtion (BJG/Navarre)

10 - Pages

Produced by Gerald McCauley & Paul Brown
Arranged by Gerald McCauley & Mikael Sandgren
George Benson : Lead vocal & Guitar Solo
Gerald McCauley : Synthesizer, Rhodes, Samples, Background vocals
Mikael Sandgren : Programming, Synth Bass, Synth Pad
Kevin Ricard : Percussion
Craig T. Cooper : Acoustic Guitar
Nils : Electric Guitar Pad
Phil Perry : Additional Background vocals
Paul Brown : Additional MPC, Tom Fills
Recorded between Winter '95 & Spring '98 at Harris Sound, Los Angeles ; Wildwoods (Studio A), Los Angeles ; The Light House, Studio City ; NRG Studios, North Hollywood ; Soundcastle (Studio B) ; The Soul Shack, Van Nuys ; Funky Joint, Valley Vista
Mixed by Dave Rideau at The Enterprise, Burbank
Previously Unreleased