14/09/2022

Will Downing "Invitation Only" (1997) -Smooth Jazz / Soul Jazz-



Label : Mercury Records


États-Unis 01 - Island (Ronnie Foster & Susaye Greene Coton)
02 - All About You (Will Downing, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett)
03 - Angel (Will Downing & Rex Rideout)
04 - I Don't Want To Lose You (Thomas Randolf Bell & Linda Creed)
05 - Eternal Love (Will Downing, William Holloway & Darren Steward)
06 - These Things (Will Downing, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett)
07 - If She Knew (Will Downing, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett)
08 - Personal (Will Downing, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett)
09 - If I Could (Gordon Dukes)
10 - Come To Me (Robert Palmer, Will Wheaton & Howard McCrary)
11 - When Sunny Gets Blue (Jack Segal & Marvin Fisher)
12 - Before We Say Goodbye (Will Downing & Art Porter)


Mastering Engineer : Greg Calbi at Masterdisc


01 - Island

Produced & Arranged by Ronnie Foster
Background vocals : Ronnie Foster
Bass : Marcus Miller
Percussion : Luis Conte
Engineered by Woody Woodruff & Ronnie Foster
Tracking Studio : Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA
Mixed by Don Murray at Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA

02 - All About You

Produced by Darryl Simmons for Silent Partner Productions, Inc.
Background vocals : Will Downing & Tanya Smith
Keyboards, Drum Programming, Percussion : Darryl Simmons
Bass : Ronnie Garrett
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Engineered by Thom Kidd
Assistant Engineer : Kevin Lively
Tracking Studio : Silent Sound Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA
Mixed by Jon Gass at Brandon's Way Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Production Coordinator : Ivy Skoff

03 - Angel

Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Background vocals : Will Downing & Cindy Mizelle
Bass : Ronnie Garrett
Keys, Programming : Rex Rideout
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Acoustic Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Engineered by Ben Garrison, Rich Travali & Will Downing
Mixed by Thom Kidd at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA
Tracking Studios : Chung King Studios, NY, NY / Cherokee, Los Angeles, CA / Carriage House, Stanford, CT / Shelter Island, NY, NY / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ

04 - I Don't Want To Lose You

Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Arranged by Rex Rideout & Will Downing
Background vocals : Will Downing, James Williams & Fonzi Thornton
Piano : Alex Bugnon
Rhodes : Rex Rideout
Drums : Buddy Williams
String Arrangement : Webster Lewis
Sax : Gerald Albright
Guitar : Mike Campbell
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Bass : Jerry Brooks
Engineered by Carl Beatty, Will Downing & Woody Woodruff
Tracking Studios : Clinton, NY, NY / Soundtracks, NY, NY / Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA / Mixed Impressions, NY, NY / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ
Mixed by Alec Head at The Carriage House, Stamford, CT

05 - Eternal Love

Duet with Audrey Wheeler
Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Vocals : Will Downing & Audrey Wheeler
Background vocals : Will Downing, Antoinette Robertson & Dwight Thompson
Keyboards, Programming : Rex Rideout
Bass : David Metcen
Guitar : Binky Brice
Engineered by Aman Malik & Will Downing
Tracking Studios : The Cutting Room, NY, NY / Mixed Impressions, NY, NY / Beat On Beat, NY, NY / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ
Mixed by Thom Kidd at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA

06 - These Things

Featuring Yellowjackets
Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Arranged by Rex Rideout & Will Downing
Background vocals : Will Downing & Marva King
Piano : Russell Ferrante
Bass : Jimmy Haslip
Drums : Will Kennedy
Percussion : Sammy Figueroa
Guitar : Chieli Minucci
Keyboards : Rex Rideout
Engineered by Cal Harris, Woody Woodruff & Will Downing
Tracking Studios : Cherokee, Los Angeles, CA / Mixed Impressions, NY, NY / Shelter Island, NY, NY
Mixed by Alec Head at The Carriage House, Stamford, CT

07 - If She Knew

Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Background vocals : Audrey Wheeler, Ronnie Garrett & Will Downing
Bass : Ronnie Garrett
Keys, Programming : Rex Rideout
Acoustic Guitar : Ira Siegel
Electric Guitar : Norman Brown
Engineered by Rich Travali & Will Downing
Tracking Studios : Chung King Studios, NY, NY / Cherokee, Los Angeles, CA / Mixed Impressions, NY, NY / Carriage House, Stamford, CT / Shelter Island, NY, NY / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ
Mixed by Thom Kidd at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA

08 - Personal

Duet with Tanya Smith
Produced by Will Downing, Rex Rideout & Ronnie Garrett
Vocals : Will Downing & Tanya Smith
Background vocals : Antoinette Roberson & Will Downing
Keyboards, Programming : Rex Rideout
Bass : Ronnie Garrett
Guitar Solo : Rahn Lawrence
Engineered by Stan Wallace
Tracking Studios : Axis, NY, NY / Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA / The Tree House, Atlanta, GA / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ
Mixed by Thom Kidd at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA

09 - If I Could

Produced by The Family Stand for The Neptune Factor, Inc.
Background vocals : Goodfellaz
Keyboards & Drum Programming : Mack 96
Keyboards : Peter Lord
Bass : Leslie Lemon
Engineer : Mack 96
Tracking Studios : Neptune Studios, Carmel, NY
Mixed by Peter Moshay at A-Pawling Studio, Pawling, NY

10 - Come To Me

Produced by Will Downing & Rex Rideout
Background vocals : Audrey Wheeler & Katreese Barnes
Keyboards, Programming : Rex Rideout
Bass : James Genus
Guitar : Mike Campbell
Engineered by Rich Travali, Aman Malik & Will Downing
Tracking Studios : Chung King, NY, NY / Mixed Impressions, NY, NY / Will Down Sound, Secaurus, NJ
Mixed by Thom Kidd at Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA

11 - When Sunny Gets Blue

Produced & Arranged by Ronnie Foster
Background vocals : Will Downing
Piano, Rhodes, Synths : Ronnie Foster
Acoustic Bass : Dave Carpenter
Drums : Harvey Mason
Sax Solo : Kirk Whalum
Vocal Arrangements : Will Downing
String Arrangement : Chris Cameron
Conductor : Jorge Del Barrio
Engineered by Woody Woodruff & Ronnie Foster
Tracking Studio : Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA / Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Don Murray at Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA

12 - Before We Say Goodbye

Produced by Ronnie Foster
Background vocals : Marva King, Maxayne Lewis
Drums : Harvey Mason
Bass : Gerald Albright
Keyboards : Ronnie Foster
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Saxophone : Art Porter
Engineered by Woody Woodruff, Brad Gilderman & Will Downing
Tracking Studio : Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA
Mixed by Don Murray at Bimmer Studios, Thousand Oaks, CA