25/10/2022

David Fathead Newman "Scratch My Back" (1979) -Jazz Funk-



Label : Prestige Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - One Step At A Time (Jay Fleecewood, Tanyette Willoughby & David 'Fathead' Newman)
02 - You Gotta Keep Gotta Keep Dancin' (Jay Fleecewood, Tanyette Willoughby & David 'Fathead' Newman) 
03 - Two Can Do It (Jay Fleecewood, Tanyette Willoughby & David 'Fathead' Newman) 

Side 2

01 - Scratch My Back (Kevin Toney)
02 - Rock Me, Baby (Like My Back Ain't Got No Bone) (Kevin Toney & Bessie Scott)
03 - After The Ball (Jay Fleecewood & David 'Fathead' Newman) 
04 - The Buggs (Claude Johnson)


David 'Fathead' Newman : Flute ; Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxes
Kevin Toney : Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizers
Richard Tee : Acoustic Piano (except on first two selections Side 2)
Eric Gale : Guitar (first two selections Side 1 only)
Cornell Dupree : Guitar (other five selections)
Ron Carter : Acoustic Bass (except on first two selections Side 2)
Wilbur Bascomb : Electric Bass (first two selections Side 2 a "Two Can Do It" only)
Harvey Mason : Drums
Bill Summers : Congas & Percussion
Tanyette : Lead vocals (all three selections Side 1)
Bessie Ruth Scott : Lead vocal ("Rock Me, Baby (Like My Back Ain't Got No Bone)" only)

Horns
(except on "After The Ball" & "Two Can Do It") :
Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis : Trumpets
Earl McIntyre : Trombone
Jerry Dodgion, Kenneth Harris, George Marge : Flutes

(on "Two Can Do It" only) :
James Buffington : French Horn
Jerry Dodgion, Kenneth Harris, George Marge : Flutes

Strings 
(except on "The Buggs") :
Gerald Tarack (Concertmaster), Anahid Ajemian, Frederick Buldrini, Harold Kohon, Joseph Malignaggi, Anthony Posk, Charles Veal, Marilyn Wright : Violins
Julian Barber, Alfred Brown : Violas
Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore : Cellos

Background vocals :
Flame Brathwaite, Deborah McGriff
(on "You Gotta Keep Gotta Keep Dancin'", "Scratch My Back", "Rock Me, Baby (Like My Back Ain't Got No Bone)")
Ben Carter ("Rock Me, Baby (Like My Back Ain't Got No Bone)" only)
Tanyette ("Two Can Do It")