16/10/2022

Jonathan Butler "Introducing Jonathan Butler" (1986) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : Jive Records


Afrique du Sud Side 1

01 - Baby Please Don't Take It (I Need Your Love) (Jonathan Butler) 
02 - Crossroads Revisited (Jonathan Butler & Barry Eastmond)
03 - Haunted By Your Love (Jonathan Butler) 
04 - 7th Avenue South (Jonathan Butler & Barry Eastmond)
05 - Calm Before The Storm (Jonathan Butler) 

Side 2

01 - Afrika (Jonathan Butler) 
02 - Thinking Of You (Jonathan Butler & Barry Eastmond)
03 - Gentle Love (Jonathan Butler) 
04 - Rumours (Jonathan Butler)  
05 - Song For Jon (Barry Eastmond)


Produced & Arranged by Barry Eastmond except "Calm Before The Storm" Produced by Bryan 'Chuck' New
Engineered by Carl Beatty, Lincoln Clapp, Steve Goldman
Assistant Engineers : Ron Banks, Larry Dicarmine, Dean Cochran, Hugo Dwyer
"Afrika", "Thinking Of You", "7th Avenue South" & "Calm Before The Storm" Mixed by Bryan 'Chuck' New
"Haunted By Your Love", "Rumours", "Baby Please Don't Take It (I Need Your Love)" Mixed by Jerry Peal
"Crossroads Revisited" & "Gentle Love" Mixed by Carl Beatty
"Song For Jon" Mixed by Steve Goldman

Lead Guitars & Vocals : Jonathan Butler
Bass : Wayne Brathwaite except "Song For Jon" & "Rumours" by Bob Cranshaw
Drums : J.T. Lewis on "7th Avenue South", "Crossroads Revisited" & "Rumours", Buddy Williams on "Thinking Of You", "Afrika", "Gentle Love", "Baby Please Don't Take It (I Need Your Love)" & "Haunted By Your Love"
Alto Sax : Eddie Salkin
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Keyboards : Barry Eastmond

Recorded at Celestial Sound Recording Studios, NYC & Battery Studios, London
Mixed at Battery Studios, London