03/12/2022

Deodato "Happy Hour" (1982) -Jazz Funk-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


Brésil 1

01 - Keep On Movin' (Eumir Deodato)
02 - Happy Hour (Jerry Barnes & Katreese Barnes)
03 - Just This One Night (Marcos Valle, Leon Ware, Eban Kelly & Charles Williams)

2

01 - Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder & Henry Cosby)
02 - Sweet Magic (Eban Kelly & Charles Williams)
03 - Keep It In The Family (Eumir Deodato)
04 - I Never Get Enough (Eumir Deodato, Eban Kelly & Charles Williams)


Produced by Eumir Deodato for Kenya Music, Inc.
Associate Producer : Jim Bonnefond
Recorded at House of Music, W. Orange, New Jersey
Engineered by Jim Bonnefond & Cliff Hodsdon
Mixed by Eumir Deodato & Jim Bonnefond
Mastered by Jose Rodriguez for Sterling Sound

Lead vocals : Kelly Barretto ("Keep On Movin'", "Happy Hour", "Keep It In The Family"), Eban Kelly ("Just This One Night", "I Never Get Enough"), Candi Staton ("Tears Of A Clown")
Background vocals : Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes, Allison Bragdon ("Happy Hour", "Just This One Night", "Tears Of A Clown", "Sweet Magic", "I Never Get Enough"), Cynthia Higgins, Joan Motley, Kelly Barretto ("Keep On Movin'", "Happy Hour", "Keep It In The Family", "I Never Get Enough")
Bass : Gary Grainger, Neil Jason ("Tears Of A Clown"), Jerry Barnes ("Happy Hour")
Drums : Steven Daniels, John Tucker ("Happy Hour"), John Sassewell ("Tears Of A Clown")
Guitar : Wyatt Staton & Allan Thomas ("Keep On Movin'", "Sweet Magic", "Keep It In The Family"), Dave Brown ("Tears Of A Clown"), George Parrish Jr. ("Just This One Night")
Keyboards : Eumir Deodato -Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Wurlitzer, Mini-Moog, Arp Omni, Arp Pro Soloist, Etc. ; Mark Cohen -Fender Rhodes ("Keep On Movin'", "I Never Get Enough"), Dave Bravo -Fender Rhodes ("Just This One Night"), Michael Mandel -Prophet 5 Programming ("Keep On Movin'")
Horns : Cliff Adams -Trombone, Michael Ray -Trumpet, Steve Greenfield -Alto Sax (Solo on "Tears Of A Clown"), Many Boyd -Tenor Sax
Strings : Kermit Moore & Friends ("Keep On Movin'", "Happy Hour", "Tears Of A Clown", "Sweet Magic")
Claps : Steven Daniels, Bobby Douglas, Skip Ingram, Clap Trap
Percussion : Eumir Deodato