30/11/2023

Vanessa Williams "Star Bright" (1996) -Adult Contemporary / Christmas Music



Label : Mercury Records


États-Unis 01 - Do You Hear What I Hear / The Little Drummer Boy (Gloria Shane Shayne & Noel Regney) / (Katherine K.  David, Harry Onorati & Henry Simeone)
02 - Star Bright (Rob Mathes) 
03 - Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Shout) (Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn)
04 - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
05 - I Wonder As I Wander (Traditional)
06 - Sleep Well Little Children (Alan Bergman & Leon Klatzkin)
07 - Angels We Have Heard On High (Traditional)
08 - The First Noel (Traditional)
09 - What Child Is This (Traditional)
10 - Gracious Good Shepherd (Rob Mathes) 
11 - Go Tell It On The Mountain / Mary Had A Baby (David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock, Randy Waldman & Vanessa Williams) 
12 - I'll Be Home For Christmas (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent & Buck Ram) 


Produced by Jeff Kievit
Engineered by Gary Chester & Troy Halderson
Mixed by Frank Filipetti at Right Track Studios, NYC
Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Barking Doctor Recording, Mr. Kisco, NY
Production Coordinator : Jill Dell'Abate
Recorded at Edison Studios, NYC & Clinton Studios, NYC
Assistant Engineers : Yvonne Yedibalian, Jimmy Murray & Adam Blackburn
Mix Assistant : Jason Goldstein & Marnie Riley

All Songs Produced by Jeff Kievit Except**

"What Child Is This"**
Produced by Gerry E. Brown & Vanessa Williams
Associate Producer : Ron von Arx
Engineered by Gary Tole & Gerry E. Brown at The Hit Factory
Remixed by Frank Filipetti at RightTracks / 1996
Arranged by Fred McFarlene & Gerry E. Brown
String Arrangement : Jesse Levi
Assistant Engineer : Andy Smith
Recorded at Hit Factory
1992 Special Olympics International, Inc.

"Go Tell It On The Mountain / Mary Had A Baby"**
Produced by David Foster
Engineered by Humberto Gatica & Dave Reitzas
Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Arranged by David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock, Randy Waldman & Vanessa Williams
1993 Interscope Records
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
Executive Producer : Bruce Carbone & Vanessa Williams
A & R Coordinator : Leonne Drum


01 - Do You Hear What I Hear / The Little Drummer Boy

Producer : Jeff Kievit
Arranged by Robbie Kondor & Jeff Kievit
Orchestrated, Conducted & Programmed by Robbie Kondor
Robbie Kondor : Keyboards
Rob Mathes : Electric Guitar
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Jeff Kievit : Trumpet
Ed Calle : Tenor Sax
Dana Teboe : Trombone
Background vocals : Vaneese Thomas, Shelton Becton, Sharon Bryant, Vivian Cherry, Curtis King & Fonzi Thornton
Concert Master : Elena Barere
Violins : Rick Dolan, Barry Finclair, Elizabeth Lim, Jan Mullen, Sandra Park, Paul Peabody, Joyce Hammann, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb-Sortomme, Marti Sweet, Donna Tecco
Violas : Sue Pray, Julian Barber, Sarah Adams
Celli : Richard Locker, Diane Barere, Jesse Levy
Bass : David Finck, John Beal
Contractor : Jill Dell'Abate

02 - Star Bright

Arranged & Orchestrated by Rob Mathes
Conducted by Jeff Kievit
Rob Mathes : Keyboards
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Concert Master Elena Barere
Violins : Rick Dolan, Barry Finclair, Elizabeth Lim, Jan Mullen, Sandra Park, Paul Peabody, John Pintavalle, Laura Seaton, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb-Sortomme, Belinda Whitney-Barr Barber, Craig Mumm, Maxine Roach
Celli : Richard Locker, Jeanne LeBlanc, Mark Shuman, Ellen Westermann
Bass : Tim Cobb, John Beal
Harp : Gloria Agostini
Contractor : Jill Dell'Abate

03 - Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Shout)

Arranged by Rob Mathes
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards, Piano, Organ & Electric Guitar
Marc Shulman : Electric Guitar
Jeff Kievit Trumpet
Andy Snitzer : Tenor Sax
Mike Davis : Trombone
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Background vocals : Vaneese Thomas, Shelton Becton, Sharon Bryant, Vivian Cherry, Angela Clemmons-Patrick, Curtis King, William Porter & Fonzi Thornton

04 - Baby, It's Cold Outside

Duet with Bobby Caldwell
Arranged by Rob Mathes
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards & Electric Guitar
Marc Shulman : Electric Guitar
Jeff Kievit : Trumpet
Ed Calle : Tenor Sax
Dana Deboe : Trombone
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion

05 - I Wonder As I Wander

Arranged by Rob Mathes
Jeff Kievit : Trumpet
Concert Master : Elena Barere
Violins : Rick Dolan, Barry Finclair, Elizabeth Lim, Jan Mullen, Sandra Park, Paul Peabody, John Pintavalle, Laura Seaton, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb-Sortomme, Belinda Whitney-Barr Barber, Marti Sweet, Donna Tecco
Violas : Sue Pray, Julian Barber, Craig Mumm, Maxine Roach
Celli : Richard Locker, Jeanne LeBlanc, Mark Shuman, Ellen Westermann
Bass : Tim Cobb, John Beal
Harp : Gloria Agostini
Contractor : Jill Dell'Abate

06 - Sleep Well Little Children

The Claremont School Singers : Vocals

07 - Angels We Have Heard On High

Arranged & Programmed by Rob Mathes
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards & Guitar Solo
Marc Shulman : Electric Guitar
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Background vocals : Rob Mathes & Vanessa Williams
Thanks to Wayne Warnecke for Additional Engineering

08 - The First Noel

Arranged, Conducted & Programmed by Cortis McKonly
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards & Electric Guitar
Cortis McKonly : Keyboards
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Background vocals : Vaneese Thomas, Shelton Becton, Sharon Bryant, Vivian Cherry, Curtis King & Fonzi Thornton
The Claremont School Singers : Vocals
Concert Master : Elena Barere
Violins : Rick Dolan, Barry Finclair, Elizabeth Lim, Jan Mullen, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb-Sortomme, Marti Sweet, Donna Tecco
Violas : Sue Pray, Julian Barber, Sarah Adams
Celli : Richard Locker, Diane Barere, Jesse Levy
Bass : David Finck, John Beal
Contractor : Jill Dell'Abate

09 - What Child Is This

Produced by Gerry E. Brown & Vanessa Williams
Arranged by Fred McFarlene & Gerry E. Brown
Nick Moroch : Guitar
Fred McFarlane : Acoustic Piano
Ron Carter : Bass
Duane Broadnax : Drums
Note : Trombone cut in Remix
 
10 - Gracious Good Shepherd

Arranged & Conducted by Rob Mathes
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards
Tom Stacy : English Horn
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Melanie Hervey : Vocal Solo
Concert Master : Elena Barere
Violins : Rick Dolan, Barry Finclair, Elizabeth Lim, Jan Mullen, Sandra Park, paul Peabody, Joyce Hammann, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb-Sortomme, Marti Sweet, Donna Tecco
Violas : Sue Pray, Julian Barber, Sarah Adams
Celli : Richard Locker, Diane Barere, Jesse Levy
Bass : David Finck, John Beal
Contractor : Jill Dell'Abate
Special thanks to the Rob Mathes Choir of Saints & Friends

11 - Go Tell It On The Mountain / Mary Had A Baby

Produced by David Foster
Engineered by Humberto Gatica & Dave Reitzas
Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Arranged by David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock, Randy Waldman & Vanessa Williams
Orchestra & Choir Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock
Choir on "Go Tell It On The Mountain" Arranged by Andraé Crouch
Acoustic Piano : Randy Waldman
Keyboards : David Foster
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Drums : Claude Gaudette
Synthesizer Programming : Claude Gaudette

12 - I'll Be Home For Christmas

Arranged by Rob Mathes
Shawn Pelton : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Rob Mathes : Keyboards
Ed Calle : Soprano Sax Solo