16/06/2024

Bill Sharpe "State Of The Heart" (1998) -Smooth Jazz / Latin Jazz-



Label : Passion Jazz / Instinct Records


Royaume-Uni 01 - Pacific Nights (William Sharpe)
02 - Light On My Life (William Sharpe & Roger Odell)
03 - Hypnotique (William Sharpe)
04 - P'ra Voce Amor (For You, My Love) (William Sharpe, Alex Acuña, Abraham Laboriel, Paulinho Da Costa & Carlos Rios)
05 - My Blue Heart (William Sharpe & Linda Taylor)
06 - Hermanos De Luxe (Don Grusin)
07 - Rhythm Dance (William Sharpe)
08 - Let The Rhythm Take You High (William Sharpe & Linda Taylor)
09 - D'Ja (Don Grusin)
10 - Brazilian Dawn (William Sharpe)


Produced by Dave Grusin & Bill Sharpe
Mixed & Engineered by Don Murray
Assistant Engineer : Steve Mixdorf
Programming : Don Grusin
Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Executive Producer : Les McCutcheon


01 - Pacific Nights

Bill Sharpe : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Gerald Albright : Soprano Sax
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar

02 - Light On My Life

Bill Sharpe : Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Jeffrey Osborne : Lead vocals
Gerald Albright Soprano Sax
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar

03 - Hypnotique

Bill Sharpe : Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Gerald Albright : Flute
Brian Bromberg : Acoustic Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Don Grusin : Synthesizers

04 - P'ra Voce Amor (For You, My Love)

Bill Sharpe : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass, Street Chorus
Alex Acuña : Drums, Street Chorus
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion, Street Chorus
Carlos Rios : Guitar, Street Chorus
Don Grusin : Street Chorus

05 - My Blue Heart

Bill Sharpe : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Pauline Wilson : Vocals
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar

06 - Hermanos De Luxe

Bill Sharpe : Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Don Grusin : Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers, Vocal Chant
Tollak Ollestad : Harmonica
Gerald Albright : Tenor Sax
Abraham Laboriel : Bass, Vocal Chant
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion, Vocal Chant
Carlos Rios : Guitar, Vocal Chant

07 - Rhythm Dance

Bill Sharpe : Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Tollak Ollestad : Harmonica

08 - Let The Rhythm Take You High

Bill Sharpe : Fender Rhodes
Pauline Wilson : Vocals
Brian Bromberg : Acoustic Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Gerald Albright : Flute

09 - D'Ja

Bill Sharpe : Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Don Grusin : Acoustic Piano
Dori Caymmi : Acoustic Guitar, Voice
Gerald Albright : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar

10 - Brazilian Dawn

Bill Sharpe : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Dori Caymmi : Vocals
Pauline Wilson : Vocals