22/08/2024

Norman Connors "Invitation" (1979) -Smooth Soul / Jazz Funk-



Label : Arista Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Your Love (Melvin Ragin, Josef Powell & Art Tosey)
02 - Handle Me Gently (McKinley Jackson, Shirley Jones, Brenda Jones & Valorie Jones)
03 - Be There In The Morning (Renee Geyer & Mel Logan)
04 - Invitation (Paul D. Wilson)
05 - Together (Keith Echols, Alice Sanderson & Kiethen Carter)

Side 2

01 - Disco Land (Melvin Ragin & McKinley Jackson)
02 - I Have A Dream (Herbie Hancock)
03 - Beijo Partido (Toninho Horta)
04 - Kingston (Jacques Burvick & Marion Meadows


Produced by Norman Connors for Norman Connors Productions, Inc.
Directions in Music by Norman Connors
Orchestrated, Arranged & Conducted by McKinley Jackson except for Paul Riser - Strings & Horns on "Handle Me Gently"
"I Have A Dream" & "Beijo Partido" Arranged & Conducted by Onaje Allen Gumbs
"Invitation" & "Together" Arranged & Conducted by Paul Wilson
"Kingston" Arranged & Conducted by Norman Connors & Jacques Burvick
Vocal Production on "I Have A Dream", "Handle Me Gently" & "Be There In The Morning" by Jean Carn
Vocal Production on "Your Love", "Disco Land" & "Kingston" by Norman Connors
Vocal Consultation by Jean Carn
"Invitation" & "Together" Production & Reproduction : Paul Wilson & Norman Connors
"Handle Me Gently", "Disco Land" Production : Norman Connors & McKinley Jackson
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
Recording & Mixing Engineers : Richard Hennan & Jackson Schwartz
Mastered at Kendun Recorders by John Golden

Norman Connors : Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Background vocals
Adaritha : Lead vocals
Al Johnson : Vocals on "Your Love"

The Starship Orchestra :
Ralph Jones : Soprano Sax & Solo on "Beijo Partido"
Duke Jones : Trumpet
Billy McCoy : Acoustic Piano & Solo Piano on "Beijo Partido"
Jacques Burvick : Electric Keyboards
Gregg Hill : Guitar
Tony Jones : Bass
Petro Bass : Percussion

Guest Musicians :
Jean Carn : Vocal Coloring, Background vocals
Gary Bartz : Alto Sax Solo on "Be There In The Morning"
Bobby Lyle : Acoustic & Electric Keyboards
Eddie Henderson : Trumpet & Flugelhorn Solo on "I Have A Dream"
The Jones Girls : Background vocals on "Your Love", "Handle Me Gently" & "Disco Land"
Josie James, Wali Ali, Gwen Evans : Background vocals on "Kingston"
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Onaje Allen Gums : Electric Piano & Solo on "I Have A Dream"
Mike Botica : Synthesizers (Miscellaneous)
Wah Wah Watson, David T. Walker, Marlo Henderson, Louis Russell : Guitars
Eddie Watkins, Charles Meeks : Bass
James Gadson, James Bradley Jr. : Drums
Kenny Nash, Kenny Hutson, Vance Tenort : Percussion
Oscar Brashear, Noland Smith, Walker Johnson, Danny Pickerin : Trumpets
George Bohannon, Garnet Brown, Maurice Spears, Clay Lowery : Trombones
Marion Meadows : Soprano Sax Solo on "Kingston"
Jeff Clayton, Terry Harrington : Woodwinds

String Concert Master : Harry Bluestone
String Concert Master on "I Have A Dream" & "Beijo Partido" : Bill Henderson