26/03/2025

B. Baker Chocolate Co. "B. Baker Chocolate Co." (1979) -Jazz Funk-



Label : Lester Radio Corporation


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Snow Blower (Brad Baker & Lance Quinn)
02 - Carousel (Brad Baker & Lance Quinn)
03 - Dreamer (Lonnie Smith)

Side 2

01 - Spirit Level (Brad Baker & Lance Quinn) 
02 - Higher And Higher / The High And The Mighty (Carl Smith, Raynard Miner & Gary Jackson) / (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington)
03 - It's Where You're Coming From (Jerry Friedman, Brad Baker & Don Oriolo)


Produced by Sonny Lester
Musical Supervisor : Lance Quinn
All Arrangements by B. Baker & Lance Quinn
Except :
"Carousel" by B. Baker, Lance Quinn & Lew Del Gatto
"Dreamer" by B. Baker, Lonnie Smith & Bob Christianson

Drums : Richard Crooks, Alan Schwartzberg, Jimmy Young
Bass : Bob Babbitt, Neil Jason, Will Lee
Keyboards : Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Pat Rebillot, Derek Smith
Percussion : Jimmie Maelen
Horns :
Alan Rubin : Trumpet
Jon Faddis : Trumpet
Lew Soloff : Trumpet
Marvin Stamm : Trumpet
Barry Rogers : Trombone
Dave Taylor : Trombone
Reeds : Eddie Daniels, George Young, Dave Tofani, Lew Del Gatto, Lou Marini

Recording Engineers : Tony Bongiovi, Bob Cearmountain, Don Berman
Remix Engineer : W.G. Scheniman

Solo Performances
Jimmy Ponder : Guitar
Lonnie Smith : Organ / Synthesizer
*Jimmy McGriff : Organ
**Eddie Daniels : Alto Saxophone
Sherry Winston : Flute
George Young : Alto & Tenor Saxophone

*"Dreamer" & "It's Where You're Coming From"
**"Higher And Higher / The High And The Mighty"

Strings : Gene Orloff, Frederick Buldrini, Regis Iandiorio, Jesse Levy, Marvin Morgenstern, Jonathan Abramowitz, Kermit Moore, Pat Winter, Harold Kohon, Allen W. Sanford, Joe Mullin, Guy Lumia
Solo Vocal Performances :
Gene Scott on "Dreamer"
Lew Kirton on "It's Where You're Coming From"
Vocalists : Jocelyn Brown, Lonnie Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody