26/03/2025

Starship Orchestra "Celestial Sky" (1980) -Jazz Fusion / Jazz Funk-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - You're A Star (Jacques Burvick)
02 - New York, New York (Joe Saulter & Douglas Wood)
03 - The Waiting Game (Billy McCoy & Maxi Anderson)
04 - All Those Things (Aquillas Coisas Todas) (Toninho Horta)

Side 2

01 - The Genie (Bobby Lyle)
02 - Celestial Sky (Billy McCoy)
03 - Yesterday (Jacques Burvick)
04 - Serious Business (Jacques Burvick)
05 - Give Me Some Skin (Darryl Munyunho Jackson)


Produced by Norman Connors for Norman Connors Productions, Inc.
Directions in Music by Norman Connors
Executive Producer : George Butler
Assistant to the Producer : Gerald Roberts
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by :
McKinley Jackson - "You're A Star", "Yesterday"
Jerry Peters - "The Waiting Game", "All Those Things (Aquillas Coisas Todas)"
Bobby Lyle - "The Genie"
Billy McCoy - "Celestial Sky" & Rhythm Arrangements on "The Waiting Game" & "All Those Things (Aquillas Coisas Todas)"
Jacques Burvick - "Serious Business"
Darryl Munyungo Jackson - "Give Me Some Skin"
Vocal Production by Norman Connors
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA in January & February, 1980
Engineer : Jackson Schwartz
Assistant Engineer : Bob Winard
Mastered at Kendun Recorders by John Golden

Starship Orchestra :
Ralph Jones : Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet & Flute (All Sax Solos except "You're A Star")
Billy McCoyr : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Prophet 5 Synthesizer, Brazilian Whistles (All Keyboard Solos)
Darryl Munyungo Jackson : Percussion (Congas, Timbales, Syndrums, Flying Pans, Surdo, Caxixi, etc...)
Jacques Burvick : Keyboards
Nathan East : Bass
Joe Saulter : Drums
Wali Ali : Guitar

Keyboards :
Bobby Lyle : Acoustic Piano on "Yesterday" & Multi-Keyboards on "The Genie"
Jerry Peters : Electric Piano on "The Waiting Game"
Doug Wood : Electric Keyboards & Production on "New York, New York"
Guitar : Marlo Henderson, Wah Wah Watson, Paul Jackson Jr., John Rowan
Oscar Castro Neves : Acoustic Guitar
Fred Washington : Bass
Woodwinds : Fred Jackson, Don Myrick (Solo on "You're A Star"), Bill Green
Trombones : George Bohannon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears
Drums & Percussion : James Gadson, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Nolan Smith, Bobby Bryant Sr., Eric Butler, Mike Carribia

Guest Lead vocals : Marcie Allen on "Yesterday"
Lead vocals : Joe Saulter on "New York, New York"
Background vocals : Maxi Anderson, Josie James, Marlena Jeter, Marcie Allen, Wali Ali, Jacques Burvick, Norman Connors