22/04/2025

David Fathead Newman "Concrete Jungle" (1978) -Jazz Funk-



Label : Prestige Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Knocks Me Off My Feet (Stevie Wonder)
02 - Save Your Love For Me (Buddy Johnson)
03 - Blues For Ball (McCoy Tyner)
04 - Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly (William Fischer)

Side 2

01 - Concrete Jungle (Bob Marley)
02 - Sun Seeds (David Newman)
03 - Distant Lover (Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy Fuqua & Sandra Greene)


David Fathead Newman : Flute, Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxes
Pat Rebillot : Keyboards
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Electric Bass
Idris Muhammad : Drums
Bill Summers : Congas, Percussion

Produced by Orrin Keepnews & William Fischer
Arranged & Conducted by William Fischer

David Newman plays Alto Sax on "Knocks Me Off My Feet" & "Distant Lover", Soprano on "Save Your Love For Me" & "Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly", Tenor on "Blues For Ball" & "Sun Seeds" (playing both tenor parts on "Sun Seeds"), Flute on "Concrete Jungle"
Pat Rebillot plays Rhodes Electric Piano on "Knocks Me Off My Feet", "Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly", Yamaha Electric Grand on "Blues For Ball", "Concrete Jungle" & "Distant Lover", Yamaha Acoustic on "Save Your Love For Me", "Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly" & "Sun Seeds"

Strings (on "Knocks Me Off My Feet", "Save Your Love For Me", "Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly" & "Distant Lover")
Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Sanford Allen, Regis Iandiorio, Kathryn Kienke, Yoko Matuso, Stan Pollock, Anthony Posk : Violins
Alfred Brown, Linda Lawrence : Violas
Kermit Moore : Cello

Horns (on All except "Dance Of The Honey Bee And The Funky Fly"  & "Sun Seeds") :
Jimmy Owens, Milt Ward : Trumpets
Earl McIntyre : Trombone
Kenneth Harris : Flute
Babe Clarke : Tenor Sax
Clarence Thomas : Baritone Sax

Engineering :
Basic Recording - Eddie Bill Harris (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA ; November 8-10, 1977)
Assistant : Wally Buck
Additional Recording :
Strings by Vince McGarry (Regent Sound Studios, New York City ; November 14, 1977)
Horns by Tony May (Generation Sound Studios, New York City ; November 17, 1977)
Remix : Eddie Bill Harris (Fantasy)
Mastering : John Golden (Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA)