16/05/2025

Ben Sidran "I Lead A Life" (1972) -Jazz Pop-



Label : Blue Thumb Records


États-Unis Side I

01 - Chances Are (Ben Sidran)
02 - Lust (Ben Sidran)
03 - It Don't Pay To Worry Like That (Ben Sidran)
04 - Eliyahu (Traditional)
05 - When A Woman Say She Ready (Ben Sidran & Curley Cooke)

Side II

01 - I Lead A Life (Ben Sidran)
02 - The Devil Comes To Las Vegas (Ben Sidran)
03 - Talking About Money (Ben Sidran)
04 - Slippery Hip (Phil Upchurch)
05 - Back Down On State Street (Ben Sidran)


This Album was Produced by Ben Sidran & Bruce Botnick for Bulldog Productions
Audio by Bruce Botnick
This Album was Recorded at Full Compass Sound, Madison, Wisconsin
The Strings Parts were Written & Conducted by Nick DeCaro
The Strings Players were contracted by Norman Botnick (Harry Bluestone Solos on "Eliyahu")
The Sweetening & Mixing was done at United Recorders, Hollywood
Mastering by Bob MacLeod at Artisan Sound Recorders


Side I

01 - Chances Are

Ben Sidran : Keyboards, Vocal
Curley Cooke : Guitar
Phil Upchurch : Bass & Percussion
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums & Percussion
Gavin Christopher : Background vocals
Cheeba Switzer : Background vocals
John Almond : Flute

02 - Lust

Ben Sidran : Keyboards & Vibes, Vocal
Curley Cooke : Guitar
Phil Upchurch : Bass & Percussion
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums & Percussion

03 - It Don't Pay To Worry Like That

Ben Sidran : Keyboards, Vocal
Phil Upchurch : Bass & Guitar
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums
Gavin Christopher : Background vocals
Cheeba Switzer : Background vocals
Bruce Botnick : Background vocals

04 - Eliyahu

Arranged by Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran : Keyboards & Vibes, Vocal
Special thanks to the Children's Choir of the Temple Valley Beth Shalom, Los Angeles, & to their Director, Cantor Fordis

05 - When A Woman Say She Ready

Ben Sidran : Keyboards & Vibes, Vocal
Curley Cooke Guitar
Phil Upchurch : Bass
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums
Gavin Christopher : Background vocals
Cheeba Switzer : Background vocals
Bruce Botnick : Background vocals
Blue Mitchell : Trumpet

Side II

01 - I Lead A Life

Ben Sidran Keyboards, Vocal
Curley Cooke Guitar
Phil Upchurch : Bass & Percussion
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums & Percussion
Curt Roads : ARP Synthesizer
Gavin Christopher : Background vocals
Cheeba Switzer : Background vocals

02 - The Devil Comes To Las Vegas

Ben Sidran Keyboards
Curley Cooke Guitar
Dennis Oliver : Bass 
George Brown : Drums
Tim Davis : Congas
Charles Davis : Alto Solo
Bob Folkedahl : Horns
Bob Corbet : Horns

03 - Talking About Money

Ben Sidran : Keyboards, Vocal
Curley Cooke Guitar
Dennis Oliver : Bass 
Tim Davis : Drums & Background vocal
Charles Davis : Horns
Bob Corbet : Horns

04 - Slippery Hip

Ben Sidran : Keyboards
Phil Upchurch : Guitar, Bass & Percussion
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums & Percussion

05 - Back Down On State Street

Ben Sidran : Keyboards
Curley Cooke : Guitar
Phil Upchurch : Bass
Clyde Stubblefield Drums
Jim Gordon : Tenor Sax