16/06/2025

Deodato "Whirlwinds" (1974) -Jazz Fusion / Jazz Funk-



Label : MCA Records


Brésil Side 1

01 - Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)
02 - Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
03 - Do It Again (Walter Becker & Donald Fagen)

Side 2

01 - West 42nd Street (Eumir Deodato)
02 - Havana Strut (Eumir Deodato)
03 - Whirlwinds (John Tropea & Eumir Deodato)


Arranging, Conducted & All Keyboards : Eumir Deodato

Guitar : John Tropea
Bass : John Giulino (All Tracks), Tony Levin (Center Section & Solo on "Moonlight Serenade")
Drums : Billy Cobham, Nick Remo (on "Ave Maria")
Congas & Bongos : Rubens Bassini
Percussion : Gilmore Digap, Rubens Bassini, Eumir Deodato
Trumpets : Marvin Stamm, Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Victor Paz, John Eckert, Larry Spencer
French Horns : Jimmy Buffington, Brooks Tillotson
Trombones : Urbie Green, Sam Burtis (Solo on "Havana Strut")
Tuba : Tony Price
Flutes & Saxophones : Romeo Penque, George Marge, Phil Bodner, Artie Kaplan, Joe Temperley
Violins : Emanuel Green, Irving Spice, Michael Spivakowsky, Harold Kahon, Harry Glickman, Paul Winter, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Carmel Malin, Norman Carri
Violas : Al Brown, Selwart Clark
Cellos : Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Gloria Lanzarone
Arco Basses : Russel Savakus, Alvin Brehm

Recorded at Record Plant East, New York
Sound Engineer : Carmine Rubino
Assistant Engineers : Richard Apuzzo / Kevin Herron
Produced by Eumir Deodato for Kenya Music, Inc.