Ricky Lawson And Friends "Ricky Lawson And Friends" (2001) -Smooth Jazz / Westcoast Jazz-

Label : Pioneer Entertainment (USA), Inc.

 01 - Real Love (Ricky Lawson, Kevin Dorsey & Bridgette Bryant)

02 - Plain Old Fashion Love (Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos)

03 - Planet Hope (Homeless Organization Theme Song) (Ricky Lawson, Ellis Hall & J Jackson)

04 - Slow And Gentle (Ricky Lawson, Joe Wolfe & Carol Duboc)

05 - I Will Be Here Waiting For You (Ricky Lawson, Brad Buxer & Bridgette Bryant)

06 - Sweet Love (Ricky Lawson, Phil Collins & Nathan East)

07 - Without You (P Stewart, T Nkhereanye, K Willis, O Harper & T Hale)

08 - Blues Club (Ricky Lawson & Kirk Whalum)

09 - Need Somebody (Ricky Lawson & Nigel Martinez)

10 - Simple Man (Ricky Lawson, Bill Cantos & David Ward II)

11 - Sunlight (Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos)

12 - So Special (Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos)

13 - Love Will Bring Us Back Around (Ricky Lawson, Bill Cantos & Ty Lacy)

Produced by Ricky Lawson for Perfect Performance, Inc.
Engineered & Mixed by Bob Brown
Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems
Executive Producer : Ricky Lawson & Todd Culberhouse
A&R : Todd Culberhouse

Recorded at :

The Enterprise, Burbank

Mama Joe's, North Hollywood

Mad Dog Studios, Burbank

Le Gonks West, Hollywood

Ahhsum Lawson Studios, Walnut... 

Also at :

N.E. & R.L., Mexico City, Mexico 

N.E. & R.L., Lausanne, Switzerland

Additional Engineers : Craig Burbidge, David Ward II, Wayne Homes, David Wills, Ricky Lawson
Assistant Engineers : David Huron, Dave Hancock, Jeff Griffin, Carlos Castro, Tommy Fiore, Elijah Bradford
Keyboard Programming : Joe O. Wolfe, David Wills, David Ward II, Ricky Lawson
Technicians : Don Q. Hanna, David Harrelson, Abe Senna
All Tracks Recorded on Akai DR16 & DR8 Hard Disk Recorders, Akai A-DAM & Digidesign ProTools
All Sequencing : Akai MPC3000 & MPC60

01 - Real Love 

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Akai S3000 Bass & Synths
Bridgette Bryant : Lead vocals
The Emotions : Background vocals
Al McKay : Electric Guitar
Greg Moore : Electric Guitar
Sheila E. : Tota Bongos
Peter Michael : Tambourine & Cowbell
Bill Cantos : Keyboards & Synths

02 - Plain Old Fashion Love

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums & Toga Percussion
Sean Holt : Lead vocals
Jimmy Haslip : 5 Strings Bass
Bill Cantos : Keyboards & Background vocals
Arnold McCuller : Background vocals
Carlos Rios : Guitars
Luis Conte : Percussion

03 - Planet Hope (Homeless Organization Theme Song)

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Bass, Akai Synths & Percussion

Sean Holt : Lead vocals & Saxophone

Sean Dancy : Keyboards, Synths & Rhythm Arrangement

Ellis Hall Jr. : Background Vocal Arrangements

Natalie Reiter, Ellis Hall Jr. & Sean Holt : Background vocals

Hal Sacks & Joe Wolfe : Engineers

Dave Rideau : Mixer

Mixed at Ahhsum Lawson Studios, Walnut, CA

Pro Tools 24 bit 96k mix Akai Digital Recording

Programming & Digital Transfer by Joe Wolfe

Produced & Arranged by Ricky Lawson for Perfect Performance Inc.

04 - Slow And Gentle 

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion & Synths
Joe Wolfe : Keyboards & Synths
Bridgette Bryant : Lead vocals
Lynne Fiddmont : Background vocals
Fred White : Background vocals
Greg Moore : Guitars

05 - I Will Be Here Waiting For You

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Akai S3000 Bass & Synths
Bridgette Bryant : Lead vocals
The Emotions : Background vocals
Brad Buxer : Electric Piano & Strings
Andrew Woolfolk : Alto Sax Solo

06 - Sweet Love

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Akai Keyboards & Synths
Donald Fagen : Acoustic Piano
Nathan East : Electric Bass & Keyboards
Phil Collins : Percussion
Greg Phillinganes : Electric Piano
Al McKay : Electric Guitar
Greg Moore : Electric Guitar
Sean Holt : Lead vocals
Arnold McCuller : Background vocals
Bill Cantos : Background vocals

07 - Without You

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Bass & Akai Synths

Sean Holt : Saxophone

Sean Dancy : Keyboards, Rhythm & Background Vocal Arrangements

Joe Wolfe : Synths

Dwight Sills : Guitar

Shannon Pearson & Timothy Fowlkes : Background vocals

Hal Sacks & Joe Wolfe : Engineers

Dave Rideau : Mixer

Mixed at Ahhsum Lawson Studios, Walnut, CA

Pro Tools 24 bit 96k mix Akai Digital Recording

Programming & Digital Transfer by Joe Wolfe

Produced & Arranged by Ricky Lawson for Perfect Performance Inc.

08 - Blues Club

Instrumental

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toca Percussion & Electric Piano

Marcus Miller : Electric Bass

Kirk Whalum : Tenor Sax

Boney James : Tenor Sax

Gerald Albright : Tenor Sax

Russell Ferrante : Korg Trinity Organ

Jimmy Haslip : 7 String Funky Bass

Robben Ford : Electric Guitar

Joe Wolfe : Synths

Sean Holt : Background vocals

09 - Need Somebody

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion & Electric Piano
Sean Holt : Lead vocals
Tony Maiden : Electric Guitar
Byron Miller : Electric Bass
Josie James : Background vocals
Nigel Martinez : Background vocals
Amy Keys : Background vocals
Joe Wolfe : Synths

10 - Simple Man

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Akai S3000 Bass & Synths
Tony Maiden : Electric Guitar
Sean Holt : Lead & Background vocals
Bill Cantos : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jim Reid : Tenor Sax
Roger Burns : Vibes

11 - Sunlight

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Akai S3000 Bass & Synths
Vesta Williams : Lead vocals
Tony Maiden : Acoustic Guitar
Carlos Rios : Guitar Solo
Greg Philinganes : Electric Piano
Perri Sisters : Background vocals
Bill Cantos : Keyboards & Synths

12 - So Special

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion, Keyboards & Synths
Nathan East : Electric Bass, Electric Piano & Synths
Carlos Rios : Acoustic Guitars
Ellis Hall : Background vocals
Sean Holt : Background vocals
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Victor Hall : String Arrangement

13 - Love Will Bring Us Back Around

Ricky Lawson : Remo Drums, Toga Percussion & Synths
James Ingram : Lead vocals
Al Jarreau : Lead vocals
Vesta Williams : Lead vocals
David Thomas : Lead & Background vocals
Kirk Whalum : Tenor Solo
George Duke : Keyboards
Neil Stubenhaus : Electric Bass
Bill Cantos : Acoustic Piano & Synths
Jason Brown, Israel Hollingworth, Lyndon Peats, Sheryl Caglese & Sonya Sampson : Background vocals
David Thomas : Background vocal Arrangement