30/07/2025

Urban Ensemble "The Music Of Roland Vazquez" (1979) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Fusion-



Label : Arista GRP Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Music For A Flowered Pig (Roland Vasquez)
02 - Long Gone Bird (Roland Vasquez)
03 - The Visitor (Roland Vasquez)

Side 2

01 - Return To Congolia (Roland Vasquez)
02 - Some Friends (Roland Vasquez)
03 - Soul Force (Roland Vasquez)
04 - Stephanie (Roland Vasquez)


Produced by Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen for Grusin / Rosen Productions
Associate Producer : Roland Vasquez
Assisted by Shirley Walker & Larry Williams
Arrangement by Roland Vasquez
Tracks Recorded at Conway Studios, Hollywood
Engineer : Peter Chaikin
Additional Recording & Mix : A&R Studios, New York, N.Y.
Engineer : Jim Boyer
Assistant Engineer : Brad Leigh
Mastering : Ted Jensen - Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y.


Side 1

01 - Music For A Flowered Pig

Ralf Rickert : Trumpet
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile : Tenor Sax
Larry Williams : Rhodes, Synthesizer, Arp Odyssey
John Darst : Electric Guitar
Ken Wild : Electric Bass
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roger Squitero : Congas
Roland Vasquez : Drums

02 - Long Gone Bird

Ralf Rickert : Trumpet
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile : Tenor Sax
Larry Williams : Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim, Polyphonic Synthesizer
John Darst : Electric Guitar
Ken Wild : Electric Bass
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums

03 - The Visitor

Ralf Rickert : Flugel Horn, Harmon Trumpet
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile : Tenor Sax, Flute
Glenn Garrett : Alto Flute
Larry Mitchell : Bass Clarinet
Patrice Rushen : Rhodes
Ken Wild : Electric Bass
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums

Side 2

01 - Return To Congolia

Ralf Rickert : Flugel Horn
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile : Soprano Sax
Patrice Rushen : Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Misc. Percussion
John Darst : Electric Guitar
Ken Wild : Electric Bass
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums

02 - Some Friends

Patrice Rushen : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim, Polyphonic Synthesizer
Leila Thigpen : Vocals
Ken Wild : Fender Fretless Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums

03 - Soul Force

Ralf Rickert : Trumpet
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile : Tenor Sax
Patrice Rushen : Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim, Polyphonic Synthesizer
Clare Fischer : Yamaha Organ
John Darst : Electric Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Electric Bass
Manolo Badrena : Congas, Timbales
Roger Squitero : Shakere, Cow Bell
Chuck Wike : Misc. Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums

04 - Stephanie

Ralf Rickert : Harmon Electric Trumpet, Flugel Horn
Mike Carnahan : Alto Sax
Jim Coile Tenor Sax
Patrice Rushen : Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim, Polyphonic Synthesizer
John Darst : Electric Guitar
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Manolo Badrena : Bongos
Chuck Wike : Percussion
Roland Vasquez : Drums