23/08/2025

Grady Tate "Master Grady Tate" (1977) -Smooth Soul / Soul / Disco-



Label : ABC / Impulse Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - Differently (Ralph Graham)
02 - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Michael Price & Dan Walsh)
03 - Funiculi Funicula (Public Domain)
04 - The Hungry Years (Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield)

Side B

01 - I Don't Know How To Look For Love (Ralph Graham)
02 - Dream Love (Grady Tate)
03 - Give A Little Bit (Patti Austin)
04 - Without The One I Love (Harriette Hamilton & Malcolm Dodds)
05 - A Song Of Life (Onaje Alan Gumbs & Rachiim Ausar Sahu)


String Section
Violins : Arnold Belnick, Ribor Zelig, Leonard Malarsky, Winterton Garvey, Janice Gower, Blanche Belnick, William H. Henderson, Ronald Clark
Violas : Rollice Dale, Denyse Buffum
Cellos : Daniel Smith, Edwin V. Beach
Harp : Verlye Mills

Horn Section
Alto Saxophone / Flute : Jerome Richardson, Gary Foster
Tenor Saxophone / Flute / Oboe : Gary Herbig
Baritone Saxophone / Flute : William Perkins
Trumpets : Chuck Findley, Eugene Young, Oscar Brashear
Trombones : George Bohannon, Maurice Spears, Garnett Brown
French Horns : Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe

All Vocals by Grady Tate

Produced by Esmond Edwards
Arranged & Conducted by Harold Wheeler
Recorded at Sound Ideas & The Hit Factory in New York City
Additional Recording at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
Recording Engineers : Barney Perkins, Rick Rowe, Geof Sykes, Jay Borden
Mixed at Media Sound & The Record Plant in New York City & The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Mixing Engineers : Mike DeLugg, Barney Perkins
Mastered at Kendun Recorders
Mastering Engineer : John Golden


Side A

01 - Differently

Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Jeff Mironov, John Tropea
Synthesizers Michael Boddicker
Sitar Marc Silverman
Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Steve Forman
Tenor Saxophone Solo : Ernie Watts
Background vocals : Vivian Cherry, Lani Groves, Yolanda McCullough

02 - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Robert Quim, Clifford Morris
Synthesizers Michael Boddicker
Sitar Marc Silverman
Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Steve Forman
Trombone Solo's : George Bohannon, Garnett Brown
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters

03 - Funiculi Funicula

Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Lance Quinn, Jeff Mironov
Bass : William Lee
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Jessie Smith, Luther Waters, Oren Waters

04 - The Hungry Years

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Lance Quinn, Jeff Mironov
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Bass : William Lee
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Vivian Cherry, Lani Groves, Yolanda McCullough

Side B

01 - I Don't Know How To Look For Love

Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Jeff Mironov, John Tropea
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Sitar : Marc Silverman
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Drums : Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Steve Forman
Tenor Saxophone Solo : Ernie Watts
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters

02 - Dream Love

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree
Synthesizers Michael Boddicker
Electric Sitar : Marc Silverman
Bass : Gordon Edwards
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Jim Maelen
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Jessie Smith, Luther Waters, Oren Waters

03 - Give A Little Bit

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree
Bass : Gordon Edwards
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Jim Maelen
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Jessie Smith, Luther Waters, Oren Waters

04 - Without The One I Love

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler

05 - A Song Of Life

Electric Piano : Harold Wheeler
Guitars : Lance Quinn, Jeff Mironov
Synthesizers Michael Boddicker
Electric Sitar : Marc Silverman
Bass : William Lee
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Steve Forman
Trumpet Solo : Marvin Stamm