14/03/2026
The Chocolate Jam Co. "The Spread Of The Future" (1979) -Disco / Funk-
Label : Epic Records
01 - The Feeling (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
02 - Just As You Are (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
03 - This Time (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler & Virginia Ayers)
04 - Don't Leave Me Now, Stay With Me (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
Side 2
01 - Looking Glass (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
02 - Suite Chocolate (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
a. Mounds (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
b. Spread Of The Future (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
c. The Party (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
d. A Chocolate Jam (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
e. 'C' Of Chocolate (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
Produced by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler for Dumsong Productions Inc.
Engineer : Phil Kaffel
Assistants to the Producer : Genevieve Edwards & Kevin Dugan
Recorded at Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Phil Kaffel
Assistant Engineers : Ross Pallone, Hollywood Sound ; Ed Cherney & Erik Zobler, Westlake Audio
Mastered at Kendun Recorders by Joe Gastwirt
All Rhythms Arranged by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler except "This Time" by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Al McKay & Ronnie Foster
Strings & Horns Arranged by Reggie Andrews
Hand Claps & Party : Bob Anderson, Darrell Cox, Ron Garrett, Gregory Gibson, Vincent Greenaway, Lynn Holliday, Jawge Hughes, Josie James, Petty McClain, Hindo Numui, Jack Perry, Lindsay Redmond, Gary Sims, Lester Smith, Chris Sterrett, Keith Steven, Fred White
All Lead & Background vocals : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Virginia Ayers & Leo Miller
Rhythm Section :
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums, Timbales, Vibes, Percussion
Byron Miller : Bass
Guitar :
Al McKay : All tracks
David T. Walker : All tracks except "A Chocolate Jam", "Looking Glass" & "Just As You Are"
Greg Moore on "Just As You Are" & "A Chocolate Jam" only
Keyboards :
John Barnes on "Just As You Are" & "Looking Glass"
Greg Phillinganes on "A Chocolate Jam", "Just As You Are", "The Feeling", "Mounds" & "Spread Of The Future"
Ronnie Foster on "This Time", "Don't Leave Me Now, Stay With Me", "'C' Of Chocolate", "Spread Of The Future", "A Chocolate Jam" & "Just As You Are"
Moog & Arp Synthesizer : George Duke on "'C' Of Chocolate"
Brass Section : Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Ray Brown, Micheal Harris, George Bohannon / Contractor, Garnett Brown, Maurice Spears, Bill Green
String Section : Rosemary McLean / Contractor
Violins : Israel Baker / Violin Concertmaster, Arnold Belnick / Violin Concermaster, Blanche Belnick, Denise Aryes, Janice Gover, Teiji Okubo, Bob Lipsett, Henry Roth, Sandy Seymour, Marcia Van Dyke
Violas : Rollice Dale / Viola Principal, Art Royvale, Leonard Selic
Cellos : Dennis Karmazyn / Cello Principal, Ron Cooper
Harp : Dorothy Ashby
Acoustic Bass : Stanley Gilbert
Solos
"A Chocolate Jam"
Al McKay : Guitar
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Timbales
Ronnie Foster : Mini Moog
"Just As You Are"
Ronnie Foster : Mini Moog
"'C' Of Chocolate"
Ronnie Foster : Acoustic Piano
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Remo Roco Toms
"Don't Leave Me Now, Stay With Me"
Ronnie Foster : Organ
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Vibes
"Mounds"
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Vibes
Additional Background vocals : Maxine 'Maxi' Anderson on "Looking Glass", "Just As You Are" & "A Chocolate Jam"
Libellés :
1979,
Al McKay,
Byron Miller,
Chocolate Jam Co. (The),
Disco,
Funk,
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
