Dee Dee Bridgewater "Dee Dee Bridgewater" (1980) -Soul / Disco-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

Side One 

01 - Lonely Disco Dancer (J.B. Jefferson, Thom Bell & Richard Roebuck)

02 - When Love Comes Knockin' (Joe Ericksen, Dennis Caldirola & Thom Bell)

03 - One In A Million (Guy) (Joe Eriksen & Thom Bell)

04 - Gunshots In The Night (Leroy Bell & Casey James)

Side Two

01 - When You're In Love (Casey James)

02 - That's The Way Love Should Feel (Preston Glass & Alan Glass)

03 - Give In To Love (Linda Creed & Thom Bell)

04 - Jody (Whoever You Are) (J.B. Jefferson)

Strings & Horns : Don Renaldo & His Strings and Horns

Guitars : Bobby Eli, Billy Neale

Keyboards : Thom Bell, Casey James

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Drums : Charles Collins

Percussion : Larry Washington, Leroy Bell

Saxophones : Grant Reeves

Background vocals : George Merrill, Frankie Bleu, Carl Helm, Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Yvette Benton

Recorded at :

Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA

Chief Engineers : Dirk Devlin, Jim Gallagher

Assistant Engineer (Marimba Resonator Vibration Eliminator) : Vince Warsavage

Summit Studios, Seattle, WA

Engineer : Ron Gangnes

Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA

Production Coordinator : Bo Ryan, JoDee Omer

All Selections Arranged, Conducted & Produced by Thom Bell for Bellboy Productions, with the exceptions of "Gunshots In The Night" & "When You're In Love" which are Arranged, Conducted & Produced by Bell & James for Bellboy Productions

Thom Bell - Executive Producer

Dee Dee Bridgewater "Dee Dee Bridgewater" (1976) -Soul / Smooth Soul-

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 Side One

01 - My Prayer (Fast) (George Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy)

02 - My Lonely Room (Pete Skellern)

03 - It Ain't Easy (Allen Toussaint)

04 - He's Gone (Daryl Hall & John Oates)

Side Two

01 - Goin' Through The Motions (Tom Bahler)

02 - You Saved Me (Bob Bateman)

03 - Every Man Wants Another Man's Woman (Alan O'Day)

04 - My Prayer (Ballad) (George Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy)

"My Prayer (Fast)"

Guitars : Cliff Morris, Jerry Friedman

Keyboards : Harold Wheeler

Bass : Herb Bushler

Drums : Alan Schwartzberg

Background vocals : Linda Novembre, Arleane Martell, Vivian Cherry

Recorded at Soundtek, New York, New York

Recording Engineer : S. YS

"It Ain't Easy", "Goin' Through The Motions", "Every Man Wants Another Man's Woman" & "My Prayer (Ballad)"

Guitars : Pete Carr, Jimmy Johnson

Keyboards : Barry Beckett

Bass : David Hood

Drums : Roger Hawkins

Background vocals : Vivian Cherry, Lani Groves, Gwen Guthrie

Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama

Recording Engineers : Jerry Masters, Steve Melton & Gregg Hamm

Concert Master : Gene Orloff

Strings & Horns Arranged by Harold Wheeler

Produced by Stephen Y. Scheaffer

"My Lonely Room", "He's Gone" & "You Saved Me"

Guitars : Melvin Ragin, Ray Parker Jr., Dean Parks, David T. Walker

Keyboards : Tom Hensley, Joe Sample

Bass : Wilton Felder, Henry Davis

Drums : Ed Greene

Percussion : Gary Coleman

Congas : Bobbye Hall

Background vocals : Jim Gilstrap, August Johnson, John Lehman, Carolyn Willis, Jackie Ward, Marti McCall, Merry Clayton

Background Vocal Arrangements : Billy Page

Concert Master : Harry Bluestone

Arranged by Gene Page

Recorded at Sound Factory, Los Angeles, Califonria

Recording Engineer : Dave Hassinger

Produced by Jerry Wexler & Gene Page

Album Mixed by Stephen Y. Scheaffer except "My Lonely Room" Mixed by Lew Hahn

Mastered at Soundteck, N.Y., N.Y. by John Vogel

Dee Dee Bridgewater "Love And Peace - A Tribute To Horace Silver" (1995) -Vocal Jazz-

Label : Verve Records

 01 - Permit Me To Introduce You To Yourself (Horace Silver)

02 - Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)

03 - The Tokyo Blues (Horace Silver)

04 - Pretty Eyes (Horace Silver)

05 - Saint Vitus Dance (Horace Silver)

06 - You Happened My Way (Horace Silver)

07 - Soulville (Horace Silver)

08 - Filthy McNasty (Horace Silver)

09 - Song For My Father (Horace Silver)

10 - Doodlin' (Horace Silver)

11 - Lonely Woman (Horace Silver)

12 - The Jody Grind (Horace Silver)

13 - Blowin' The Blues Away (Horace Silver)

Produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Production Assistant : Jean Marie Durand

Personal Assistant : Caroline Daniel

Recorded on December 1994 at Plus XXX Studios, Paris, France

Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer : Pierre Jacquot

Assistant Engineers : Stéphane May & Jean-Mathieu Pointevin

Sound Designers : Pierre Jacquot & Serge Babkine

Mastered at Digital Edge

Mastering Engineer : Wilfrid Harpaille

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Stéphane Belmondo : Trumpet

Lionel Belmondo : Tenor Saxophone

Thierry Eliez : Piano except on 02, 09

Hein Van De Geyn : Bass

André Ceccarelli : Drums

Guests

Horace Silver : Piano on 02, 09

Jimmy Smith : Hammond B3 Organ on 08, 12

All Arrangements by Hein Ven De Geyn except 07, Arranged by Lionel Belmondo

Dee Dee Bridgewater "Bad For Me" (1979) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Bad For Me (Charles Veal Jr. & Deborah Thomas)
02 - Back Of Your Mind (Gene McDaniels & Raye Styles)
03 - For The Girls (George Duke & Dee Dee Bridgewayer)
04 - Love Won't Let Me Go (Larry Dunn & Dee Dee Bridgewater)

Side Two

05 - Streetsinger (Don Kerr)
06 - It's The Falling In Love (David Foster & Carole Bayer Sager)
07 - Tequila Mockingbird (Larry Dunn & Roxanne J. Seeman)
08 - Don't Say It (If You Don't Mean It) (Bobby Lyle)
09 - Is This What Feeling Gets? (Quincy Jones, Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises, Inc 
Remix on "Bad For Me" : Larry Levan, Billy Kessler & Don Mizell
Remix Consultation : John Brown
Dave Rideon : Assistant Engineer
Recorded at Westlake Studios


Side One

01 - Bad For Me

George Duke : Yamaha Electric Grand
Byron Miller : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Lew McCreary : Trombone
Don Menza : Tenor Sax
Josie James, Lynn Davis & Napolean Murphy Brock : Background vocals
Sheila E. : Percussion
Horns Recorded at Kendun by Geoff Sykes
Vocals Recorded at Kendun
Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke

02 - Back Of Your Mind

Bobby Lyle : Fender Rhodes
Byron Miller : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Sheila E. : Percussion
Jerry Hey : Flugelhorn
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Josie James, Lynn Davis & George Duke : Vocals
Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke

03 - For The Girls

George Duke : Yamaha Electric Grand
Robert Popwell : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Josie James, Lynn Davis & Dee Dee Bridgewater : Background vocals
Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke

04 - Love Won't Let Me Go

Larry Dunn : Fender Rhodes
Byron Miller : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Josie James, Lynn Davis & Jim Gilstrap : Background vocals
Jorge G. DelBarrio, Murray Adler, James Getzoff, Gayle Levant, Marvin Limonick, Jay A. Rosen, Joy Lyle, William Kurasch, Robert Konrad, Janet Laketos, Pamale Goldsmith, Carole Mukogawa, Judy Perett, Frederick Seykora, Douglas L. Davis & Robert L. Adcock : Strings Players
Bobby Bryant, Rahmlee & Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Louis Sattersfield & George Bohannon : Trombone
Maurice Spears : Bass Trombone
Richard Perissi & Sidney Multrow : French Horn
Fred Jackson : Baritone Saxophone
Murray Adler : Concert Master
Horns Arranged by Larry Dunn & Eddie DelBarrio
Horns Conducted by Eddie DelBarrio
Strings Recorded at Western Studios, Los Angeles
Horns Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Vocal Arrangement by Larry Dunn & George Duke

Side Two

01 - Streetsinger

Bobby Lyle : Yamaha Electric Grand
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Byron Miller : Bass
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Petsye Powell, Carolyn Dennis & Becky Lopez : Background vocals
Sheila E. : Percussion
Background vocals Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke

02 - It's The Falling In Love

Greg Phillinganes : Fender Rhodes
Alphonso Johnson : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Dee Dee Bridgewater : Background vocals
Sheila E. : Percussion
Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke

03 - Tequila Mockingbird

Larry Dunn : Fender Rhodes & Mini Moog
Byron Miller : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jorge G. DelBarrio, Murray Adler, James Getzoff, Gayle Levant, Marvin Limonick, Jay A. Rosen, Joy Lyle, William Kurasch, Robert Konrad, Janet Laketos, Pamale Goldsmith, Carole Mukogawa, Judy Perett, Frederick Seykora, Douglas L. Davis & Robert L. Adcock : Strings Players
Bobby Bryant, Rahmlee & Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Louis Sattersfield & George Bohannon : Trombone
Maurice Spears : Bass Trombone
Richard Perissi & Sidney Multrow : French Horn
Fred Jackson : Baritone Saxophone
Murray Adler : Concert Master
Horns Arranged by Larry Dunn & Eddie DelBarrio
Horns Conducted by Eddie DelBarrio
Strings Arranged & Recorded at Western Studios, Los Angeles
Horns Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Acoustic Piano Scat Chorus : George Duke & Dee Dee Bridgewater
Vocal Arrangement by Larry Dunn & George Duke

04 - Don't Say It (If You Don't Mean It)

Bobby Lyle : Yamaha Electric Grand, Clavinet & Mini Moog
Robert Popwell : Bass
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Josie James, Lynn Davis & Dee Dee Bridgewater : Background vocals
Sheila E. : Percussion
Horn Arrangement by Bobby Lyle
Vocal Arrangement by Bobby Lyle & George Duke
Synthesizer Programming by Bobby Lyle, Larry Dunn & George Duke

05 - Is This What Feeling Gets?

George Duke : Fender Rhodes, Bass Synthesizer & Prophet
Alphonso Johnson : Bass
Ricky Lawson : Drums & Syndrum
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted by George Duke
Murray Adler : Concert Master

Dee Dee Bridgewater "Just Family" (1978) -Soul-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Just Family (Stanley Clarke, Gilbert Moses & Richard Duncan)

02 - Maybe Today (Gilbert Moses)

03 - Children Are The Spirit (Of The World)  (Gilbert Moses, Stanley Clarke, Raymond Gomez, George Duke & Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)

04 - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word  (Elton John & Bernie Taupin)

Side Two

01 - Sweet Rain (John & Sharon Barnes)

02 - Open Up Your Eyes (Ronnie Foster)

03 - Night Moves (Michael Franks & Michael Small)

04 - Thank The Day (You Walked Into My Life) (Gilbert Moses)

05 - Melody Maker (William Allen)

Produced by Stanley Clarke

All Selections Arranged by Stanley Clarke

All Background vocals by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Recorded & Mixed at Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California - October, 1977

Engineer : Ed Thacker

Assistant Engineers : Gary J. Coppola, Christopher Gregg, Brian Leshon

Side One

01 - Just Family

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Stanley Clarke : Bass

George Duke : Keyboards

Raymond Gomez : Guitar

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Airto Moreira : Percussion

02 - Maybe Today

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Bobby Lyle : Keyboards

David T. Walker : Guitar

Ken Wild : Bass

Norman Farrington : Drums

03 - Children Are The Spirit (Of The World)

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Stanley Clarke : Bass

George Duke : Keyboards

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Raymond Gomez : Guitar

Airto Moreira : Percussion

04 - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Ronnie Foster : Keyboards

Alphonso Johnson : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums

Raymond Gomez : Guitar

Airto Moreira : Percussion

Scarlet Rivera : Violin

Side Two

01 - Sweet Rain

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Ronnie Foster : Keyboards

Raymond Gomez : Guitar

Alphonso Johnson : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums

Airto Moreira : Percussion

02 - Open Up Your Eyes

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Stanley Clarke : Bass

Ronnie Foster : Keyboards

Harvey Mason : Drums

Airto Moreira : Percussion

Raymond Gomez : Guitar

03 - Night Moves

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Bobby Lyle : Keyboards

Norman Farrington : Drums

04 - Thank The Day (You Walked Into My Life)

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Bobby Lyle : Keyboards

David T. Walker : Guitar

Ken Wild : Bass

Norman Farrington : Drums

Stanley Clarke : String Ensemble

05 - Melody Maker

Dee Dee Bridgewater : Vocals

Chick Corea : Keyboards

Airto Moreira : Percussion