Eloise Laws "Secrets" (2003) -Smooth Soul-

Label : Scepterstein Records, Inc.

 01 - Tenderness (Bill Cantos)

02 - Listen To The Moonlight (Michael Ruff & Martin Terefe)

03 - I Fall So Deep (Larry Z. Lofton, Amy Powers & Mattias Gustafsson)

04 - Leave The Light On (Michael Ruff & Martin Terefe)

05 - A Man Like That (El)

06 - Out On A Limb (Vesta Williams, Peter Wolf & Peter Roberts)

07 - Sometimes (Eloise Laws, Charlotte Laws, Michele Laws & Steve Maskall)

08 - More Than You'll Ever Know (Michael Ruff)

09 - In The Thick Of It (Brenda Russell)

10 - I Got My Baby (Lee Morgan, Eloise Laws & Debra Laws)

Eloise Laws : Lead vocals

Debra Laws : Vocals

Bridgette Bryant Blades : Background vocals

Ronnie Laws : Tenor Sax *01

Bill Cantos : Keyboards & Synthesizer

André Fischer : Drums & Percussion

Bobby Watson : Bass

Fred Jenkins : Acoustic & Rhythm Guitar

Dwight Sills : Acoustic & Rhythm Guitar *01, 02, 09

Greg Adams : Trumpet & Flugel Horn *10

Nick Lane : Trombone & Bass Trombone *04

Tollack Ollestad : Harmonica *07

Jakub Ormsky : Cello *08

*Solo & Track

Produced by André Fischer

Recorded by Barry Rudolph

Mixed by Barry Rudolph & André Fischer

Executive Producer : Rikki Records & Spirit Productions

All Arrangements by André Fischer, Bill Cantos & Bobby Watson

Recorded by Frank Jones at Castle Oaks Production Studio (Calabasas, CA)

Assistant Engineers : Frank Verschuuren & Hatsukazu Inagaki

Mixed at L.A. FX (North Hollywood, CA)

Assistant Engineers : Seth McClain & Erich Gobel

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA)

Ronnie Laws "Mirror Town" (1986) -Contemporary R&B / Smooth Soul / Smooth Jazz-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Come To Me (Ronnie Laws)

02 - Misled (Michael Adams & George Shaw)

03 - Tell Me (Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Linda Vitale & Peter Beckett)

04 - Mirror Town (Ronnie Laws)

Side 2

01 - Like A Crazy Man (Ronnie Laws)

02 - Midnight Side (Ronnie Laws)

03 - Cold Day (Ronnie Laws)

04 - You Have To Be In Love (Ronnie Laws)

05 - Take A Chance (Ronnie Laws)

Produced by Ronnie Laws for Little Brother Productions

Co-Produced by Larry Dunn & Chris Brunt

Engineered & Mixed by Chris Brunt

Assistant Engineer : Jeff Poe

Recorded at Indigo Ranch, Little Brother Studio Spirit Recording Studio & Ground Control

The Tracks were Recorded on a B16 Fostex

Except "Tell Me" Produced by David Kershenbaum

Arranged by Jeff Lorber

Engineered by Paul Ratajczak

Recorded at Hollywood Sound

Mixed at Ground Control Recording Studio

Executive Producer : George Butler

Mastered at K-Disc by Ken Perry

Side 1

01 - Come To Me

Lead vocal : Ronnie Laws

Background vocals : Luisa Justiz, Ronnie Laws, Debra Laws

DX 7 Overdubs, Supiter Jupiter : Larry Dunn

DMX Drums, DX 7 (Marimba) : Ronnie Laws

Moog Bass : Larry Dunn

Guitar : Pat Kelley

02 - Misled

Lead vocal : Ronnie Laws

Background vocals : Ronnie Laws, Luisa Justiz

DX 7 Synthesizer : Larry Dunn

Guitar : Pat Kelley

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Tenor Sax : Ronnie Laws

Yamaha QX1 Sequencer, Roland Muse Sequencer, Synthesizer Keyboards, Drum Basic Track Programming : George Shaw

03 - Tell Me

Lead vocal, Tenor Sax : Ronnie Laws

Keyboard Synthesizers, Bass & Drum Synthesizers : Jeff Lorber

Guitar : Pat Kelley

04 - Mirror Town

Lead vocals : Ronnie Laws, Eloise Laws

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

DX 7 Strings : George Shaw

DMX Drum Programming, DX 7 Bass : Ronnie Laws

DX 7 Overdubs : Larry Dunn

Side 2

01 - Like A Crazy Man

Lead vocal : Ronnie Laws

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

DX 7, Supiter Jupiter, Moog Bass : Larry Dunn

Guitar : Pat Kelley

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

DMX Drums : Ronnie Laws

02 - Midnight Side

Lead vocal : Ronnie Laws

Background vocals : Luisa Justiz

DX 7 Synthesizer, Juno 106 : Larry Dunn

DMX Drums : Ronnie Laws

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Guitar : Pat Kelley

Moog Bass : Larry Dunn

Alto Sax, Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

03 - Cold Day

Lead vocal, Background vocals : Ronnie Laws

DMX Drums, DX 7 Keyboard : Ronnie Laws

DX 7 Bass, Kurzweil : Larry Dunn

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Alto Sax : Ronnie Laws

04 - You Have To Be In Love

Lead vocals : Ronnie Laws, Eloise Laws

Background vocals : Debra Laws, Luisa Justiz, Ronnie Laws

DX 7 Keyboard : Mark Ross

Moog Bass, DX 7 Overdubs : Larry Dunn

Guitar : Pat Kelley

Soprano Sax, DMX Drums : Ronnie Laws

05 - Take A Chance

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Lead vocal : Ronnie Laws

DX 7 Synthesizer, Moog Bass : Larry Dunn

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

DMX Drums : Ronnie Laws

Hubert Laws "Make It Last" (1983) -Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Gonna Be Happy (TV Soaps) (Hubert Laws)

02 - Make It Last (Hubert Laws)

03 - Happy Anniversary (Hubert Laws)

04 - Swan Lake (Pter Hyich Tchaikovsky - Arr: Hubert Laws)

Side 2

01 - Stay With Me (Hubert Laws & Angel Rogers)

02 - Morning Star (Rodgers Grant)

03 - Life Cycles (Hubert Laws)

Produced by Hubert Laws for Spirit Productions, Inc.

Executive Producer : George Butler

Production Assistants : Stan Jackson & David Iveland

Engineer : David Iveland

Engineer's Assistant : Stan Jackson

Remix Engineer : David Iveland & Hubert Laws

All compositions were Recorded & Mixed at Spirit Productions, Inc. Recording Studio except "Life Cycles" 

Rhythm & Strings Tracks which were Recorded at Sunset Studio

Engineered by Tom Knox

Assisted by Peggy McCreary

Recorded June, 1982 - May, 1983

Mastered at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA by Bernie Grundman

Other Musicians :

Brass Players :

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Raymond Lee Brown : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Rick Baptist : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Garnett Brown : Trombone

George Bohannon : Trombone

Maurice Spears : Trombone & Bass Trombone

Gale Robinson : French Horn

Arthur Maebe : French Horn

Robert L. Watt : French Horn

Background Vocalists : Marti McCall, Myrna Matthews, Clydene Jackson

All Compositions, Lyrics Composed, Arranged & Conducted by Hubert Laws except "Morning Star" Written by Rodgers Grant & Co-Arranged by Don Sebesky ; "Swan Lake Composed by Peter Hyich Tchaikovsky ; "Stay Wit Me" Co-Written by Angel Rogers & "Life Cycle" Strings Arrangement by Marty Paich

Side 1

01 - Gonna Be Happy (TV Soaps)

Hubert Laws : Piccolo & Vocal Rap (Narration)

Nathan East : Bass

Raymond Pounds : Drums

John Chiodini : Guitar

Barnaby Finch : Rhodes Piano

Rick Jackson : Synthesizers

Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson : Percussion

Hubert Laws, Eloise Laws, Debra Laws, Lisa DuBois & Angel Rogers : Vocal Effects

Plus Brass & Background vocals

02 - Make It Last

Hubert Laws : Flutes

Eloise Laws : Lead vocals

Rod McNeill : Lead vocals

Rick Jackson : Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers

Welton Gite : Bass

Tom Walsh : Drums

Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson : Percussion

Plus Brass

03 - Happy Anniversary

Hubert Laws : Alto Flute

Rod McNeill : Lead vocals

Rick Jackson : Piano & Synthesizers

Plus Background vocals

04 - Swan Lake

Hubert Laws : Flute & Piccolo

Nathan East : Bass

Raymond Pounds : Drums

Milcho Leviev : Rhodes Piano

Rick Jackson : Synthesizers

Greg Hilfman : Synthesizers

John Chiodini : Guitar

Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson : Percussion

Plus Brass

Side 2

01 - Stay With Me

Hubert Laws : Flute & Bass Flute

Raymond Pounds : Drums

Welton Gite : Bass

Greg Hilfman : Rhodes Piano

John Chiodini : Guitars

Rick Jackson : Synthesizers

Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson : Percussion

Plus Brass & Background vocals

02 - Morning Star

Hubert Laws : Flute

Alphonse Mouzon : Drums

Bob Magnusson : Acoustic Bass

Randy Waldman : Rhodes Piano

Rick Jackson : Synthesizers

Plus Brass & Background vocals

03 - Life Cycles

Hubert Laws : Flute

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Bobby Lyle : Acoustic Piano

Bob Magnusson : Acoustic Bass

Plus Brass

Eloise Laws "Eloise Laws" (1980) -Smooth Soul / Soul / Vocal Jazz-

Label : Liberty Records

 

 Side 1

01 - Let's Find Those Two People Again (Linda Creed & Bruce Hawes)

02 - Strength Of A Woman (Phyllis Brown & Juanita Curiel)

03 - Almost All The Way To Love (John Lewis Parker & Harry Shannon)

04 - I'm Just Warmin' Up (Barbara Wyrick)

05 - You Are Everything (Linda Creed & Thom Bell)

Side 2

01 - Moment To Moment (Linda Creed & Diane Bernstein)

02 - Got You Into My Life (Ronald Bell)

03 - If I Don't Watch Out (Linda Creed & Thom Bell)

04 - Search, Find (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb)

All Songs except "Almost All The Way To Love" Produced by Linda Creed for My Kids Productions

Arranged & Conducted by Thom Bell

Engineered by James P. Gallagher at Sigma Sound Studio, Phila.

"Search, Find" & "You Are Everything" Mixed by Kenny Present

Assistant Engineers : Vince Warsavage, Bruce Bluestein, Mike Spite

Rhythm :

Thom Bell : Keyboards

Bobbi Eli : Guitar

Bill Neale : Guitar, Banjo, 12-String

Charles Collins : Drums

Bob Babbitt : Bass

Larry Washington : Congas

Linda Creed : Percussion

Don Renaldo And His String & Horns

Background vocals : Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Phil Hurtt, Ron Tyson

Carl Helm : Lead vocal on "You Are Everything"

Mastered at Frankford-Wayne Mastering Lab in Philadelphia by Tom Steele

"Almost All The Way To Love"

Produced by Ronnie Laws

Recorded at Indigo Ranch

Engineer : Chris Brunt

Keyboards : Bobby Lyle

Drums : Raymond Pounds

Guitar : Michael O'Neill

Background vocals : Marlena Jeter, Gwenchee Mathews

Synthesizer : Larry Dunn

Bass : Nathan East

String Arrangement : George Del Barrio

Eloise Laws "Eloise" (1977) -Westcoast Soul / Disco-

Label : ABC Records

 

 Side A

01 - Baby You Lied* (Linda Creed & Jerry Goldstein)

02 - His House And Me* (Linda Creed & Thom Bell)

03 - 1,000 Laughs (Linda Creed)

04 - Someone Who Still Needs Me (Linda Creed & Pat Vegas)

05 - Love Is Feeling** (Linda Creed & Leroy 'Lonnie' Jordan)

Side B

01 - Number One (Pat & Lolly Vegas)

02 - You're Incredible* (Lolly Vegas)

03 - Love Comes Easy (Linda Creed & Thom Bell)

04 - Forever Now* (Aalon)

Produced by Linda Creed & Jerry Goldstein for Far Out Productions

Arranged & Conducted by Gene Page (In Spite Of Creed And Goldstein)

Background Vocals Arranged by Tom Bahler in Association with Linda Creed & Jerry Goldstein

Recording Engineer : Ed Barton

2nd Engineers : Leslie Jones & Bob Ullock

Recorded at ABC Studios, Hollywood, Calif.

Mixed at Sound City, Van Nuys, Calif.

Mastered at Capitol Records

*Tenor Sax & Alto Sax Solos by Ronnie Laws

**Arp Solo by Lonnie Jordan

Arranged & Conducted by Gene Page

Personnel :

Drums : James Gadson, Ed Greene

Bass : Henry Davis, Scott Edwards, Wilton Felder

Keyboards : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke

Conga : Paulinho Da Costa

Guitars : Jay Graydon, Marlo Henderson, Rick Littlefield, Ray Parker Jr., David T. Walker, Wah Wah Watson

Concert Master : Harry Bluestone

Harp : Stella Castelluci

Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Ollie Mitchell

Woodwinds : Gene Cipriano, Bill Green, Terry Harrington, Jackie Kelso

Trombones : George Bohannon, Lew McCreary

Ronnie Laws "Brotherhood" (1993) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : 101 South Records

 

01 - Still In The Band (Ronnie Laws & Rob Mullins)

02 - See The Day (Larry Antonino & Michael Lent)

03 - Handyman (Jimmy Jones, Otis Blackwell & Charles Merenftein)

04 - Tidal Wave (William Jeffrey)

05 - My River (Ronnie Laws)

06 - I Feel Fine (William Bryant)

07 - Night Thing (Rob Mullins)

08 - Brotherhood (Ronnie Laws & Rob Mullins)

09 - Distant Lover (Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy & Sandra Green)

10 - When I Fall In Love (Victor Young & Edward Heyman)

Produced by Ronnie Laws

Executive Producer for 101 South Records : Michael Jacoby

Recorded at Indigo Ranch Studio

April/May 1993

Engineer : Chris Brunt

Ass. Eng. : Chuck Johnson

01 - Still In The Band

Rhythm Section & All String, Brass & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Tenor Sax & Piccolo : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Piano & Keyboards : Rob Mullins

Acoustic Bass : Larry Antonino

Guitar : Craig T. Cooper

02 - See The Day

Tenor Sax : Ronnie Laws

Guitar : Michael Lente

Drum Programming : Larry Antonino & Michael Lente

Bass : Larry Antonino

Keyboards : Larry Antonino & Michael Lente

03 - Handyman

Rhythm Section & All String And Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Lead vocals & Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Piano & Keyboards : Rob Mullins

Bass : Larry Antonino

Guitar : Craig T. Cooper

 

04 - Tidal Wave

Rhythm Section & All String And Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Tenor Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Piano : Rob Mullins

Acoustic Bass : Larry Antonino

Guitar : Craig T. Cooper

05 - My River

Rhythm Section & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Piano, Keyboards (Clavinet) : Rob Mullins

Bass : Larry Antonino

Guitar : Craig T. Cooper

Mini Moog & Percussion Arr. : Larry Dunn

06 - I Feel Fine

Rhythm Section & All Brass & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Lead & Background vocals : Michele Laws

Bass : Larry Antonino

Keyboards : Rob Mullins

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

07 - Night Thing

Rhythm Section & All Strings, Brass & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Bass : Larry Antonino

Piano, Keyboards : Rob Mullins

08 - Brotherhood

Rhythm Section & All Strings, Brass & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Acoustic Bass : Larry Antonino

Piano : Rob Mullins

09 - Distant Lover

Soprano Sax : Ronnie Laws

Bass : Larry Antonino

Guitar : Craig T. Cooper

Background vocals : Ronnie Laws & Michele Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Piano, Keyboards : Rob Mullins

10 - When I Fall In Love

Featuring Eloise Laws

Rhythm Section & All Strings, Brass & Synthesizer Parts Arranged by Rob Mullins

Flute : Hubert Laws

Acoustic Bass : Larry Antonino

Piano : Rob Mullins

Tenor Sax : Ronnie Laws

Drums : William Bryant

Eloise Laws "All In Time" (1982) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : Capitol Records

 Side One

01 - Love Ain't Easy (Bunny Hull & Jeff Hull)
02 - I Got Ya Covered (Clyde Bullard, Ed Fox & Alan Roy Scott)
03 - I've Loved You Somewhere Before (Paul Gordon & Robbie Buchanan)
04 - If I Had My Way (Eloise Laws & Steve Dorff)
05 - While The City Sleeps (Eloise Laws, Patrick H. Robinson & Jacqueline English)

Side Two

01 - I've Got The Rhythm, You've Got The Blues (Alan Roy Scott, Ed Fox & Jacqueline English)
02 - I Did It For Your Love (Jerry Wiener)
03 - If You Don't Love Me By Now (Sam Hogin, Jim Pasquale & Ralph Murphy)
04 - Weekend (Bunny Hull & Jacqueline English)


Produced by Ronnie Laws & William Jeffery for Little Brother Productions

String Arrangements by Frank Kavelin
Horn Arrangements by William Jeffery
Horn Arrangement on "Weekend" by Hubert Laws

Recorded at Spirit Studios & Lion Share Recording Studios
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Gerry E. Brown
Assistant Engineers : Artie Farkas & Fred Howard
Mastered at Capitol Records
Mastering Engineer : Wally Traugott

Musicians :
Barnaby Finch : Keyboards
Todd Cochran : Synthesizers
Leon Johnson & Charles Meeks : Bass
William 'Bubba' Bryant & Raymond Pounds : Drums
Pat Kelly & Roland Bautista : Guitar
Charles 'Icarus' Johnson : Electric Guitar
Dan Dugmore : Steel Guitar
Concertmaster : William Henderson

Background vocals by Silk (Marlena Jeter, Maxi Anderson & Gwen Machu)
Special Guest Artists :
Hubert Laws : Flute on "Weekend
Ronnie Laws : Sax on "If I Had My Way", "I Got Ya Covered" & "I've Got The Rhythm, You've Got The Blues "