Gavin Christopher "Gavin Christopher" (1976) -Soul-

Label : Island Records Inc.

 A

01 - Good Stuff (Gavin Christopher & Suzi England)

02 - Love Has A Face Of Its Own (Gavin Christopher)

03 - Paradise Is In Your Mind (Gavin Christopher)

04 - Sightings (Gavin Christopher)

B

01 - Dance Wit Me (Gavin Christopher)

02 - Treasure Every Moment (Gavin Christopher)

03 - Return The Love (Gavin Christopher)

04 - Mirror, Mirror (Gavin Christopher)

05 - Reprise: Paradise Is In Your Mind (Gavin Christopher)

Produced by Eric Malamud & Gavin Christopher

Executive Producer : Bob Monaco for Rampro Inc.

Arranged by Gavin Christopher, Clint Mosley & Bob Monaco

Associate Producers : Gary Monaco, Don Murray

Production Assistance : Diana Zuniga, Martha Sellers

Recorded at Producers Workshop, Hollywood, California

Engineered by Don Murray

Assisted by Joe Bellamy

Re-Mixed at :

Quantum Studios, Torrance, California

Don Sciarrotta - Engineer

Burbank Studios, Burbank, California

Don Murray - Engineer

Mastered at Kendun Studios, Burbank, California

John Golden - Engineer

Musicians :

Gavin Christopher : Lead vocals, Background vocals, Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Guitar, Fender Rhodes Piano, Congas

Clint Mosley : Bass, Fuzz Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums

Cash McCall : Guitar

Tom Sellers : Wurlitzer Electric Piano

Gordon DeWitty : Organ

Linda McCrary : Background vocals

Charity McCrary : Background vocals

Sundray Tucker : Background vocals

Tower of Power Horns - Arranged by Greg Adams

Greg Adams : Trumpet, Flugel Horn

Emilio Castillo : Tenor Saxophone

Mic Gillette : Trumpet, Flugel Horn

Steve Kupka : Baritone Saxophone

Lenny Pickett : Tenor Saxophone

Tony Maiden : Guitar

Lee Ritenour : Guitar

Herbie Hancock "Magic Windows" (1981) -Jazz Funk-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Magic Number (Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen & David Rubinson)

02 - Tonight's The Night (Ray Parker Jr., Jeffrey Cohen & Herbie Hancock)

03 - Everybody's Broke (Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Alphonse Mouzon & Gavin Christopher)

Side 2

01 - Help Yourself (Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Gavin Christopher & David Rubinson)

02 - Satisfied With Love (Herbie Hancock & Jean Hancock)

03 - The Twilight Clone (Herbie Hancock & Andrew Belew)

Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. & Herbie Hancock

Recording Engineers : Fred Catero, Leslie Ann John & David Rubinson

Mixdown Engineers : Fred Catero, Leslie Ann John & David Rubinson

Assistant Engineers : Wayne Lewis, Susan Gottlieb, Bob Winard, Barbara Issak

Keyboard Engineer : Bryan Bell

Production Coordinator : Tony Meilandt

Recorded & Mixed at The Automatt, San Francisco, California

Additional Recording at :

Kendun Recording, Los Angeles

Village Recorders, Los Angeles

Ameraycan Studios, Los Angeles

Herbie Hancock : EMU Polyphonic Keyboard, Clavitar, Waves Minimoog, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha CS-80, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, Hohner Clavinet, Rhodes 88 Suitcase Piano, Sennheiser Vocoder, Linn Drum Synthesizer, Modified Apple II plus Microcomputer, Piano

Side 1

01 - Magic Number

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Bass : Freddie Washington

Guitar : Ray Parker Jr.

Percussion : Sheila, Pete & Juan Escovedo

Lead vocal : Sylvester

Background vocals : Sylvester & Jeanie Tracy

02 - Tonight's The Night

Drums : Ray Parker Jr.

Guitar : Ray Parker Jr.

Bass : Herbie Hancock

Lead vocal : Vicki Randle

Background vocals : Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer, Dede Dickerson

Tenor Saxophone : Michael Brecker

03 - Everybody's Broke

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Bass : Louis Johnson

Guitar : George Johnson

Lead vocal : Gavin Christopher

Background vocals : Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer, Dede Dickerson, David Bottom, Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen

Side 2

01 - Help Yourself

Drums : James Gadson

Bass : Eddie Watkins

Guitar : Al McKay

Lead vocal : Gavin Christopher

Background vocals : Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer, Dede Dickerson

Tenor Saxophone : Michael Brecker

Brass Arrangement Concept : Gavin Christopher

02 - Satisfied With Love

Drums : Alphonse Mouzon

Bass : Freddie Washington

Guitar : Wah Wah Watson

Lead vocal : Gavin Christopher

Background vocals : Oren, Luther, Julia & Maxine Waters

03 - The Twilight Clone

Drums : Linn LM1 Drum Machine - Played by Herbie Hancock

Bass : Louis Johnson

Rhythm Guitar : George Johnson

Lead Guitar : Adrian Belew

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Ghanian Drums & Bells : Kwawu Ladzekpo, Kwasi Dzidzomu, Moody Perry III

Jeff Lorber "Step By Step" (1985) -Jazz Funk / Contemporary R&B / Smooth Jazz-

 Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - Step By Step (Jeff Lorber & Anita Pointer)
02 - Groovacious (Jeff Lorber & P.J. Peterson)
03 - Every Woman Needs It (Diane Warren & Dana Fatigante)
04 - On The Wild Side (Mic Murphy & David Frank)
05 - This Is The Night (Jeff Lorber & Bunny Hull)

Side 2

01 - Best Part Of The Night (Mic Murphy & David Frank)

02 - Pacific Coast Highway (Jeff Lorber)
03 - It Takes A Woman (Jeff Lorber, Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman)
04 - When You Gonna Come Back Home (Aaron Zigman, Jason Scheff & Guy Thomas)


Produced by Mic Murphy & David Frank for Science Lab Music Productions
Assistant Producer : Jeff Lorber

Recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York, October & November, 1984

Recording Engineer : Mario Salvati

Mixed at Unique Recording by Chris Lord Alge except "Every Woman Needs It", "When You Gonna Come Back Home" & "Pacific Coast Highway" Mixed at Sorcerer Sound by Mario Salvati

Synthesizers Performed by Jeff Lorber
Additional Synthesizers by David Frank

Background vocals by Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizellz, James Robinson & Mic Murphy
Guitar on "It Takes A Woman" & "This Is The Night"by Jeff Lorber
Guitar & Bass on "Groovacious" by P.J. Peterson
Guitar & Bass on "When You Gonna Come Back Home" & "Pacific Coast Highway" by Paul Pesco
Guitar on All Others by Marlon McClain
Bass on "It Takes A Woman" by Tinker Barfield
Tenor Sax on "Groovacious" by Lenny Pickett
Percussion by Jimmy Maelen

Side 1

01 - Step By Step

Lead vocal : Audrey Wheeler

02 - Groovacious

/

03 - Every Woman Needs It

Lead vocal : James Robinson

04 - On The Wild Side

/

05 - This Is The Night

Lead vocal : Audrey Wheeler

Side 2

01 - Best Part Of The Night

Lead vocal : Gavin Christopher

02 - Pacific Coast Highway

/

03 - It Takes A Woman

Lead vocal : James Robinson

04 - When You Gonna Come Back Home

Lead vocal : James Robinson

Herbie Hancock "Monster" (1980) -Disco / Jazz Funk-

Label : CBS Inc.

 

 Side 1

01 - Saturday Night (Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen & David Rubinson)

02 - Stars In Your Eyes (Ray Parker Jr., Herbie Hancock, Gavin Christopher & Lisa Capuano)

03 - Go For It (Alphonse Mouzon, Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen & David Rubinson)

Side 2

01 - Don't Hold It In (Wah Wah Watson & Jeffrey Cohen)

02 - Making Love (Alphonse Mouzon & Jean Hancock)

03 - It All Comes Round (Wah Wah Watson, Jeffrey Cohen & David Rubinson)

Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. And Herbie Hancock

Associate Producer : Jeffrey Cohen

Engineers : Fred Catero & David Rubinson

Keyboard Engineer : Bryan Bell

Recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles

Assistant Engineer : Barbara Issak (United Western Studios, Los Angeles) ; Jim DeMarco, Gary Boatner, Dave Kulka (The Automatt, San Francisco) ; Bob Kovach

Mixed & Mastered at The Automatt

Mastering Engineer : Paul Stubblebine

Musicians :

Herbie Hancock : Eu Polyphonic Keyboard, Clavitar, Waves Minimoog, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha CS-80, Arp 2600, Hohner Clavinet, Rhodes 88 Suitcase Piano, Steiner EVI, Sennheiser Vocoder, WLM Organ, Lynn-Moffett Drum Synthesizer, Modified Apple II Plus Microcomputer, Roland CR 70, Piano)

Wah Wah Watson : Guitar

Freddie Washington : Electric Bass

Alphonse Mouzon : Drums

Sheila Escovedo : Percussion

With :

Devadip Carlos Santana : Guitar on "Saturday Night"

Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar on "Stars In Your Eyes"

Randy Hansen : Guitar on "Don't Hold It In" & "It All Comes Round"

Alphonse Mouzon : Synthesizer on "Go For It"

Singers :

Oren Waters : Lead vocals on "Go For It"

Bill Champlin : Lead & All Background vocals on "It All Comes Round"

Greg Walker : Lead vocals on "Saturday Night" & "Making Love"

Gavin Christopher : Lead vocals on "Stars In Your Eyes" & "Don't Hold It In"

The Waters : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Luther Waters & Oren Waters

Phil Upchurch "Whatever Happened To The Blues" (1992) -Jazz Blues / Jazz Fusion-

Label : Go Jazz Records

01 - 6 To 4 (Phil Upchurch)
02 - The Tide Keeps Lifting Me* (Phil Upchurch, Ben Sidran & J.D. Steele)
03 - Angel Eyes (Matt Dennis & Earl Bent)
04 - Blues March (Benny Golson)
05 - Love And Peace (Arthur Adam)
06 - All Blues (Hal David, Miles Davis & Oscar Brown Jr. )
07 - Whatever Happend To The Blues (Phil Upchurch & James Brown)
08 - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing* (James Brown)
09 - I'm Going Down Slow (McGee)
10 - Nice To Have You Around (Phil Upchurch)
11 - Fade To Black Tie* (Paul Peterson & Ben Sidran)
12 - Sweet Woman Blues (James Van Buren)


Produced by Ben Sidran for Bulldog Productions, Inc.
*Produced by Ben Sidran & Ricky Peterson
Recorded & Mixed by Tom Tucker at Paisley Studios, Minneapolis, MN ; Brian Pore & Ray Hanfeldt, Assistants ; Dave Friedlander & Mike Koppelman, Re-Edits
Additional Recording : Steve Wiese, Creation Audio, Minneapolis ; Dave Brickson, Streeterville, Chicago ; Michael Verdick, Sunday To Monday, Burbank ; Katherine Miller, Skyline, New York ; Charlie Paakkari, Capitol, Los Angeles


01 - 6 To 4

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Billy Peterson : Bass
Ricky Peterson : Organ
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Michael Bland : Drums

02 - The Tide Keeps Lifting Me

Phil Upchurch : Guitar & Feet Percussion
Lenny Castro : Conga
Pop Staples, Mavis Staples, Javetta Steele, J.D. STeele, Fred Steele : Vocals

03 - Angel Eyes

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Billy Peterson : Bass
Michael Bland : Drums
Ricky Peterson : Synth
Jack MacDuff : Organ
Gavin Christopher : Vocal
Strings Arranged by Billy & Ricky Peterson

04 - Blues March

Phil Upchurch : Guitar & Bass
Michael Bland : Drums

05 - Love And Peace

Phil Upchurch : Guitar & Bass
Ricky Peterson : Organ
Michael Bland : Drums
Arthur Adams : Vocal
J.D. Steele, Javetta Steele, Fred Steele : Background vocals

06 - All Blues

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Paul Peterson : Bass
Ricky Peterson : Organ
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Michael Bland : Drums
Oscar Brown Jr. : Vocal

07 - Whatever Happend To The Blues

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Ricky Peterson : Synths
Paul Peterson : Bass
Michael Bland : Drums
James Van Buren : Vocal

08 - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Clyde Stubblefield & Michael Bland : Drums
Paul Peterson : Bass & Rhythm Guitar
Ricky Peterson : Organ
Maceo Parker : Alto Sax
Fred Wesley : Trombone
Pee Wee Ellis : Tenor Sax
Rosie Gaines & Clyde Stubblefield : Vocals
Dave Friedlander : Re-edit Engineer

09 - I'm Going Down Slow

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Ben Sidran : Piano
Billy Peterson : Bass
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums
Les McCann : Vocal

10 - Nice To Have You Around

Phil Upchurch : Guitar

11 - Fade To Black Tie

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Ricky Peterson : Synths
Paul Peterson : Bass & Rhythm Guitar
Michael Bland : Drums
Edited by Ricky Peterson & Ben Sidran

12 - Sweet Woman Blues

Phil Upchurch : Guitar
Clyde Stubblefield : Drums
Billy Peterson : Bass
Bruce Kurnow : Harmonica
James Van Buren : Vocal