Justo Almario "Interlude" (1998) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-

Label : Charly Records

 01 - Interlude (Roy Ayers)

02 - Seventh Avenue (Justo Almario)

03 - I'm The One That Loves You (Justo Almario)

04 - Sho' You Right (Roy Ayers)

05 - Sir John (Justo Almario)

06 - Aquarian Mood (Roy Ayers)

Produced by Roy Ayers for RO-Ayer Productions Inc.

Arranged by Justo Almario & Roy Ayers

Recorded at Artisan Recording Studios

Mastered at Frankford / Wayne Recording Labs. / Herb Powers

Engineer : Rick Smith

Justo Almario : Tenor, Soprano Sax, Percussion, Hand Claps

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

Mudbone : Piano, Handclaps

Gregg Moore : Guitar

Peter Brown : Bass, Hand Claps

Steve Cobb : Drums

Ray Armando : Percussion, Hand Claps

Harold Land Jr. : Piano, Hand Claps

Quentin d'Annard : Drums

Chuck Anthony : Guitar

Wes Ramseur, James Bedford, A. Guvman : Hand Claps

Koinonia "All The Best" (2010) -Westcoast Rock / Soft Rock / CCM / Jazz Rock-

Label : MEP Entertainment

CD - MORE THAN A FEELIN'

01 - More Than A Feelin' (Hadley Hockensmith)

02 - Rescue (Dean Parks)

03 - Graceful (Abraham Laboriel)

04 - Cuando (Abraham Laboriel)
05 - Divina (Abraham Laboriel)

06 - Give Your Love (Abraham & Lyn Laboriel)

07 - Valentine (Dean Parks)

08 - Funky Bumpkins (Harlan Rogers)

09 - On My Way Home Celebration (Harlan Rogers)

CD - CELEBRATION

01 - Pilgrims Progression (Michael Omartian)

02 - Hidden Beauty (Harlan Rogers)

03 - Agapao (Alex Acuña)

04 - Celebration (Abraham Laboriel, Bill Maxwell & Alex Acuña)

05 - Countin' The Cost (Hadley Hockensmith)

06 - Sno-Cone (Albert Collins)

07 - From You (Abraham Laboriel)

08 - Goodbye - Means God Be With You (Abraham Laboriel)

09 - All The Time (Abraham Laboriel)

10 - Miracle Frontline (Hadley Hockensmith)

CD - FRONTLINE

01 - Gazoot (Alex Acuna, Justo Almario, Hadley Hockensmith, Abraham Laboriel, Bill Maxwell & Harlan Rogers)

02 - Chuncho (Frank Zottoli)

03 - Greatest Love (Harlan Rogers)

04 - Frontline (Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel)

05 - Señor (Alex Acuña & Abraham Laboriel)

06 - You Can't Hide (Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel)

07 - Around The Corner (Runt Hörnet) (Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel)

08 - Easy Morning (Hadley Hockensmith & Harlan Rogers)

09 - Making Room (Abraham Laboriel)

CD - KOINONIA

01 - Talk About It (Harlan Rogers, Lou Pardini, Jerry Hey & Abraham Laboriel)
02 - We Know The Way By Heart (Lou Pardini & Roy Freeland)
03 - Alegria (Abraham Laboriel)

04 - Mistral (Abraham Laboriel)

05 - Is It Too Late (Lou Pardini & Andrew J. Kraus)

06 - We're All In This Together (Lou Pardini, Jeff Pescetto & Reed Vertelney)
07 - Come Share My World (Abraham Laboriel & Brenda Russell)
08 - You Are My Love (Harlan Rogers)

09 - Straight To Paradise (Lou Pardini, Meredith Marshall & Abraham Laboriel)

10 - Lyn (Abraham Laboriel) 

DVD - LIVE IN SCANDINAVIUM

01 - More Than A Feeling (Hadley Hockensmith)

02 - Goodbye (Abraham & Lyn Laboriel)

03 - On My Way Home (Harlan Rogers)

04 - My Love (Abraham Laboriel)

05 - Divina (Abraham Laboriel)

06 - Cuando (Abraham Laboriel)

DVD - LIVE IN MONTREUX 

01 - Countin' The Cost (Hadley Hockensmith)

02 - Goodbye (Abraham & Lyn Laboriel)

03 - Hidden Beauty (Harlan Rogers)

04 - Celebration (Alex Acuña, Abraham Laboriel & Bill Maxwell)

05 - Cuando (Abraham Laboriel)

06 - From You (Abraham Laboriel)

07 - School Bus (Abraham Laboriel)

08 - Sno-Cone (Albert Collins)

09 - Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie & Frank Paparelli)

Compiled by Magnus Erikson

CD - MORE THAN A FEELIN'

Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums & Percussion
Hadley Hockensmith : Guitars
Bill Maxwell : Drums & Percussion
Dean Parks : Guitars

John Phillips : Woodwinds
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards

Special Guests :
Justo Almario : Woodwinds
Michael Omartian : Synthesizers
Russ Taff : Vocals

Vocals on "Give Your Love" : Abraham Laboriel, Russ Taff, Hadley Hockensmith, Bill Maxwell, Harlan Rogers
Vocals on "Divina" : Harlan Rogers, Russ Taff, Abraham Laboriel
Bill Maxwell : Drums on "Cuando", "Graceful", "More Than A Feelin'", "Give Your Love", "Funky Bumpkins" & "On My Way Home"
Alex Acuña : Drums on "Rescue", "Valentine" & "Divina"

Synthesizer Programming : Tom Keene & Michael Omartian

Produced by Bill Schnee

Recorded at Bill Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Bill Schnee
Assistant Engineers : David Schober, Jack Joseph Puig & Dan Garcia
Recorded the week of September 27, 1982
Mixed the week of January 31, 1983

1983 Royal Music Productions

01 - More Than A Feelin'

Soloists : Harlan Rogers, John Phillips

02 - Rescue

Soloist : Dean Parks

03 - Graceful

Soloist : Harlan Rogers

04 - Cuando 

Soloist : Hadley Hockensmith

05 - Divina 

/

06 - Give Your Love 

Soloist : Justo Almario

07 - Valentine 

Soloist : Abraham Laboriel

08 - Funky Bumpkins 

Soloists : Dean Parks, Abraham Laboriel

09 - On My Way Home Celebration

Soloist : Hadley Hockensmith

CD - CELEBRATION

Recorded Live in Scandinavium, Gothenburg & in Stockholm, March 1984

Recording Engineered by Keith Grant using The Team Ljudmedia Mobile Unit

Assistant Engineers : Lennart Nilsson & Agne Thorstensson
Re-Mix Engineer : Win Kutz
Assembled by Win Kutz & Bill Maxwell
Los Angeles Studios : Mama Jo's, Sound City & P.V.R. Studios
Assistant Engineers : Todd Van Etten, Steve Ford & Ray Leonard
Mastering : Steve Hall at Future Disk

Alex Acuña Plays Drums on "Goodbye", "All The Time", "Miracle" & "From You"
Bill Maxwell Plays Drums on "Pilgrim's Progression", "Hidden Beauty", "Coutin' The Cost" & "Celebration"
Both Bill & Alex Plays Drums on "Sno-Cone"

Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass & Vocals
Alex Acuña : Drums & Percussion
Justo Almario : Woodwinds
Bill Maxwell : Drums & Percussion
Hadley Hockensmith : Guitar

1984 Royal Music Productions

01 - Pilgrims Progression 

Soloists : Hadley Hockensmith & Justo Almario

02 - Hidden Beauty 

Soloists : Harlan Rogers & Justo Almario

03 - Agapao 

Percussion intro by Alex Acuña

04 - Celebration 

Soloists : Alex Acuña, Abraham Laboriel & Bill Maxwell

05 - Countin' The Cost 

Soloists : Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel

06 - Sno-Cone 

Soloists : Justo Almario, Harlan Rogers & Abraham Laboriel

07 - From You 

Soloist : Hadley Hockensmith

08 - Goodbye - Means God Be With You 

Soloists : Harlan Rogers, Alex Acuña & Abraham Laboriel

09 - All The Time 

Lead vocal : Abraham Laboriel
Soloist : Harlan Rogers

10 - Miracle Frontline

Soloist : Justo Almario

CD - FRONTLINE

Executive Producer : Greg Mathieson

Produced by Koinonia & Greg Mathieson

Arranged by Koinonia

Synthesizer Programming : Smitty Price & Greg Mathieson

Vocals on "Señor" : Tata Vega, Abraham Laboriel, Howard Smith, Harlan Rogers, Alex Acuña & Diane Acuna

Vocals on "Making Room" by Abraham Laboriel & Tata Vega

Head Recording Engineer : Don Murray

Head Mixing Engineer : Rik Pekkonen

Basic Tracks Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA

Assistant Engineer : Paul Levy

Additional Recording at Room 335 at Peace In the Valley

Additional Engineering by Hal Sacks & Joe Bellamy

Mixed by Rik Pekkonen & Kononia at Mama's Joe, North Hollywood, CA

Assistant Engineer : Todd Van Etten

Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California

1986 The Sparrow Corporation

CD - KOINONIA

Koinonia is :
Abraham Laboriel : Bass, Acoustic Guitar

Justo Almario : Saxophones

Bill Maxwell : Drums

Lou Pardini : Keyboards, Lead vocals, Background vocals

Harlan Rogers : Keyboards

Guest Musicians :
Michael Landau : Guitars except "We're All In This Together"
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Dean Parks : Guitars on "We're All In This Together"

Background vocalists :
"Talk About It" : Rose Banks, Jean Johnson
"We Know The Way By Heart" & "Come Share My World" : Alfie Silas
"Is It Too Late" : Jeff Pescetto
"We're All In This Together" : Jeff Pescetto, Patti Henely, Brenda Eager

Executive Producer : Jerry Levin

Produced by Jerry Hey
Recorded at Record One, Conway, Skip Saylor & Take One Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio, Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Richard McKernan
Mixed by Mick Guzauski
Additional Engineers : Rail Rogut, Gary Wagner, Joey Wolpert, Steve Montgomery & Debbie Johnson

Synthesizer Programming : Erik Hanson
Drum Programming on "We're All In This Together" : Reed Vertelney

1989 Royal Music Productions

DVD - LIVE IN SCANDINAVIUM

Recorded Live in Scandinavium, Gothenburg

Saturday March 19, 1983

Timing 58:00

Produced by Jan Pethrus

Live Sound Mixed & Recorded by Conny Ebegård, Lennart Lökholm, Fredrik Strand

Lighting Provider : Tab Orange, Kurt Sundin

Camera Operators : Mats Longum, Thore Jonason, P.O. Olsson, Hans Alvarsson, Per Foss

Recorded by Intervideo AB, Publica Recording AB

Mixed by Göran Algotsson, Anders Gunnér

Remastering by Bosse Nilsson, Michael Dahlvidn Lars Nilsson, Nilento Studio

Executive Producer : Magnus Erikson

MEP Entertainment Group

1983 Royal Video

DVD - LIVE IN MONTREUX 

Koinonia with Special Guests Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bobby McFerrin

Recorded Live on July 21, 1984 at The Montreux Casino, Miontreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland

Timing : 82:00

The Montreux Jazz Festival™Founded & Created by Claude Nobs

A Montreux Jazz Festival™ Production

Programme Director : Claude Nobs

Administrative Director : Michel Ferla

Television Directors : Jean Bovon, François Jaquenod

Festival Coordination : Andrée Buchler

Camera Operators : Jan Bastian, Philippe Cavin, Alexandre Gross, Pierre-Alain Jaussi, Jean F. Vouga

Script : Fabienne Clément

Video Recording : Georges-Eric Vaucher

Live Sound Mixed & Recorded by Dave Richards for Mountain Studios

Lighting Provider : Power Light Basel, Felix Riva, Christoph de Courten

Lighting Director : Ruedi Kuettel

Facilities Provided by Audio-Film Fribourg, G. Clément, D. Clément

Video Post-Production for Montreux Sounds™: Eric Glardon, Claude Pauchard

Post-Production Coordination for Montreux Sounds™: Andrée Buchler

CEO Montreux Montreux Sounds™: Thierry Amsallem

Executive Producer for Montreux Sounds™: Claude Nobs

1984 Montreux Sounds ℗ & ©

Koinonia "Koinonia" (1989) -Westcoast Rock / CCM-

  

 Label : Royal Music Productions

 1

01 - Talk About It (Harlan Rogers, Lou Pardini, Jerry Hey & Abraham Laboriel)
02 - We Know The Way By Heart (Lou Pardini & Roy Freeland)
03 - Alegria (Abraham Laboriel)

04 - Is It Too Late (Lou Pardini & Andrew J. Kraus)
05 - Mistral (Abraham Laboriel)

2

06 - We're All In This Together (Lou Pardini, Jeff Pescetto & Reed Vertelney)
07 - Come Share My World (Abraham Laboriel & Brenda Russell)
08 - You Are My Love (Harlan Rogers)
09 - Straight To Paradise (Lou Pardini, Meredith Marshall & Abraham Laboriel)
10 - Lyn (Abraham Laboriel)

Koinonia is :
Abraham Laboriel : Bass, Acoustic Guitar

Justo Almario : Saxophones

Bill Maxwell : Drums

Lou Pardini : Keyboards, Lead vocals, Background vocals

Harlan Rogers : Keyboards

Guest Musicians :
Michael Landau : Guitars except "We're All In This Together"
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Dean Parks : Guitars on "We're All In This Together"

Background vocalists :
"Talk About It" : Rose Banks, Jean Johnson
"We Know The Way By Heart" & "Come Share My World" : Alfie Silas
"Is It Too Late" : Jeff Pescetto
"We're All In This Together" : Jeff Pescetto, Patti Henely, Brenda Eager

Executive Producer : Jerry Levin

Produced by Jerry Hey
Recorded at Record One, Conway, Skip Saylor & Take One Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio, Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Richard McKernan
Mixed by Mick Guzauski
Additional Engineers : Rail Rogut, Gary Wagner, Joey Wolpert, Steve Montgomery & Debbie Johnson

Synthesizer Programming : Erik Hanson
Drum Programming on "We're All In This Together" : Reed Vertelney

Justo Almario "Family Time" (1989) -Smooth Jazz-

 Label : MCA Records

 Side 1

01 - Seventh Avenue (Justo Almario)
02 - Morning Goodness (Jimmy Tanaka)
03 - Jugando (Guillermo Guzman)
04 - To The Max (Justo Almario)
05 - Abrazos Besos (Justo Almario)

Side 2

01 - Smiles Ahead (Justo Almario)
02 - Quiet Wind (Justo Almario)
03 - Rumbon (Jimmy Tanaka)
04 - Welcome (Justo Almario)


Produced & Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Co-Producer : Justo Almario
Recorded & Mixed by Ian Terry
Assistant Engineer : Ace Steeler
Programming for Wind Synthesizer : Steve Tavaglione
Recorded & Mixed at Take One, Burbank, CA
Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, CA


Side 1

01 - Seventh Avenue

Lead Guitar : Larry Carlton

Rhythm Guitar : Hadley Hockensmith

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Synthesizer : Justo Almario 

Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

02 - Morning Goodness

Guitar : Hadley Hockensmith

Vocals : Kenia

Percussion : Jimmy Tanaka

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Synthesizer : Justo Almario 

Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

03 - Jugando

Lead Guitar : Hadley Hockensmith

Rhythm Guitar : Georgfe Krischke

Keyboards : Freddie Ravel

Bass : Guillermo Guzman

Drums : Joel Taylor

Percussion : Richie Gajate Garcia

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 

04 - To The Max

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

05 - Abrazos Besos

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

Side 2

01 - Smiles Ahead

Drums & Percussion : Alex Acuña

Bass : Abraham Laboriel

Bass Solo : Jimmy Haslip

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

02 - Quiet Wind

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Charango : Ramon Stagnaro

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

03 - Rumbon

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

04 - Welcome

Bass : Jimmy Haslip

Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute & Wind Synthesizer : Justo Almario 
Basic Tracks Performed & Permixed by Jimmy Tanaka

Tolú / Alex Acuña & Justo Almario "Bongó De Van Gogh" (2002) -Latin Jazz-

Label : Tonga Productions

01 - Five (Bill Evans)

02 - Salvation Army (Justo Almario)

03 - Cançao Do Sal (Milton Nascimento)

04 - El Madero (Alex Acuña & Abraham Laboriel)

05 - Bongó De Van Gogh (Justo Almario)

06 - Findlandson (José Cortés)

07 - Quitate De La Via Perico (Juan Hernandez)

08 - Vine A Bailar (Harry Kim & Thania Sanz)

09 - Historia De Un Amor (Carlos E. Almaran)

10 - Suena Trombón (Justo Almario)

11 - Júbilo (Luis Conte, Alex Acuña & Michito Sanchez)

Produced by Alex Acuña & Justo Almario

Co-Produced by Jacques Hubert & Juan Morillo

Recorded at Soundchamber, North Hollywood, California

Engineer : Cristian Robles

Additional Recording : German Villacorta & Dan Garcia

Mixed by Dan Garcia

Mastered at Mastering Lab by Gavin Lurssen

Tolú :

Alex Acuña : Drums, Timbales, Peruvian Cajón & Additional Percussion

Justo Almario : Clarinet, Tenor, Soprano & Alto Sax

Luis Conte : Congas & Cajón

Harry Kim : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Ricardo 'Titi' Pasillas : Timbales & Additional Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Joe Rotondi : Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes

Michito Sanchez : Bongó, Congas, Bata, Cajón & Addiitonal Percussion

Arturo Velasco : Trombone

Background vocals : Iris Sandra Cepeda, Gonzalo Chomat, Nando Perez

Guest Vocalists : 

Lucrecia on "Vine A Bailar"

Jerry Medina on "Quitate De La Via Perico"

Katia Moraes on "Cançao Do Sal"

Guest Musicians :

Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar on "El Madero"

Omar Viloria : Guache on "Cançao Do Sal"

01 - Five 

Arranger : Justo Almario

02 - Salvation Army

/

03 - Cançao Do Sal

Arranger : Justo Almario

04 - El Madero

/

05 - Bongó De Van Gogh

/

06 - Findlandson

Arranger : Justo Almario

07 - Quitate De La Via Perico

Arranger : Harry Kim

08 - Vine A Bailar

/

09 - Historia De Un Amor

Arranger : Tolú

10 - Suena Trombón

/

11 - Júbilo

/

Koinonia "Frontline" (1986) -Jazz Rock / CCM-

  

 Label : Sparrow Records

 Side One

01 - Gazoot (Alex Acuna, Justo Almario, Hadley Hockensmith, Abraham Laboriel, Bill Maxwell & Harlan Rogers)

02 - Chuncho (Frank Zottoli)

03 - Greatest Love (Harlan Rogers)

04 - Frontline (Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel)

Side Two

01 - Señor (Alex Acuña & Abraham Laboriel)

02 - You Can't Hide (Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel)

03 - Around The Corner (Runt Hörnet) (Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel)

04 - Easy Morning (Hadley Hockensmith & Harlan Rogers)

05 - Making Room (Abraham Laboriel)

Produced by Koinonia & Greg Mathieson

Executive Producer : Greg Mathieson

Arranged by Koinonia

Koinonia :

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Alex Acuña : Drums & Percussion

Justo Almario : Saxophone & Flute

Hadley Hockensmith : Guitars

Bill Maxwell : Drums & Percussion

Harlan Rogers : Keyboards

Synthesizer Programming : Smitty Price & Greg Mathieson

Vocals on "Señor" : Tata Vega, Abraham Laboriel, Howard Smith, Harlan Rogers, Alex Acuña & Diane Acuna

Vocals on "Making Room" by Abraham Laboriel & Tata Vega

Head Recording Engineer : Don Murray

Head Mixing Engineer : Rik Pekkonen

Basic Tracks Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA

Assistant Engineer : Paul Levy

Additional Recording at Room 335 at Peace In the Valley

Additional Engineering by Hal Sacks & Joe Bellamy

Mixed by Rik Pekkonen & Kononia at Mama's Joe, North Hollywood, CA

Assistant Engineer : Todd Van Etten

Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California

Justo Almario "Forever Friends" (1985) -CCM / Smooth Jazz-

Label : Meadowlark Records / Sparrow Records

 Side One

01 - Sharing (Justo Almario & Jimmy Tanaka)
02 - Song For Lea (Justo Almario)
03 - Forever Friends (Justo Almario)
04 - Siciliano (Johann Sebastian Bach & Jimmy Tanaka)

Side Two

01 - Beautiful (Jimmy Tanaka)
02 - Skipping Pebbles (Justo Almario)
03 - To The Praise (Justo Almario)
04 - My Love (Abraham Laboriel & Dave Grusin)


Produced by Bill Maxwell

Associate Producers : Justo Almario & Jimmy Tanaka

Engineered by Win Kutz

Assistant Engineer : Matthew Warnick

All Songs Arranged & Conducted by Jimmy Tanaka except where noted
Recorded & Mixed at Monterry Sound, Glendale, CA - May 28 & 29, 1985

Justo Almario : Vocals, Lyricon, Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
Alex Acuña : Drums, Percussion, Rhythm Programming, Pan Flute
Russell Ferrante : Synthesizers, Acoustic Piano, Rhodes
Larry Klein : Bass
Bill Maxwell : Percussion, Vocals, Drums
Jimmy Tanaka : Rhodes, DX 7, Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Log Drum
Hadley Hockensmith : Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Melody Bass, Guitar


Side One

01 - Sharing

/

02 - Song For Lea

/

03 - Forever Friends

/

04 - Siciliano

Adapted From Johann Sebastian Bach's Flute Sonata #2

Side Two

01 - Beautiful

/

02 - Skipping Pebbles

/

03 - To The Praise

Arranged & Conducted by Justo Almario

04 - My Love

Arranged & Conducted by Abraham Laboriel

Koinonia "Celebration" (1984) -Jazz Rock / CCM-

  

 Label : Sparrow Records

 Side One

01 - Pilgrims Progression (Michael Omartian)
02 - Hidden Beauty (Harlan Rogers)
03 - Agapao (Alex Acuña)
04 - Celebration (Abraham Laboriel, Bill Maxwell & Alex Acuña)
05 - Countin' The Cost (Hadley Hockensmith)

Side Two

01 - Sno-Cone (Albert Collins)
02 - From You (Abraham Laboriel)
03 - Goodbye - Means God Be With You (Abraham Laboriel)
04 - All The Time (Abraham Laboriel)
05 - Miracle (Hadley Hockensmith)


Produced by Koinonia
Live Recording Engineered by Keith Grant using The Team Ljudmedia Mobile Unit
Assistant Engineers : Lennart Nilsson & Agne Thorstensson
Re-Mix Engineer : Win Kutz
Assembled by Win Kutz & Bill Maxwell
Los Angeles Studios : Mama Jo's, Sound City & P.V.R. Studios
Assistant Engineers : Todd Van Etten, Steve Ford & Ray Leonard
Mastering : Steve Hall at Future Disk

Alex Acuña Plays Drums on "Goodbye", "All The Time", "Miracle" & "From You"
Bill Maxwell Plays Drums on "Pilgrim's Progression", "Hidden Beauty", "Coutin' The Cost" & "Celebration"
Both Bill & Alex Plays Drums on "Sno-Cone"

Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass & Vocals
Alex Acuña : Drums & Percussion
Justo Almario : Woodwinds
Bill Maxwell : Drums & Percussion
Hadley Hockensmith : Guitar


Side One

01 - Pilgrims Progression

Soloists : Hadley Hockensmith & Justo Almario

02 - Hidden Beauty

Soloists : Harlan Rogers & Justo Almario

03 - Agapao

Percussion intro by Alex Acuña

04 - Celebration

Soloists : Alex Acuña, Abraham Laboriel & Bill Maxwell

05 - Countin' The Cost

Soloists : Hadley Hockensmith & Abraham Laboriel

Side Two

01 - Sno-Cone

Soloists : Justo Almario, Harlan Rogers & Abraham Laboriel

02 - From You

Soloist : Hadley Hockensmith

03 - Goodbye - Means God Be With You

Soloists : Harlan Rogers, Alex Acuña & Abraham Laboriel

04 - All The Time

Lead vocal : Abraham Laboriel
Soloist : Harlan Rogers

05 - Miracle

Soloist : Justo Almario

Justo Almario "Count Me In" (1995) -CCM / Smooth Jazz -

Label : Integrity Music

01 - In Your Dreams (Oskar Cartaya)
02 - May The Words (Justo Almario)
03 - You Bring The Sun Out (Jessy Dixon & Tom Snow)
04 - Count Me In (Justo Almario)
05 - Set Free (Jimmy Tanaka)
06 - There's Another Way (Justo Almario, Jazmin Almario & Alex Al)
07 - Ofrenda (Justo Almario)
08 - For Barbara (Justo Almario)
09 - Sabana (Guillermo Guzman)
10 - A New Song (Justo Almario)
11 - Mouthpiece (Justo Almario)


Producer : Justo Almario
Executive Producers : Michael Coleman & Don Moen
Co-Producers : Jimmy Tanaka (on "May The Words", "Set Free", "For Barbara", "A New Song"), Alex Al (on "There's Another Way")
A&R : Chris Tomason
Recorded at :
Hangtown Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Dan Garcia : Engineer
James Guffee : Assistant Engineer
Bill Schnee Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Dan Garcia : Engineer
John Hendrickson : Assistant Engineer
Sound on Sound, Newy York, NY
Bruce Miller : Engineer
Ed Raso : Assistant Engineer
Mixed by Dan Garcia at Hangtown Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Doug Sax at Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA


01 - In Your Dreams

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax, Percussion
Bill O'Connell : Electric Piano
Bill Cantos : Keyboards
Phil Hamilton : Guitar
Oskar Cartaya : Bass
Marc Quinones : Percussion
Richie Morales : Drums
Arranged by Oskar Cartaya

02 - May The Words

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax
Jimmy Tanaka : Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Drum Programming
Phil Hamilton : Guitar
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka

03 - You Bring The Sun Out

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax
Donnie McClurkin : Lead vocal
Greg Mathieson : Piano
Mark Levang : Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Helen Baylor, Bill Cantos, Alfie Silas, Rose Stone : Background vocals
Arranged by Mark LeVang

04 - Count Me In

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax, Vocal
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards, Hammond B-3
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Luis Conte : Percussion
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Vine Street Horns :
Harry Kim : Trumpet
Dan Fornero : Trumpet
Arturo Velasco : Trombone
Dan Markese : Baritone Sax
Justo Almario, Barbara Almario, Naima Almario, Laurel Gonzalo, Val Gonzalo, Bill Maxwell : Hand Claps
Arranged by Justo Almario
Horn Arrangement by Harry Kim

05 - Set Free

Justo Almario : Soprano Sax, Flute
Dave Valentin : Flute Solo
Bill O'Connell : Acoustic Piano
Bill Cantos : Keyboards
Phil Hamilton : Guitar
Oskar Cartaya : Bass
Marc Quinones : Percussion
Robby Ameen : Drums
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka

06 - There's Another Way

Justo Almario : Soprano Sax, Keyboards
Helen Baylor : Lead vocals
Alex Al : Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer & Drum Programming
Harry Kim : Trumpet
Helen Baylor, Bill Cantos, Alfie Silas, Mark LeVang, Rose Stone : Background vocals
Arranged by Justo Almario, Alex Al

07 - Ofrenda

Justo Almario : Soprano Sax
Bill O'Connell : Acoustic Piano
Bill Cantos : Keyboards
Oskar Cartaya : Bass
Marc Quinones : Percussion
Richie Morales : Drums
Arranged by Justo Almario

08 - For Barbara

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax, Flute
Dave Valentin : Flute, Flute Solo
Bill O'Connell : Acoustic & Electric Piano
Bill Cantos : Keyboards
Oskar Cartaya : Bass
Marc Quinones : Percussion
Robby Ameen : Drums
Arranged by Justo Almario, Jimmy Tanaka

09 -  Sabana

Justo Almario : Flutes
Russell Ferrante : Acoustic Piano
Rique Pantoja : Keyboards
Ramon Stagnaro : Guitar
Guillermo Guzman : Bass
Luis Conte : Percussion
Will Kennedy : Drums
Arranged by Guillermo Guzman

10 - A New Song

Justo Almario : Soprano Sax
Jimmy Tanaka : Keyboards & Drum Programming
Bill Cantos : Keyboards, Lead & Solo
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka

11 - Mouthpiece

Justo Almario : Vocal Percussion, Flute, Bass Flute
Arranged by Justo Almario

Justo Almario "Plumbline" (1987) -Jazz Fusion / CCM-

Label : Meadowlark Records

 Side 1

01 - Naíma And Jazmín (Justo Almario)
02 - The Plumbline (Justo Almario)
03 - Again (Justo Almario & Steve Thorton)
04 - River Of Life (Jimmy Tanaka)
05 - Prelude (Jimmy Tanaka)

Side 2

01 - Andeando (Justo Almario)
02 - Tawny Noel (Justo Almario)
03 - Tesoros (Jimmy Tanaka)
04 - Receiving (Justo Almario)


Produced by Jimmy Tanaka & Justo Almario

All Songs Arranged & Conducted by Jimmy Tanaka except "Prelude" Arranged & Conducted by Justo Almario

Justo Almario : Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flutes, Percussion
Alex Acuña : Drums, Bata, Congas, Timbales, Bombo Leguerro, Percussion
Russell Ferrante : Piano, Synthesizers
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Larry Klein : Bass on "Tawny Noel", "The Plumbline" & "River Of Life"
Jimmy Tanaka : Piano, Synthesizers, Percussion
Hadley Hockensmith : Electric Guitar
Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar on "Again" & "Receiving"

Vocals by Justo Almario, Alex Acuña & Jimmy Tanaka

Engineer : Bert Kirsh
Assistant Engineers : Ira Cord Rubnitz & Jerry Brown
Digitally Mastered at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, CA by Steve Hall & Bernie Kirsh

Justo Almario "Heritage" (1992) -Smooth Jazz-

 Label : Moo Records / Mesa/Bluemoon Recording Ltd

01 - Manbo Metalico (Justo Almario)
02 - Street Sax (Justo Almario)
03 - Melodia (Abraham Laboriel)
04 - Don't Give Up (Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel)
05 - Rhapsody In Rio (Marcos Ariel)
06 - Agua Viva (Justo Almario)
07 - Something Of You (Enrique Neri)
08 - Casa Verde (Justo Almario)
09 - Luz De Mi Camino (Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel)
10 - Rejoice (Justo Almario)
11 - Love, Joy, Peace (Justo Almario)


Produced by Justo Almario & Yoshio Maki
Executive Producer : Koki Miura
Associate Producer : Abraham Laboriel
Recorded & Mixed by Dan Garcia, June 1992
Additional Engineering : Paul Dieter
Recorded at Groove Master Studio, Santa Monica, California
Assitional Recording at Roman Foods Studio, Hollywood, California
Mixed at Hollywood Sound Recordings, Hollywood, California
Mixing Assistant : James Mansfield
Sound Design/Programming by Eric Persing, except "Rejoice" by Jimmy Tanaka
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman's, Hollywood, California


01 - Manbo Metalico

Arranged by Oscar Cartaya
Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Alex Acuña : Percussion
Ricardo Silveira : Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Otmaro Ruiz : Piano Solo
Bill Cantos : Synthesizer

02 - Street Sax

Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Bill Cantos : Piano
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers & Accordion Sample
Lucho Campillo : Accordion
Kevyn Lettau, Naomi Taniguchi, Abby Loce's, Abraham Laboriel, Yoshio Maki, Lou Pardini, Bill Cantos, Otmaro Ruiz & Walter Quevedo : Vocals

03 - Melodia 

Arranged by Dori Caymmi & Abraham Laboriel
Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums & Talking Drum
Bill Cantos : Electric Piano
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers
Richie Gajate Garcia : Percussion
Ricardo Silveira : Lead Acoustic Guitar

04 - Don't Give Up

Arranged by Justo Almario, Abraham Laboriel & Jimmy Tanaka
Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Alex Acuña : Percussion
Bill Cantos : Piano
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers & Accordion Sample
Ramon Stagnaro : Guitar
Kevyn Lettau, Naomi Taniguchi, Abraham Laboriel, Bill Cantos, Otmaro Ruiz & Lou Pardini : Vocals

05 - Rhapsody In Rio

Arranged by Justo Almario
Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers & Solo
Bill Cantos : Piano

06 - Agua Viva

Arranged by Daniel Indart
Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums & Cajon
Otmaro Ruiz : Electric Piano
Richie Gajate Garcia : Percussion
Daniel Indart : Cuatro
Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar
Danilo Lozano : Flute
Valerie Lozano & Terry Brannan : Alto Flute & Bass Flute
Eric Persing : Water Effects Intro

07 - Something Of You

Arranged by Enrique Neri
Justo Almario : Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Bill Cantos : Acoustic Piano
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers
Richie Gajate Garcia : Percussion

08 - Casa Verde

Arranged by Justo Almario & Bill Cantos
Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums & Timbales
Ricardo Silveira : Electric Guitar
Bill Cantos : Electric Piano
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers
Richie Gajate Garcia : Congas, Bata Drums & Percussion

09 - Luz De Mi Camino

Arranged by Justo Almario
Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Alex Acuña : Percussion
Bill Cantos : Piano & Solo
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers
Kevyn Lettau, Naomi Taniguchi, Abby Loce's, Abraham Laboriel, Otmaro Ruiz, Lou Pardini & Walter Quevedo : Vocals

10 - Rejoice

Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Justo Almario : Alto Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Jimmy Tanaka : Basic Track Performed

11 - Love, Joy, Peace

Arranged by Justo Almario
Justo Almario : Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Alex Acuña : Drums
Ricardo Silveira : Acoustic Guitar
Bill Cantos : Acoustic Piano & Vocals
Otmaro Ruiz : Synthesizers
Richie Gajate Garcia : Percussion

Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel "Justo & Laboriel" (1995) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Fusion-

 Label : Integrity Music 

01 - To Him Who Sits On The Throne (Debbye Graafsma)
02 - God Is Able (Harlan Rogers)
03 - Medley: More Love To Thee / Jesus Loves Me, This I Know / We Workshop You (Elizabeth Prentiss & William H. Doaane / Anna B.Warner & William B. Bradbury / Billy Funk)
04 - He Is Exalted (Twila Paris)
05 - I Will Bless The Lord (Frank Hernandez)
06 - Yahweh (Abraham Laboriel & Lyn Laboriel)
07 - Medley : Give Thanks / Grateful Heart (Henry Smith & Justo Almario)
08 - Amor, Alegria, Paz (Love, Joy, Peace) (Justo Almario)
09 - Righteousness, Peace And Joy (Helena Barrington)
10 - Times Of Refreshing (Martin J.Nystrom & Don Harris)
11 - Celebrate Jesus (Gary Oliver)
12 - Imago Dei (The Image Of God) (Abraham Laboriel)


Produced by Justo Almario & Abraham Laboriel
Executive Producers : Michael Coleman & Don Moen
Recorded at Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA
Engineer : Bill Schnee
Assistant Engineers : Koji Eagawa & John Hendrickson
Mixed by Bill Schnee
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Mastering Lab. Los Angeles, CA


01 - To Him Who Sits On The Throne

Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Greg Mathieson : Acoustic Piano
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Michael Thompson : Guitar
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

02 - God Is Able

Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Harlan Rogers : Acoustic Piano
Michael Thompson : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Hammond B-3 Organ
Luis Conte : Percussion

03 - Medley : More Love To Thee / Jesus Loves Me, This I Know / We Workshop You

Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Michael Thompson : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Atle Bakken : Additional Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

04 - He Is Exalted

Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : Fretless Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Michael Thompson : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Hammond B-3 Organ
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

05 - I Will Bless The Lord

Justo Almario : Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Michael Thompson : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

06 - Yahweh

Justo Almario : Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass & Acoustic Guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. : Acoustic Guitar
Michael Thompson : Acoustic Guitar
Harlan Rogers : Acoustic Piano
Abraham Laboriel Jr. : Drums
Luis Conte : Percussion 
Barbara Almario, Jazmin Almario, Naima Almario, Justo Almario, Valerie De La Torre, Celeste Maxwell Fehlberg, Abraham Laboriel, Lyn Laboriel, Aaron Maxwell, Sherie Padelford, Pauline Wilson & Frank Zottoli : Background vocals & Handclaps

07 - Medley : Give Thanks / Grateful Heart

Justo Almario : Clarinet & Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

08 - Amor, Alegria, Paz (Love, Joy, Peace)

Justo Almario : Soprano Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Ares Bass
Greg Mathieson : Acoustic Piano
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

09 - Righteousness, Peace And Joy

Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : 8 String Ares Bass
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards 
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

10 - Times Of Refreshing

Justo Almario : Flute
Abraham Laboriel : 8 String Ares Bass
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

11 - Celebrate Jesus

Justo Almario : Alto Saxophone & Tenor Saxophone
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Acoustic Guitar
Bill Maxwell : Drums
Greg Mathieson : Hammond B-3 organ
Harlan Rogers : Keyboards
Luis Conte : Percussion

12 - Imago Dei (The Image Of God)

Justo Almario : Tenor Saxophone
Sid Page : Concertmaster & Violin
Susan Katayama : Cello
Robert Becker : Viola
Charles Everett : Violin