Kenia "Initial Thrill" (1987) -Westcoast Jazz-

 Label : Zebra Records / MCA Records

 One

01 - Brincadera (Ricardo Bomba)
02 - Initial Thrill (Mike Leeson & Peter Vale)
03 - Doce Doce (Aecio Flavio & Paulinho Tapajos)
04 - Sim Ou Nao (D'javan)

Two

01 - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor)
02 - Sina (D'javan)
03 - Cruisin' (William Robinson Jr. & Marvin Tarpin)
04 - Captivated (Randy Goodrum)
05 - Missing You (Ricardo Bomba & William Soden)


Produced by Peter Drake
Executive Producer : Ricky Schultz
Recorded & Mixed April-June, 1986 at Sound Heights Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Recording Engineer : Vince Traina
Assistant Engineers : Abdu Malahi & Wayne Kochler
Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound, N.Y.C.


One

01 - Brincadera

Arranged by Mark Soskin
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000 
Zev Katz : Bass
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Chuck Loeb : Guitar & Guitar Solo
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Dick Oatts : Alto Sax

02 - Initial Thrill

Arranged by Mark Soskin
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000
Zev Katz : Bass
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax

03 - Doce Doce

Arranged by Chuck Loeb
Vocal Harmonies Arranged by Aecio Flavio
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Drums
Zev Katz : Bass
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Chuck Loeb : Guitar 
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Dick Oatts : Soprano Sax

04 - Sim Ou Nao

Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Drums
Zev Katz : Bass
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mark Soskin : Keyboards & Electric Piano Solo
Mino Cinelu : Percussion

Two

01 - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

Arranged by Mark Soskin
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Drums
Zev Katz : Bass 
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Dick Oatts : Soprano Sax

02 - Sina

Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000
Zev Katz : Bass
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Stan Harrison : Tenor Sax

03 - Cruisin'

Arranged by Peter Drake & Savron Hudson
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000
Zev Katz : Bass
Mark Soskin : Keyboards 
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Stan Harrison : Tenor Sax

04 - Captivated

Arranged by Mark Soskin
Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000
Zev Katz : Bass
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Stan Harrison : Tenor Sax

05 - Missing You

Kenia : Vocal
Savron Hudson : Linn 9000
Zev Katz : Bass
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mark Soskin : Keyboards
Mino Cinelu : Percussion
Stan Harrison : Tenor Sax

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

Kenia "Love Lives On" (1991) -Westcoast Jazz-

Label : Denon Records

 01 - Celebrate The Night (Gregg Karukas & Ron Boustead)

02 - Love Lives On (Gregg Karukas & Jenny Yates)

03 - We All Need A Home (Jay Ashby)

04 - Serrado (Djavan)

05 - Couldn't You Read My Mind (John Pizzarelli & Amanda Homi)

06 - Good Morning Heartache (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake & Dan Fisher)

07 - Never Before (Jay Ashby)

08 - Say Goodbye (Liz Kinnon)

09 - More Than Love (Jay Ashby)

10 - Aqui Oh (Toninho Horta)

11 - Long Awaited One (John Werking & Lorraine Feather))

Produced by Jeffrey Weber for Weberworks, Inc.

Associate Producer & Musical Director : Jay Ashby

A & R : Kozo Watanabe

Recorded & Mixed by Jim Scheffler

Assisted by Mark Guilbeault

Additional Engineering by Clark Germain

Recorded & Mixed at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA

"Aqui Oh" Recorded by Dana Mars & Fred Bobrow at Duplex Sound, New York

Mastering by Hiroyuki Hosaka

01 - Celebrate The Night

Arranged by Gregg Karukas

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Pat Kelly : Electric Guitar

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Patrice Rushen : Acoustic Piano Solo

Luis Conte : Percussion

Jay Ashby : Percussion, Trombone

Ron King : Trumpet

Dick Mitchell : Saxophones

Renata Lima : Background vocals

Kenia : Lead vocals

02 - Love Lives On

Arranged by Gregg Karukas

Peter Erskine : Drums

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Pat Kelly : Electric Guitar

Luis Conte : Percussion

Jay Ashby : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

03 - We All Need A Home

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Luis Conte : Percussion

Jay Ashby : Trombone

Renata Lima : Background vocals

Kenia : Vocals

04 - Serrado

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Luis Conte : Percussion

Ron King : Trumpet

Dick Mitchell : Saxophones

Jay Ashby : Trombone

Kenia : Vocals

05 - Couldn't You Read My Mind

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards, Solo

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Luis Conte : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

06 - Good Morning Heartache

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Peter Erskine : Drums

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Acoustic Piano

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Pat Kelly : Electric Guitar

Jay Ashby : Trombone

Luis Conte : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

07 - Never Before

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards, Solo

Luis Conte : Percussion

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Kenia : Vocals

08 - Say Goodbye

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Luis Conte : Percussion

Ron King : Flugelhorn

Dick Mitchell : Flute

Jay Ashby : Trombone

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Kenia : Vocals

09 - More Than Love

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Teo Lima : Drums, Percussion

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Keyboards

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Pat Kelly : Electric Guitar, Solo

Luis Conte : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

10 - Aqui Oh

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Romero Lu Bambo : Guitar

Jay Ashby : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

11 - Long Awaited One

Arranged by Jay Ashby

Peter Erskine : Drums

John Peña : Bass

Frank Zotoli : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Acoustic Piano Solo

Tom Ranier : Keyboards

Marty Ashby : Acoustic Guitar

Luis Conte : Percussion

Kenia : Vocals

Claudio Roditi W/Kenia "Red On Red" (1984) -Latin Jazz-

Label : Greene Street Records / CTI Records

 Side One

01 - Ponteio (Edu Lobo)

02 - Madalena (Ivan Lins, Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza & L. Galt)

03 - Red On Red (Claudio Roditi)

04 - Velas Içadas (Ivan Lins & Vitor Martins)

Side Two

01 - Amazone (Claudio Roditi)

02 - Little Tear (Razão De Viver) (Deodato, Paul Sergio Valle & Ray Gilbert)

03 - Pra Mim (Claudio Roditi)

04 - Nothing Will Be As It Was Tomorrow (Milton Nascimento)

05 - The Monster And The Flower (Claudio Roditi & Ricardo Silveira)

Claudio Roditi : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Kenia : Vocal

Paquito D'Rivera : Alto Sax

Jorge Dalto : Synthesizers

Alfredo Gardim : Electric Piano

Lincoln Goines : Bass

Buddy Williams : Drums

Yogi Horton : Drums

Claudio Celso : Guitar

Nana Vasconcelos : Percussion

Peter Drake : Music Director

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios

Rudy Van Gelder : Engineer

January 24, 25, 26, 1984

A Digital Recording

Produced by Creed Taylor

Kenia "What You're Looking For" (1990) -Contemporary Jazz-

Label : Denon/Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.

 

01 - Once I Was (Toshino Kubota & Lorraine Feather)

02 - Flor De Lis (Djavan & Regina Werneck)

03 - The Answer Is On The Road (Niko)

04 - Gaboo (Marty Ashby)

05 - What You're Looking For (Jay Ashby)

06 - If Not Today (Nan Schwartz)

07 - Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg)

08 - Brazilian Touch (Jay Ashby)

09 - I Know (John Peña & David Goldblatt)

10 - Let Me Dance For You (Mike Lane)

11 - Fruta Boa (Milton Nascimento & Fernando Brant)

Produced by Jeffrey Weber for Weberworks Inc.

Executive Producer : Kozo Watanabe (DENON)

Recorded at Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA & Room 335, Hollywood, CA

Mixed at Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA

Recorded & Mixed by Jim Scheffler

Assistant Engineers : Ken Allardyce, Steve Navyac (Schnee Studio), Kevin Leonard (Room 335)

Musical Director : Jay Ashby

Mastering Engineer : Hiroyuki Hosaka

Production Coordinator : Robin Walker

01 - Once I Was

Drums : Alex Acuña 

Bass : John Peña

Electric Guitar : Larry Carlton

Acoustic Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Trombone : Jay Ashby

Background vocals : Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader

02 - Flor De Lis

Drums : Alex Acuña 

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Tenor Saxophone : Darmon Meader

Trombone : Jay Ashby

03 - The Answer Is On The Road

Drums : Joel Taylor

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Trombone : Jay Ashby

04 - Gaboo

Drums : Joel Taylor

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña, Chris Trujillo

Soprano Saxophone : Darmon Meader

Trombone : Jay Ashby

05 - What You're Looking For

Drums : Joel Taylor

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña, Chris Trujillo, Jay Ashby

Trombone : Jay Ashby

Background vocals : Darmon Meader

06 - If Not Today

Drums : Alex Acuña 

Bass : John Peña

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Soprano Saxophone : Darmon Meader

Background vocals : Jay Ashby

07 - Over The Rainbow

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Trombone, A Go-Go Shaker : Jay Ashby

Surdo, Whistle, Timbales : Luis Conte

Tamborim, Snare : Alex Acuña 

Tamborim, Pandeiro : Alvaner 'Gaucho' Silva

08 - Brazilian Touch

Drums : Joel Taylor

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Trombone : Jay Ashby

09 - I Know

Toms, Cymbals : Alex Acuña 

Bass : John Peña

Keyboards : John Peña, David Goldblatt

Programming : John Peña, David Goldblatt

Background vocals : Perri

10 - Let Me Dance For You

Drums : Alex Acuña 

Bass : John Peña

Guitar : Marty Ashby

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Percussion : Alex Acuña

Trombone : Jay Ashby

Tenor, Soprano Saxophone : Darmon Meader

11 - Fruta Boa

Keyboards : Mitch Forman

Trombone : Jay Ashby

Kenia "Distant Horizon - Rio / New York" (1988) -Westcoast Jazz-

Label : MCA Records / Zebra Records

01 - Creepin' (Stevie Wonder)
02 - A Voz Do Brazil (Vergneiro & Petrolino)
03 - Distant Horizon (Toninho Horta & Bill Gable)
04 - Shangri-La (Rita Lee & Charles Martin)
05 - There Is A Place (Clive Stevens)
06 - Açuçena (Ivan Lins & Victor Martins)
07 - Hit Or Miss (Charles Martin)
08 - Tears Of Joy (Chuck Loeb & Carmen Cuesta)
09 - Distant Horizon (Instrumental)* (Toninho Horta & Bill Gable)

*Bonus Track Available on CD


Produced by Peter Drake
Executive Producers : Mike Morgenstern & Ricky Schultz
Recording Engineer : Vince Traina
Assistant Engineer : Bruce Shannon
Recorded at Sound Heights Studios, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.
Remixed at Brooklyn Music Factory, January 1988 by Peter Drake & Vince Traina
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y.

Musicians :
Chuck Loeb : Guitar
Mark Soskin : Keyboards (except on "There Is A Place")
Jose Gallegos : Keyboards on "There Is A Place"
Brian Blake : Drums (except on "Distant Horizon" & "Hit Or Miss")
Paul Socolow : Electric Bass
Manolo Badrena : Percussion
Roger Byam : Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
Mauricio Smith : Flute
Portinho : Drums on "Distant Horizon" & "Hit Or Miss"


01 - Creepin'

Arranged by Peter Drake & Jose Gallegos

02 - A Voz Do Brazil

/

03 - Distant Horizon

/

04 - Shangri-La

Arranged by Chuck Loeb

05 - There Is A Place

Arranged by Jose Gallagos

06 - Açuçena

/

07 - Hit Or Miss

/

08 - Tears Of Joy

Arranged by Chuck Loeb

09 - Distant Horizon 

Instrumental