Lee Oskar "Before The Rain" (1978) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Before The Rain (Lee Oskar)
02 - Steppin' (Lee Oskar& Greg Errico)
03 - San Francisco Bay (Lee Oskar, K. Oskar & Greg Errico)

Side Two

01 - Feelin' Happy (Lee Oskar, Greg Errico, Bobby Vega, Herman Eberitzsch & T. Fullerton)
02 - More Than Words Can Say (Lee Oskar& K. Oskar)
03 - Sing Song (Lee Oskar& K. Oskar)
04 - Haunted House (Lee Oskar, K. Oskar & Greg Errico)


Gene Page Orchestra :

Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Violin : Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Bonnie Douglas, Anatol Kaminsky, Jacob Krachmalnick, Bernard Kundell, Don Palmer, Nathan Ross, Henry L. Roth, Jack Schulman, Paul C. Shure, Marshall Sosson
Viola : Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Robert Ostrowsky
Cello : Jesse Erlich, Joan Lunde, Edgar Lustgarden, Gloria Strassner
Harp : Stella Castelluci
Horn Section : Gene Cipriano, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Ollie Mitchell, Jerome Richardson, Thomas M. Shepard

English Chorale :
Conducted by Robert Howes
Barbara Courtney-King, Steve Davis, Marion Dodd, Lee Gibson, Mary Hammond, Linda Hibbard, Ian Kennedy, Mike Nittingham, Jennifer O'Grady, Gareth Roberts, Shirley Smith, Hilary Weston

Martyn Ford Ochestra :
Conducted by Paul Buckmaster
Led by Christopher Warren-Green (First Violin)
Violin : Christopher Warren-Green, David Woodcock, Roger Garland, Steve Rowlinson, Iain MacKenzie, Liz Edwards, Howard Ball, Irvine Arditti
Viola : Roger Best, Don McVay, Jan Schlapp, Stephen Tees
Cello : Clive Anstee, Mike Huwitz, Roger Smith, Lynden Cranham
Flute/Oboe : Duke Dobing
Oboe : Andrew Cauhry
Clarinet : Michael Harris
Bassoon : Michael Parkinson
Trumpet : Paul Cosh, Malcolm Smith
Trombone : Paul Barrett, Paul Beer

San Franciso Bay Singers :
Bianca Thornton-Oden, Virginia Ayres, Verlyn Sandles

Produced by Greg Errico
Recording & Remixing Engineer : Chris Huston
Additional Engineers :
Neil Schwartz - "Feelin' Happy" Basic Track
Ed Barton - Strings on "Before The Rain", "Sing Song" & "More Than Words Can Say"
Chris Morris - Bagpipes on "Steppin'"
Edited by John Hanlon
Mastered at Capitol Records by Wally Traugot
Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, Air London, London ; Record Plant, L.A. ; Wally Heider, S.F. ; ABC, L.A. & Clover, L.A.
Segue, Sound Effects by Mickey Hart, Greg Errico, Lee Oskar
Sound Effects Recorded by Mickey Hart & Brett Cohen

Executive Producer : Jerry Goldstein


Side One

01 - Before The Rain

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Piano, Clavinet
Steve Beckmeier : Electric Guitar
Terry Medeiros : Acoustic Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Pat Rizzo : Saxophone (Harmonies)
Gene Page : String & Brass Arrangements, Gene Page Orchestra

02 - Steppin'

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Piano, Clavinet
Robert Christie Hunter : Bagpipes
Greg Adams : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements
Emilio Castillo : Tenor Saxophone
Stephen Kupka : Baritone Saxophone
William Lamb : Trombone, Trumpet
Lenny Pickett : Soprano & Tenor Sax, Piccolo

03 - San Francisco Bay

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Keyboards
Bobby Vega : Guitar
Paul Buckmaster : Strings, Brass, Woodwinds & Choir Arrangements
Martin Ford Orchestra
English Chorale
San Francisco Bay Singers

Side Two

01 - Feelin' Happy

Lee Oskar : Harmonica, Vocal
Greg Errico : Drums, Percussion
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Keyboards
Joe Chambers : Featured Vocals
Travis Fullerton : Background vocals
Mic Gillette : Trumpet Solo
Greg Adams : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements
Emilio Castillo : Tenor Saxophone
Stephen Kupka : Baritone Saxophone
William Lamb : Trombone, Trumpet
Lenny Pickett : Soprano & Tenor Sax

02 - More Than Words Can Say

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Piano
Terry Medeiros : Guitar
Lenny Pickett : Lyricon
Gene Page : String Arrangements, Gene Page Orchestra

03 - Sing Song

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Piano
Terry Medeiros : Scratch Guitar
Steve Beckmeier : Rhythm Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Eloise Laws : Background vocals
Linda Creed : Background vocals
Gene Page : String Arrangements, Gene Page Orchestra

04 - Haunted House

Lee Oskar : Harmonica
Greg Errico : Drums, Guitar
Bobby Vega : Bass
Herman Eberitzsch : Piano
Terry Medeiros : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Joe, Willie & George Chambers of The Chambers Brothers : Vocals
Charles Miller : Saxophone

Lee Oskar "My Road Our Road" (1981) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

This Side

01 - My Road (Lee Oskar)
02 - Our Road (Lee Oskar)

That Side

01 - Up All Night (Lee Oskar & Greg Errico)
02 - Song For My Son (Lee Oskar)
03 - Children Song (You Can Find You Way) (Lee Oskar, Mary Dean & Pat Rizzo)
04 - Yes, I'm Singing (Lee Oskar & Greg Errico)


Produced by Greg Errico for Fact Out Productions
Music Concept & Direction : Lee Oskar
Executive Producer : Jerry Goldstein


This Side

01 - My Road

Harmonica : Lee Oskar
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
String & French Horn Arrangement : Eugene Page
Players Strings : Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Gareth D. Nuttycombe, David Schwartz, Virginia Majewski, David Frisina, Jerome J. Reisler, Bonnie Douglas, Henry L. Roth, Jack Shulman, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Endre Granat, Erno, Neufeld, Paul C. Shure, Myron Sandler, Barbara Thomason, Marilyn H. Baker, Allan Harshman, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Arnold Belnick, Ronald Folsom, Robert Sushel, Don Palmer, Sheldon Samov, Assa Drori, William Hymanson, Allen De Veritch, Arnie Egilsson, Armond Kaproff, Gloria Strassner, Raymond L. Kelley, Paula J. Hochhalter, Raphael Kramer, Harry L. Shultz, Gayle Levant, Peter A. Mercuri

02 - Our Road

Harmonica : Lee Oskar
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harold Brown
Synthesizer, Piano : Barnaby Finch
Guitar : Fred Tackett
Horns : Vincent De Rosa, Henry Sigismonti, Arthur N. Maebe, George Bohannon, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Oscar Brashear, William Green, Gary Herbig, Earle D. Dumler, Louise D. Dissman, Gary Grant
Trumpet Solo : Gary Grant
Horn Melodies & Sax Solo : Pat Rizzo
Percussion : Airto Moreira
Timbales : Lonnie Jordan
Congas : Moses Wheelock, Greg Errico, Airto Moreira
Vocal & Echoplex : Flora Purim
Love Center Choir :
Arranged & Conducted by Walter Hawkins
Feddie Joyce Hawkins, Carol L. Hawkins, Eva Melton, Reginald James Stephens, Sherline Hall, Dennis R. Sanders, Shirley Miller, Jeanette Wylie, Daryl Lynn Coley, James Edwards, Blanche Lee Wynn, Edwin R. Hawkins, Tramaine Aunzola Hawkins, Lynette Stephens
Recording Engineers : Chris Huston, Norm Graichen, Wayne Neuendorf, Paul Ring, Tom Flye, Rick Houston
Recording Studios : Golden Sound, Record Plant, Capitol, The Village, Artisa,, Far Out Studio, Houston Remote Recorders
Mixed at Rumbo
Mixing Engineer : Ed Barton

That Side

Harmonica : Lee Oskar
Keyboards : Barnaby Finch
Guitar : Melvin Robinson, Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass : Nathan East
Drums : Greg Errico
Horns & Flute : "Up All Night" & Song For My Son" - Pat Rizzo
"Children Song (You Can Find You Way)" : Gene Page Arrangement
"Yes, I'm Singing" : Pat Rizzo, Gary Herbig, David Wilezewski
Percussion : Airto Moreira, Laudir De Oliveira, Greg Errico, Papa Dee Allen
Vocals :
"Up All Night" & "Children Song (You Can Find You Way)" : Joe Chambers, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill, Monalisa Young
Kids : Jennifer Smith, Shadonna Bledsoe, Marion Lee, Rochelle Bledsoe, Windell Brown, Diana Moreira, Keith Chambers, Jamie Brown, Noah Brown, Wes Nixon, Carrie Gomez, Adam Nixon, Tamara Emeterio, Vera Da Silva, Niuva Moreira
Philip Nathan & Lee Oskar Singing
"Yes, I'm Singing" : Love Center Choir