The Meeting "The Meeting" (1990) -Jazz Fusion / Jazz Funk-

Label : GRP Records

 

01 - Groove Now And Then (Patrice Rushen)

02 - Walk Your Talk (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Alphonso Johnson, Patrice Rushen & Ernie Watts)

03 - Steppin' Out (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler & Alphonso Johnson)

04 - And I Think About It All The Time (Ernie Watts & Ray Dewey)

05 - The Meeting (Patrice Rushen)

06 - African Flower (Duke Ellington)

07 - Joyful Noise (Ernie Watts & Bob Boykin)

08 - Cherry Blossom (Patrice Rushen)

09 - Lowness (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)

10 - Element Of Mystery (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)

11 - Virgin (Alphonso Johnson)

12 - Tango (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)

Produced by The Meeting

All Songs Arranged by The Meeting

Recorded & Mixed by F. Byron Clark at Fox Run Studios, San Fernando, CA

Assistant Engineer : Tim Andersen

Mastered by John Golden at K Disc, Hollywood, CA

Post-Production by Michael Landy & Joseph Doughney at The Review Room/NYC

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Remo Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Latin Percussion Timbales, Percussion, Rappin' on "Steppin' Out"

Alphonso Johnson : Four String & Five String Modulus Basses, LoBue Fretless

Patrice Rushen : Yamaha SY77, KX88, DX7 11-FD, KX5, Acoustic Grand Piano, RX5, YX816, TX16W

Ernie Watts : Yamaha Alto, Tenor & Soprano Saxophones, Yamaha WX7

Crusaders "Ghetto Blaster" (1984) -Soul Jazz-

Label : MCA Records

 Side 1

01 - Dead End (Joe Sample)
02 - Gotta Lotta Shakalada (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
03 - New Moves (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
04 - Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy) (Wilton Felder & Caiphus Semenya)

Side 2

01 - Night Ladies (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
02 - Mr. Cool (Joe Sample)
03 - Dream Street (Wilton Felder & Joe Sample)


Produced by Wilton Felder, Joe Sample & Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler

Joe Sample Plays Keyboards (Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7, Yamaha GS-1, Prophet 5, Prophet 8, Yamaha CE-20, Chroma, Mini Moog & Acoustic Piano)
Wilton Felder Plays Saxophones & Bass (Yamaha Saxophones & Electric Bass)
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler Plays Drums (Yamaha Drums, Remo Drum Heads, Paiste Cymbals & Linn Drum)

Featured Vocalists 'Tiffany' : Jessica Williams on "Night Ladies" & "Gotta Lotta Shakalada", Gwen Evans on "New Moves" & "Gotta Lotta Shakalada", Choral Group Featured on "Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)" 
Arranged by Caiphus Semenya : Caiphus Semenya, Howard Smith, Phyllis St. James, Linda McCrary, Molefe Vernon, Lebohang Morake & Maxi Anderson

Guest Musicians :
Guitar : Charles Fearing, Dean Parks, Roland Bautista, David T. Walker & Cornell Dupree
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Trumpet : Chuck Findley
String Contractor : Nathan Kaproff
Concertmaster : Paul Shure
String Arrangements : Joe Sample with special thanks to Jerry Wollman
Synthesizer Programming : David Ervin, Jon Steinhoff, Dean Gant & Clark Spangler
Recording Engineers : F. Byron Clark, Assisted by Paul Ericksen & Clark Germain
Terry Diane Becker Assisted by Doug Williams, Jim Faraci, Clif Jones
Additional Recording by Craig Burbidge
"Dream Street" & "Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)" Mixed by F. Byron Clark, Assisted by Paul Ericksen & Clark Germain
Recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, Village Recorders, Sound Castle & Studio Masters
Mixed at Sound Castle & Hollywood Sound Recorders
Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc Mastering