Sylvia St. James "Magic" (1980) -Soul / Funk-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Can't Make You Mine (Joseph Brown)

02 - Better Things (Bob Olivier, Lenny White & George Williams)

03 - Ghetto Lament (Tommy Smith & Weldon Irvine)

04 - Let Love Groove Me (Larry Dunn, Lenny White & Donald Blackman)

Side Two

01 - Motherland (Lenny White & Leslie Renee)

02 - Black Diamond (Joseph Blocker & Sylvia St. James)

03 - Magic Minstrel (Larry Dunn & Sylvia St. James)

04 - So I Say To You (Donald Blackman)

05 - Almaz Interlude

Produced by Larry Dunn & Lenny White

Lenny White's Services Furnished through Berry-Boo Enterprises, Inc.

Studios :

Indigo Ranch, Malibu (All Vocals & Mixing)

Engineers & Production Assistants : Chris Brunt, Dennis Hansen

Engineering Assistant : Warren Weinberg

Eras Studios, New York (Basic Tracks)

Engineers : Geoff Daking, Ray Volpe

Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles (Horns & Strings)

Engineer : Alan Sides

Musicians :

Members of the Group 'Twennynine' :

Lenny White : Drums & Percussion

Donald Blackman : Keyboards

Barry Johnson : Bass

Edwin Martinez, Nick Moroch : Guitars

Additional Musicians :

Don Myrick : Alto Sax Solo ("Better Things")

Larry Dunn : Keyboards, Synthesizer & Synthesizer Programming

Vinnie Bell : Electric Sitars

Raymond Jones : Keyboards

Steve Williams : Guitar ("Better Things")

All Strings Arranged by George Del Barrio

Horns on "Can't Make You Mine" & "Let Love Groove Me" Arranged by Ben Wright

Side One

01 - Can't Make You Mine

Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, Carla Vaughn, Sylvia Cox, Judy Jones

02 - Better Things

Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, Carla Vaughn, Sylvia Cox, Judy Jones

03 - Ghetto Lament

All Vocals : Sylvia St. James

Little Girl's Voice : Trinity Bailey

Mumie : Debbie Dunn

04 - Let Love Groove Me

All Vocals : Sylvia St. James

Side Two

01 - Motherland

Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, Carla Vaughn, Sylvia Cox, Judy Jones

02 - Black Diamond

Background vocals : Sylvia St. James & Saundra Alexander

03 - Magic Minstrel

Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, Carla Vaughn, Judy Jones, Sylvia Cox

04 - So I Say To You

All Vocals : Sylvia St. James

05 - Almaz Interlude

Vocals : Sylvia St. James

Strings : George Del Barrio

Creative Concept : Larry Dunn, Lenny White & Sylvia St. James

Jeff Lorber "It's A Fact" (1982) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk / Westcoast Jazz-

  

 Label : Arista Records

 Side 1

01 - Tierra Verde (Jeff Lorber & Kenny Gorelick)
02 - Full Moon (Jeff Lorber, Tom Browne & Marlon McClain)
03 - Warm Springs (Jeff Lorber)
04 - It's A Fact (Jeff Lorber & Joe Eriksen)

Side 2

01 - Your Love Has Got Me (Jeff Lorber & Kenny Gorelick)
02 - The Magician (Jeff Lorber & Joe Eriksen)
03 - Delevans (Jeff Lorber)
04 - Always There (William Jeffrey & Ronald Laws)
05 - Above The Clouds (Jeff Lorber)


Rhythm Section :
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards
Marlon McClain : Guitars (Solos on "Always There" & "The Magician")
Nathan East : Electric Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums (except on "Tierra Verde")

Vocals :
Greg Walker : Lead vocals on "It's A Fact" & "Full Moon"
Arnold McCuller : Lead vocals on "Full Moon" & "Your Love Has Got Me"
Sylvia St. James : Lead vocals on "Your Love Has Got Me"
Lynne Davis & Sylvia St. James : Background vocals

Additional Musicians :
Kenny Gorelick : All Tenor & Soprano Sax Solos, Flutes
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Tom Browne : Trumpet & Flugelhorn on "Full Moon" & "The Magician"
Pat Kelley : Guitar Solo on "Delevans"

String & Horn Arrangements on "It's A Fact" & "Your Love Has Got Me" : Jorge Del Barrio
String Arrangement on "Tierra Verde" : Jeff Lorber
Horn Contractor : Pete Christlieb

Mastered by Ken Perry at Capitol Records Studios
Recorded at Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California, September 27, 1981 to January 10, 1982

Produced by Jeff Lorber
Associate Producer : Chris Brunt
Engineered & Mixed by Chris Brunt at Indigo Ranch Studios
Assistant Engineer : Dennis Hansen

Osamu Kitajima ‎"Face To Face" (1983) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Takoma Records

 1

01 - Face To Face (Osamu Kitajima & Mindy Sterling)
02 - Nothing But Love (Osamu Kitajima, Richard Evans & Mindy Sterling)
03 - 31 Flavors (Osamu Kitajima & Alex Brown)
04 - No Second Chances (Osamu Kitajima & Phil Cacayorin)
05 - Should've Known Better (Osamu Kitajima & Alex Brown)

2

01 - Give It Up (Osamu Kitajima & Mindy Sterling)
02 - Waterman Beetle (Osamu Kitajima)
03 - Yesterday And Karma (Osamu Kitajima, Dean Olch & Sylvia St. James)
04 - Apex (Osamu Kitajima)
05 - Amerasian Blues (Osamu Kitajima & Melanie Burke)


Produced & Arranged by Osamu Kitajima & Richard Evans
Engineered by Kirk Butler, Dennis Moody, Larry Hinds & Mike Tohen
Recorded at Red Wing Studios, Tarzana, CA ; Paramount Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA ; Hollywood Central Sound, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio by Kirk Butler & Osamau Kitajima


1

01 - Face To Face

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto, Clap Trap
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Dennis Belfield : Bass
Brian Whitcomb : Rhodes
Tom Seufert : Linn Drum Programming
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

02 - Nothing But Love

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

03 - 31 Flavors

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Steve Forman : Percussion
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

04 - No Second Chances

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

05 - Should've Known Better

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

2

01 - Give It Up

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Clap Trap
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Brian Whitcomb : Acoustic Piano
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

02 - Waterman Beetle

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Koto
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Victor Feldman : Acoustic Piano
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion

03 - Yesterday And Karma

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Chinese Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Victor Feldman : Rhodes
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Steve Forman : Percussion
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

04 - Apex

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Victor Feldman : Rhodes
Eric Ajave : Bass
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Steve Forman : Percussion
Ed Green : Violin

05 - Amerasian Blues

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Elliott Geoffrey : Background vocal
Melanie Burke : Vocals

Don Ciccone "Forever Begins Today" (1991) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Polydor Japan Records

01 - Nikki I Know (Don Ciccone)
02 - From The Morning To The Evening Of Our Lives (Don Ciccone)
03 - If I Were You (Don Ciccone)
04 - Just A Little Love* (Don Ciccone)
05 - Mr. Dyingly Sad* (Don Ciccone)
06 - Less Than Lovers More Than Friends (Don Ciccone)
07 - Forever Begins Today (Don Ciccone)
08 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Marsden, Marsden, Chadwick & Maguire)
09 - While The Feeling Is Still Right (Don Ciccone)


Produced by Jerry Corbetta
Except(*) Produced by Steve Madaio
Executive Producer : Stuart Goldfarb
Recorded in Los Angeles, California at Clearlake, One-Way, Sound City
Engineering & Production Assistance by Bob Margouleff
Engineered by Brant Biles
Mixed by Bob Margouleff with Brant Biles
Mixed at Amigo Sound Studios / L.A.
Mastered by Wally Traugott
Mastered at Capitol Records
All Songs Arranged by Don Ciccone & Jerry Corbetta
Except (*) Arranged by Steve Madaio & Bobby Martin

Guitar : Buzz Feiten
Keyboards : Jerry Corbetta & Bobby Martin
Drums : Steve Klong & Jack Bruno
Bass : Dave Meros & Reggie McBride
Horns : Chuck Findley & Steve Madaio
Saxophone : Doug Norwine & Dave Woodford
Background vocals : Nadiera Ali (Also Duet on "Just A Little Love"), Sylvia St. James (Also Duet on "Forever Begins Today"), De De Belson, Bobby Martin, Nicole Sill, Tobee Tyler & Tony Walthers

Sylvia St. James "Echoes & Images" (1981) - Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Behind My Back (Dawn Alexander)
02 - Grace (Ronnie Laws & Roxanne J. Seeman)
03 - Prime Time (Clarence Bell & Therisa Hunter)
04 - Evening Rainbow (Sylvia St. James & Eduardo Del Barrio)

Side Two

01 - If You Let Me Love You (Russell Ferrante & Marilyn Scott)
02 - The Way To Your Heart (You've Got The Power) (Josef M. Blocker & Marlo Henderson)
03 - The Bottom Line (Danny Ironstone, Mary Unobsky & Barbara Busa)
04 - Eastern Man (Josef M. Blocker)


Produced by Andre Fischer by Engineered with 20th Century Fox Music Productions
Executive Producer : Oscar Fields
Arranged by Richard Evans & McKinley Jackson
Recording Engineers : Howard Steele & Michael Brownstein
Assistant Engineers : Phil Moores, Steve Zaretsky, Greg Stout, Tim Dennen, Stewart Whitmore & Patrick Von Wiegandt
Recorded in L.A. at Conway Recorders
Overdubs at Studio 55 & Sound Labs
Mixed at Conway Recorders & Sound Labs
Mastered by Jack E. Hunt at JVC Cutting Center, Inc., L.A.  
String Concert Master : Assa Drori
Horns : Chuck Findley, Bill Reichenbach, Gary Grant, Charles Loper, Phil Ayling, Kim Hutchcroft & Steve Madaio


Side One

01 - Behind My Back

Drums : Casey Scheuerell
Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitars : Donald Griffin & George Sopuch
Acoustic Piano : Clarence McDonald
Fender Rhodes : Russell Ferrante

02 - Grace

Drums : Casey Scheuerell
Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitar : George Sopuch
Electric Piano : Clydene Jackson
Acoustic Piano : Clarence McDonald
Koto : Osamu Kitajima
Alto Sax Solo : Steve Tavaglione
Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, David Lasley, Arnold McCuller & Yolande Fischer

03 - Prime Time

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Jimmy Haslip
Electric Guitars : Robben Ford & Donald Griffin
Acoustic Piano : Clydene Jackson
Mini Moog : Denzil Miller

04 - Evening Rainbow

Drums : Andre Fischer
Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitar : Robben Ford
Acoustic Piano : Clydene Jackson
Electric Piano : Eduardo Del Barrio
Soprano Sax Solo : Steve Tavaglione

Side Two

01 - If You Let Me Love You

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Electric Guitar : Robben Ford
Acoustic Piano : Clydene Jackson
Electric Piano & OBX Synthesizer : Russell Ferrante

02 - The Way To Your Heart (You've Got The Power)

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitars : Robben Ford, Alan Ciner & Donald Griffin
Fender Rhodes : Clydene Jackson

03 - The Bottom Line

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Jimmy Haslip
Electric Guitars : Robben Ford & Alan Ciner
Acoustic Piano : Clydene Jackson
Electric Piano : Clarence McDonald
Background vocals : Sylvia St. James, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters & Pat Henderson

04 - Eastern Man

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Synthesizer Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitars : Robben Ford & Marlo Henderson
Acoustic Piano : Russell Ferrante
Electric Piano : Clydene Jackson
Biwa : Osamu Kitajima
Soprano Sax Solo : Steve Tavaglione
Horn Arrangements : Stewart Fischer