On July 18, 1973, “CTI” label released “Deodato 2”, the second Eumir Deodato studio album. It was recorded April – May 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
- Eumir Deodato – keyboards, acoustic and electric piano
- John Tropea – guitars
- John Giulino – bass
- Stanley Clarke – bass
- Alvin Brehm, Russell Savakus – arco bass
- Billy Cobham, Rick Marotta – drums
- Gilmore Degap, Rubens Bassini – congas, percussion
- Joe Temperley – baritone sax
- George Marge, Hubert Laws, Jerry Dodgion, Romeo Penque – flute
- Tony Studd – bass trombone
- Garnett Brown, Wayne Andre – trombone
- Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
- Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, Jon Faddis – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Victor Paz – trumpet
- David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Joe Malin, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman: violin
- Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi – viola
- Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Track listing:
- Nights in White Satin – Justin Hayward
- Pavane for a Dead Princess – Maurice Ravel
- Skyscrapers – Eumir Deodato
- Super Strut – Eumir Deodato
- Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin, arrangement and adaptation by Eumir Deodato