On February 24, 1977, “CTI” label released “BJ4”, the fourth Bob James studio album. It was recorded November – December 1976, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bob James – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, arrangements
In November 1974, “Kudu Records” label released “Power of Soul”, the third Idris Muhammad album. It was recorded in March 1974, at “van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris) – drums
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano and tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bob James – Fender Rhodes, keyboards, arrangements, conductor
In November 1972, “Kudu” label released “We Got a Good Thing Going”, the thirteenth Hank Crawford album. It was recorded September – October 1972, at “Van Gelder Studios” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ
George Benson, Cornell Dupree – electric guitar
Ron Carter, Gordon Edwards – double bass, electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Phil Kraus – vibraphone, orchestra bells
Art Jenkins – congas, tambourine
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Ted Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
Bob James, Don Sebesky – arrangements, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
We Got a Good Thing Going – The Corporation
I Don’t Know – Bill Withers
Down to Earth – Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So – Duke Ellington, Mack David
Imagination – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Little Tear – Don Sebesky
The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
On October 17, 1975, “Columbia” label released “Still Crazy After All These Years”, the fourth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “A&R Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Phil Ramone and Paul Simon.
Personnel:
Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, string and horn arrangements
Pete Carr – electric guitar
Joe Beck – electric guitar
Jerry Friedman – electric guitar
Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar
John Tropea – electric guitar
Barry Beckett – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
Bob James – woodwind arrangements, string arrangements, Fender Rhodes
In September 1973, “CTI” label released “Don’t Mess with Mister T.”, album by Stanley Turrentine. It was recorded March – June 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Bob James – piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
Harold Mabern – electric piano
Richard Tee – organ
Eric Gale – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Billy Cobham – drums
Rubens Bassini – percussion
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
John Frosk – flugelhorn
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Guy Lumia, David Nadien, John Pintaualle, Irving Spice – violin
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On September 3, 1976, “CTI” label released “Three”, the third Bob James studio album. It was recorded November 1975 and January 1976, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Bob James – keyboards, arrangements, conductor
Jeff Mironov – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar solo, guitar
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gary King – bass guitar
Will Lee – bass guitar
Andy Newmark – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Eddie Daniels – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano and tenor saxophone, tin whistle
On August 26, 1971, “CTI” label released “The Rite of Spring”, the sixth Hubert Laws album. It was recorded in June 1971, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Hubert Laws – flute
Wally Kane, Jane Taylor – bassoon
Bob James – piano, electric piano, electric harpsichord
Gene Bertoncini, Stuart Scharf – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Dave Friedman – vibraphone, percussion
Airto Moreira – percussion
Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
Pavane – Gabriel Fauré
The Rite of Spring – Igor Stravinsky
Syrinx – Claude Debussy
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (First Movement) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Second Movement) – Johan Sebastian Bach
In July 1973, “CTI” label released “Giant Box”, the third Don Sebeski album. It was recorded April – May 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.
Personnel:
Don Sebesky – electric piano, organ, clavinet, accordion, arrangements, conductor
Phil Bodner – soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo
George Marge – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe, English horn
Walt Levinsky – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Randy Brecker, Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley – trumpet, flugelhorn
Garnett Brown – trombone
Wayne Andre, Warren Covington – trombone, baritone horn
Paul Faulise, Alan Raph – bass trombone, baritone horn
Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin – French horn
Tony Price – tuba
Dave Friedman, Phil Kraus, Ralph MacDonald, Airto Moreira – percussion
Alfred Brown, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice – violin
Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman – cello
Margaret Ross – harp
George Benson – electric guitar
Bob James – organ
Ron Carter – bass, electric bass, piccolo bass
Homer Mensch – bass
Billy Cobham – drums
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Airto Moreira – percussion
Rubens Bassini – conga
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Bob Ciano – design
Track listing:
All tracks, by Don Sebesky, except where noted.
Firebird/Birds of Fire – Igor Stravinsky, John McLaughlin
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