On April 18, 1996, Bernard Edwards died aged 43. He was musician (bass), singer, songwriter and record producer, co-founder of the band Chic. As musician and producer he worked with David Bowie, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Madonna, The Power Station, Duran Duran, Norma Jean Wright, Mick Jagger, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Sheila and B. Devotion, Nona Hendryx, Robert Palmer, Belouis Some, Air Supply, Rod Stewart, Adam Ant and James Freud. As leader Edwards released one album. In 2017, “Bass Player” magazine placed Edwards at number 53 on its list of the “Greatest Bassist of All Time”.
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Aretha Franklin: Jump To It
In July 1982, “Arista” label released “Jump To It”, the thirtyfirst Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded 1981 – 1982, at “Mediasound Studios” in New York City, “Record Plant” and “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, “Soundsuite” in Detroit, and was produced by Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin. The album received the “American Music Award” for “Best Soul Album”.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
- Levi Stubbs – lead vocals
- Doc Powell– guitar
- Steve Love – guitar
- George Duke– piano
- Sonny Burke– keyboards
- Nat Adderley, Jr.– keyboards, rhythm arrangements
- Luther Vandross– keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
- Marcus Miller– bass, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer and rhythm arrangements
- Francisco Centeno, Louis Johnson– bass
- Yogi Horton, Buddy Williams– drums
- Errol “Crusher” Bennett – congas, percussion
- Paulinho Da Costa– percussion
- George Young – soprano saxophone
- Paul Riser, Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Jerry Hey– horn and string arrangements
- Four Tops– backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Sandra Dance, Brenda White, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Norma Jean Wright, Alexandra Brown, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill, Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
- Michael Brauer – recording, mixing
- Carl Beatty, Lee Keifer – additional engineering
- Michael Christopher, Karat Faye, John Hanlon, Harry Spiridakis, Don Wershba, Warren Woods
- Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
- Harry Langdon – photography
- Sue Reilly – lettering
- Sephra Herman – production coordinator
Track listing:
- Jump to It – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
- Love Me Right – Luther Vandross
- If She Don’t Want Your Lovin’ – Sam Dees
- This Is for Real – Luther Vandross
- (It’s Just) Your Love – Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
- I Wanna Make It Up to You – Aretha Franklin
- It’s Your Thing – O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley
- Just My Daydream – Smokey Robinson
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