On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.
Personnel:
- James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
- Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
- Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
- Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
- Larry Carlton – guitars
- George Doering – guitars
- Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers
- David Foster – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements
- Jimmy Smith – organ, synthesizers
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizers
- Mark Vieha – synthesizers, arrangements
- Craig Hundley – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
- Rod Temperton – synthesizers, arrangements
- Don Dorsey – synthesizers
- David Paich – synthesizers, arrangements
- Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Abe Laboriel – bass guitar
- Nathan East – bass guitar
- Harvey Mason Sr. – drums
- John Robinson – drums
- Raymond Calhoun – drums
- Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Steve Ray – fingerpopper
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
- Larry Williams – saxophone
- Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
- Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Ollie E. Brown – backing vocals
- Zane Giles – backing vocals
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
- Susaye Greene Brown – backing vocals
- Howard Hewett – backing vocals
- Bunny Hull – backing vocals
- David Pack – backing vocals
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
- Augie Johnson – backing vocals
- Valerie Johnson – backing vocals
- Scherrie Payne – backing vocals
- Luther Vandross – backing vocals
- Tom Bahler – backing vocals
- Linda Harmon – backing vocals
- Edie Lehmann – backing vocals
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
- Johnny Mandel – arrangements
Track listing:
- Party Animal – James Ingram, Richard Page, Mark Vieha
- Yah Mo B There – James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton
- She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be) – Jim Photoglo, Brian Francis Neary
- Try Your Love Again – Glen Ballard, Brock Walsh
- Whatever We Imagine – David Foster, Paul Gordon, Jeremy Lubbock
- One More Rhythm – Rod Temperton
- There’s No Easy Way – Barry Mann
- It’s Your Night – James Ingram, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
- How Do You Keep the Music Playing – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
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