23/03/2014

Fourplay "Elixir" (1995) -Smooth Jazz-



 Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis 01 - Elixir (Bob James, Lee Ritenour, Nathan East & Harvey Mason)
02 - Dream Come True (Nathan East & Ricky Lawson)
03 - Play Lady Play (Lee Ritenour & Bob James)
04 - Why Can't It Wait Till Morning (Phil Collins) 
05 - Magic Carpet Ride (Lee Ritenour) 
06 - Whisper In My Ear (Bob James)
07 - Fannie Mae (Harvey Mason)
08 - The Closer I Get To You (J. Mtume & Reggie Lucas) 
09 - East 2 West (Nathan East & Marcel East) 
10 - Licorice (Bob James)
11 - In My Corner (Harvey Mason & Harvey Mason Jr.)


Produced by Fourplay
Executive Producer : Bob James
All Songs Arranged by The Composers, except :
"The Closer I Get To You" Arranged by Fourplay, Vocals Produced & Arranged by Nathan East
"In My Corner" Vocals Arranged by Harvey Mason Jr.
"Why Can't It Wait Till Morning" Arranged by Bob James
"Play Lady" Arranged by Lee Ritenour
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA ; Darp Studios, Atlanta, GA ; Starlight Studios, Malibu, CA ; Remidi Studios, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY & Masong Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded & Mixed by Don Murray
Additional Recording : Thom "TK" Kidd at Darp Studios ; Harvey Mason Jr. at Masong Studios & Lee Ritenour at Starlight Studios
Assistant Engineers : Mike Kloster at Sunset Sound & Kevin Lively at Darp Studios
Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Disk Mastering

Fourplay : 
Bob James : Keyboards & Synth Orchestrations
Lee Ritenour : Guitars, Additional Computer & Synth Programming
Nathan East : Bass & Lead vocals (on 05 & 09)
Harvey Mason : Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Bongos & Jew's Harp

Additional Musicians :
Harvey Mason Jr. : Computer & Synth Programming
Ken Freeman : Additional Computer & Synth Programming

Vocals :
Phil Collins : Lead vocals (on 04)
Patti Austin & Peabo Bryson : Lead vocals (on 08) 
Heather Mason, Vern Arnold & Cisco : Background vocals (on 11)