06/06/2021

John Klemmer "Magnificent Madness" (1980) -Smooth Jazz / Westcoast Jazz-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Magnificent Madness (John Klemmer & David Batteau)
02 - Heart (Summer Song) (John Klemmer)
03 - Don't Take Your Love Away (Isaac Hayes & Lee Wesley Jodes)
04 - I Can't Help It (Stevie Wonder & Susaye Greene Brown)

Side Two

01 - We Couldn't Start Over (John Klemmer & Danny O'Keefe)
02 - Deja Vu (Isaac Hayes & Adrienne Anderson)
03 - Lifesong (John Klemmer & Danny O'Keefe)
04 - Adventures In Paradise (Minnie Riperton, Joe Sample & Richard Rudolph)


Produced by Stephan Goldman & John Klemmer for John Klemmer Productions
Recorded by Rick Ruggeri & Bill Taylor
Remixed by Rick Ruggeri
Additional Recording : Cheech D'Amico
Recorded & Mixed at Mama Jo's, North Hollywood, California
Additional Recording at Producers Workshop & Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
Production Coordination : Dan Barrett & Noel Newbolt at Motion Productions

John Klemmer : Tenor Saxophone, Echoplex, Phaser & Vocalise


Side One

01 - Magnificent Madness

Vocal : Bili Thedford
Guitar : John Tropea
Piano : Don Grusin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Phyllis St. James, Stephanie Spruill, Alfie Silas

02 - Heart (Summer Song)

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03 - Don't Take Your Love Away

Guitar : John Tropea
Piano : Don Grusin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Ronnie Foster

04 - I Can't Help It

Guitar : John Tropea
Piano : Don Grusin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Ronnie Foster

Side Two

01 - We Couldn't Start Over

Vocal : Danny O'Keefe
Guitar : Dean Parks
Piano : Victor Feldman
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Drums : John Guerin
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Ronnie Foster
Horns : Larry Williams, Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, Bill Reichenbach & Larry Hall

02 - Deja Vu

Guitar : John Tropea
Piano : Don Grusin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Ronnie Foster

03 - Lifesong

Vocal : Danny O'Keefe
Guitar : Dean Parks
Piano : Victor Feldman
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Drums : John Guerin
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer : Ronnie Foster

04 - Adventures In Paradise

Solo Guitar : John Tropea
Piano : Don Grusin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizer Arrangement : Ronnie Foster
Kalimba : Milt Holland
Vocalise : John Klemmer