Mastercuts: Best of Jazz Funk

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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▼ CD 1
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1Running Away
co-producer:
William Allen (bassist) and Edwin Birdsong
producer:
Roy Ayers
arranger:
Roy Ayers
remix of:
Running Away (LP version) by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
recording of:
Running Away
writer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
publisher:
Arlovol Music, BMG Monarch and Michelle-Bird Music
Roy Ayers46:58
2Always There
Ronnie Laws4:41
3Dominoes
producer:
Fonce Mizell and Larry Mizell
remixer:
Dave Moore (engineer)
recording of:
Fallin' Like Dominoes
writer:
Sigidi Bashir Abdullah (aranger, writer), Harold Lee Clayton (aranger, writer) and Bradley Ridgell (aranger, writer)
Donald Byrd7:35
4To Prove My Love
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Cropper and Austin Godsey
assistant engineer:
Gene Meros and Toby Scott
engineer:
Austin Godsey
producer:
Steve Cropper
lead vocals:
Ned Doheny
brass [horns] arranger:
Steve Cropper, Ned Doheny and Chuck Findley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1978)
produced for:
Midnight Hour Music
recorded at and mixed at:
Clover Recorders (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
To Prove My Love
lyricist and composer:
Ned Doheny
publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Longdog Music (from 1977 to present), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1977 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Ned Doheny4:47
5Rock Creek Park
recording of:
Rock Creek Park
writer:
Joe Hall (Member of The Blackbyrds), Stephen Johnson (Member of The Blackyards), Keith Killgo, Orville Saunders and Kevin Toney
The Blackbyrds4:29
6The Bottle
recording of:
The Bottle
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
publisher:
Brouhaha Music Inc. and Castle Music Ltd.
Gil Scott‐Heron5:05
7Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
baritone saxophone:
Ronnie Cuber
bass:
Wilbur Bascomb (Jr., jazz‐funk bassist/songwriter)
guitar:
Charlie Brown (guitarist)
harp:
Margaret Ross (harp)
percussion:
Rubens Bassini
solo guitar:
Hiram Bullock
solo percussion:
Sue Evans
solo soprano saxophone:
David Tofani
solo synthesizer:
Cliff Carter
solo tenor saxophone:
Mike Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer)
trumpet:
Randy Brecker and Jon Faddis
solo vocals:
Frank Floyd (US soul disco funk singer)
vocals:
William Eaton (US producer & arranger), Zachary Sanders and Ray Simpson (singer for Village People)
recording of:
Could Heaven Ever Be Like this
composer:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger) and Tony Sarafino
arranger:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
Idris Muhammad8:37
8Shaker Song
Spyro Gyra4:47
9Brighter Tomorrow
assistant recording engineer:
Damon Bates and Debrah Rebhun
recording engineer:
Josiah Gluck, Scott Noll and Nina Siff
mixer:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter), Scott Noll and Nina Siff
background vocals:
Amy London
lead vocals:
Carol Woods
arranger:
Cliff Branch and Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
Tom Browne6:17
10I Thought It Was You
recorded in:
California, United States (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
bass:
Byron Miller (bass guitarist) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
brass:
Garnett Brown (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Robert O'Bryant, Sr. (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Bobby Shew (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Maurice Spears (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
congas:
Raul Rekow (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
drums (drum set):
Leon Ndugu Chancler (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
guitar:
Ray Parker Jr. (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
strings:
Teressa Adams (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Lawrence Granger (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Roy Malan (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Nathan Rubin (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Emily Van Valkenburgh (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Linda Wood (strings) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
woodwind:
Fred Jackson (US R&B and jazz tenor saxophonist active 1940s-1960s) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Jack Nimitz (American saxophonist and clarinet player) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05), Dave Riddles (from 1977-08 until 1978-05) and Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist) (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
arranger:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
I Thought It Was You (from 1977-08 until 1978-05)
writer:
Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter), Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Melvin Ragin
publisher:
Hancock Music Co., Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Wah Watson Music
Herbie Hancock8:51
11Sausalito
recording engineer:
Dale Ashby (in 1977-05)
assistant engineer:
Joel Cohn
engineer:
David Palmer (Engineer)
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Grover Washington, Jr. (in 1977-05)
bass:
Tyrone Brown (bassist) (in 1977-05)
drums (drum set):
Millard Vinson (drummer) (in 1977-05)
electric violin:
John Blake (US jazz violinist) (in 1977-05)
flute:
Leslie Burrs (flutist) (in 1977-05)
guitar:
Richard Steacker (in 1977-05)
keyboard:
James Simmons (pianist/keyboardist) (in 1977-05)
percussion:
Leonard Gibbs (percussionist) (in 1977-05)
recorded at:
Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1977-05)
mixed at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
live recording of:
Sausalito (in 1977-05)
composer:
John Blake (US jazz violinist), Tyrone Brown (bassist), Leslie Burrs (flutist), Leonard Gibbs (percussionist), James Simmons (pianist/keyboardist), Richard Steacker and Millard Vinson (drummer)
Grover Washington, Jr.410:10
12De Ja Vu
Paulinho da Costa4:33
▼ CD 2
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1Expansions
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd. (from 1975 to present)
recording of:
Expansions
composer:
Lonnie Liston Smith
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Cosmic Echoes Publishing Co., Famous Chappell, MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Lonnie Liston Smith36:08
2Jazz Carnival
recording engineer and mixer:
Toninho Barbosa
producer:
Azymuth and Joel B. Leibovitz (French producer)
keyboard [keyboards]:
José Roberto Bertrami
strings:
Alex Malheiros
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Far Out Recordings (London, England based label, specialising in Brazilian music) and Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (from 1979 to present)
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio Sonoviso in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
recording of:
Jazz Carnival
writer:
José Roberto Bertrami, Ivan Conte and Alex Malheiros
Azymuth9:32
3Brazilian Love Affair
George Duke7:22
4Love Will Bring Us Back Together
recording of:
Love Will Bring Us Back Together
publisher:
Roy Ayers
composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher) and Ubiquity (Ubiquity Records, CA, USA)
Roy Ayers5:57
5Summer Madness
arranger:
Robert Spike Mickens
recording of:
Summer Madness
writer:
Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Robert Spike Mickens, Richard Westfield (Kool & The Gang member), Claydes Smith, Alton Taylor and Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
Kool & the Gang44:17
6Dancing in Outer Space
recording of:
Dancing In Outer Space
composer:
Lester J. Batchelor, Stewart Cawthorne, Raymond Johnson (UK funk drummer) and Andy Sojka (UK electro-funk artist, founded Elite label)
Atmosfear9:34
7Come With Me
Tania Maria5:38
8Los Conquistadores Chocolates
recording of:
Los Conquistadores Chocolatés
composer:
Alphonso Mizell and Laurence Mizell
Johnny “Hammond” Smith6:09
9Unicorn
Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin6:46
10The New Killer Joe
Benny Golson5:39
11Let the Music Play
Charles Earland3:47
12Spring High
Ramsey Lewis4:17