Smooth & Jazzy

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© 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG /
Sony Music Catalog
A Devision of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG /
Sony Music Catalog is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG /
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5061479000

Made in the EU (back)
Made in Austria (CD)

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SACEM
SDRM
SACD
SGDL
BIEM

Matrix / Runout :
Sony Music S5061472000-0101 11 A0

Annotation last modified on 2023-02-07 10:06 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Time After Time
bass:
Darryl "the Munich" Jones (bassist for The Rolling Stones)
drums (drum set):
Al Foster
guitar:
John Scofield
percussion:
Steve Thornton (Percussionist)
synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
instrumental cover recording of:
Time After Time
writer:
Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper
publisher:
Sony Songs Inc. (ended), CBS Songs Ltd., Gray Matter Music, Human Boy Music, Rellla Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division, Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Dub Notes Music (publisher) (in 1984), Rella Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Miles Davis1.255:34
2Nothing Will B
mixer:
Allen Sides
solo alto saxophone:
Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist)
mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Nada será como antes
composer:
Ronaldo Bastos and Milton Nascimento
recording of:
Nothing Will Be as It Was
composer:
Ronaldo Bastos, Milton Nascimento and Renee Vincent
Sarah Vaughan4:45
3Gentle Though
recording of:
Gentle Thoughts
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Melvin Ragin
Herbie Hancock7:04
4Soulful Strut
Grover Washington, Jr.4:16
5Summertime
live cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Benson6:03
6Reasons
engineer:
George Massenburg
co-producer:
Charles Stepney
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
arranger:
Earth, Wind & Fire and Charles Stepney
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975)
samples from:
That’s the Way of the World by Earth, Wind & Fire (in 1975-03)
recording of:
Reasons
writer:
Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Earth, Wind & Fire2.654:59
7Sweet Syncopation
synthesizer programming:
Ian Underwood
baritone saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
bass:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
clavinet:
Larry Nash (piano) (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
electric piano and synthesizer:
Dave Grusin (American score composer) (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
guitar:
Lee Ritenour (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
tenor saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
trombone:
Frank Rosolino (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
recorded at:
The Sound Labs in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1975-10-03 until 1975-10-15)
Lee Ritenour4:48
8Wade in the Water
Ramsey Lewis2:46
9Prelude to a Kiss
recording engineer and mixer:
Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
engineer:
Robert "Litza" Friedrich
producer:
Bob Freedman
vocals:
Nnenna Freelon
arranger:
Bob Freedman
Nnenna Freelon5:01
10Sara Smile
cover recording of:
Sara Smile
writer:
Daryl Hall and John Oates
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Eric Gale6:11
11Summer Breezin'
bass:
Byron Miller (bass guitarist)
drums (drum set):
Robertinho Silva (Brazilian drummer and percussionist)
electric piano and Rhodes piano:
George Duke
flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey
guitar:
Toninho Horta
percussion:
Chico Batera
tenor saxophone:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
trombone:
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
vocals:
Lynn Davis (vocalist), George Duke and Josie James
George Duke4:49
12Between Love
Stanley Clarke4:09
13Exotic Mysteries
Lonnie Liston Smith4:29
14Vera Cruz
Stanley Turrentine5:14
15Midnight at the Oasis
Martin Taylor3:56
16Ain't No Sunshine
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson and Bill Lazarus
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden (mastering engineer)
vocals:
Bill Withers
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 280) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 309)
recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
Bill Withers4.452:02

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