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Pianist Joe Sample, who has had easily the most successful solo career of any of the Crusaders, recorded a series of melodic and lightly funky sets for MCA in the 1980s. This particular outing (which is available on CD) is unfortunately quite weak due to the forgettable melodies. Sample is joined by Dean Parks, Carlos Fearing, David T. Walker and/or Barry Finnerty on guitars, either Wilton Felder, Abraham Laboriel or Nathan East on bass, drummer Ndugu, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and occasional synthesizers and strings; he plays well enough, but the material is quite inferior. One song ("The Survivor") features Phyllis Hyman's over-the-top R&B singing. Otherwise, the program consists of lightweight instrumentals, pleasant but mundane. Get Sample's Carmel instead.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Nathan East, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - Wilton Lewis Felder, Producer - Ndugu Chancler, Producer - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Nathan East, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - Abraham Laborier, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - Phyllis Hyman, FeaturedArtist - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Charles Fearing, Participant - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - Will Jennings, ComposerLyricist - David Ervin, Participant - Taavi Mote, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louil Silas Jr., Remixer, StudioPersonnel - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer, Participant - Charles Fearing, Participant - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - David T. Walker, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Ervin, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer, Participant - Charles Fearing, Participant - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - Barry Finnerty, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Lawrence, Participant - Dean Parks, Participant - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Producer, Participant - WILTON FELDER, Producer - Nathan Kaproff, Participant - JOE SAMPLE, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paulinho Da Costa, Participant - David Ervin, Participant - Abraham Laborier, Participant - F. Byron Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Pianist Joe Sample, who has had easily the most successful solo career of any of the Crusaders, recorded a series of melodic and lightly funky sets for MCA in the 1980s. This particular outing (which is available on CD) is unfortunately quite weak due to the forgettable melodies. Sample is joined by Dean Parks, Carlos Fearing, David T. Walker and/or Barry Finnerty on guitars, either Wilton Felder, Abraham Laboriel or Nathan East on bass, drummer Ndugu, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and occasional synthesizers and strings; he plays well enough, but the material is quite inferior. One song ("The Survivor") features Phyllis Hyman's over-the-top R&B singing. Otherwise, the program consists of lightweight instrumentals, pleasant but mundane. Get Sample's Carmel instead.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:28
- Main artists: Joe Sample
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Jazz
© 1985 MCA Records Inc. ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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