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To the untrained eye, silken-voiced Will Downing may seem merely an R&B journeyman, making solid, soulful records year after year, just on the edge of stardom. However, there has to be more to an artist whose first hit single is an update of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." And, indeed, EMOTIONS, the singer's tenth album, features a jazz undercurrent (no, not Kenny G "jazz"), sincerely channeling the spirit of Bill Withers and Al Green records past.
EMOTIONS opens with a tender jam (gutsily "for the fellas"), "A Million Ways," which asserts "making love ain't just in the bed." In this chronicle of the simple ways to please a woman, Downing creates such a smooth groove that the complexities of love seem rather basic. Later in the album, he manages to discover a new angle to the oft-covered "Hey There Lonely Girl," his baritone contrasting with the falsetto of the most famous version. Will Downing's been at it for decades, but he shows on EMOTIONS that after all this time, he can still summon up the most sensual recesses of the soul.
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℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwight Sills, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Rideout, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Davis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Robinson, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Aretha Franklin, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Albright, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Al, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Downing, Producer, MainArtist - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwight Sills, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Rideout, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melvin Davis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Davis, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Downing, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Brewer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Armsted Christian, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rex Rideout, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Davis, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Carr, ComposerLyricist - Ira Siegel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KIRK WHALUM, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Downing, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Audrey Wheeler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwayne Smith, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike White, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Earl S. Shuman, ComposerLyricist - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaac Clemmon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwight Sills, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rex Rideout, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Davis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie Garrett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Downing, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikki Richards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Chambers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rex Rideout, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Eastmond, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Davis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Downing, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Hamilton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernard Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Jenkins, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry J. Eastmond, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Rideout, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Charles Alexander, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melvin Davis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Davis, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - Nicholas Payton, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie Foster, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Ian Fraser, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JANET JACKSON, ComposerLyricist - Will Downing, Producer, MainArtist - Alec Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Montgomery, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Snedecor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Zobler, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - manfred Knoop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kaori Kinoshita, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Bryans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan New, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Tosi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
To the untrained eye, silken-voiced Will Downing may seem merely an R&B journeyman, making solid, soulful records year after year, just on the edge of stardom. However, there has to be more to an artist whose first hit single is an update of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." And, indeed, EMOTIONS, the singer's tenth album, features a jazz undercurrent (no, not Kenny G "jazz"), sincerely channeling the spirit of Bill Withers and Al Green records past.
EMOTIONS opens with a tender jam (gutsily "for the fellas"), "A Million Ways," which asserts "making love ain't just in the bed." In this chronicle of the simple ways to please a woman, Downing creates such a smooth groove that the complexities of love seem rather basic. Later in the album, he manages to discover a new angle to the oft-covered "Hey There Lonely Girl," his baritone contrasting with the falsetto of the most famous version. Will Downing's been at it for decades, but he shows on EMOTIONS that after all this time, he can still summon up the most sensual recesses of the soul.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:10
- Main artists: Will Downing
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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