Happy People

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:37:25
Personnel: Paulinho Da Costa, John Barnes, Greg Phillinganes, James Gadson, Marlo Henderson, Al McKay, Larry Carlton, Nathan Watts, Michael Boddicker, Charles Findley, Steve Madaio, Gary Grant, Bill Reichenbach, Eric Culver, Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary, Tom Malone, Gary Herbig. Recorded between January and March 1979. Personnel: Larry Carlton (guitar); Al McKay (electric guitar); Gary Herbig (tenor saxophone); Dick Hyde (trombone); Gary Grant, William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (horns); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); James Gadson (drums). Recording information: Davlen Sound (01/1979-03/1979); Mom And Pops Co-Store (01/1979-03/1979); Sunset sound (01/1979-03/1979). Unknown Contributor Roles: Chuck Findley; Eric Culver ; John Barnes ; Michael Boddicker; Steve Madaio; Tom "Bones" Malone; Nathan Watts; Marlo Henderson; Lew McCreary. Whomever the real Paulinho DaCosta is, there isn't any doubt that he was heavily plugged into the American R&B hitmaking mode when this, one of his few albums as a leader, was made. With a whole warehouse full of his L.A. studio colleagues on hand (Larry Carlton, Greg Phillinganes, Nathan Watts, et al.), Da Costa leads an extremely slick, flashy, energy-driven R&B session that could have been mistaken for an Earth, Wind and Fire album. Amidst the formulaic horn charts, period rhythm guitars, and commercial sound-alike soul lead vocalists, though, you can hear Da Costa give these tracks extra zip by weaving in some extremely funky congas, rattling a few exotic percussion instruments, and blowing his whistles. The best, most original-sounding track, oddly enough, is a tune with the Freudian-slip title "Put Your Mind on Vacation." The surprise is that this came out on Norman Granz's supposedly conservative Pablo label, but hey, Pablo had to pay its own way now and then in 1979, too -- and in any case, this was conservative music in its own way, for it followed established trends. ~ Richard S. Ginell
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)