Imagine This

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:37:16
Personnel: Cedric A. Napoleon (vocals); Roy Smith, Richard Lee Steacker (guitar); Grover Washington, Jr. (saxophone); James K. Lloyd (grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Curtis Harmon (drums); Leonard "Doc" Gibbs (congas, percussion); Marilyn Ashford, Charles Jones (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Grover Washington, Jr.; Peter Humphreys. Recording information: Sigma Sound Studios; Starship One, Philadelphia, PA. Photographer: David Kennedy . Arrangers: Grover Washington, Jr.; Pieces of a Dream. Pieces of a Dream's third album for Elektra, Imagine This features more of the softly funky jazz and R&B mix that helped to define the smooth jazz genre. Produced by saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., the album largely centers around keyboardist James K. Lloyd's Jupiter 8 synthesizer chops. In that sense, it retains a level of period '80s kitsch with Lloyd tapping into the burgeoning rap music sound with synthesizer-generated record "scratching" and syncopated drum beats. To these ends, "For the Fun of It" is a Furious Five-ready single minus the rapping while "It's Getting Hot in Here" sounds like "Freedom Jazz Dance" played on a Casio keyboard. Other tracks including the "quiet storm" ballads "It's Time for Love" and danceable "Fo-Fi Fo" feature stellar vocals from bassist Cedric A. Napoleon. ~ Matt Collar
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)