: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
ARETHA FRANKLIN / ARETHA
1, 2, 6, 8. PRODUCED BY : ARIF MARDIN
● RICHARD TEE - PIANO
● MICHAEL LANG - PIANO
● A. SHULMAN
WRITTEN BY : KENNY MOORE & PATRICK HENDERSON
● PAUL JACKSON, JR.- GUITARS
● THE ORIGINAL SWEET INSPIRATIONS - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CHARLES JACKSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. WHATEVER IT IS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● STEVE PORCARO - ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZER
● BOB CHRISTIANSEN - ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZER
3, 4, 5, 7. PRODUCED BY : CHUCK JACKSON
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● J. ABRAMOWITZ
PRODUCED BY : ARIF MARDIN
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● TODD COCHRAN - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
SONG TRACKS :
1. COME TOME
ON DRUMS
a
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● TONY COLEMAN - BASS, DRUMS OVERDUBS, KEYBOARDS & BACKGROUND VACLS
9. PRODUCED BY : ARETHA FRANKLIN & CHUCK JACKSON
● CORNELL DUPREE - GUITARS
● J. MALIN
WRITTEN BY : ARETHA FRANKLIN
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
RECORDED AT THE RECORD PLANT
● MICHAEL McGLOIRY - GUITARS
● F. BULDRINI
● P. DIMITRIADES
PRODUCED BY : ARETHA FRANKLIN & CHUCK JACKSON
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● BRENDA CORBETT - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● SCOTT EDWARD - BASS
● BERNARD PURDIE - DRUMS
ENGINEER : LEE DE CARLO
● PAUL JACKSON, JR.- GUITARS
● M. WRIGHT
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
RECORDED AT WHITNEY STUDIOS
● THE ORIGINAL SWEET INSPIRATIONS - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● G. TARAK
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & KENNY LOGGINS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
ENGINEER : FRANK KEJMAR
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● H. KOHON
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
3. UNITED TOGETHER
● DAVID FOSTER - ELECTRIC PIANO & SYNTHESIZER
MIXED BY : REGGIE DOZIER
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● H.LOOKOFSKY
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : ARETHA FRANKLIN, CHUCK JACKSON & PHILL PERRY
PRODUCED BY : ARIF MARDIN
● DAVID FOSTER - ELECTRIC PIANO & SYNTHESIZER
● SCOTT EDWARD - BASS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● 3:42 JEFF
2. CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE
CONTRACTOR & COODINATOR IN LOS ANGELES : FRANK DECARO
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● M.TAKAYAMA
● CHARLES JACKSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. (LOVE ME FOREVER
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● TONY COLEMAN - BASS, DRUMS OVERDUBS, KEYBOARDS & BACKGROUND VACLS
● LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
● GEORGE DEVENS - PERCUSSION
● 3:55 JEFF
3. UNITED TOGETHER
COORDINATOR IN NEW YORK : CHRISSY ALLERDINGS
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● J. BARBER
PRODUCED BY : CHUCK JACKSON
● BERNARD PURDIE - DRUMS
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● 5:02
4. TAKE ME WITH YOU
RECORDING ENGINEER : JEREMY SMITH
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● A. BROWN
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● 4:05
5. WHATEVER IT IS
● 3:38
6. WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
BASIC TRACKS & VOCALS RECORDED AT SOUND LAB STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
2. CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE
● 5:13 JEFF
7. TOGETHER AGAIN
RECORDING ENGINEER FOR ADDITIONAL MUSIC : LEW HAHN
● CHARLES JACKSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
HORN SECTION :
● RICHARD TEE - PIANO
● 5:16
8. LOVE ME FOREVER
ALL ADDITIONAL MUSIC RECORDED AT ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NEW YORK
● MICHAEL LANG - PIANO
WRITTEN BY : OTIS REDDING
● 3:34 JEFF
9. SCHOOL DAYS
ADDITIONAL EDITING & MIXING DONE AT CHEROKEE STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● 4:58
ASSISTING ENGINEERS : MICHAEL O'REILLY & STEWART WHITEMORE
MUSICIANS :
● MICHAEL PORCARO - BASS
● CORNELL DUPREE - GUITARS
PRODUCED BY : ARIF MARDIN
● DAVID FOSTER - ELECTRIC PIANO & SYNTHESIZER
REMIXED BY : LEW HANN, GENE PAUL & ARIF MARDIN
● DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITARS
● MICHAEL McGLOIRY - GUITARS
"LOVE ME FOREVER" REMIXED BY MICHAEL O'REILLY & ARIF MARDIN,ASSISTED BY JOE MARDIN
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITARS
● DAVID PAICH - ORGAN
● PAUL JACKSON, JR.- GUITARS
● THE ORIGINAL SWEET INSPIRATIONS - BACKGROUD VOCALS
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY ARIF MARDIN
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCER & OLD FRIEND, CHUCK.
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
WE MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER. SHOULD'A DID IT IN 1969, RIGHT?!!
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
LOVE THE WAY YOU STAY ON TOP OF IT ALL.
● DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN - TENOR SAX SOLO
9. SCHOOL DAYS
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS WITH CISSY-WHO REUNITED & COMBINED
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
THESE SPECIAL TALENTS WITH SOUL, TASTE & MUCHO GUSTO.
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. CLIVE DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF MY OOOH
● CHARLES JACKSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
SO NEW RECORD COMPANY FOR HIS EXPERTISE, CARE & TOUCH IN OUR
6. WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
1st LP 1980, FROM BEGINNING TO COMPLETION.
1. COME TO ME
MANY THANKS,
TO MY OLD FRIEND & THE CLASSIC ARRANGEMENTS OF ARIF. IT SURE WAS GREAT BEING TOGETHER AGAIN WITH THE COMPLETION.
WE ARE "UNITED TOGETHER" : I LOVE YOU ALL ALWAYS, MISS A
MANY THANKS TO : DAVID PAICH, DAVID FOSTER & THE GUYS IN TOTO, YOU ARE TOO, TOO MUCH.
P.S. LUV, REE
ART DIRECTION & DESIGN : RIA LEWERKE-SHAPIRO
SALES DATE : 1980.
PRODUCED BY : ARIF MARDIN
● DAVID PAICH - PIANO
WRITTEN BY : WILLIARD EUGENE PRICE
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● BERNARD PURDIE - DRUMS
● TONY COLEMAN - BASS, DRUMS OVERDUBS, KEYBOARDS & BACKGROUND VACLS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● SCOTT EDWARD - BASS
● F. ZLOTKIN
● MICHAEL BRECKER - TENOR SAXOPHONE
● BARRY ROGERS - TROMBONE
● LEW DELGATTO - BARITONE SAXOPHONE
● PETER GORDON - FRENCH HORNS
● JOHN TREVOR CLARK - FRENCH HORNS
STRING SECTION :
● GENE ORLOFF - CONCERTMASTER
● TONY COLEMAN - BASS, DRUMS OVERDUBS, KEYBOARDS & BACKGROUND VACLS
● BERNARD PURDIE - DRUMS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● RICHARD TEE - PIANO
● MICHAEL LANG - PIANO
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● CORNELL DUPREE - GUITARS
● MICHAEL McGLOIRY - GUITARS
● TODD COCHRAN - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
● DAVID SANBORN - TENOR SAXOPHONE SOLO
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - ALL BACKGROUD VOCALS
● HAMISH STUART - ADDITIONAL BACKGROUD VOCALS
7. TOGETHER AGAIN
PRODUCED BY : CHUCK JACKSON
WRITTEN BY : EDDIE SETSER, MARK GREY & JERRY MICHAEL
● MICHAEL McGLOIRY - GUITARS
● PAUL JACKSON, JR.- GUITARS
● THE ORIGINAL SWEET INSPIRATIONS - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CISSY HOUSTON - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● SYLVIA SHEMWELL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● ESTELLE BROWN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● EDIE LEHMANN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● MYRNA MATHEWS- BACKGROUD VOCALS
● CHARLES JACKSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. TAKE ME WITH YOU
WRITTEN BY : CHUCK JACKSON & PHILL PERRY
PRODUCED BY : CHUCK JACKSON
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
● DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITARS
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITARS
● SCOTT EDWARD - BASS
● RANDY BRECKER - TRUMPET
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
● RICHARD TEE - PIANO
● MICHAEL LANG - PIANO
● CORNELL DUPREE - GUITARS
● MICHAEL McGLOIRY - GUITARS
● LOU SOLOFF (LEAD) - TRUMPET
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● MICHAEL LANG - PIANO
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● TONY COLEMAN - BASS, DRUMS OVERDUBS, KEYBOARDS & BACKGROUND VACLS
● BERNARD PURDIE - DRUMS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● RICHARD TEE - PIANO
ARETHA FRANKLIN / ARETHA
● DAVE TOFANI - ALTO SAXOPHONE
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
● SELDON POWELL - TENOR SAXOPHONE
● SCOTT EDWARD - BASS
● JAMES JAMERSON, SR. - BASS
● DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITARS
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITARS
● ARETHA FRANKLIN - PIANO
● CORNELL DUPREE - GUITARS
WRITTEN BY : CHUCK JACKSON. PHILL PERRY & TONY COLEMAN
PRODUCED BY : CHUCK JACKSON
● PAUL JACKSON, JR.- GUITARS
● THE ORIGINAL SWEET INSPIRATIONS - BACKGROUD VOCALS
