: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
JEFF PORCARO
SESSION WORLD
MICHAEL McDONALD / TAKE IT TO HEART
2, 4. PRODUCED BY : DON WAS & MICHAEL McDONALD
● DAVID LASLEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS & MICHAEL McDONALD
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : PAUL RISER
● MICHAEL McDONALD - SYNTH PROGRAMMING, SEQUENCING, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
1. ALL WE GOT
● PETER LEINHEISER - SYNTH PROGRAMMING, SEQUENCING & GUITAR
● CHUCK SABATINO - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. PRODUCED BY : DAVID GAMSON, GARDNER COLE & MICHAEL McDONALD
WRITTEN BY : DARRELL BROWN & MICHAEL McDO NALD
● KATHY WALKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. TEAR IT UP
WRITTEN BY : PAUL CARRACK & MICHAEL McDONALD
ENGINEERS : JEFF HENDRICSON, ED CHERNEY, ROSS PALLONE & BOB SCHAPER
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS & PERCUSSION
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
"ALL WE GOT" REMIXED BY : SHEP PETTIBONE
RECORDED & MIXED AT
WRITTEN BY : GARDNER COLE & SETH SWIRSKY
A&M STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
CAN-AM RECORDERS, TARZANA, CALIFORNIA.
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS
PRODUCED BY : DAVID GAMSON, GARDNER COLE & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
SMOKETREE RANCH, CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA
● BERNIE CHIARAVALLE - GUITAR
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
ONE ON ONE STUDIOS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
● TERRY McMILLAN - PERCUSSION
AXIS STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
● MAUREEN McDONALD FERGUSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT
● DAVID PACK - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. HOMEBOY
CIRCLE 7 RECORDING. PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA.
OCEANWAY RECORDING, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
JOHN TESH STUDIOS, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.
WRITTEN BY : ED SANFORD & MICHAEL McDO NALD
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERS BRIAN SCHEUBLE, ED GOODREAU & BOB SCHAPER
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS & LEAD VOCALS
ASSITANT ENGINEERS :
SCOTT SYMINGTON, ROB JACZKO, MICHAEL DOUGLASS, TOBY WRIGHT, JOHN JACKSON, MICHAEL TACCI, ELAINE ANDERSON,
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS
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1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● SIR HARRY BOWENS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : DIANE WARREN & MICHAEL McDO NALD
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - SYNTH PROGRAMMING, SEQUENCING, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : PETER LEINHEISER & MICHAEL McDONALD
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
● TERRY McMILLAN - KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● CHUCK SABATINO - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. SEARCHIN' FOR UNDERSTANDING
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL HANNA - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS & PERCUSSION
● DON WAS - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● JOHN TESH - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● GEORGE PERILLI - ACOUSTIC DRUMS
● BERNIE CHIARAVALLE - GUITAR & CORAL SITAR
● PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
● SWEET PEA ATKINSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
● KIRK WHALUM - SAXOPHONE
● AMY HOLLAND - BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. TAKE IT TO HEART
● DEBRA DOBKIN - CONGAS
● MICHAEL HANNA - KEYBOARDS
● VINCE DENHAM - SAXOPHONE SOLO
● SWEET PEA ATKINSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● SIR HARRY BOWENS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● DAVID LASLEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● KATHY WALKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
6. LONELY TALK
● 4:40 JEFF
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS & ACOUSTIC GUITAR
7. SEARCHIN' FOR UNDERSTANDING
● 3:42 JEFF
● MICHAEL LANDAU - ELECTRIC GUITAR
8. HOMEBOY
● 4:35 JEFF
● STAN GETZ - SAXOPHONE
9. NO AMOUNT OF REASON
● 4:37 JEFF
MICHAEL McDONALD / TAKE IT TO HEART
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
10. ONE STEP AWAY
● 4:12 JEFF
11. YOU SHOW ME
● 4:59 JEFF
MUSICIANS :
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
PHOTOGRAPHY : ANDY EARL
WRITTEN BY : TOM WHITLOCK & CHRIS THOMPSON
DEDICATED TO AMY AND DYLAN, BECAUSE YOU SHOW ME
SALES DATE : 1990.
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
CALVIN LOSER
MASTERED BY : GEORGE MARINO AT STERING SOUND, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
● MICHAEL McDONALD - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● SWEET PEA ATKINSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● SIR HARRY BOWENS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS & MICHAEL McDONALD
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : PAUL RISER
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
1. ALL WE GOT
● 5:45
MO OSTIN, LENNY WARONKER, IRVING AZOFF, HOWARD KAUFMAN, CRAIG FRUIN, DON PASSMAN, BERNARD GUDVI, JOAN PARKER,
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS & LEAD VOCALS
MALINDA RAMIREZ, ANNA McNEAL, HERB ALPERT, LARRY CUMMINS, SHELLY YAKUS, COLLEN HARRIS, STACY WAYNE,CASEY CARTER,
ON DRUMS
● DAVID PACK - BACKGROUND VOCALS
6. LONELY TALK
● GEORGE PERILLI - DRUMS
2. GET THE WORD STARTED
● 5:40 GEORGE PERILLI
WRITTEN BY : HARRY GARFIELD & MICHAEL McDO NALD
3. LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
● 4:54 JEFF
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & MICHAEL McDONALD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - KEYBOARDS & LEAD VOCALS
KATHY PELIZZI, MICHAEL OSTIN, JOHN BEUG, BENNY MEDINA, LEE HERSCHBERG, JOHN TESH, MARK HARVEY, STEVE LANG,
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
BARRY SQUIRE, DOUG PERRY , CHERYLL STONE, YVONNE GARCIA, WAVERLY HERR, DRUM PARADISE, ...AND ALL OF THE SONGWRITTER,
● ABRAHAM LABORIEL - BASS
● GARDNER COLE - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : DAVID PACK & MICHAEL McDONALD
SPECIAL THANKS TO :
WRITTEN BY : GEORGE HAWKINS & MICHAEL McDO NALD
SONG TRACKS :
● BERNIE CHIARAVALLE - GUITAR
11. YOU SHOW ME
● DAVE GAMSON - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● BRIAN McKNIGHT - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. GET THE WORD STARTED
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
9. NO AMOUNT OF REASON
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR : JOAN PARKER
WRITTEN BY : CHUCK SABATINO & MICHAEL McDO NALD
● MICHAEL MASON - SYNTH PROGRAMMING & SEQUENCING
● CHARLES FRICHTEL - BASS
● BERNIE CHIARAVALLE - GUITAR
4. TAKE IT TO HEART
● 5:57 GEORGE PERILLI
5. TEAR IT UP
● 4:25
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS, PERCUSSION & LOG DRUM
MUSICIANS, VOCALISTS, TECHNICAL AND EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL WHOSE EFFORTS WENT INTO THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM
● MICHAEL LANDAU - GUITAR
10. ONE STEP AWAY
FRIENDS
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