: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
AL JARREAU / BREAKIN' AWAY
ON DRUMS
ALL RHYTHM ARRANGEMENTS BY : JAY GRAYDON, TOM CANNING & AL JARREAU, EXCEPT AS NOTED
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● STEVE LUKATHER - ELECTRIC GUITAR
SONG TRACKS :
STRING ARRANGEMENANTS BY : BILLY BYERS
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
PRODUCED BY : JAY GRAYDON
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
7. ROOF GARDEN
WRITTEN BY : AL JARREAU, TOM CANNING & JAY GRAYDON
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● DAVID FOSTER - ACOUSTIC PIANO, FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER : TOM CANNING
WRITTEN BY : AL JARREAU, TOM CANNING & JAY GRAYDON
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
BASIC TRACKS RECORDED AT : DAWNBREAKER STUDIOS, SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA.
HORN ARRANGEMENANTS BY : JERRY HEY
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● TOM CANNING - SYNTHESIZER
ENGINEER : JOE BOGAN
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
SECOND ENGINEER : DEBBIE THOMPSON
● JERRY HEY - FLUGELHORNS
OVERDUBS & MIXING AT : GARDEN RAKE STUDIOS, STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA.
● STEVE GEORGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● RICHARD PAGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
ENGINEER : JAY GRAYDON
● AL JARREAU - LEAD VOCALS
3. WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER
STRINGS RECORDED AT : SUNSET SOUND, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
ENGINEER : HUMBERTO GATICA
WRITTEN BY : ROGER MURRAH & KEITH STEGALL
BASIC TRACK FOR "BREAKIN' AWAY" RECORDED AT PASHA MUSIC, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
WRITTEN BY : AL JARREAU, TOM CANNING & JAY GRAYDON
ENGINEER : LARRY BROWN
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
SECOND ENGINEERS : MIKEY DAVIS & CSABA PETOCZ
STRING ARRANGEMENANTS BY : DAVID FOSTER
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
CONNECTION
MASTERED AT : A & M STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA., BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN
● TOM CANNING - FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
MUSICIAN CONTRACTOR : FRANK DE CARO
● DAVID FOSTER - ACOUSTIC PIANO, FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● LARRY WILLIAMS - SYNTHESIZER SOLO
● PETER ROBINSON - SYNTHESIZER
● STEVE LUKATHER - ELECTRIC GUITAR
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITAR
MANEGEMENT : PATRIC RAINS & ASSOCIATES, LOS ANGELES.
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITAR
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
SPECIAL THANKS : JAY, TOM, SUSAN, ALL THE MUSICIANS AND THE SOURCE.
MUSIC BY : DAVE BRUBECK / LYRICS BY : AL JARREAU
● GEOGE DUKE - FENDER RHODES
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
● JAY GRAYDON- ELECTRIC GUITAR
● LON PRICE - ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO
THANK YOU :
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENANTS BY : MILCHIO LEVIEV
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITAR
● JERRY HEY - FLUGELHORNS
● BOB ZIMMITTI - PERCUSSION
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
4. EASY
DAVID FOSTER, MICHAEL BODDICKER, JERRY HEY AND WARNER BROTHERS.
JAY GRAYDON - FOR YOUR VISION, MUSICIANSHIP AND PERSISTENCE
1. CLOSER TO YOUR LOVE
● 3:54 STEVE GADD
VOCAL ARRANGEMENANTS BY : AL JARREAU, MILCHIO LEVIEV & JAY GRAYDON
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● JERRY HEY - TRUMPET
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
5. OUR LOVE
TOM CANNING - FOR YOUR CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT & COMPANIONSHIP
3. WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER
● 3:44 STEVE GADD
● BILL REICHENBACH - TROMBONES
SUSAN JARREAU - FOR YOUR OMNIPRESENT INSPIRATION AND ALBUM COVER
4. EASY
● 5:23 STEVE GADD
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
THANK YOU, SOURCE, FOR THE ABOVE AND ALL
5. OUR LOVE
● 3:53 STEVE GADD
● MILCHIO LEVIEV - ACOUSTIC PIANO
● BILL CHAMPLIN - BACKGROUD VOCALS
LOVE, AL
6. BREAKIN' AWAY
● 4:12 JEFF
● TOM CANNING - FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● RICHARD PAGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
ART DIRECTION & DESIGN : CHRISTINE SAUERS
7. ROOF GARDEN
● 6:19 STEVE GADD
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
9. TEACH ME TONIGHT
● STEVE GEORGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
8. (ROUND, ROUND, ROUND) BLUE RONDO A LA TURK
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY : SUSAN JARREAU
SALES DATE : 1981.
8. (ROUND, ROUND, ROUND) BLUE ROUND A LA TURK
● 4:44 STEVE GADD
9. TEACH ME TONIGHT
● 4:13 STEVE GADD
MUSICIANS :
WRITTEN BY : GENE DE PAUL & SAMMY CAHN
2. MY OLD FRIEND
● 4:26 STEVE GADD
● CHUCK FINDLEY - TRUMPET
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
● BILL REICHENBACH - TROMBONES
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
● JERRY HEY - TRUMPET
● CHUCK FINDLEY - TRUMPET
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITAR
● DAVID FOSTER - ACOUSTIC PIANO, FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● NEIL STUBENHAUS - BASS
WRITTEN BY : RICHARD PAGE, STEVE GEORGE & JOHN LANG
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
2. MY OLD FRIEND
● TOM SCOTT - HORNS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
● TOM CANNING - ACOUSTIC PIANO, FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● AL JARREAU - LEAD & BACKGROUD VOCALS
AL JARREAU / BREAKIN' AWAY
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
WRITTEN BY : AL JARREAU, TOM CANNING & JAY GRAYDON
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● TOM CANNING - FENDER RHODES
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : AL JARREAU, TOM CANNING & JAY GRAYDON
HORN ARRANGEMENANTS BY : JERRY HEY
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS & PERCUSSION
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● DEAN PARKS - ELECTRIC GUITAR
● LON PRICE - ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO
● STEVE GEORGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
● AL JARREAU - LEAD VOCALS
6. BREAKIN' AWAY
1. CLOSER TO YOUR LOVE
● ABRAHAN LABORIEL - BASS
● RICHARD PAGE - BACKGROUD VOCALS
