: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
ALESSI / LONG TIME FRIENDS
DISCOGRAPHY
PRODUCED BY : CHRISTOPHER CROSS & MICHAEL OSTIN
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI, BOBBY ALESSI & DON WOOD
2. YOU GOT THE WAY
● 3:10 TOMMY TAYLOR
3. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED
● 4:10 TOMMY TAYLOR
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
EXECTIVE PRODUCER : QUINCY JONES
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
4. RISE UP
● 3:39 TOMMY TAYLOR
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
SONG TRACKS :
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
ON DRUMS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● ROB MEURER - KEYBOARDS
● ROB MEURER - FENDER RHODES, KEYBOARDS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
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RECORDED & MIXED BY : CHET HIMES
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
5. I'M GONNA TELL HER TONIGHT
● 3:48 TOMMY TAYLOR
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - SYNTHESIZERS
RECORDED AT STUDIO SOUTH, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS & SYNTHESIZERS
6. PUT AWAY YOUR LOVE
● 3:38 TOMMY TAYLOR
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITARS, ADDITIONAL VOCALS
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING : RICHARD MULLEN
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
7. WHAT A WAY TO GO
● 4:32 TOMMY TAYLOR
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
11. LONG TIME FRIENDS
● ERNIE WATTS - SAXOPHONE SOLO
OVERDUBBED & MIXED AT : KENDUN RECORDERS, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA.
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
8. STILL IN LOVE
● 4:23 JEFF
● PATTI AUSTIN - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. STILL IN LOVE
SECOND ENGINEER : TOM "NUMBER ONE SECOND" CUMMINGS
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
9. HOW LONG, HOW MUCH
● 4:09 TOMMY TAYLOR
ART DIRECTION : SIMON LEVY
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
10. FOREVER
● 3:52 TOMMY TAYLOR
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
DESIGN : MAC JAMES
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
11. LONG TIME FRIENDS
● 2:50
MUSICIANS :
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS
PHOTOGRAPHY : NORMAN SEEFF
WRITTEN BY : BOBBY ALESSI
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
4. RISE UP
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
TO QUINCY : THANKS FOR YOUR BELIEF, SUPPORT & LOVE
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS & SYNTHESIZERS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
STRING ARRANGEMENTS WRITTEN & CONDUCTED BY : MICHAEL OMARTIAN
SPECIAL THANKS TO :
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - KEYBOARDS
JORY LIEBERMAN, LUCAS/McFAUL, MICHAEL TAPES, STEPHEN MARCUCCIO, SAM ASH MUSIC, HAROLD ROSENBLUM, JEFF KRACKE,
JOAN TOMINAGA, LISA BALDWIN, JAMES WOFFORD, DANNY SWINNEY, LEWIS LEVIN, DAVID WILKS, THE STAFF AT KENDUN RECORDERS,
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
CONCERTMASTER : ASSA DRORI
SYNTHESIZERS PROGRAMMED BY : MICHAEL BODDICKER & BILLY ALESSI
HORN SECTION :
ED ECKSTINE & THE STAFF AT QWEST RECORDS
LOVE TO SUSAN, LORI & JOYCE
● LARRY CARLTON - ELECTRIC RHYTHM & LEAD GUITARS
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITARS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
7. WHAT A WAY TO GO
MANEGEMENT : TIM NEECE/ARTISTS COMMUNICATIONS
SALES DATE : 1982.
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZER
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
10. FOREVER
● TOM SCOTT - LYRICON
9. HOW LONG, HOW MUCH
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI & BOBBY ALESSI
● ROB MEURER - KEYBOARDS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
5. I'M GONNA TELL HER TONIGHT
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - SYNTHESIZER
2. YOU GOT THE WAY
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITARS
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - SYNTHESIZERS
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITARS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
WRITTEN BY : BILLY ALSSI
● VICTOR FELDMAN - PERCUSSION, VIBES
● TOM SCOTT - LYRICON
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS & SYNTHESIZERS
6. PUT AWAY YOUR LOVE
1. JAGGED EDGE
● 3:34 TOMMY TAYLOR
● BILLY ALESSI - VOCALS, FENDER RHODES & SYNTHESIZER
● ROB MEURER - KEYBOARDS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
CREDITS
● BOBBY ALESSI - VOCALS
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - FENDER RHODES
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● ERIC JOHNSON - ELECTRIC RHYTHM & LEAD GUITAR
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITAR
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - GUITARS
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - SYNTHESIZERS
● JIM HORN - SAXOPHONE
● ROBBIE BUCHANAN - SYNTHESIZERS
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
3. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED
● BILL REICHENBACH - TRUMBONE
1. JAGGED EDGE
● ROB MEURER - KEYBOARDS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● TOMMY TAYLOR - DRUMS
● ROSCOE BECK - BASS
● CHUCK FINDLEY - TRUMPET
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - PIANO
ALESSI / LONG TIME FRIENDS
● ERNIE WATTS - SAXOPHONE
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
● NEIL STUBENHAUS - BASS
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
● VICTOR FELDMAN - PERCUSSION, VIBES
● JERRY HEY - TRUMPET
