Sweet Thing (album)
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Sweet Thing | ||||
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File:Boney James - Sweet Thing.jpg | ||||
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Released | May 27, 1997 | |||
Studio | Alpha Studios and The Enterprise (Burbank, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California). | |||
Genre | Smooth jazz | |||
Length | 41:59 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Boney James, Paul Brown | |||
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Sweet Thing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1997. "I Still Dream" features Al Jarreau.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "East Bay" | Paul Brown; James Oppenheim; Dan Shea | 5:19 |
2. | "Nothin' But Love" | Brown; Oppenheim; Carl Burnett | 5:01 |
3. | "Words (Unspoken)" | Alex Al; Oppenheim | 4:38 |
4. | "Sweet Thing" | Chaka Khan; Tony Maiden | 3:56 |
5. | "It's All Good" | Brown; Oppenheim; Darrell Smith | 5:14 |
6. | "After the Rain" | Oppenheim | 4:40 |
7. | "Innocence" | Brown; Oppenheim; Smith | 4:30 |
8. | "I Still Dream" (duet with Al Jarreau) | Brown; Oppenheim; John Stoddart; Scott Cross | 4:14 |
9. | "Ivory Coast" | Oppenheim; Roberto Vally | 4:27 |
Total length: | 41:59 |
Personnel
- Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)
- Dan Shea – keyboards (1)
- David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)
- Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)
- Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
- Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)
- John Stoddart – keyboards (8)
- Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)
- Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)
- Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)
- Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)
- Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)
- Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6-9), additional programming (5)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)
- Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)
- Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)
- Dee Harvey – vocals (5)
- Al Jarreau – vocals (8)
- Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)
Arrangements
- Paul Brown (1, 2, 4-9)
- Carl Burnett (2)
- Boney James (2, 4-9)
- Alex Al (3)
- Jeff Carruthers (4)
- Tony Maiden (5)
- Darrell Smith (5, 7)
Production
- Boney James – producer
- Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
- Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)
- Dan Shea – additional engineer
- Erik Zobler – additional engineer
- Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant
- Cappy Japngie – recording assistant
- Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Matt Pakucko – mix assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
- Larry Vigon – art direction, design
- Brian Jackson – design
- James Minchin III – photography
- Howard Lowell – management
References