Godina izdanja: 1995
Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul
Izdavač: EMI – CDP-535704
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Booklet 5 - / CD 5-
Plays The Songs From The Key Of Life (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder)
Najee - Plays The Songs From The Key Of Life (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder) album cover
Label:
EMI – CDP-535704
Format:
CD, Album, Club Edition
Country:
US
Released:
1995
Genre:
Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:
Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Soul-Jazz
1 Love`s In Need Of Love Today
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Ronnie Foster
Drums – James Gadson
Guitar – Ray Fuller
Percussion – Sheila E.
Soprano Saxophone – Najee
4:32
2 Have A Talk With God
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – James Gadson
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Memory Moog] – George Duke
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Soprano Saxophone – Najee
1:59
3 Village Ghetto Land
Flute [Flute With Strings] – Najee
3:18
4 Contusion
Alto Saxophone, Lyricon – Najee
Bass – Freddy Washington*
Composed By [Interlude Section] – George Duke, Najee
Drums – Leon `Ndugu` Chancler*
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Fairlight] – George Duke
Guitar – MIchael Sembello
Percussion – Sheila E.
4:08
5 Sir Duke
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Vocals – Daniel Higgins*
Bass – Freddy Washington*
Drums – Leon `Ndugu` Chancler*
Flute – Najee
Guitar – MIchael Sembello
Piano – George Duke
Trombone – Reggie Young (2)
Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
5:33
6 I Wish
Alto Saxophone – Najee
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Daniel Higgins*
Bass – Byron Miller, Chuck Rainey
Drums – Michael White (5)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Greg Phillinganes
Guitar – David T. Walker, Ray Fuller
Handclaps – George Duke, Rashid Duke, Wayne Holmes
Organ – George Duke
Tambourine – Sheila E.
Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
3:48
7 Knocks Me Off My Feet
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Mike White*
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Greg Phillinganes
Flute – Najee
Guitar – David T. Walker
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer [Memory Moog] – George Duke
5:33
8 Pastime Paradise
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Leon `Ndugu` Chancler*
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Sylvester Rivers, Jr.*
Flute – Najee
Guitar – Ray Parker Jr.
Organ [Farfisa], Synth [Super Jupiter] – George Duke
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Tenor Saxophone – Daniel Higgins*
Trombone – Reggie Young (2)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
2:30
9 Summer Soft
Bass – Chuck Rainey, Freddy Washington*
Drums – Michael White (5)
Flute – Najee
Guitar – David T. Walker, Ray Fuller
Percussion – Sheila E.
Piano – Greg Phillinganes
Soloist, Piano – Herbie Hancock
5:56
10 Ordinary Pain
Alto Saxophone – Najee
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Leon `Ndugu` Chancler*
Electric Piano [Rhodes Pad] – Sylvester Rivers, Jr.*
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Mini Moog Bass, Memory Moog] – George Duke
Guitar – Ray Parker Jr.
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
3:43
11 Saturn/Ebony Eyes
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – James Gadson
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Other [The Girls] – Latisha Jones, Rekesha Stewart
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Piano, Vocoder [Roland], Synthesizer [Mini Moog, Arp 2600, Memory Moog] – George Duke
Recorded By – Rashid Duke
Soprano Saxophone – Najee
2:45
12 Isn`t She Lovely/Joy Inside My Tears
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Guitar – James Gadson, Wah Wah Watson*
Piano, Synthesizer [Memory Moog, Arp String Ensemble] – George Duke
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Najee
Voice [Baby Sounds] – Jamal Rasheed (2)
Wind Chimes – Sheila E.
2:26
13 Black Man
Clavinet, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Memory Moog], Electronic Drums [Synare] – George Duke
Drums – Michael White (5)
Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr.*
Soloist, Bass [Piccolo Bass] – Stanley Clarke
Soprano Saxophone – Najee
Tenor Saxophone – Daniel Higgins*
Trombone – Reggie Young (2)
Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
4:57
14 Nigiculela-Es Una Historia/I Am Singing
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Paul Jackson, Jr.*
Alto Flute – Najee
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey Bass] – George Duke
4:01
15 If It`s Magic
Alto Flute – Najee
Piano, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey], Synthesizer [Arp String Ensemble] – George Duke
1:46
16 As
Bass – Freddy Washington*
Drums – Leon `Ndugu` Chancler*
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Patrice Rushen
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Memory Moog, Mini Moog, Arp String Ensemble, Arp Odyssey] – George Duke
Flute – Najee
Guitar – Ray Fuller
Percussion – Sheila E.
4:28
17 Another Star
Acoustic Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr.*
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – James Gadson
Electric Guitar – Ray Fuller
Flute – Najee
Percussion – Sheila E.
Piano – Ronnie Foster
Piano [Piano Fills] – Patrice Rushen
Synthesizer [Memory Moog Pads] – George Duke
4:45
18 All Day Sucker/Easy Goin` Evening
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Vocoder [Bode Vocoder], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Mini Moog] – George Duke
Drums – James Gadson
Guitar – Wah Wah Watson*
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Najee
4:59
Copyright © – EMI Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Black Bull Music, Inc.
Recorded At – O`Henry Sound Studios
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Le Gonks West
Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Manufactured By – Columbia House
Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.
Arco Bass – Arni Egilsson
Arranged By – George Duke (tracks: 5 to 6, 8 to 16, 18), Greg Phillinganes (tracks: 7), Michael Sembello (tracks: 4), Ray Parker Jr. (tracks: 8, 10), Ronnie Foster (tracks: 1, 17)
Arranged By [Horns Arrangement] – Jerry Hey (tracks: 5, 6)
Arranged By [Strings Arrangement] – Clare Fischer (tracks: 3), Jorge Del Barrio* (tracks: 1), Paul Riser (tracks: 8, 18)
Art Direction – Henry Marquez
Cello – Earl Madison, Ray Kelley
Concertmaster, Violin [Lead Violin] – Assa Drori
Contractor [String Section] – Brent Fischer
Design [Package Design] – C.M.O.N.
Engineer [Addtional Engineering] – Wayne Holmes
Engineer [Assistant Mastering Engineer] – Brett Swain, Jeff DeMorris, Wayne Holmes
Management [Artist Management] – Walter Lee (3)
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Photography By – Najee, Pamela Springsteen
Producer – George Duke
Producer [Production Assistant] – Corine Duke
Recorded By, Mixed By – Erik Zobler
Viola – Janet Lakatos, Jorge Moraga, Margot MacLaine, Marylin Baker*
Violin – Bette Byers, Don Palmer*, Francine Walsh, Hary Scorzo*, Henry Ferber, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Mari Botwidk, Pamela Gates*, Patricia Johnson*, Ron Clark, Sheldon Sanov
Written-By – C. Hardaway* (tracks: 2), G. Byrd* (tracks: 3, 13), M. Sembello* (tracks: 11), Stevie Wonder
All songs produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises.

All tracks recorded at O`Henry Studio, Burbank, CA except, `Black Man` at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA and `I Am Singing` and `If It`s Magic` at LeGonks Studio, Los Angeles, CA.

George Duke appears courtesy of Warner Bros Records.
Stanley Clarke appears courtesy of Epic Records.
Patrice Rushen appears courtesy of Sin-Drome Records.
Herbie Hancock appears courtesy of Mercury Records.
MIchael White appears courtesy of Noteworthy Records.
Ray Parker Jr. appears courtesy of Arista Records.
Paul Jackson, Jr. appears courtesy of Sweeca.

SPECIAL THANKS TO Dave Rosas, Karen Taylor, Frances Pennington, Gary Beech, Andrea Torchia , and all the staff at EMI Records.

To Mr. David Vetter (my first saxophone and flute teacher) for pointing me in the right direction. Thanks to Rosemarie Castanza, Larry Greenwich, and Michael Rod.

To Emilio Lyons at Rayburns Music in Boston.
Ruben Allen and staff at the Sax Shop in North Hollywood, CA. Stewart Killens in New York, and Walt, Will and Ken at the House Of Woodwinds, Oakland, CA.

Thanks so Sam Wards for his assistance on `Mood Indigo`.

To my sons, Jamal and Noah who participated in the recording of `Isn`t She Lovely`. To the rest of my family for their love and support throughout the years.

To Mr. Stevie Wonder for the inspiration of your music.

Most of all, a special thanks to The Creator, who makes all things possible.

Thanks to all the artists, musicians and arrangers who participated in bringing their unique skill to this record.

Photos of Amazon River/Brazil/Landsat Image courtesy of EROS Data Center Geological Survey.
Barcode (Printed): 0 20831-1431-2 64
Barcode (Scanned): 020831143127
Matrix / Runout: 35704RE1 1-1-16 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043
Mould SID Code: ifpi 1642
Rights Society: ASCAP