"Impressive...gifted..a debt of both jazz and rock...Mr. Harrison has mastered all the signs of soul," ~ Peter Watrous, N.Y. Times.
"Revitalizing.. Donald Harrison, an alto saxophonist from New Orleans, has established himself. Mr. Harrison has taken the rhythm of the street and overlaid it with his favorite modernist harmonies. ~ John Pareles, N.Y. Times.
This guy is absolutely awesome! I searched forever trying to find out who this artist is. I always heard "Tropic of Cool" on the radio, but the disc jockey never gave the name of the song or artist info-it drove me nuts! Please, just listen to this one song and you'll be a fan for life!!!!!!!!! ~ Amazon Customer.
CTI Records, CTI 67237-2, 1994
CTI / MSI, MA 70 01 237, 2006
Recorded At:
Acme Studios, Mamaroneck, NY;
Carriage House, Stannford,
CT;
The Power Station, New York,
NY.
Personnel:
Donald Harrison - Alto Sax
(#2,4-9), Soprano Sax (#1,3,10)
Wallace Roney - Trumpet
(#1,7,10)
Jon Werking - Keyboards,
Piano, Strings
Larry Coryell - Guitar,
Guitar [Classical] (#8,9)
Chuck Loeb - Acoustic &
Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Piano
Marlon Graves - Guitar,
Guitar Sampling
Mark Egan, Will Lee - Bass,
Fretless Bass
Robert Aries - Bass, Drum
Programming, Keyboards
Joe Bonadio - Drums,
Percussion
Zach Danziger - Cymbals,
Drums, Hi Hat, Tom-Tom
David Charles - Percussion
James "D-Train"
Williams - Vocals (#6)
Sharon Bryant - Vocals
(#6,8), Vocals [Background]
Carmen Cuesta - Vocals (#5),
Vocals [Background]
Lani Groves - Vocals
[Background]
Vaneese Thomas - Vocals
[Background] (#4,5)
Roberta Lawrence - Vocals
[Background] (#4,5)
Tracks:
01. The Tropic Of Cool {Chuck
Loeb} (5:00)
02. The Wind Cries Mary {Jimi
Hendrix} (4:12)
03. Shadowbrook {Chuck Loeb}
(6:37)
04. All I Want Is You {Rob
Aries, Robert Aries, Donald Harrison} (3:47)
05. Till U Comeback {Chuck
Loeb} (4:47)
06. Close The Door {Kenny
Gamble, Leon Huff} (5:46)
07. The Power Of Cool {Chuck
Loeb} (6:07)
08. Too Fast {Carmen Cuesta}
(5:59)
09. Ceora {Lee Morgan} (5:00)
10. Four {Miles Davis} (4:06)
Total Time: 51:21
Credits:
Producer - Creed Taylor
Producer - Chuck Loeb, Arranger
Producer - Rob Aries, Arranger
Engineer - Larry Alexander,
Phil Magnotti, Rory Young
Assembly, Digital Sequencing
- Ron Bach
Digital Mastering - Jonathan
Wyner
Cartage - Danny K.
Liner Notes - Mark Holston
