Flesh And Blood

Performer: Hilary James (Jazz)
Artist: Lee Ritenour; George Mraz; Luther Vandross; Harvey Mason; Fareed Haque; Nathan East; Lisa Fischer; Manu Katche
Engineer: Ray Bardani
Producer: Ray Bardani; Michael Colina
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Hilary James (vocals); Bob James (keyboards); Nick Moroch (acoustic & electric guitar); John Leventhal (acoustic, 12-string, electric & slide guitars, bazuki); Fareed Haque (classical guitar); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Nancy McAlhany (violin); Jill Jaffe (viola); Maxine Neuman (cello); Michael Colina (synthesizer, bass synthesizer); George Mraz (acoustic bass); Nathan East, Pino Palladino (bass); Harvey Mason, Manu Katche (drums); Max Risenhoover (drums, percussion); Leonard "Doc" Gibbs (percussion); Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee, Eric Troyer, Rory Dodd, Will Lee, Sheri Huffman, Luther Vandross, Lisa Fischer, Julie Johnson, Paulette McWilliams (background vocals). Recorded at Remidi Studio, Ardsley-On-Hudson, New York; Right Track, Power Station, and Hit Factory, New York, New York. Personnel: Hilary James (vocals); Barry Finclair, Yergenia Strenger, Austin Reller, Sander Strenger, Gerald Tarack, Nancy McAlhany, Marti Sweet, Ming Yeh, Sandra Park, Sanford Allen, Joyce Hammann, Mary Rowell, Laura Seaton, Richard Sortomme, Ann Leathers (violin); Sue Pray, Sandra Robbins, Olivia Koppell, Jill Jaffe (viola); Vivian Israel, Beverly Lauridsen, Maxine Neuman, Nina Kellman, Jeanne LeBlanc, Jesse Levy (cello). Recording information: Hit Factory, New York, NY; Power Station, New York, NY; Remidi Studio, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY; Right Track, New York, NY. Arranger: Bob James. A pleasantly light collaboration between pianist Bob James and his daughter, in which her voice is used to good advantage on a collection of ballads that range from a James/James composition to Elvis Costello's "Baby Plays Around," taking in an e.e. cummings poem along the way. The end result is far more light soul music than jazz, with Hilary James not being called on to stretch her voice to any great extent (in fact, she's heavily multi-tracked on the majority of these songs), although there's some very nice jazz-inflected playing from Bob James and assorted musicians that include Manu Katche, Lee Ritenour and Pino Palladino. ~ Steven McDonald

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