Romantic Journey Explained
Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.
Track listing
- Side one
- "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 7:00
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
- "Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell) – 5:49
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
- "Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38
Arranged by Hubert Eaves, Reggie Lucas, and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
- "Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors) 5:26
Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
Electric guitar – Ray Gomez
- Side two
- "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 6:43
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
- "For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
- "Thembi" (Pharoah Sanders) – 8:04
Arranged by Norman Connors
Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
Charts
Singles
Personnel
- Musicians
- Norman Connors – main performer, timpani, drums, percussion
- Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster
- Myrna Mathews, and Julia, Maxine and Orrin Waters – backing vocals
- Lee Ritenour – acoustic and electric guitar
- Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
- Hubert Eaves and Jerry Peters – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet
- Ian Underwood – synthesizer
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
- Fred Jackson – bass and alto flute, alto saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Watts – bass and alto flute, tenor saxophone
- Bill Green – Bass, alto and piccolo flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Oscar Brashear, Chuck Findley, Gene Goe, and Gary Grant – trumpet
- George Bohannon, Dick Hyde, and Charlie Loper – trombone
- Maurice Spears – bass trombone
- Sidney Muldrow and Marnie Robinson – French horn
- Jerry Peters – harpsichord
- Willie Weeks – bass
- Victor Feldman – percussion, bells, vibraphone
- Kenneth Nash – congas, percussion, Paiste cymbal, gong
- Bobbye Hall – congas and bongos
- Production
- Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
- Skip Drinkwater – producer
- John Mills and Don Murray – audio engineers
- George Belle and Linda Tyler – engineers assistants
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Don Murray and Skip Drinkwater – mixing
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p66055/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Norman Connors US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-14.
- Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p66055/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Norman Conners US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-14.
