Captain Bacardi
Well-Known Member
Quincy Jones
ROOTS
A&M SP-4626
Released 1977
Peaked at #4 on the Jazz Album Charts (1977) and #21 on the Pop Albums Charts (1977)
Format: Vinyl/CD
Conducted and Produced by Quincy Jones
Songs:
Musicians:
Percussion: Bill Summers (Percussion Concert Master), Zak Diouf (Master Drummer from Senegal), Paul Bryant, King Errison, Bobbye Hall, Emil Richard, Tommy Vig, Milt Holland, Shelly Manne, Vic Feldman, Caiphus Semenya
Keyboards: Dave Grusin, Mike Boddicker, Ian Underwood, Richard Tee, Pete Jolly
Guitars: Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker
Electric Bass: Chuck Rainey, Ed Reddick
Acoustic Bass: Arni Egillson, Milt Kestenbaum
Banjo: Alton Hendrickson
Harp: Catherine Gotthoffer, Dorothy Remsen
Woodwinds: Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Bill Green, Terry Harrington, Ted Nash
Trumpets: John Audino, Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers
Trombones: Dick Nash, Maurice Spears, Bill Watrous
French Horns: James Decker, David Duke, Alan Robinson
Tuba: Tommy Johnson
Violins: Bobby Bruce, Gerald Vinci, Janice Gower, John Santulis, Sheldon Sanov, Bill Nuttycomb, Ralph Shaeffer, Joseph Livoti, Irv Katz, Erno Neufeld, Harry Bluestone, Bob Sushell, Joe Stepansky
Violas: Rollis Dale, Bob Ostrowsky, Alex Nieman, Marilyn Baker
Cellos: Jesse Erlich, Jeff Solow, Paul Bergstrom, Ronnie Cooper
Vocalists: Letta Mbulu (featured soloist), Caiphus Semenya, Reverend James Cleveland (conducting the Wattsline Choir: Rodney Armstrong, Mortonette Jenkins, Charles May, David Pridgen, Sherwood Sledge), Tommy Bahler (choir conductor on African and English versions of "Oluwa"), Jim Gilstrap, Stephanie Spruillm Paulette McWilliams, Deborah Tibbs, Alexandra Brown, John Lehman, Linda Evans, Zak Driouf (solo on #6), Alex Hassilev (solo on #8 )
Recorded at A&M Studios and Western Recorders
Album Engineered and Remixed by Norm Kinney
Assisted by Chuck Trammell and Steve "Deacon Dolby" Katz
Television Recording Engineered by Bruce Swedien
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios
Art Direction: Roland Young
Album Design: Chuck Beeson
Roots Logo Typography Designed by Al Nagy
Back Cover Photography: Bruce Talamon
Capt. Bacardi
ROOTS
A&M SP-4626
Released 1977
Peaked at #4 on the Jazz Album Charts (1977) and #21 on the Pop Albums Charts (1977)
Format: Vinyl/CD
Conducted and Produced by Quincy Jones
Songs:
- 1. Motherland (Quincy Jones) - :29
2. Roots Mural Theme (Gerald Fried) - 2:10
3. Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode) (Quincy Jones/Caiphus Semenya) - 1:03
4. Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth) (Quincy Jones/Caiphus Semenya) - 1:30
5. Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme) (Caiphus Semenya/Quincy Jones) - 2:28
6. Boyhood To Manhood (Q. Jones/B. Summers/Z. Diouf) - :53
7. The Toubob Is Here (The Capture) (Quincy Jones) - 1:06
8. Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing) (Quincy Jones) - 1:15
9. You In Americuh Now, African (Gerald Fried/Quincy Jones) - :32
10. Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction) (Gerald Fried) - :15
11. Ole Fiddler (Adaptation: Quincy Jones/Lou Gossett) - 1:12
12. Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony) (Quincy Jones/Bobby Bruce) - :42
13. What Shall I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name) (Adaptation: Quincy Jones/James Cleveland) - 2:17
14. Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life) (Gerald Fried) - 1:25
15. Oh Lord, Come By Here (Adaptation: Quincy Jones/James Cleveland) - 3:25
16. Free At Last? (The Civil War) (Quincy Jones) - 2:24
17. Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version) (Quincy Jones/Caiphus Semenya) - 4:50
Arrangers:
Quincy Jones
Reverend James Cleveland
Caiphus Semenya
Tommy Bahler
John Mandel
Herb Spencer
Dave Grusin
Dick Hazard
Bill Summers
Musicians:
Percussion: Bill Summers (Percussion Concert Master), Zak Diouf (Master Drummer from Senegal), Paul Bryant, King Errison, Bobbye Hall, Emil Richard, Tommy Vig, Milt Holland, Shelly Manne, Vic Feldman, Caiphus Semenya
Keyboards: Dave Grusin, Mike Boddicker, Ian Underwood, Richard Tee, Pete Jolly
Guitars: Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker
Electric Bass: Chuck Rainey, Ed Reddick
Acoustic Bass: Arni Egillson, Milt Kestenbaum
Banjo: Alton Hendrickson
Harp: Catherine Gotthoffer, Dorothy Remsen
Woodwinds: Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Bill Green, Terry Harrington, Ted Nash
Trumpets: John Audino, Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers
Trombones: Dick Nash, Maurice Spears, Bill Watrous
French Horns: James Decker, David Duke, Alan Robinson
Tuba: Tommy Johnson
Violins: Bobby Bruce, Gerald Vinci, Janice Gower, John Santulis, Sheldon Sanov, Bill Nuttycomb, Ralph Shaeffer, Joseph Livoti, Irv Katz, Erno Neufeld, Harry Bluestone, Bob Sushell, Joe Stepansky
Violas: Rollis Dale, Bob Ostrowsky, Alex Nieman, Marilyn Baker
Cellos: Jesse Erlich, Jeff Solow, Paul Bergstrom, Ronnie Cooper
Vocalists: Letta Mbulu (featured soloist), Caiphus Semenya, Reverend James Cleveland (conducting the Wattsline Choir: Rodney Armstrong, Mortonette Jenkins, Charles May, David Pridgen, Sherwood Sledge), Tommy Bahler (choir conductor on African and English versions of "Oluwa"), Jim Gilstrap, Stephanie Spruillm Paulette McWilliams, Deborah Tibbs, Alexandra Brown, John Lehman, Linda Evans, Zak Driouf (solo on #6), Alex Hassilev (solo on #8 )
Recorded at A&M Studios and Western Recorders
Album Engineered and Remixed by Norm Kinney
Assisted by Chuck Trammell and Steve "Deacon Dolby" Katz
Television Recording Engineered by Bruce Swedien
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios
Art Direction: Roland Young
Album Design: Chuck Beeson
Roots Logo Typography Designed by Al Nagy
Back Cover Photography: Bruce Talamon
Capt. Bacardi