Michael Lington - Stay with Me

Altoist Michael Lington, who is strongly influenced by David Sanborn, performs quite earnestly on this CD, putting honest feeling into the melodies and creating lightly grooving, mildly funky background music. His smooth sound is pleasing, but there is little beyond that to recommend this disc or to distinguish it from dozens of similar sets (perhaps if Lington actually chose to wander away from one of the melodies, or if he had hired a rhythm section that displayed some personality...). It is no coincidence that all of the selections clock in between three and a half and four and a half minutes, for radio airplay is the main goal of this release rather than self-expression or the need to create something new. Fans of Sanborn's sound who desire to hear a lighter variation will enjoy this set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits AC/DC Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming Alex Al Bass Arno Lucas Percussion Baby Boy Fender Rhodes Brian Culbertson Engineer, Arranger, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Audio Production, Synthesizer Bass C.C. White Vocals Chuck Loeb Guitar, Soloist Craig Bauer Mixing Dan Hart Engineer Daniel Ray Photography Danny Sembello Additional Production, Keyboards Dave Koz Executive Producer, Saxophone David Garfield Fender Rhodes, Piano (Electric) DC Drum Programming, Mixing Assistant, Assistant, Keyboard Programming Frank Cody Executive Producer Frank Nadasdy Engineer Greg Ross Design, Art Direction Hyman Katz Executive Producer Jeannie Townsend Make-Up, Groomer Jeff Carruthers Engineer, Audio Production, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Arranger Jeff Koz Audio Production, Engineer, Vocals, Drum Programming, Producer, Keyboards, Guitar, Arranger John Beverly Jones Engineer Julie Ray Stylist Lee Thornberg Flugelhorn, Trumpet Lee Thornburg Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements, Soloist Luke Lykins Mixing Assistant, Assistant Michael Colina Bass, Arranger, Drum Programming, Audio Production, Keyboards, Producer, Assembly Michael Lington Arranger, Sax (Alto), Engineer, Producer, Sax (Tenor), Audio Production Michael Sembello Keyboards, Vocals Michael Thompson Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar, Guitar (Baritone), E-Bow Neil Stubenhaus Bass Nick Lane Trombone Paul Brown Drums, Audio Production, Programming, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) Paul Jackson, Jr. Guitar Phillip Ingram Vocals Rafael Padilla Percussion Richard Tyler Wardrobe Roberto Vally Bass, Keyboards Ryan Conlon A&R Stephen Lu Audio Production, Producer, Drum Programming, Engineer, Bass, Keyboards, Arranger, Guitar Stephen Marcussen Mastering Steve Ferrone Drums Wendy Moten Vocals