Arif Mardin - Journey

Title: Journey Artist: Arif Mardin Release Date: 3/1975 Re-Released On: 4/8/2008 Label: Wounded Bird Records Duration: 9:19 UPC: 664140066120 Genre: Rhythm & Blues Styles: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Contemporary Jazz Moods: Confident, Earthy, Exuberant, Joyous, Party/Celebratory Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Street Scene: Strollin'/Dark Alleys/Love on a Rainy Afternoon/Parade
2. Street Scene: Dark Alleys
3. Street Scene: Love on a Rainy Afternoon
4. Street Scene: Parade
5. A Sunday Afternoon Feeling
6. Journey: Journey
7. Journey: Flight
8. Forms

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Wounded Bird Records 661

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Arif Mardin's second solo effort assembles a veritable who's who of funk and jazz greats, but Journey is no ego-stroking vanity project. A richly cinematic fusion suite appointed with all the texture and detail one would expect from a producer of Mardin's stature, it effortlessly melds the street-smart groove of blaxploitation-era soul with the cerebral expansiveness of jazz. Despite a roster of heavy-hitters including vibist Gary Burton, saxophonists Joe Farrell and Seldon Powell, flutist Hubert Laws, pianist Richard Tee, and drummers Steve Gadd and Bernard Purdie, Journey never buckles under the collective weight of its talent -- Mardin's production yields an end result greater than the sum of the music's individual parts, forging a tight, cohesive sound more suggestive of a veteran studio crew than a collection of all-star soloists. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Blake Bass Arif Mardin Arranger, Piano, Producer, Piano (Electric), Percussion Armen Halburian Percussion Barnett Brown Trombone Basil Pao Design, Art Direction Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Drums Billy Cobham Drums Billy Slapin Woodwind Bob Defrin Design, Art Direction Bobby Warner Engineer Chris Callis Photography, Cover Photo Cornell Dupree Guitar David "Fathead" Newman Soloist, Sax (Alto) David Spinozza Guitar Don Butterfield Tuba Frank Wess Sax (Alto) Garnett Brown Trombone Gary Burton Vibraphone Gene Orloff Violin Gene Paul Engineer George Devens Percussion George Ricci Cello Gordon Edwards Bass Grady Tate Drums Hubert Laws Flute Ilhan Mimaroglu Composer James Buffington French Horn Jerry Friedman Guitar Joe Farrell Sax (Soprano), Oboe, Woodwind, Sax (Tenor), Soloist Kenneth Bichel Piano (Electric), Synthesizer, Arp Lewis Hahn Engineer Marvin Stamm Trumpet Mel Davis Trumpet Michael Brecker Sax (Tenor), Soloist Michal Urbaniak Violin Milcho Leviev Clavinet, Clarinet Pat Rebillot Piano (Electric), Clavinet Pepper Adams Sax (Baritone) Phil Bodner Woodwind, Oboe, Sax (Alto) Ralph MacDonald Percussion Randy Brecker Trumpet, Soloist, Flugelhorn Richard Tee Piano (Electric) Romeo Penque Sax (Baritone), Woodwind Ron Carter Bass Seldon Powell Sax (Tenor), Soloist Todd Sommer Percussion Tony Levin Bass Tony Studd Trombone, Trombone (Bass) Urszula Dudziak Vocals