Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Teena Marie (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, drum programming); Monet Owens, D.D O'Neal, Rose Lebeau, Faith Evans, Makeda, Tracy Hazzard, Rovleta Fraser (vocals); Ray Fuller, Morris O'Connor (guitar); Cameron Stone (cello); Dan Higgins (clarinet); Eddie Menefield, Lewis Taylor, Paul Russo (saxophone); Tyrone Griffin (trumpet); Steve Baxter (trombone); Johnny Bokowski, George Duke (piano, keyboards); Bryan Loren (Fender Rhodes piano); Doug Grigsby (keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming); Ben Del Giorgio, James Allen (keyboards, drum programming); Noriko Olling (keyboard bass); Brian Bromberg (upright bass); Chad Wright (drums, drum programming); Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion). | | Audio Mixer: Eric Zobler. | | Audio Remasterer: Brian Gardner. | | Arranger: Teena Marie. | | Veteran R&B songstress Teena Marie, best known for her string of pop crossover hits in the early `80s ("Square Biz," "It Must Be Magic," "Lovergirl"), has never let fickle music trends dictate her creative output, even as she's undergone several artistic makeovers since her popularity initially began to wane in the early `90s. The singer's 13th album, CONGO SQUARE (named for a historic New Orleans site where 19th-century slaves were allowed to sing and dance on Sundays), marks a new chapter for Teena Marie, completing the circle on all her past influences, from southern soul and jazz to classic funk and hip-hop. |
Producer: Teena Marie |
Engineer: Patrick Spain; Eric Zobler |
Musical Guests | | MC Lyte | | Faith Evans | | Howard Hewett | | Rose Lebeau | | George Duke | | Shirley Murdock |
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