Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Fred Hammond (vocals, bass, programming); Joann Rosario (vocals); Joey Woolfalk (acoustic & electric guitars); Daryl Dixon (guitar); Raphael Price, Christopher Burton, Patricia Moore, Tony Krempa, Brenneta Horst, Sidney Skinner (violin); Leslie DeShazor, Anthony Cheung (viola); Tanya Bennett Charis Price (cello); Clifton Brokington (trumpet); Marvin Thompson (trombone); Tommie Walker (keyboards, programming); Noel Hall (keyboards); Marvin McQuitty (drums, percussion); Dana Davis (drums); Darius Fentress (percussion); PamKenyon M. Donald, Bryan J. Pratt, Frederick J. Purifoy II, Verdena Charlayne "Polly Taylor, Eugenia "Bootsie" Newman, The Singletons (background vocals); Mary Mary. | | Producers: Fred Hammond, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell. | | Recorded at Face To Face Studios, Southfield, Michigan. | | SPEAK THOSE THINGS: POL CHAPTER 3 was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. | | Personnel: Fred Hammond (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass synthesizer, drum programming, background vocals); Allen Von Shea Norman (vocals, background vocals); JoAnn Rosario (vocals); Joey Woolfalk (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Darryl "Major D" Dixon , John Jubu Smith, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Tim Bowman (guitar); Raphael Price, Linda Trotter, Monica Jackson, Molly Hughes, Tami Lee, Karen Coleman , Patricia Moore (violin); Tanya Bennett (cello, strings); Randolph Ellis (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Clifton Brockington (trumpet); Marvin Thompson (trombone); Mo Horns (horns); Noel Hall (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards); Tommie Walker, Warryn Campbell (keyboards, drum programming); Marvin McQuitty (drums, percussion); Dana Davis (drums); Darius Fentress (percussion, drum programming, background vocals); Tia Robertson, Davey Hammond, Bryan Pratt, Eugenia "Bootsie" Newman, Frederick Purifoy II, Marguerite Foster, Pamkenyon Donald, Kim Rutherford, The Singletons, Straight Gate Mass Choir, Kevin Bloody Wilson (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Fred Hammond; Ray Hammond. | | Recording information: Face To Face Studios, Southfield, MI; Hartman Way Sounds, West Hill, CA; Studio A, Dearborn, MI; The Straight Gate Recording Studios, Detroit, MI. | | Photographer: Sarah A. Friedman. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: Fred Hammond; Bryan Pratt. | | Biz insiders call Fred Hammond "the Babyface of gospel," due to his multitude of talents. Skilled as a producer, singer, songwriter, musician, and label boss, Hammond made music news with the groups Commissioned and Radical For Christ, and has made more inroads into the music mainstream then nearly any other contemporary gospel artist. The third chapter of Hammond's PAGES OF LIFE series arrives in sufficiently resplendent fashion to match the expectations of fans. | | The breadth of Hammond's musicianship is evident throughout; the undulating "Show Yourself Strong" flirts with Latin rhythms, while "You are My Daily Bread" opens with a highly syncopated, African-sounding beat, and Mary Mary makes a guest appearance, adding some sassy R&B vocals to the hip-hop-inflected "Great." But at the end of the day, it's the impassioned voices of Hammond and his choir delivering heartfelt songs of praise that make up the spiritual center of SPEAK THOSE THINGS. |
Engineer: Fred Hammond; Noel Hall; Ray Hammond; Tommie Walker; Darius Fentress; Kevin Bloody Wilson |
Musical Guests | | The Singletons | | JoAnn Rosario | | Mary Mary | | Joann Rosario & Shea Norman |
|
CD
