Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Michael Lington (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Michael Lington; Phillip Ingram, C.C. White (vocals); Michael Thompson (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, E-bow); Paul Brown (guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, programming); Lee Thornberg (trumpet, flugelhorn); Nick Lane (trombone); Baby Boy (Fender Rhodes piano); Brian Culbertson (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drum programming); Danny Sembello (keyboards); Steve Ferrone (drums); Arno Lucas (percussion); DC, AC/DC (keyboard programming, drum programming); Jeff Koz (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Michael Sembello (vocals, keyboards); Wendy Moten (vocals); Stephen Lu (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Chuck Loeb, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar); Dave Koz (saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, flugelhorn); David Garfield (electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Jeff Carruthers, Michael Colina (keyboards, drum programming); Roberto Vally (keyboards); Rafael Padilla (percussion). | | Audio Mixer: Craig Bauer. | | Recording information: BCM Studios, Los Angeles, CA (2003); Cooldeep Studio, New York, NY (2003); CPH, Los Angeles, CA (2003); Drumroll (2003); HUM Studios (2003). | | Photographer: Daniel Ray. | | Arrangers: Michael Colina; Brian Culbertson; Michael Lington; Stephen Lu; Jeff Carruthers; Jeff Koz. | | 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 |
Producer: Michael Colina; Brian Culbertson; Michael Lington; Stephen Lu; Jeff Carruthers; Jeff Koz; Brian Culbertson; Paul Brown; Michael Colina; Stephen Lu; Michael Lington; Jeff Carruthers; Jeff Koz |
Engineer: Brian Culbertson; Michael Lington; Stephen Lu; Jeff Carruthers; Jeff Koz; Dan Hart; Frank Nadasdy; John Beverly Jones |
Musical Guests | | Paul Brown | | Brian Culbertson | | Dave Koz | | Chuck Loeb | | Michael Sembello | | Wendy Moten | | Paul Jackson, Jr. | | Jeff Koz |
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