1977 studio album by Norman Connors
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Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors . The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.
Track listing
Side one
"You Are Everything " (Thom Bell , Linda Creed ) – 7:00
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
"Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell ) – 5:49
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
"Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38
Arranged by Hubert Eaves , Reggie Lucas , and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
"Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors ) 5:26
Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
Electric guitar – Ray Gomez
Side two
"Last Tango in Paris " (Gato Barbieri ) – 6:43
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
"For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52
Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
"Thembi " (Pharoah Sanders ) – 8:04
Arranged by Norman Connors
Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
Charts
Singles
Personnel
Musicians
Norman Connors – main performer, timpani, drums, percussion
Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster
Myrna Mathews, and Julia, Maxine and Orrin Waters – backing vocals
Lee Ritenour – acoustic and electric guitar
Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
Hubert Eaves and Jerry Peters – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet
Ian Underwood – synthesizer
Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
Fred Jackson – bass and alto flute, alto saxophone, clarinet
Ernie Watts – bass and alto flute, tenor saxophone
Bill Green – Bass, alto and piccolo flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Oscar Brashear , Chuck Findley , Gene Goe, and Gary Grant – trumpet
George Bohannon, Dick Hyde , and Charlie Loper – trombone
Maurice Spears – bass trombone
Sidney Muldrow and Marnie Robinson – French horn
Jerry Peters – harpsichord
Willie Weeks – bass
Victor Feldman – percussion, bells, vibraphone
Kenneth Nash – congas, percussion, Paiste cymbal, gong
Bobbye Hall – congas and bongos
Production
Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
Skip Drinkwater – producer
John Mills and Don Murray – audio engineers
George Belle and Linda Tyler – engineers assistants
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Don Murray and Skip Drinkwater – mixing
References
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