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In a Special Way (album)

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Released
  
1976

In a Special Way (1976)
  
Tone Tantrum (1977)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
40:28

Artist
  
Gene Harris

Producer
  
Jerry Peters

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 29 and April 1, 2 & 7, 1976

Similar
  
Astral Signal, Gene Harris of the Three, Yesterday - Today & Tomorrow, Nexus, Another Night in London

For the 1983 DeBarge album, see In a Special Way

Contents

In a Special Way is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1976 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "Harris crafted a record that revels in contemporary soul trends from the mid-'70s -- lite funk in the vein of EWF, disco, Philly soul, and vapid fusion. The production is heavy-handed and glossy, filled with drippy strings, thumping beats, wordless backing vocals, and silly synthesized effects. Through it all, Harris plays exactly like he always does, as if he were oblivious to his surroundings".

Track listing

  1. "Theme for Relana" (Skip Scarborough) - 6:35
  2. "Rebop" (R. Jackson, Jerry Peters, J. Rowin) - 3:58
  3. "Zulu" (Peters) - 4:59
  4. "Always in My Mind" (Mbaji, Peters, Sigidi) - 4:31
  5. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:48
  6. "It's Your Love" (R. Melendrez, Charlotte Politte, J. Rowin) - 3:02
  7. "Soft Cycles" (N. Brown) - 2:30
  8. "Five/Four" (Charlotte Politte) - 3:44
  9. "Naima" (John Coltrane) - 6:21
  • Recorded at Total Experience Studios in Los Angeles, California on March 29 (tracks 1 & 3), April 1 (tracks 4 & 9), April 2 (tracks 5 & 6), and April 7 (tracks 2, 7 & 8), 1976.

    • Personnel

  • Gene Harris - keyboards
  • George Bohanon - trombone
  • Sidney Muldrow, Marnie Robinson - french horn
  • Azar Lawrence - tenor saxophone
  • Ed Green - violin
  • Charlotte Politte - electric piano, synthesizer
  • Jerry Peters - electric piano, synthesizer, string ensemble, arranger, vocals
  • Lee Ritenour - guitar, electric guitar
  • Al McKay - electric guitar
  • John Rowin - electric guitar, arranger
  • Chuck Rainey, Verdine White - electric bass
  • James Gadson - drums
  • Harvey Mason - drums, percussion
  • Mayuto Correa - percussion
  • Phillip Bailey - percussion, vocals
  • Merry Clayton, Ann Esther Jessica, D.J. Rogers, Sigidi, Stephanie Spruill, Denise Williams - vocals

    • Songs

    1Theme for Relana6:35
    2Rebop3:59
    3Zulu5:00

    References

    In a Special Way (album) Wikipedia
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