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Released
  
1980

Artist
  
Rollercoaster

Label
  
Jerden

Recorded
  
Pye Studios, London

Release date
  
1980

Genre
  
Jazz-funk

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Wonderin' is a tribute album featuring jazz-funk cover versions of Stevie Wonder songs. It was recorded by the ad hoc band Rollercoaster made up of leading UK session and jazz musicians from British jazz-rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s such as Soft Machine, Blue Mink and Nucleus.

Contents

It was released on Ronnie Scott's record label. Many of the Rollercoaster musicians later recorded the last Soft Machine album, Land of Cockayne, and make up Soft Machine's final live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984.

Track listing

  1. "I Wish"
  2. "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
  3. "Higher Ground"
  4. "Superstition"
  5. "Mr. W." (Karl Jenkins)
  6. "Living for the City"

Personnel

  • Bass - Ron Mathewson
  • Drums - Barry Morgan
  • Guitar - Alan Parker
  • Keyboards - Karl Jenkins, Mike Ratledge
  • Piano - Mike Pyne
  • Saxophones - Dick Morrissey, Ray Warleigh
  • Trombone - Chris Pyne
  • Trumpet - Derek Watkins
  • Songs

    1I Wish7:30
    2Reggae Woman6:48
    3Higher Ground6:39

    References

    Wonderin' Wikipedia