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Album produced by: Keith
Whiting,
Concept: Jackie
Richardson,
Bed tracks arranged and
produced by: Doug
Riley.
Bed tracks engineered and
recorded at: Metalworks
Studio by Nick Blagona,
Over-dubs and mix
at: Pizazzudio by
Michael Jack except tracks 8, 13,
and 17 by Donny DaSilva.
Mastered by:
Donny DaSilva and Keith Whiting
at Pizazzudio.
Front cover photo:
Michael Cooper,
Graphic layout
by: LaRue Shields @
Sidestreet Studios and Donny
DaSilva.
Songs &
Poems
1.
A Single Woman: Rod McKuen -
Chansons Music Editions
2. I Alone: Colina Phillips
3. Child Eyes Part 1/A Woman's
View: Doug Riley/Colina Phillips,
Jackie Richardson
4. I'm In Love : Joan Griffin -
J.B. Ross Music Co.
5. You've Got To Give Me Room:
Oleta Adams - Sage "N sun Music
Ltd.
6. Please: Colina Phillips
7. If I Could Only Sleep: Arlene
Bishop, John Alcorn, Lew Mele,
Kim Ratcliffe
8. Me?: Colina Phillips
9. I Like Your Company/Old
Friends: Doug Riley, Bill
Daniels/Stephen Sondheim - W.B.
Music Corp.
10. Too Beautiful To Know: Colina
Phillips
11. If I Could - R. Miller, K.
Hirsch, M. Sharron:
EMI Blackwood Music,ATV Music,
Lorimar Music, Spinning
Platinum
12. My Baby: Jackie
Richardson
13. The Lies Of Handsome Men :
Blumenthal - ASCAP
14. Green Lies And Man : Colina
Phillips
15. Here's To Life : Arte Butler,
Phyllis Molinary - Butler Artie
Music, Dominant Jeans Music
16. Finer Wine : Colina
Phillips
17. Thank You Lord : Jackie
Richardson
18. Stay With Me : Carolyn Leigh,
Jerome Moss
19. Child Eyes Part 2 : Doug
Riley
20. Papa Can You Hear Me/Piece Of
The Sky : Alan & Marilyn
Bergman,
Michael LeGrand - EMI, April
Music/ASCAP
Musicians:
Doug Riley:
(Piano, Organ) tracks 1, 3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19,
20
Pat Sullivan:
(Synthesizer) tracks 1,
3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13,19, 20
Steve Wallace:
(Bass) tracks 4, 7, 9, 13, 15,
20
George Koller:
(Bass, Cello) tracks 3, 5, 11,
19
Archie Alleyne:
(Drums) tracks 4, 7, 9, 13, 15,
20
Rick Gratton:
(Drums) tracks 3, 5,
19
Guido Basso:
(Flugel, Trumpet,
Harmonica) tracks 1, 7, 15,
19
Phil Dwyer:
(Soprano, Tenor Sax)
tracks 3, 4, 9, 13, 19, 20
Michael Stuart:
(Tenor Sax) track 20
Rob Pilch:
(Electric and Acoustic
Guitar) tracks 13, 15, 20
Jim Tait:
(Electric Guitar) tracks
3, 4, 5, 9, 19
Brian Leonard:
(Percussion) tracks 4,
15
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The
CD debut of Jackie Richardson is
an experience of soul, a
profoundly personal synthesis of
the remarkable gospel, blues and
jazz women she has embodied on
stage and screen.
It is also a portrait of self
&endash; not the showcase of
a showboat but a demonstration of
songmanship in the service of
spirit. Her musical discoveries
are in the moment, introspective.
Fans of her vitality and
virtuosity won't be disappointed,
but the essence is intimacy
expressed in a voice of vintage
cognac and extended
instrumentally by smoking combos
of empaths. She is in love with
love, she finds, and her songs
are evocative and demonstrative
of many kinds of love. She is
parent, she is child, she is
friend, she is lover... but even
when she chooses to believe in
the lies of handsome men, the
love is in herself, and in each
of us who attend her.
The result is a thoughtful suite
of sweet feeling &endash;
greatness of yearning, richness
of satisfaction, a new beginning
for a veteran with the courage to
be vulnerable and the wisdom to
be innocent once more.
Wilder Penfield III
The Launch Pad
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This
cd has been a long time in the
making and there have been many
talented, supportive and caring
friends and family who have
helped every step of the way. I
thank you all from the bottom of
my heart. To Doug Riley (your
name "Dr. Music" says it all) .
You are the best and I thank you
brother dear. To Steve, George,
Archie, Rick, Guido, Phil,
Michael, Rob, Jim and Brian
.Thank you for lending your fine
musicianship to this project. You
were GREAT! To Pat Sullivan .Your
programming was superb. You went
way beyond the call of duty and I
love you for it. To my sister
friends Salome Bey and Carol
Anderson, Thank you for lending
your voices to the poetry. I see
you... I love you. To Wilder
Penfield III, I thank you for
your support, your encouragement
throughout the years, and for
taking the time to express your
opinion on this project. Special
thanks to: Nick Blagona and M.J.
Russell for your contribution and
belief in the album; LaRue
Shields and his crew for the hard
work on the graphics (love you,
LaRue); Michael Cooper for your
wonderful photos; Theodore Gentry
for your vocal coaching and
brotherly love; Michael and Kathy
Gaitts for your help with the
album and for encouraging me to
keep the faith.Also thanks to
Dave Antonacci (Hey Pepper), Joe
Sealy, Scott Alexander, Bill
Bridges, Archie Alleyne and Guido
Basso for getting me started. To
my new family at Marshmellow
Records, thanks to: Michael Jack,
for your sweet contribution to
the mix; Donny DaSilva for added
sweetness to the graphics (I love
the flower) and to the mix; (last
but not least), Barry Lubotta,
who said this album deserves to
be heard and went about the hard
work of making that happen, I
thank you!!! My family's support
makes all things possible. Kim
and Jasmine, You are my
foundation and my heart. I love
you both. Love to my siblings
(Garrett Jr., Judy, Billy, Betty,
Barb and Ron), my uncles Bob and
Will and countless nieces,
nephews and cousins. Special
mention to my dear Aunt Dode
(Doris Cauley) for her endless
support and for always being in
my corner. Love to my god
children, Shakura, Noelle and
Blue; and love to my Halifax
family (you know who you are). To
Keith Whiting, who stuck with me
through thick and thin, and
answered the question "How do you
keep the music playing?" by
proving to be the best of
friends. I love you, Keef. To my
dear sister, Colina Phillips,
whose love I have cherished since
our teen years and will continue
to cherish into the beyond, I
thank you for your beautiful gift
of poetry.
- Jackie
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