Havana Candy
| Havana Candy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 26, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | August 1977 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 32:38 | |||
| Label | CTI CTI 5006 | |||
| Producer | Dave Grusin | |||
| Patti Austin chronology | ||||
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Havana Candy is the second album by American vocalist and songwriter Patti Austin recorded in 1977 and released on the CTI label.[1]
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review stated "Austin sang this undistinguished material with as much conviction as she could muster, but the general pallid air lingering over the production also affected her vocals".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
[edit]- All compositions by Patti Austin except as indicated
- "That's Enough for Me" (Patti Austin, Dave Grusin) – 5:46
- "Little Baby" – 4:12
- "I Just Want to Know" – 4:54
- "Havana Candy" – 4:34
- "Golden Oldies" – 4:41
- "I Need Somebody" – 4:29
- "We're in Love" – 4:00
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 5:02
Personnel
[edit]- Patti Austin – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Dave Grusin – electric piano, slide whistle (4), synthesizers (6, 8), acoustic piano (8), arrangements and conductor
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 6, 7)
- Eric Gale – electric guitars (1–7)
- Hugh McCracken – electric guitars (1, 4, 5)
- Steve Khan – electric guitars (1, 5)
- Will Lee – electric bass (1, 4, 5)
- Francisco Centeno – electric bass (2)
- Anthony Jackson – electric bass (3)
- Frank Gravis – electric bass (7)
- Steve Jordan – drums (1–7)
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 5, 7), congas (4)
- Dave Valentin – flute, timbales (4)
- Gerry Niewood – alto saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
- Lou Marini – tenor saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor sax solos (1–4)
- Wayne Andre – trombone
- Alan Rubin – trumpet
- Marvin Stamm – trumpet
- Seymour Barab, Gene Bianco, David Davis, Peter Dimitriades, Regis Iandiorio, Theodore Israel, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Elliot Magaziner, Joe Malin, Richard Maximoff, Elliot Rosoff and Paul Winter – string section
- Lani Groves, Gwen Guthrie, Ullanda McCullough and Ken Williams – backing vocals
Production
[edit]- Tony Martell – executive producer
- Dave Grusin – producer
- Larry Rosen – producer, recording, mixing
- Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – original mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Tom Ruff – CD mastering at Sony Music Studios (New York, NY)
- Donna Putney – production coordinator
- Sib Chalawick – album design
- Alen MacWeeney – photography
References
[edit]- ^ Payne, D. CTI Records discography accessed February 29, 2012
- ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed February 29, 2012
