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PRODUCER / SIDEMAN CREDITS

I had the opportunty to date to have worked with some great musicians and artists, some of which have left a great imprint of musical and personal experiences that will never be forgotten.

I added a few sidebars to bring a little insight into the workings of those relationships, musicially and otherwise to hopefully make the reading more engaging.

In the last several years, more time was spent hiring guys for my own projects, as well as developing up and coming jazz artists who didn't have deals as a way of 'giving' back to my peers and the arts.

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PRODUCER AND SIDEMAN CREDITS

1987 - Moore, Melba - Magic of Melba Moore

Piano on "Let's Talk It Over"

One of the great NY voices of music back in the day.

1988 - George Benson - Twice The Love

Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer

Meeting GB was great after having listened to him on

record for years. He's still one of the best!

1988 - Nelson Rangell - "A House is Not A Home"

Strings Arrangement

Had the honor to do an arrangement on a tune

that was made famous again by the great Luther Vandross

1988 - Browne, Tom - No Longer I

Arranger, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming

One of first Gospel-Jazz Recordings in History. TB had an incredible vision to take his spiritual backdrop and add jazz harmony to the mix and with that, he was way ahead of the game

but the church community wasn't ready for a jazz cat to come into their church house and get busy with

those jazz tones.

Years later, the great Kirk Whalum had all fhe timely makings to penetrating

that market along with South Africa's Jonathan Butler, who have made places like

TBN a place in which to share that experience.

1989 - Urbaniak, Michal - Urban Express

Keyboards,Arranger, Programming, drum programming

Mike is a great violinist from Poland who lived in NYC at the time.

1988 - SOS All-Stars - New York Rendezvous

Keyboards, Arranger

CD Recorded with Dave Weckl and Al Orlo

Weckl's skills were so incredible, Anthony Jackson worked with him at Mikells/NYC and took him on the road with the Simon/Garfunkel tour that landed in over 30 stadiums in the US. Weckl then worked with Chick Coreafor many years. Incredible Drummer. To this day, Dave Weckl was the only drummer I ever met in the business that used to bring his own sound system to gigs around town because he was so meticulous about his sound. Now he's one of the most respected having been recognized by the great Chick Corea.

1989 - SOS All-Stars - Greetings from New York

Keyboards

Had the honor to work with the late great Richard Tee (Quincy Jones/Carly Simon/Paul Simon),

one of the great NY session players of all time.....period

1990 - "Silent Night" with Sharon Bryant-Keyboards and Arrangement

From the CD Christmas Message CD

Sharon is THE original voice of Atlantic Starr, who grew up in Greenburgh, NY, and now

has an incredible reel of credits as a NY commercial jingle vocalist.

1992 - Whistle - "Get the Love"

Producer, Keyboards/Arranger, "Get The Love"

1992 - Urbaniak, Michael - Manhattan Man

Keyboards, Producer

1992 - Washington, Grover Jr. - Next Exit

"Til You Return To Me" - featuring Levi Stubb (Four Tops)

Arranger, Producer, drum programming, Keyboard Programming, Midi Programming

Billboard #5 Contemporary Jazz CD (1992)

When I got the call to do Grover BY Grover, in hindsight, that was real incredible. He would hook me

up with tickets when he came to town (NY and Atlanta) and had the misfortune to miss GW when he played at the Peekskill Paramount, just minutes from my family. He passed away only a few weeks later, but G was a great manand employer for many musicians for years.

1992 - Meadows, Marion - Keep It Right There

Bass, Percussion, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Producer, drum programming

Billboard #7 Contemporary Jazz CD (1992)

Marion and I met in 1984 when I was hired to replace an music for a pretty popular artist.

We got stuck down there because Mr. Artist (whom I'll leave nameless) didn't pay the band their

money. Some of the cats were happy to get their room and board covered because we were in St. Croix.

One guy married a gal there, another cat threw his amp in the ocean. I packed my 80 pound fender rhodes up and went back home and enrolled back in college as my first gig was an eye-opener!

1993 - Pieces of a Dream - In Flight

Songs - "Quiet Passion" and "In the Print"

Bass, Piano, Strings, Drums, Keyboards, Producer

Billboard top-20 Contemporary Jazz CD (1993)

The great James Lloyd took a break from POAD and I had the opportunity to work with

the guys briefly and it was an honor. Pulled in Marion Meadows on this and re-made a tune by Pianist

Onaje Allan Gumbs.

1993 - Downing, Will - A Dream Fulfilled

Co-Writer "She" with Porter Carroll, II

I was honored to play on one of WIll's first big records in the US! We met at a

tribute to Yogi Horton, one of Luther's earlier tour drummers from NY who committed suicide

and left behind 3 beautiful children. It was there where I met WIll and there began a working relationship

that began with this tune co-written by Porter Carroll.

1993 - Downing, Will - Love's The Place To Be

Arranger/Producer of "Break Up to Make Up" , "Hey, Girl" , "Sailing On a Dream"

It was here I met the great bassist, Mr. Anthony Jackson, who laid down the meanest bass lines for Quincy Jones ("Sounds and Stuff Like That"), as well as on Chaka Khan's "Clouds" and his work with Argentinian Pianist Michel Camilo down at Mikells. AJ brough his own bass amp and the way I watched him record was great.

1995 - Meadows, Marion - Body Rhythm

Producer on "South Beach" and 5 others.

Want to hear a funny one? RCA at the time was going thru some transitions and the most amazing thing happened. This record by Marion was one of the five most sold discs on their entire label in 1995. Even he was shocked to find that out. That happens about as much as a jazz cat winning a Grammy for best album of the year.

1996 - Kut Klose - "You're Just a Lovely Thing"

Remix Producer - originally produced by Lisa "Left Eye"

I had a chance to meet Lisa. A very beautiful spirit and was the energy behind the group TLC.

Her life was suddenly shortened by that auto crash during her formative years as a producer.

1997 - Smooth Jazz Slow Jams

Smooth Jazz Slow Jams (Shanachie)

Bass, Piano, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Producer

1998 - Cool Covers: Smooth Jazz

Cool Covers: Smooth Jazz Plays - (Shanachie)

Bass, Piano, Drums, Keyboards, Producer

1999 - Essix, Eric - "For Real" - Remix

Remix Producer

Top 15 Gavin Radio Chart

I met Eric Essix when I moved to Atlanta. He was the king of Alabama when it

came to jazz. He now produces a very nice festival in Birmingham and it has been an honor to

know EE!!

2000 - Downing, Will - All The Man You Need

Arranger and Writer "All The Man You Need", "Love Of My Life"

Grammy-Nominated - Best Traditional R&B Album

2000 - Marion Meadows - Another Side of Midnight

Produced "Secret Place", "Club Jazz", "Esta Noche", "Sunrise"

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

2002 - Marion Meadows - In Deep

Producer/Writer/Keyboards on "Don't Wanna Know" featuring Will Downing

2004 - Freddie Jackson - It's Your Move

Producer/Writer/Keyboards on "Natural Thang"

Top 20 - Urban Radio

2004 - Joey Sommerville - Ride To This

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Indie Album

Trumpeter Joey Sommerville held court every Thursday in Atlanta at Club Sambuca

and had the whos-who of smooth jazz including Jeff Golub, Jeff Lorber, Phil Perry, Ronnie Laws, and

a ton of others.

2004 - Rhonda Smith - Intellipop

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Indie

I met Rhonda thru Joey Sommerville. She was the bassist for many years with Prince and

quite frankly, she's a baaaad girl on the bass. It was an honor to work with her on that one.

2004 - Grover Washington, Jr.

"Til You Return To Me", from Trios -

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

This originated on the Last Exit Disc and featured the Four Tops lead

vocalist, Mr. Levi Stubbs.

2005 - Cafe Soul All-Stars (compilation)

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

Produced by Duke Jones and distributed through Essence Magazine

2006 - Soul Providers - Soul Providers

Producer/Arranger/Keyboards

A slick remake of tunes from hits of Nelly, Jay-Z and others. We brought in

Nelson Rangell, Dave Mann, Barry Danielian and Marion Meadows to add the

'flava'...

2007 - Ragan Whiteside - Class Axe

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Indie

Classically-trained Ragan Whiteside is an incredible flautist who has a rich studio sound and made the transition from Classical to Jazz. It was an honor to work with and for her.

2007 - Joey Sommerville - Like You Mean It

Producer/Writer/Keyboards

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Indie

Chronographical list of Baldwin's credits (below)