After singing on Quincy Jones's album The Dude, she signed a contract with his record label, Qwest, which released Every Home Should Have One with "Baby, Come to Me", a duet with James Ingram that became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine pop chart.
Austin was signed to the jazz-oriented label CTI in 1976, thanks to contacts with industry veteran Creed Taylor and Belafonte's former musical director Bill Eaton.
The four albums Austin recorded for CTI helped to raise her profile in the industry and were widely appreciated by the architects of the "Quiet Storm" turn that black popular music took in the early 1980s. One of the albums, Havana Candy, was reissued in 1997 and favorably reviewed by Down Beat.
The magazine pointed to "Austin's appreciation of the jazz legacy as well as her love of various pop styles."
"In My Life" is one of Patti Austin's most overlooked albums, Quincy Jones was absent for this one, but in this case it hardly makes this album bad.
Featuring a long and distinguished list of guest personnel including Dave Grusin, The Brecker Brothers, Eric Gale and Joe Farrell, these great talents, along with Austin's unmistakable voice, make this one of the most robust of her many albums.
Though it's a bit cover-heavy, the cover songs are done beautifully, and on this album Patti Austin easily makes classics like "Iko, Iko," "More Today Than Yesterday" and "We've Got Tonight" her own. The upbeat "I Can't Stop" and the lush "Body Language" are also great.
Side one
1. In My Life - 3:45
2. What's At The End Of The Rainbow - 2:50
3. Say You Love Me - 5:02
4. Iko, Iko - 4:30
5. I Can't Stop - 3:10
Side two
1. Body Language - 5:03
2. You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry - 3:37
3. More Today Than Yesterday - 5:03
4. We've Got Tonight - 4:15
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Creed Taylor, Inc.
- Distributed By – Distribution Musidisc
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
- Recorded At – Mediasound
- Recorded At – Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Printed By – Aude
- Pressed By – MPO
Credits
- Alto Saxophone [Horn Section] – Jerry Dodgion
- Vocals - Patti Austin
- Backing Vocals – Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Marie Tomlinson Clark
- Cover [Illustration] – Yasuo Okuma
- Engineer [Electric Lady Studios] – Barry Harris
- Mastered By [Sterling Sound] – Ted Jensen
- Mixed By – Dave Palmer
- Producer – Creed Taylor
- Engineer - Rudy Van Gelder
- Engineer - Steve Melton
- Engineer - Joe Jorgensen
- Engineer - Alan Varner
- Mastering, Engineer - Ted Jensen
- Photography - Pete Turner
- Design - Blake Taylor
- Recorded By [Electric Lady Studios] – Dave Palmer, Michel Sauvage
- Recorded By [Mediasound] – Alan Varner, Joe Jorgensen
- Recorded By [Muscle Shoals Sound Studios] – Steve Melton
- Recorded By [Rudy Van Gelder Studios] – Rudy Van Gelder
- Tenor Saxophone [Horn Section] – Mike Brecker
- Trombone [Horn Section] – Jim Pugh
- Trumpet [Horn Section] – Randy Brecke
Notes
Release: 1983
Format: LP
Genre: Soul, Jazz
Label: CTI Records
Catalog# CTI 9009
Vinyl: Excellent
Cover: Excellent
Prijs: €10,00
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