HANDEL,S MESSIAH - A SOULFUL CELEBRATION - REPRISE RECORDS - EN SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE

HANDEL,S MESSIAH - A SOULFUL CELEBRATION - REPRISE RECORDS - WARNER - 1992 HANDEL,S MESSIAH - A SOULFUL CELEBRATION - REPRISE RECORDS - WARNER - 1992 Personnel includes: Mike E. (rap vocals, guitar); Tom Hemby, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar); Mark Douthit (saxophone); Dwayne Adell (piano); Greg Philinganes, George Duke (keyboards); Cedric Dent (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Ben Tankard, Joe Hogue (keyboards, programming); Mervyn Warren (piano, keyboards, drums, programming, background vocals); Victor Caldwell, Jackie Street (bass); James Blair, Ricky Lawson (drums); Donna McElroy, Bob Bailey, Vicki Hampton, Chris Willis (background vocals). Producers include: Mervyn Warren, George Duke, David Pack, Take 6, Gary D. Hines. Engineers include: Tony Sheppard, Erik Zobler, Barry Rudolph. Personnel: Jamecia Bennett (vocals, soprano); Core Cotton, Carrie Harrington (vocals, alto); Terrence Frierson, Patricia Lacy, Kimberly Brown (vocals, tenor, tenor saxophone); James F. Wright (vocals, baritone); David B. Young, Michael L. Bowens (vocals, bass voice); Mervyn Warren (vocals, piano, keyboards, drums, programming, drum programming, background vocals); Richard Smallwood (vocals, keyboards, programming); Donna McElroy, Howard Hewett, Angela Wright, Patti Austin, Take 6, Vicki Hampton, Chris Willis, Kim Fleming, Bob Bailey (vocals, background vocals); Commissioned, Daryl Coley, Jackie Ruffin, Dianne Reeves, Melvin Warren, Dennis Sawyers, Caroline Evans, Carolene Evans, Janice Chandler Eteme, David Young, Pat Lacu, Michael Weeks, David Young, Darlene Simmons, Al Jarreau, Michelle Weeks, The Richard Smallwood Singers, Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell, The Boys Choir of Harlem, The Clark Sisters, Tramaine Hawkins (vocals); Mike-E (rap vocals, guitar); Leaders of the New School (rap vocals); Jayne Bell, Jayn Bell Porter, Angela Henderson, Cherly Reeves, Sandra Harris, Dorothy Brown, Manecia Bennett, Renee McCall, Elizabeth J. Turner, Wanda Lewis, Ann Nesby (soprano); Jennifer Whitlock (alto, brass); Dorothy J. Townes, Shirley Marie Graham, Beverly Mahto, Alecia Russell, Dorothy Shelby, Valerie Johnson (alto); Robert Edwards, Russell Knighton (tenor, tenor saxophone); Bill Airey Smith, Dr. Robert Jones, Bill Smith, Craig Taylor, Craig "Niteman" Taylor (tenor); Trenon Graham, Billy Steele (baritone); Freddie Winston, Rev. Joseph Young, Jr. (bass voice); Paul Jackson, Jr., Tom Hemby (guitar); Daniel Kobialka (violin); Kirk Whalum, Mark Douthit (saxophone, brass); Bob Mintzer (saxophone); Eberhard Ramm, Leslie Norton (French horn); Dennis Good, Chuck Findley, George Bohannon, Dan Higgins, Gary Grant, George Bohanon, Gerald Albright, Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Hall, Robert Green, Sam Levine, Chris McDonald, Tom "Bones" Malone, Jeff Bailey, Charles Loper, Denis Solee, George Tidwell, Lew McCreary, William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr., Michael Haynes (brass); Michael O. Jackson (piano, organ, keyboards, drum programming); Dwayne Adell (piano); Fred Vaughn (organ); Charles Mims, Jr. (keyboards, synthesizer); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, bass synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Robert Sadin (keyboards, keyboard bass, programming, drum programming); Fred Hammond (keyboards, keyboard bass, drum programming); William Kennedy (keyboards, drums); David Pack (keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Mark Kibble (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Joe Hogue, Ben Tankard, Bryant Pugh, Cedric Dent (keyboards, programming); Eddie Howard, Jr., Timothy Carpenter, George Duke, Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Steve Croes (Synclavier); Chuck Tilley, James Blair, Ricky Lawson (drums); Eric Darken (tambourine); Elmore Brantly, Terry McMillan, Rock Deadrick, Mustafa Abdul-Aleem (percussion); Dave Darlington, Jeffrey K. Dovner (programming); Mark Hammons, Mark Hammond (drum programming); Jim Gilstrap, Phil Perry, Roy Galloway, Sounds of Blackness, Raymond Davis, Gayle Mayes (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Chris Flam; David Pack; Erik Zobler; Lisa Keller; Jess Sutcliffe; John Jaszcz; Mike McCarthy; Mick Guzauski; Ray Bardani; Steve Hodge; Axel Niehaus; Track listing #    Title    Length    Arranger(s)    Producer(s)    Performer(s) 1    "Overture: A Partial History of Black Music"    5:13    Mervyn Warren, Shelton Kilby, Dwayne Adell, Cedric Dent, Joe Hogue    Mervyn Warren    Mervyn Warren, Janice Chandler Eteme, Dwayne Adell, Cedric Dent, Joe Hogue 2    "Comfort Ye My People"    5:44    Mervyn Warren and Michael O. Jackson    Mervyn Warren    Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Daryl Coley 3    "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted"    3:42    Mervyn Warren and Mark Kibble    Mervyn Warren    Lizz Lee and Chris Willis (with Mike E.) 4    "And the Glory of the Lord"    3:57    Charles Mims    George Duke    Dianne Reeves 5    "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming"    6:38    David Pack, Greg Phillinganes and Patti Austin    David Pack and Patti Austin    Patti Austin 6    "And He Shall Purify"    4:36    Michael O. Jackson and Mervyn Warren    Mervyn Warren    Tramaine Hawkins 7    "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive"    3:56    George Duke    George Duke    Howard Hewett 8    "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"    3:52    Cedric Dent    Take 6    Stevie Wonder and Take 6 9    "For Unto Us a Child is Born"    3:53    Gary Hines    Gary Hines    Sounds of Blackness 10    "Glory to God"    4:51    Robert Sadin    Robert Sadin    The Boys Choir of Harlem and Leaders of the New School 11    "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"    5:07    Richard Smallwood    Richard Smallwood    Richard Smallwood Singers 12    "Behold the Lamb of God"    4:32    The Yellowjackets    The Yellowjackets    The Yellowjackets 13    "Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"    5:12    Fred Hammond    Fred Hammond    Commissioned and The Clark Sisters 14    "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage?"    2:36    Mervyn Warren    Mervyn Warren    Al Jarreau 15    "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"    6:00    Mervyn Warren and Michael O. Jackson    Mervyn Warren    Tevin Campbell 16    "Hallelujah!"    5:53    Mervyn Warren, Michael O. Jackson, and Mark Kibble    Mervyn Warren    Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley (soloist), Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Kim Fields, Larnelle Harris, Edwin Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, Linda Hopkins, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones (conductor), Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Lizz Lee, Dawnn Lewis, Babbie Mason, Johnny Mathis, Marilyn McCoo, Mike E., Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, David Pack, Phylicia Rashad, Joe Sample, Richard Smallwood, Sounds of Blackness, Take 6, Darryl Tookes, Mervyn Warren, Thomas Whitfield, Vanessa Williams, Chris Willis