1984 Patti Austin – Patti Austin
Patti Austin is the self-titled and fifth studio album by R&B singer Patti Austin.
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B, pop and jazz singer.
Austin was born in Harlem, New York to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist,and Edna Austin and was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have referred to themselves as her godparents.
When she was four years old, she made her debut at the Apollo Theater and the next year had a contract with RCA Records. During the 1960s, she was a session musician who sang background vocals and commercial jingles. She was known as “Queen of the Jingles,” appearing on commercials for Almay, Avon, Burger King, Impulse, KFC, Maxwell House, McDonald’s, Meow Mix, Stouffer’s, and the United States Army.
Tracks
1 It\’s Gonna Be Special (Clif Magness, Glen Ballard) 4:19
2 Rhythm Of The Street (Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden) 4:53
3 All Behind Us Now (David Pack) 4:59
4 Hot! In The Flames Of Love (Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden) 3:57
5 Change Your Attitude (Clif Magness, Glen Ballard) 3:43
6 Shoot The Moon (Clif Magness, Glen Ballard) 3:37
7 I\’ve Got My Heart Set On You (David Bryant, Diane Warren) 4:15
8 Fine Fine Fella (Got To Have You) (Ollie E Brown, Attala Zane Giles, Phillip Ingram) 4:34
9 Starstruck (Preston Glass, Dwayne Simmons, Narada Michael Walden) 4:30
10 Any Way You Can (David Pack, Michael McDonald) 4:30
Musicians
1 It\’s Gonna Be Special
Guitar | Clif Magness |
Keyboards | John van Tongeren |
Synthesizer | John van Tongeren |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Sax | Kim Hutchcroft |
Trumpet | Gary Grant |
Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
2 Rhythm Of The Street
Bass | Randy Jackson |
Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
Electric Drums | Randy Jackson |
Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
Keyboards | David Sancious |
Piano | Preston Glass |
Synthesizer | David Sancious |
Percussion | Raul Rekow |
Percussion | Armando Peraza |
Percussion | Orestes Vilato |
Background Vocals | Angela Bofill |
Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
Background Vocals | Preston Glass |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
3 All Behind Us Now
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | David Pack |
Keyboards | David Pack |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
Strings | Marty Paich |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
4 Hot! In The Flames Of Love
Bass | Randy Jackson |
Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
Keyboards | David Sancious |
Piano | Preston Glass |
Synthesizer | David Sancious |
Horns | Marc Russo |
Sax | Marc Russo |
Percussion | Narada Michael Walden |
Background Vocals | Angela Bofill |
Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
Background Vocals | Preston Glass |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
5 Change Your Attitude
Bass | Tommy Faragher |
Keyboards | John van Tongeren |
Synthesizer | Tommy Faragher |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
6 Shoot The Moon
Bass | John van Tongeren |
Guitar | Clif Magness |
Keyboards | John van Tongeren |
Synthesizer | John van Tongeren |
Percussion | Clif Magness |
Percussion | Steve Forman |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
7 I\’ve Got My Heart Set On You
Bass | Cornelius Mims |
Drums | Ollie E. Brown |
Electric Drums | Ollie E. Brown |
Guitar (solo) | Thomas Organ |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Keyboards | John Barnes |
Synthesizer | John Barnes |
Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
Trumpet | Gary Grant |
Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
Percussion | Ollie E. Brown |
Background Vocals | Attala Zane Gilles |
Background Vocals | Josie James |
Background Vocals | Kipper Jones |
Background Vocals | Paulette McWilliams |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Sheree Brown |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
8 Fine Fine Fella (Got To Have You)
Bass | Cornelius Mims |
Drums | Ollie E. Brown |
Percussion | Ollie E. Brown |
Guitar | Attala Zane Gilles |
Guitar | Josef Parson |
Piano | Rex Salas |
Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
Synthesizer | Rex Salas |
Background Vocals | Attala Zane Gilles |
Background Vocals | Paulette McWilliams |
Background Vocals | Phillip Ingram |
Background Vocals | Sheree Brown |
Background Vocals | Siedah Garrett |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
9 Starstruck
Bass | Randy Jackson |
Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
Electric Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
Keyboards | David Sancious |
Synthesizer | David Sancious |
Synthesizer | Frank Martin |
Background Vocals | Angela Bofill |
Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
Background Vocals | Preston Glass |
Background Vocals | Corrado Rustici |
Background Vocals | David Sancious |
Background Vocals | Randy Jackson |
Vocals | Patti Austin |
10 Any Way You Can
Bass | Chuck Domanico |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Rhodes | Michael McDonald |
Piano | Victor Feldman |
Synthesizer | David Pack |
Rhodes | Victor Feldman |
Flugelhorn | Jerry Hey |
Strings | Marty Paich |
Liner Notes
Producer – Quincy Jones (Track 1)
Producer – Narada Michael Walden (Tracks 2, 4, 9)
Producer – David Pack (Tracks 3, 10)
Producer – Clif Magness, Glen Ballard (Tracks 5, 6)
Producer – Ollie E Brown (Tracks 7, 8)
Executive Producer – Ed Eckstine, Quincy Jones
Arranged By (Additional Keyboards) – Jerry Hey (Track 5)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Ollie E Brown, Phillip Ingram (Track 7, 8)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Attala Zane Giles (Track 8)
Arranged By (Horn) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 1, 3, 7)
Arranged By (Keyboards) – David Pack, Greg Phillinganes (Track 3)
Arranged By (Piano) – Victor Feldman (Track 10)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Clif Magness, Glen Ballard (Tracks 1, 5, 6)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – David Pack (Track 3)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Ollie E Brown (Tracks 7, 8)
Arranged By (Synthesizer) – Jerry Hey, Ollie E Brown (Track 8)
Edited By – Clif Magness, Ed Eckstine, Ian Eales
Engineer (Assistant) – Barbara Rooney, Mitch Gibson (Tracks 1)
Engineer (Assistant) – Michael Ross, Mitch Gibson, Paul Erickson (Tracks 5, 6)
Engineer (Assistant) – David Marquette (Track 6)
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Mixed By – Michael Verdick (Tracks 3, 10)
Mixed By – Ian Eales (Track 5)
Mixed By – Ollie E. Brown, Steve Halquist (Tracks 7, 8)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Tommy Vicari (Tracks 1)
Recorded By – David Frazer (Tracks 2, 4)
Recorded By (Assistant) – John Nowland , 9(Tracks 2, 4, 9)
Recorded By (Rhythm Track) – Tom Perry (Track 3)
Recorded By (Vocal Overdubs) – Michael Verdick (Tracks 3, 10)
Recorded By – Ian Eales (Track 5)
Recorded By – Steve Halquist (Tracks 7, 8)
Recorded By (Rhythm Track) – Al Schmitt (Track 10)
Sequenced By – Ed Eckstine, Quincy Jones
Strings (Arranged & Conducted By) – Marty Paich (Tracks 3, 10)
Artwork By (Hand Tinting) – Dennis Keeley
Design – Jeri McManus
Photography By – Gary Heery
Recorded and Mixed at Ameraycan Studios, The Automatt, Channell Recording, The Complex, Hollywood Sound, Ocean Way Recording, Sound Castle, Sunset Sound and Weddington Studios.
Mastered at Future Disc Systems in Los Angeles