1979 Dee Dee Bridgewater – Bad For Me
Bad For Me is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, released in 1979 on Elektra Records. The album reached at No. 29 on the Cashbox Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Tracks
1 Bad For Me (Charles Veal Jr, Deborah Thomas) 5:36
2 Back Of Your Mind (Eugene McDaniels, Raye Styles) 3:18
3 For The Girls (Dee Dee Bridgewater, George Duke) 4:47
4 Love Won’t Let Me Go (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Larry Dunn) 4:01
5 Streetsinger (Don Kerr) 3:35
6 It’s The Falling In Love (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster) 3:36
7 Tequila Mockingbird (Larry Dunn, Roxanne Seeman) 4:03
8 Don’t Say It (If You Don’t Mean It) (Bobby Lyle) 4:13
9 Is This What Feelings Gets? (From The Motion Pictures “The Wiz”) (Nick Ashford, Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson) 3:56
Biography
Musicians
1 Bad For Me
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Piano | George Duke |
| Sax | Don Menza |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | Sheila E |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Background Vocals | Napolean Brock |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
2 Back Of Your Mind
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Piano | Bobby Lyle |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Napolean Brock |
| Percussion | Sheila E |
| Background Vocals | George Duke |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Background Vocals | Napolean Brock |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
3 For The Girls
| Bass | Robert Powell |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Piano | George Duke |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Napolean Brock |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
4 Love Won’t Let Me Go
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Fender Rhodes | Larry Dunn |
| Sax | Fred Jackson |
| Sax | George Bohanon |
| Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
| Trombone | Maurice Spears |
| Trumpet | Bobbie Bryant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Rahm Lee Davis |
| Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
5 Streetsinger
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Piano | Bobby Lyle |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | Sheila E |
| Background Vocals | Becky Lopez |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Dennis |
| Background Vocals | Petsye Powell |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
6 It’s The Falling In Love
| Bass | Alphonso Johnson |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Piano | Greg Phillinganes |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | Sheila E |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
7 Tequila Mockingbird
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Fender Rhodes | Larry Dunn |
| Moog | Larry Dunn |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Trombone | Maurice Spears |
| Trumpet | Bobbie Bryant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Rahm Lee Davis |
| Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
8 Don’t Say It (If You Don’t Mean It)
| Bass | Robert Powell |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Clavinet | Bobby Lyle |
| Piano | Bobby Lyle |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | Sheila E |
| Background Vocals | Josie James |
| Background Vocals | Lynn Davis |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
9 Is This What Feelings Gets?
| Bass | Alphonso Johnson |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Fender Rhodes | George Duke |
| Synthesizer | George Duke |
| Flugelhorn | Jerry Hey |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Vocals | Dee Dee Bridgewater |
Other Musicians
Strings – Carole Mukogawa, Douglas Davis, Frederick Seykora, Gayle Levant, George Del Barrio, James Getzoff, Janet Lakatos, Jay Rosen, Joy Lyle, Judy Perett, Marvin Limonick, Murray Adler, Pamela Goldsmith, Robert Konrad, Robert L. Adcock, William Kurasch (Tracks 4, 7)
Liner Notes
Producer – George Duke
Arranged By – George Duke (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9)
Arranged By (Horns) – Eduardo Del Barrio, Larry Dunn (Tracks 4, 7)
Arranged By (Horns) – Bobby Lyle, George Duke (Track 8)
Arranged By (Strings) – George Del Barrio (Tracks 4, 7)
Arranged By (Vocals) – George Duke, Larry Dunn (Track 4)
Concertmaster – Murray Adler (Track 9)
Conductor (Horns) – Eduardo Del Barrio (Tracks 4, 7)
Conductor (Strings) – George Del Barrio (Tracks 4, 7)
Engineer – Kerry McNabb
Engineer (Assistant) – Dave Rideon
Orchestrated By – George Duke (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9)
Design – Mental Block
Recorded At Westlake Studios
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