1979 Michel Colombier – Michel Colombier

The selftitled album by Michel Colombier was released in 1979.

Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 – November 14, 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.

He wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. With composer Pierre Henry he wrote music for Messe pour le temps présent, a piece created by choreographer Maurice Béjart in 1967. He released an album on A&M Records, “Wings”, in 1972, which included a collaboration with Lani Hall on lead vocal, his song “We Could Be Flying, with lyrics by Paul Williams. Recorded in Paris, with Colombier on piano, it was also included on the album “Sun Down Lady”, Lani Halls’ first solo album after her years as lead singer for Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, released in 1972 on A&M Records.

Tracks

1  Sunday (Michel Colombier) 4:19
2  Take Me Down (Michel Colombier; Lois Walden) 3:56
3  Dreamland (Michel Colombier) 4:17
4  Queens Road (Michel Colombier) 3:33
5  Overture (Michel Colombier) 3:20
6  Bird Song (Michel Colombier) 3:29
7  Layas (Michel Colombier) 5:50
8  Do It (Michel Colombier) 3:24
9  Spring (Michel Colombier) 4:41
10  The Dancing Bull (Michel Colombier) 4:54
11  Autumn Land (Michel Colombier) 2:00

Musicians

1 Sunday

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Peter Erskine
Guitar Lee Ritenour
Mini Moog Herbie Hancock
Piano Michel Colombier
Synthesizer Michael Boddicker
Programming Michael Boddicker


2 Take Me Down

Bass Jerry Knight
Drums Peter Erskine
Guitar Lee Ritenour
Mini Moog Herbie Hancock
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Piano Michel Colombier
Sax Michael Brecker


3 Dreamland

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Piano Michel Colombier
Synthesizer Michael Boddicker
Percussion Airto Moreira


4 Queens Road

Bass Jerry Knight
Drums Peter Erskine
Guitar Lee Ritenour
Clavinet Michel Colombier
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Piano Michel Colombier
Programming Michael Boddicker


5 Overture

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Piano Michel Colombier
Synthesizer Michel Colombier
Percussion Airto Moreira


6 Bird Song

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Steve Gadd
Acoustic Guitar Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Sax Michael Brecker


7 Layas

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Fender Rhodes Herbie Hancock
Sax Michael Brecker
Percussion Airto Moreira


8 Do It

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Bass Jerry Knight
Drums Peter Erskine
Guitar Larry Carlton
Guitar Ray Parker Jr
Clavinet Michel Colombier
Clavinet Herbie Hancock
Synthesizer Michel Colombier


9 Spring

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Guitar Larry Carlton
Clavinet Michel Colombier
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Synthesizer Michel Colombier

 

10 The Dancing Bull

Bass Jaco Pastorius
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Guitar Ray Parker Jr
Clavinet Herbie Hancock
Fender Rhodes Michel Colombier
Synthesizer Michel Colombier
Lyricon Tom Scott


11 Autumn Land

Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra

Liner Notes

Producer – Denny Diante
Arranged By – Michel Colombier
Conductor – Michel Colombier
Engineer – Ron Malo

Artwork – Cindy Marsh

Distributed By – Wagram Music
Licensed Through – EMI France
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.