1985 Teruo Nakamura – Super Friends

Super Friends is an album by Japanese jazz bassist and record producer Teruo Nakamura. It was released in 1985 on Eastworld records.

Tracks

1 When You’re Near (Mark Gray; Paula Bing)  04:10
2 Toe To Toe (Randy Brecker)  05:19
3 La Chat (I Am A Cat) (Mark Gray)  04:04
4 Country Weather (Barry Finnerty)  04:25
5 Hip Pocket (Barry Finnerty)  04:29
6 Bam! (Bob Mintzer)  03:49
7 Night Cap (Barry Finnerty)  03:55
8 She Talks To Me (Mark Gray)  04:28

Musicians

1 When You’re Near

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboards Mark Gray
Congas Chuggy Carter
Percussion Chuggy Carter
Sax (Tenor) Gary Herbig
Vocals Lani Groves


2 Toe To Toe

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Synthesizer Mark Gray
Sax (Soprano) Gary Herbig
Sax (Tenor) Michael Brecker
Steinerphone Michael Brecker
Trumpet Randy Brecker
Percussion Manolo Badrena


3 La Chat (I Am A Cat)

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboards Mark Gray
Sax (Tenor) Michael Brecker
Trumpet Randy Brecker
Congas Chuggy Carter


4 Country Weather

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboards Mark Gray
Harmonica Toots Thielemans
Sax (Soprano) Gary Herbig
Percussion Manolo Badrena


5 Hip Pocket

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Larry Carlton
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboard Mark Gray
Synthesizer Jorge Dalto
Backing Vocals Barry Finnerty
Backing Vocals Gren Croom
Backing Vocals Lani Groves


6 Bam!

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Drum Machine Teruo Nakamura
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboards Mark Gray
Clarinet (Bass) Bob Mintzer
Cymbal Keiji Kishida


7 Night Cap

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Steve Gadd
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Keyboard Mark Gray
Synthesizer Jorge Dalto
Percussion Manolo Badrena


8 She Talks To Me

Bass Teruo Nakamura
Drum Machine Warren Benbow
Guitar Barry Finnerty
Guitar William Patterson
Keyboards Mark Gray
Sax (Tenor) Bob Mintzer
Percussion Manolo Badrena

Liner Notes

Producer – Teruo Nakamura
Co-Producer – Mark Gray, Yoichiro Kikushi
Producers (executive) – Hideo Yoshida, Nobuo Ohtani
Engineer – Rick Kerr
Engineer (Assistant) – Kouei Nakagawa, Loui Matsuoka, Tameo Kawada, Yoshihisa Watanabe, Wolf Mochizuki, Tom Durrack, Hal Sacks
Mixed By – Rick Kerr
Mastered By – Shogo Takeuchi

Art Direction – Shigo Yamaguchi
Photography – Kenji Takigami, Teruo Nakamura

Mastered At Toshiba EMI master room
Mixed At Toshiba Studio, Tokyo
Recorded At Clinton Studio
Recorded At Intergratic Studio
Recorded At Harrison St Studio
Recorded At Big Apple Studio, NY
Recorded At Studio 335, LA
Recorded At Toshiba Studio, Tokyo
Phonographic Copyright Eastworld Records
Copyright Eastworld Records