Robert Kraft is an award winning American songwriter, film composer, recording artist and record producer. As President of Fox Music from 1994 to 2012, Kraft supervised the music for more than 300 Fox feature films, as well as dozens of TV shows
Kraft has worked extensively in the recording industry, producing or co-producing such artists as Linda Ronstadt, Dr. John, Bette Midler, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Johnny Mathis, Bruce Willis, Jimmy Buffett, Don Henley, George Benson, Ozzy Osbourne, Southside Johnny, Albert Collins, Vonda Shepard, and Melissa Manchester. His songs have been recorded by The Manhattan Transfer, Bette Midler, Roberta Flack, Los Lobos, Diane Schuur, Bruce Willis, Joy Enriquez, Dr. John, and Kermit the Frog. As a solo artist and with his band, Robert Kraft and The Ivory Coast, he has released four albums on RCA, RSO, and Sonic Edge Records. In October 2013, Milan Records released “Consensual Sets”, a compilation of Kraft’s greatest hits from 1979-1989. In November 2013, VIVID SOUNDS released a boxed set of Kraft’s five original CDs, including “Robert Kraft Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Town Hall NYC, 1980.”
Tracks
1 Single, Solo (Robert Kraft, Phil Galdston) 3:24
2 Just Another Notch On The Bedpost (Robert Kraft) 3:20
3 Out With My Ex (Robert Kraft, Billy Mernit) 4:12
4 You’re Blue Too (Robert Kraft, Janis Siegel) 3:27
5 I Wonder What You’re Like (Robert Kraft, Larry Carlton, Carol Hall) 3:37
6 Heartless (Robert Kraft) 3:30
7 What Price Glory? (Robert Kraft, Andy Goldmark) 3:12
8 Teach Me How To Kiss You (Robert Kraft) 3:24
9 Can We Be In Love Again? (Robert Kraft) 3:41
10 On The West Side (Robert Kraft, Jacob Brackman) 4:10
11 Let’s Hold Each Other Once More (Robert Kraft) 3:26
Musicians
1 Single, Solo
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Clavinet | Don Freeman |
Piano | Robert Kraft |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Synthesizer | Brian Mann |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
2 Just Another Notch On The Bedpost
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Michael Omartian |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
3 Out With My Ex
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Rick Marotta |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Terry Trotter |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
4 You’re Blue Too
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Robert Kraft |
Percussion | Larry Carlton |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
5 I Wonder What You’re Like
Bass | Larry Carlton |
Drums | Alex Acuna |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Michael Omartian |
Flugelhorn | Jerry Hey |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
6 Heartless
Bass | Larry Carlton |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Synthesizer | Larry Carlton |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
7 What Price Glory?
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Piano | Michael Omartian |
Synthesizer | Larry Carlton |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
8 Teach Me How To Kiss You
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Rick Marotta |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Michael Omartian |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
9 Can We Be In Love Again?
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Rick Marotta |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Michael Omartian |
Synthesizer | Brian Mann |
Flugelhorn | Jerry Hey |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
10 On The West Side
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Robert Kraft |
Synthesizer | Larry Carlton |
Violin | Ross Levinson |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
11 Let’s Hold Each Other Once More
Bass | Abe Laboriel |
Drums | Rick Marotta |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Fender Rhodes | Terry Trotter |
Piano | Robert Kraft |
Percussion | Larry Carlton |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Other Musicians
Flugel | Jerry Hey |
Flugel | Bill Reichenbach |
Flute | Larry Williams |
Flute | Kim Hutchcroft |
Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Sax | Kim Hutchcroft |
Liner Notes
Producer – Larry Carlton
Producer (Production Assistant) – Beth Pearl
Arranged By (Horn Section) – Jerry Hey
Coordinator (Project) – Charlie Lico
Engineer – Elliot Scheiner
Engineer (Assistant) – Jim Hodson
Engineer (Vocal Ping-pongs) – John Guess
Mastered By – Mike Reese
Recorded By (Additional) – Larry Carlton
Art Direction – Mike Doud
Art Direction (Creative Direction) – Ron Kellum, Tony King
Design (Inner Sleeve) – Jan Masters
Photography (Back Cover) – Brian Hagiwara
Photography (Front Cover) – Jules Bates
Photography (Inner Sleeve) – Gary Brennan
Recorded entirely on location at Room 335, Hollywood, CA, April – July 1982