PHIL UPCHURCH & THE PHIL-HARMONIC ORCHESTRA "RHAPSODY & BLUES"

FUSION / SOUL GUITAR FUSION 1998

PHIL UPCHURCH
&THE PHIL-HARMONIC ORCHESTRA: RHAPSODY & BLUES
GO JAZZ CLUBLAND, Go 6035-2(CD)
(P)(C)1999 GO JAZZ INC., USA
RECORDED: JULY 18, 1998
RELEASED: 1999, USA

CREDITS (productions) :

Produced by Ben Sidran and Larry Ball
Orchestrated and conducted by Larry Ball
Concert produced by Phil Upchurch

Recorded live at Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, July 18, 1998
Engineered by Bill Smith; Assistant Engineer: Orlando Rashid

Mixed by Steve Wiese at Creation Audio
Post production by Dan Geocaris at Concept Productions

Inside photos by John Davis; Cover photo by Bob Wirtz
Design by M4-Media, Muenster

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Charles Stepney, Eddie Harris and Donny Hathaway
This project made possible in part by a grant & prize from The Rhythm & Blues Foundation.

CREDITS (musicians) :

guitar	:	Phil Upchurch
rhythm section	:	Tony Lewis (drums) Ernest Tibbs (bass) Mike Smith (percussion) Herman Jackson, Chris Ho (keyboards)
horn Section	:	Dave Boruff, Tom Savino, Dave Woodford (saxophone) Rhamlee Davis, Steve Madaio (trumpet) Bruce Otto (trombone) Stephanie Mijanovich (french horn)
strings section	:	Yvette Devereaux (concertmaster) Yvette Devereaux, Calabria McChesney, Jacqueline Suzuki, Marianne Henry-Van Akstyne (violin) Giovanna Moraga (cello) Cynthia Morrow, Marcy Dicterow-Vaj (viola)
vocals	:	Kyna Austin, Windy Barnes, Howard & Darius McCrary

TRACKS (total time 57:36) :

1.	Introducing (:37)
2.	516 (6:23) [Phil Upchurch]
3.	Whatever Happened To The Blues (7:17) [Phil Upchurch]
4.	Black Gold (7:14) [Charles Stepney]
5.	12/25 (5:27) [Phil Upchurch]
6.	Amber (6:15) [Phil Upchurch]
7.	Name Of The Game (6:46) [Phil Upchurch]
8.	6 To 4 (8:22) [Phil Upchurch]
9.	Everything Is Everything (9:09) [Phil Upchurch, Ric Powell, Richard Evans]

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