Performers include: Walter Beasley, Kim Waters, Chuck Loeb, Fattburger, Special EFX, Streetwize.
This is part of Shanachie's Smooth Jazz series.
Personnel: Angela Bofill, Carmen Cuesta (vocals); Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboards); Jeff Lockhart, Craig T. Cooper, Evan Marks, Wayne Bruce, Bernd Schoenhart (guitar); Rohn Lawrence (electric guitar); David Mann (flute, saxophone, alto saxophone, keyboards, drum programming, percussion programming); Ragan Whiteside (flute); Kim Waters, Walter Beasley (saxophone, keyboards, drum programming); Marion Meadows (saxophone); Gerald Spikes (soprano saxophone); Barry Danielian (trumpet, flugelhorn); Rahmlee Michael Davis (trumpet); Kevin Toney (piano, synthesizer, drum programming); Rex Rideout (keyboards, programming); Andrew Sherman, Carl Evans, Jr. (keyboards); Kevin Koch (drums, drum programming); Mark Hunter, Bernard Davis (drums); Daniel Sadownick, Tom Aros (percussion); Charles Edward Smith (background vocals).
Photographer: Anthony Barboza.
Arrangers: Angela Bofill; Rex Rideout.
Smooth Jazz: Brown Sugar is a budget-priced sampler spotlighting previously released material by artists on the Shanachie label. Among the ten tracks are saxophonist Kim Waters ("Heaven Sent"), vocalist Angela Bofill ("Love in Slow Motion"), and the pop/jazz groups Fattburger ("What's New") and Streetwize ("Brown Sugar"). ~ Al Campbell
