Backbone (Boney James album)

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Backbone
Studio album by
Released1994 (1994)
StudioAlpha Studios (Burbank, CA)
GenreSmooth jazz
Length42:25
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerPaul Brown; tracks 2 and 3 co-produced by Jeff Carruthers
Boney James chronology
Trust
(1992)
Backbone
(1994)
Seduction
(1995)
Singles from Backbone
  1. "Happy Home"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Backbone is the second album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1994. Backbone the album is James's first release with Warner Bros. Records.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Backbone"James Oppenheim, Paul Brown, L. Carl Burnett4:25
2."Bleecker Street"Oppenheim, Brown, Jeff Carruthers, Sheppard Solomon4:21
3."Just Between Us"Oppenheim, Brown, Carruthers, Vincent Berry4:47
4."Trinidad"Oppenheim, Brown, Roberto Vally4:43
5."Blue"Kiki Ebsen2:39
6."Love You All My Lifetime"Klarmann/Weber5:00
7."Happy Home"Valerie Davis, Steve Harvey, Karyn White5:58
8."One Autumn Night"Oppenheim, Darrell Smith5:00
9."The Night I Fell in Love"Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller5:32
Total length:42:25

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

  • Boney James – all other instruments except where noted, tenor saxophone (1-6, 8, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 7), Yamaha WX7 (2, 9), keyboards (4, 7), clavinet (6)
  • David Torkanowsky – acoustic piano (1, 3), keyboards (4, 7)
  • Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (2, 6)
  • Kiki Ebsen – keyboards (5)
  • Darrell Smith – keyboards (8)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 3, 8)
  • Allen Hinds – guitars (6)
  • Doc Powell – guitars (7, 9)
  • Peter White – acoustic guitar (8)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (2, 8)
  • Roberto Vally – bass (4)
  • Dwayne "Smitty" Smith – bass (7)
  • Lenny Castro – percussion (1-4, 8, 9)
  • Sam RIney – alto flute (4)
  • Bridgette Bryant – vocals (7)
  • Alex Brown – vocals (8)
  • Gene Van Buren – vocals (8)

Arrangements

  • Boney James (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
  • Paul Brown (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
  • Carl Burnett (1)
  • Jeff Carruthers (2, 3, 6, 9)
  • Darrell Smith (8)

Production[edit]

  • Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
  • Jeff Carruthers – co-producer (2, 3)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Christine Caro – art direction, design
  • Andrea Marouk – photography
  • Tracy Lamonica – portrait artwork
  • Howard Lowell – management

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