James Newton Howard & Friends

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

James Newton Howard & Friends · This album came about after a demonstration of the new Yamaha DX7 at the NAMM show in Anaheim in January 1983. Bill Schnee and Doug Sax of Sheffield Lab heard James Newton Howard, David Paich and Steve Porcaro play there and wanted to capture the music on record straight away. Recording was long neglected because of busy schedules. Only on 16 December, shortly before the deadline, did Sheffield get a single weekend.

The album contains almost exclusively electronic sounds. Only the drums of Jeff Porcaro, the percussion of his father Joe Porcaro and a grand piano played by Paich are acoustic. The rest comes from nine layers of Yamaha synthesizers, played live, mixed and recorded on two tracks.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Caesar3:26Apple Music ↗
2. 1Caesar3:26Apple Music ↗
3. 2Gone Buttlefishin'4:14Apple Music ↗
4. 2Gone Buttlefishin'4:14Apple Music ↗
5. 3She2:33Apple Music ↗
6. 3She2:33Apple Music ↗
7. 4L'Daddy3:02Apple Music ↗
8. 4L'Daddy3:02Apple Music ↗
9. 5Tandoori1:12Apple Music ↗
10. 5Tandoori1:12Apple Music ↗
11. 6Borealis0:42Apple Music ↗
12. 6Borealis0:42Apple Music ↗
13. 7E Minor Shuffle3:17Apple Music ↗
14. 7E Minor Shuffle3:17Apple Music ↗
15. 8Slippin' Away II2:55Apple Music ↗
16. 8Slippin' Away II2:55Apple Music ↗
17. 9Amuseum4:58Apple Music ↗
18. 9Amuseum4:58Apple Music ↗

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