Jazz
Andrew Gouche - Bass
Darryl Ross - Bass, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Everette Harp - Saxophone
Gerald Spikes - Saxophone
Johnny Britt - Horn, Trumpet
Julian Dixon - Vocals
Karen Briggs - Violin
Kathleen Dyson - Guitar
Mark Cargill - Violin
Mike Phillips - Saxophone, Vocoder
Patrice Rushen - Fender Rhodes, Piano, Vibraphone
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Richard G. Johnson - Vocals
Richard Turner, Jr. - Arranger, Piano
Steve Baxter - Horn
Tony Joseph - Concept, Executive Producer, Horn Arrangements, Mixing, String Arrangements, Vocals
* Steve McKeever - Executive Producer
* Thornell Jones - Art Direction
* William Lucas - Mixing Engineer
Unlike conventional various-artists albums, Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped, Vol. 1 does not feature tracks by a series of recognized performers. Rather, each track is performed by a group of musicians assembled for the purpose by the producers, who are the auteurs here. They are Tony Joseph and Darryl Ross. Joseph gets credit for the album's concept, which is to take rap songs and play them in a smooth jazz style. In such a context, Lil' Kim's "Crush on You" sounds a lot more like smooth jazzman Jeff Lorber's "Rain Dance," which was sampled in it, while Eminem's "Stan," minus Eminem himself, reverts to being Dido's "Thank You."
---William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
