Sweet Thing (album)

Sweet Thing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1997. "I Still Dream" features Al Jarreau.

Track listing

Personnel

• Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)
• Dan Shea – keyboards (1)
• David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)
• Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)
• Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
• Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)
• John Stoddart – keyboards (8)
• Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)
• Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)
• Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)
• Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)
• Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)
• Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6–9), additional programming (5)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)
• Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)
• Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)
• Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)
• Dee Harvey – vocals (5)
• Al Jarreau – vocals (8)
• Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)

Arrangements

• Paul Brown (1, 2, 4–9)
• Carl Burnett (2)
• Boney James (2, 4–9)
• Alex Al (3)
• Jeff Carruthers (4)
• Tony Maiden (5)
• Darrell Smith (5, 7)

Production

• Boney James – producer
• Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
• Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)
• Dan Shea – additional engineer
• Erik Zobler – additional engineer
• Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant
• Cappy Japngie – recording assistant
• Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Matt Pakucko – mix assistant
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
• Larry Vigon – art direction, design
• Brian Jackson – design
• James Minchin III – photography
• Howard Lowell – management

References