''Gula Matari'' is a 1970 studio album by

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

Track listing

# " Bridge Over Troubled Water" ( Paul Simon) – 5:09 # "Gula Matari" (

) – 13:02 # "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 8:02 # "Hummin'" (

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

) – 8:08

Personnel

Pepper Adams Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a si ...

- baritone saxophone * Danny Bank - bass and baritone saxophones *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhyth ...

- flute solos *

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with Ch ...

- soprano saxophone solos * Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore,

Ernie Royal Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big ...

, Marvin Stamm, Gene Young - trumpet/flugelhorn * Wayne Andre - trombone * Al Grey - trombone solos * Toots Thielemans - guitar and whistle solo *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...

, Bob James, Bobby Scott - keyboards * Grady Tate - drums *

Don Elliott Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career. Career Elliott played ...

- bass marimba on "Gula Matari" *Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith - percussion * Ray Brown - bass *

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded n ...

- bass on "Gula Matari" * Richard Davis - bass on "Gula Matari" * Major Holley - bass and voice solo * Milt Jackson - vibes *Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello * Valerie Simpson, Marilyn Jackson, Maretha Stewart, Barbara Massey, Hilda Harris - vocals

Performance

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestra ...

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas * Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...

* Pete Turner - photography

References

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