Keep It Right There (album)

Keep It Right There
Studio album by
Released1992
GenreSmooth jazz
Length53:49
LabelNovus[1]
Producer
Marion Meadows chronology
For Lovers Only
(1990)
Keep It Right There
(1992)
Forbidden Fruit
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Keep It Right There is an album by the American musician Marion Meadows, released in 1992.[3][4] The album peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[5] Meadows supported the album with a tour.[6]

"Come Back to Me" is a cover of the Janet Jackson song.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Wishing" (Bob Baldwin, Fred Vigdor) – 5:13
  2. "In Effect" (Eliot Lewis, Marion Meadows) – 3:49
  3. "Love Was Never" (Lewis) – 5:04
  4. "Morocco" (Lewis, Meadows) – 4:57
  5. "Come Back to Me" – 5:35
  6. "Color of Love" (Lewis) – 5:03
  7. "Keep It Right There" (Lewis, Porter Carroll) – 5:02
  8. "Oh Yes" (Cool J. Watt, Lewis, Meadows) – 4:47
  9. "Heaven" (Lewis) – 1:17
  10. "Good Lovin'" (Lewis, Meadows) – 5:14
  11. "When Will I Know" (Meadows, Morris Pleasure) – 5:31
  12. "Passion" (Meadows, Joey Melotti) – 7:14

Personnel

  • Marion Meadows – soprano saxophone (1–8, 11, 12), tenor saxophone (2, 10)
  • Bob Baldwin – keyboards (1, 5), drums (1), percussion (1, 5), bass (5), drum programming (5)
  • Eliot Lewis – keyboards (2–4, 6–10), guitars (2, 8), synth bass (2), drums (2–4, 6–10), percussion (2–4, 6–10), backing vocals (3), bass (4)
  • Morris Pleasure – keyboards (11), synth solo (11), synth bass (11, 12), electric bass (11), drums (11)
  • Jay Rowe – keyboards (12), acoustic piano solo (12)
  • Werner "Vana" Gierig – "passionate" synthesizer (12)
  • Keith Robinson – acoustic guitar (5)
  • Brian Keane – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
  • Norman Brown – guitar solo (11)
  • Jeff Pevar – guitars (12)
  • Kevin Jenkins – bass (2)
  • Paul Mills – drums (12)
  • Steve Scales – percussion (12)
  • Guy Pigott – flute (4)
  • Al Shikaly – flute (5)
  • Billy Barber – backing vocals (1)
  • Asha Puthli – backing vocals (1, 5, 6), vocals (10)
  • Angela Bofill – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
  • Gene Rice – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
  • Sharon Bryant – backing vocals (3, 7)
  • Porter Carroll – backing vocals (3, 7), lead vocals (7)
  • Will Downing – backing vocals (5)
  • Janice Dempsey – backing vocals (6)
  • Cool J. Watt – rap (8)
  • Denise Stewart – vocals (11)

Production

  • Steve Backer – series director
  • Marion Meadows – producer (1, 5, 11), co-producer (2–4, 6–10, 12)
  • Bob Baldwin – producer (1, 5), arrangements (1, 5)
  • Eliot Lewis – producer (2–4, 6–10, 12), arrangements (2, 4, 6–8, 10), remixing (3)
  • Norman Connors – producer (11), arrangements (11)
  • Darroll Gustamachio – recording (1, 5), mixing (1, 5), remixing (3)
  • Gary Joost – recording (3), mixing (3, 11)
  • Nick Els – recording (11)
  • Jonathan Biebesheimer – assistant engineer (1, 5)
  • Richard Huredia – assistant engineer (3, 11)
  • Mike Simpson – assistant engineer (3, 11)
  • Ron Bach – mastering
  • Jackie Murphy – art direction
  • Brad Guice – photography
  • Georgina Quina – hair
  • Barbara Camp – make-up

References

  1. ^ Norment, Lynn (July 1992). "Sounding Off". Ebony. Vol. 47, no. 9. p. 18.
  2. ^ Keep It Right There at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. ^ Joyce, Mike (April 23, 1992). "Marion Meadows". The Washington Post. p. D6.
  4. ^ "Blues is big with Memo Gonzales". San Antonio Express-News. November 26, 1992. p. F10.
  5. ^ "Jazz Albums". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. Billboard-Soundscan Inc. May 22, 1992. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Marion Meadows Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Fry, Darrell (May 15, 1992). "A sax secret breaks out". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 20.