Soul on Jazz

Soul on Jazz
Studio album by Philip Bailey
Released	April 23, 2002
Genre	Jazz
Label	Heads Up International Records
Producer	Philip Bailey, Bob Belden, Bob Beldon, Scott Kinsey, Dave Love, Myron McKinley
Philip Bailey chronology
Dreams (1999) Soul on Jazz (2002)

Professional ratings

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Allmusic
Jazz Times	(favourable)
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All About Jazz	(favourable)
Associated Press	(favourable)

Soul on Jazz is an album by Philip Bailey which was released in April 2002 on Heads Up International Records. The album rose to No. 45 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

On the album, Bailey covered Thelonious Monk's "Ruby, My Dear", Earth, Wind & Fire's "Keep Your Head to the Sky", Joe Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", Chick Corea's Sometime Ago, Les McCann's "Compared to What" and Herbie Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Indiscretions"	Sir Bailey, Joe Zawinul	4:25
2.	"Dear Ruby (Ruby, My Dear)"	Thelonious Monk, Sally Swisher	4:42
3.	"Compared to What"	Gene McDaniels	4:59
4.	"Nature Boy"	Eden, Ahbez	4:57
5.	"Bop-Skip-Doodle"	Sir Bailey, Wayne "Dj Smash" Cobbs	4:24
6.	"Unrestrained"	Sir Bailey, Myron McKinley	3:48
7.	"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"	Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Larry Williams, Joe Zawinul	4:51
8.	"Keep Your Head to the Sky"	Maurice White	4:56
9.	"Sometime Ago"	Chick Corea, Neville Potter	3:47
10.	"Tell Me a Bedtime Story"	Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock	5:14
11.	"On the Red Clay"	Freddie Hubbard, Mark Murphy	5:01

Personnel

Musicians

• Philip Bailey – lead vocals, handclaps (1), timbales (3), arrangements (5, 6, 8), backing vocals (6)
• Scott Kinsey – keyboards (1, 4, 5, 9, 11), handclaps (1), arrangements (1, 5, 9, 11), orchestration (4), programming (5, 11), acoustic piano (9), electric piano (10)
• Myron McKinley – acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 6, 7), keyboards (2, 3, 6, 7, 8), melodica (2, 6), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
• DJ Smash – programming (5)
• Mike Campbell – guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 9, 11) Not the same Mike Campbell that played with Tom Petty.
• Alan Burroughs – acoustic guitar (2)
• John Hart – lead guitar (9, 11), guitar (10)
• David Dyson – bass guitar (2, 3, 6, 7)
• Ira Coleman – acoustic bass (4, 5, 8-11)
• Billy Kilson – drums
• Don Alias – congas (1-4, 8, 9, 10), percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10), handclaps (1)
• Dave Love – handclaps (1)
• Daniel de los Reyes – congas (7)
• Bob Belden – soprano saxophone (1), handclaps (1), arrangements (4, 10)
• Lou Marini – alto saxophone (3, 7)
• Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (3)
• Scott Wendholt – trumpet (1, 4)
• Billy Baker – backing vocals (1, 5)
• Charmaine Cousins – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-8, 11)
• David Whitworth – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 6, 11), BGV arrangements (3, 7, 8)
• Don Corey Washington – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 8, 11)
• Robert Brookins – backing vocals (6)

Production

• Producers – Philip Bailey (all tracks); Bob Belden and Scott Kinsey (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 10 & 11); Myron McKinley (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 & 8).
• Executive Producer – Dave Love
• Engineered and Mixed by Robert Friedrich
• Assistant Engineers – Mark Fraunfelder and Tim Stritmater
• Recorded at Bennett Studios (Englewood, NJ).
• BGV’s recorded by David Kowlaski
• Technical Engineer – Andy Ackland
• Mix Assistant – Tim Lauber
• Mixed at O’Henry Studios (Burbank, CA).
• Mastered by Louis F. Hemsey
• Design – Robert Hoffman
• Cover Photo – Peter Figen
• Inner Sleeve Photos – Andrew Lepley