Trav'lin' Light http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Music/Travlin-Light-Queen-Latifah/0602517365049

Artist: Queen Latifah

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• Personnel: Michael Landau, Oscar Castro-Neves, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Anthony Wilson , John Goux (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Irina Voloshina, Songa Lee, Anatoly Rosinsky, Katia Popov, Robin Olson, Alan Grunfeld, Phillip Levy , Becky Bunnell, Sid Page, Jacqueline Brand, Yvette Devereaux, Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Peter Kent, Natalie Leggett, Sara Parkins, Sarah Thornblade, Josefina Vergara, Ronald Clark, Mark Cargill, Charlie Bisharat, Mario Diaz de Leon (violin); Shawn Mann, Victoria Miskolczy, Matthew Funes, Jim Ross , Brian Dembow, Evan Wilson, Darrin McCann, Andrew Duckles (viola); Dan Tobin Smith, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Stephen Erdody, Cecilia Tsan, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Dan Higgins (alto flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Joel Peskin (alto flute, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Gary Bias (alto flute, tenor saxophone); Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans (harmonica); Lee Callet (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Jeff Clayton , Keith Fiddmont (alto saxophone); Charlie Owens (tenor saxophone); Gary Grant, Larry Hall , Wayne Bergeron (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gilbert Castellanos, James Ford , Rick Baptist, Ron King (trumpet); Reggie C. Young , George Bohanon, Andy Martin, Alexander Iles (trombone); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (bass trombone, tuba); Maurice Spears (bass trombone); George Duke (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Joe Sample (piano); Greg Mathieson (organ, keyboards); Jim Cox, Alan Pasqua (keyboards); Jeff Hamilton , Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Luis Conte, Kevin Ricard (percussion); Fred White , Lamont VanHook, Niki Haris, Valerie Pinkston (background vocals).
  
• Audio Mixers: "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos; Jack Joseph Puig; Al Schmitt; Peter Mokran; Tommy Vicari.
  
• Photographers: St‚phane Sednaoui; Michael Thompson .
  
• Arrangers: Jerry Hey; John Clayton.
  
• There has been a long line of MCs to try their hand at singing their own hooks (Nas, Ghostface, Ol' Dirty, 50 Cent, etc.) but none of them (with the exception of maybe Missy Elliott) have taken their voice seriously--it's always been a tongue-in-cheek thing. Latifah was the first rapper to do it well. After NATURE OF A SISTA, the Queen had critics taken aback upon hearing her vocals on tracks such as "Give Me Your Love" and "Just Another Day?"--who can forget that cut's seamless transition from sweet harmonizing to rugged street flow?
  
• On TRAV'LIN' LIGHT, the follow-up to THE DANA OWENS ALBUM, Latifah expands her vocal repertoire, covering a variety of jazz standards, soul classics, and guilty pop pleasures made famous by the likes of Nina Simone, the Pointer Sisters, Etta James, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and 10cc. TRAV'LIN' LIGHT features guest work from Christian McBride, George Duke, Joe Sample, and Stevie Wonder, who offers up his trademark harmonica on "Georgia Rose."