Wonderin' is a tribute album featuring jazz-funk cover versions of Stevie Wonder songs. It was recorded by the ad hoc band Rollercoaster made up of leading UK session and jazz musicians from British jazz-rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s such as Soft Machine,[1] Blue Mink and Nucleus.
| Wonderin' | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Rollercoaster | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Recorded | 1979–1980 |
| Studio | Pye Studios, London |
| Genre | Jazz-funk |
| Label | Ronnie Scott's Record Productions, Pye |
| Producer | Karl Jenkins, Mike Ratledge |
It was released on Ronnie Scott's record label. Many of the Rollercoaster musicians later recorded the Soft Machine album, Land of Cockayne, and made up Soft Machine's live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984.
Track listing
edit- "I Wish"
- "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
- "Higher Ground"
- "Superstition"
- "Mr. W." (Karl Jenkins)[2]
- "Living for the City"
Personnel
edit- Ron Mathewson – bass
- Barry Morgan – drums
- Alan Parker – guitar
- Karl Jenkins – keyboards
- Mike Ratledge – keyboards
- Mike Pyne – piano
- Dick Morrissey – saxophone
- Ray Warleigh – saxophone
- Chris Pyne – trombone
- Derek Watkins – trumpet
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bennett, Graham Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous SAF Publishing Ltd, 2005 ISBN 0-946719-84-5 ISBN 978-0-946719-84-6 at Google Books
- ^ credited to Mike Ratledge and Karl Jenkins on Calibre pressing