B. Baker Chocolate Co. - B. Baker Chocolate Co. (1979)

B. Baker Chocolate Co. were an American jazz-funk supergroup that released a self-titled album on the Lester Radio Corporation label in 1979.

Main arranger Brad Baker conceived this project in 1979 featuring performers include Jimmy Ponder on guitar, Lonnie Smith and Jimmy McGriff on organs, Eddie Daniels and George Young on saxophones and Sherry Winston on flute.

It contains the jazz-funk monster 'Snow Blower', and the rest of the album kind of flounders around between soul ballad and smooth keyboard jazz, but mostly dance floor influenced late '70 blandness. 

Track listing

A1. Snow Blower - 6:45

       Written-By – Baker, Quinn

A2. Carousel - 5:35

       Arranged By – Del Gatto

       Written-By – Baker, Quinn

A3. Dreamer - 4:57

       Arranged By – Christianson, Lonnie Smith

       Organ – Jimmy McGriff

       Vocals – Gene Scott

       Written-By – Lonnie Smith

B1. Spirit Level - 6:14

       Written-By – Baker, Quinn

B2. Higher And Higher / The High And The Mighty - 5:35

       Alto Saxophone – Eddie Daniels

       Written-By – Smith, Jackson, Miner

B3. It's Where You're Coming From - 5:14

       Organ – Jimmy McGriff

       Vocals – Lew Kirton

       Written-By – Baker, Oriolo, Friedman

Solo Vocal Performances :

Gene Scott on "Dreamer"

Lew Kirton on "It's Where You're Coming From"

Vocalists : Jocelyn Brown, Lonnie Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – T.K. Productions, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – T.K. Productions, Inc.
• Copyright © – T.K. Productions, Inc.
• Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – George Young
• Arranged By – Christianson (tracks: A3), Brad Baker, Lance Quinn, Del Gatto (tracks: A2), Lonnie Smith (tracks: A3)
• Art Direction, Design – Kiyoshi Kanai
• Backing Vocals – Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Jocelyn Brown, Lonnie Groves
• Bass – Bob Babbitt, Neil Jason, Will Lee
• Drums – Alan Schwartzberg, Jimmy Young, Richard Crooks
• Engineer – Bob Clearmountain, Don Berman, Tony Bongiovi
• Engineer [Remix] – Bill Scheniman
• Flute – Sherry Winston
• Guitar – Jimmy Ponder
• Keyboards – Derek Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Lonnie Smith, Pat Rebillot
• Organ, Synthesizer – Lonnie Smith
• Percussion – Jimmy Maelen
• Photography By – Tohru Nakamura
• Producer – Sonny Lester
• Reeds – Dave Tofani, Eddie Daniels, George Young, Lew Del Gatto, Lou Marini
• Strings – Frederick Buldrini, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Joe Mullin, Jonathan Abramowitz, Kermit Moore, Marvin Morgenstern, Pat Winter, Regis Iandiorio, Allen W Sanford
• Trombone – Barry Rogers, Dave Taylor
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm

Notes

Released: 1979 

Genre:  Jazz-Funk 

Length: 34:55

Label - Lester Radio Corporation