William Salter - It Is So Beautiful To Be (1977)

Tracklist

1.  You Got Style  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:11

2.  It Is So Beautiful To Be  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:11

3.  Let’s Be Lovers Again  (Allanah Salter; Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:11

4.  If You Can Believe  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 3:49

5.  Lena  (Andrew Primus; Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 3:36

6.  You  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:28

7.  Three Days Of Flowers  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:15

8.  When You Smile  (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) - 4:01

Credits

Producers: Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and William Eaton for Antisia Productions

Arranged and conducted by: William Eaton

Recorded and mixed at: Rosebud Recording, Inc. - 1595 Broadway, New York, New York

Engineered by: Richard Alderson

Assisted by: Eddie Heath, Jr. and Eric Bowman

Disc mastering by: Dave Crawford

Album coordinator: Diane Johnson

Assisted by Judith Slaughter and Vickie Saratore

Cover painting by: David A. Leffel

Photos by: Martin Cohen

Art Direction and design by: Howard Smiley and Richard Roth

All songs published by: Antisia Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Rhythm Section:

Ralph MacDonald: percussion

Steve Gadd: drums

**Eric Gale: guitar

Hugh McCracken: guitar

Richard Tee: piano and Fender Rhodes

Anthony Jackson: bass

Don Grolnick: piano on "Let's Be Lovers Again"

Eric Weissberg: steel guitar and banjo

Rubens Bassini: addditional percussion on "It Is So Beautiful To Be"

Bob James: synthesizer

William Eaton: string ensemble on "If You Can Believe" and "Three Days of Flowers"

Horns: **Harold Vick; Seldon Powell; Eddie Daniels; Jon Faddis; Victor Paz; Waymon Reed; George Coleman.

Strings: Alfred Brown; Selwart Clarke; Sanford Allen; Noel Pointer; Julien Barber; Matthew Raimondi; Eugene Moye, Jr.; Richard Sartomme; Avram Weiss; Seymour Barab; Dian Halprin; Charles Libove; Harry Lookofsky; David Nadien.

**Eric Gale appears through courtesy of Columbia Records, Inc.

**Harold Vick appears through courtesy of Wolf Records

**Patti Austin appears through courtesy of C.T.I. Records, Inc.

**Valerie Simpson appears through courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

Notes

Release: 1977

Genre:  Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:  Soul, Soul-Jazz

Length:  33:00

Label:  Marlin 

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