Noel Pointer - Phantazia (1977) [2012 BNLA Series 24-bit Remaster] CD-Rip

Successful instrumental pop session from the electric violinist who was a dominant figure at Blue Note in the late '70s. Pointer could at times churn out a surprisingly riveting solo, but he spent more time plugging into rigidly arranged, heavily produced and orchestrated structures and supporting background vocalists.


Tracks:

01. Phantazia (Grusin) - 6:01
02. Night Song (Klugh) - 6:50
03. Living for the City (Wonder) - 6:39
04. Rainstorm (Valentin) - 6:50
05. Wayfaring Stranger (Trad.) - 6:59
06. Mirabella (Klugh) - 5:10
07. Fiddler on the Roof (Harnick-Bock) - 4:11

Personnel:

Noel Pointer - electric violin, acoustic violin
Dave Valentin - flute
Dave Grusin - Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
Earl Klugh - acoustic guitar
John Tropea, Lee Ritenour - electric guitar
Will Lee, Francisco Centeno - electric bass
Steve Gadd - drums
Ralph McDonald - percussion
Ian Underwood - oberheim synthesizer programmer
Gene Cipriano, John Lowe, Justin Gordon, Bud Shank, Tom Scott - woodwinds
Gerald Vince, Jacob Krachmalnick, David Friscina, Marshall Sosson, Karen Jones, Sheldon Sanov, Bernard Kundell, Constance Pressman, David Montagu, Kathleen Lenski, Allan Hershman, Pamela Goldsmith, Edgar Lustgarten, Frederick Seykora - string section