Patti Austin - Patti Austin (1984) [Remastered 2007]

Featuring Marcus Miller, Nile Rodgers, Hiram Bullock, Steve Jordan, Richard Tee, etc.
It is common knowledge among music industry insiders that Patti Austin is, along with Natalie Cole, one of the two most supremely gifted and versatile vocalists in the business today. In Patti's case, she has attained this position through hundreds of background vocal and jingle sessions, high-profile duets (with James Ingram, George Benson, Michael Jackson, and others) and of course her own genre-busting recordings.

1984's Patti Austin, her follow-up to her pop breakthrough Every Home Should Have One, teamed Patti with some of the most accomplished producers in the business, including her Godfather and label head Quincy Jones. With the singles It's Gonna Be Special and Shoot the Moon enjoying significant airplay, she was able to establish herself as a force in the R&B world. Austin embraced this world-class material with uncommon passion and grace, showing once again that she is a consummate and supremely gifted artist.