John Tropea - To Touch You Again (1979) [2014]

This is a very rare record by John Tropea, hardly ever available on CD from some Japanese source(get the record if you can).
Nothing he has ever done is as good as this one!
Listen to the title track with Richard Tee on piano and a marvellous brass section.
-- Matt Schwarz

Tracks:

01. Livin' in the Jungle (Tropea-Maelen) - 3:55
02. In This Time (Tropea) - 4:09
03. Look What They've Done to My Song (Melanie) - 4:19
04. You're My Every Need (Tee) - 4:17
05. To Touch You Again/Lady Blue (Tropea) - 7:37
06. Yours Next to Mine (Tropea) - 5:37
07. Do You Wanna Be Loved (Tropea) - 5:48

Personnel:

John Tropea - guitar
Steve Gadd, Steve Jordan, Rick Marotta - drums
Leon Pendarvis, Paul Shaffer, Richard Tee, Don Grolnick - keyboards
George Young - soprano saxophone
Alan Rubin - flugelhorn
James Maelen, Rubens Bassini, Ron Tropea - percussion
Luther Vandross, Diva Gray, Jocelyn Show - background vocals
Horn section I:
Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis - trumpet, flugelhorn
Lou Marini, George Young, Lou Del Gatto, Michael Brecker - reeds
Tony Price - tuba
Dave Taylor, Sam Burtis - trombone
Horn section II on #3:
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Michael Brecker, David Sanborn - reeds
Barry Rogers - trombone
String section:
Eugene Orloff - concert master
Kermit Moore - contractor