Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982) CD Rip

Tracklist

01. Tearin' It Up (Bunny Sigler, Jane Lumibao) - 6:42
02. Slow Dancin' (feat. Rick James) (Loz Netto) - 5:25
03. Best In The West (Dominick Bugatti, Frank Musker) - 4:03
04. Got To Be There (Elliot Willenski) - 3:52
05. Be Bop Medley: "Hot House" / "East Of Suez (Come On Sailor)" / "Epistrophy (I Wanna Play)" / "Yardbird Suite" / "Con Alma" / "Giant Steps" (Tadd Dameron) / (Lou Stein) / (Thelonious Sphere Monk) / (Charlie Parker) / (Dizzy Gillespie) / (John Coltrane) - 5:25
06. Twisted (Colin Campsie, George McFarlane) - 4:20
07. So Not To Worry (Mark McMillan) - 5:00
08. Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa Lo Esta Seguro) (Lalomi Washburn, Tony Maiden) - 5:04

personnel :

Chaka Khan - vocals, backing vocals
Steve Ferrone - drums & hand claps trk: 1, drums trks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Lenny Underwood - electric piano trk: 1
Paul Jackson Jr. - electric guitar trks: 1, 2, 3, 4
Sammy Figueroa - percussion trks: 1, 3
Robbie Buchanan - Moog bass synthesizer, Prophet and Jupiter synthesizers trk: 1, keyboards & synthesizers trk: 2, 4, 6, keyboards & bass synthesizers trk: 3, electric piano & synthesizers trk: 5, piano & synthesizers trks: 7, 8
Michael Brecker - alto saxophone solo trk: 1
Hamish Stuart - vocal ad libs trk: 1, background vocals trk: 7
Alvin Fields - low voice trk: 1
Rick James - vocals trk: 2
Will Lee - bass trks: 2, 6, 8, background vocals trk: 7
Bob Christianson - additional OBX synthesizer trk: 3, vocoder & additional synthesizers trk: 5 ("Con Alma")
Kenny Kossek - fiddle trk: 3
Robert Bonfiglio - harmonica trk: 3
Eric Weissberg - steel guitar & jew's harp trk: 3; sitar trk: 5
Hiram Bullock - guitar trks: 5, 7, 8, rhythm guitar trk: 6
Seyhun Celik - darbuka trk: 5 ("East Of Suez")
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone trk: 5
Ray Gomez - lead guitar trk: 6
Anthony Jackson - bass trk: 7
Dave Tofani - alto saxophone trk: 8
Mark Stevens - tube voice trk: 8

An excellent album from Chaka Khan, mixing tingling uptempo tunes with her characteristic soaring, glorious vocals. "Got to Be There" reached number five on the R&B charts, but it actually wasn't the album's high point. That was the marvelous "Be Bop Medley," which later led hardcore jazz purist Betty Carter to proclaim Khan the one female singer working outside the jazz arena with legitimate improvising credentials.~Ron Wynn