Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah
Jon Lucien is known as one of the most focused and emotional balladeers to ever step in front of a microphone, but it’s his soothing baritone voice that really sets him apart from the rest. On Rashida, Lucien creates an amalgamation of many cultures with his Caribbean folk meets r&b soul/ jazz infused orchestral arrangements. His emotionally charged intensely personal songs are as sublime they are intimate, and set a cinematic breezy feeling that few soul singers can conjure so perfectly. Like many great soul records, this is ultimately an album about romantic love, but the romance here is a transcendent, spiritual force. Romance as a metaphor for the love of God or the love of all humanity, Rashida is one of Lucien’s best-loved albums and would be essential listening to those who are so amorously inclined.
– Michael Friedman
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Jazz / Soul / Vocal
Tracklist:
A1 Kuenda
A2 Would You Believe In Me
A3 Lady Love
A4 Luella
A5 Shana
A6 Satan
B1 Rashida
B2 The War Song
B3 Esperanza
B4 Love Everlasting
B5 Zenzile
Credits:
Arranged By – Jon Lucien
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise
Cello – Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Gloria Lanzerone, Harvey Shapiro, Seymour Barab
Clarinet – Dave Tofani
Concertmaster [Violin] – Norman Carr
Conductor [Orchestra], Arranged By [Orchestra] – Dave Grusin
Congas, Percussion – Frank Malabe
Design – Frank Mulvey
Design [Liner Design] – Craig DeCamps
Drums – Eric Harrigan, Jr.
Electric Piano, Chimes, Percussion – Dave Grusin
Engineer – Jim Crotty
Engineer [Assistant] – Tom Brown, Jr.
Engineer [Mixing] – Jim Crotty
Harp – Corky Hale
Oboe – Lew Del Gatto
Photography By [Cover] – Bob Daugherty
Producer – Larry Rosen, Shep Meyers
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Morty Lewis
Trombone – Bill Watrous, Garnett Brown, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Lloyd Michels, Marvin Stamm
Viola – Ann Barak, Harry Zaratzian, Jean Dupouy, Julien C. Barber
Violin – Alvin Rogers, Doris Carr, Fred Buldrini, Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Harry Glickman, John Pintavalle, Joseph Goodman, Max Hollander, Ray Kunicki, Ruth Buffington
Violin [Solo] – Noel Pointer
Vocals, Guitar, Bass – Jon Lucien
