Disc 11. Ordinary 2. F.W.B. 3. Can't Buy Me Love 4. Back In The Day 5. Sweetest Berry 6. Change Is Gonna Come, A 7. I Ain't Movin' 8. Make Heaven Wait 9. All Naturally 10. All I Do 11. Beautiful Ugly 12. You And Me
Label: Peak Records Release Date: 09/16/2008 Original Release Date: 2008 Recording Mode: Stereo Producer: Jack Kugell; Jamey Jaz; Jamie Jones; The Heavyweights; Jason Pennock Engineer: Aaron Walk; Paul Smith; Andrew Wuepper; Keith Pennock; Wesley Seidman; Jay Hall; Giancarlo Lino; Kevin Mills; Joshua Jones Recording Type: Studio Distributor: Universal Distribution
Personnel: Wayne Brady (vocals, background vocals); Paul Jackson Jr., Darrell Crooks, Tim Stewart (guitar); Ken Yerke, Philip Vaiman, Searmi Park, Gerardo Hilera, Razdan Kuyumjian, Audrey Solomon, Kevin Connolly, Mark Robertson, Shalini Vijayan, Armen Garabedian, Josefina Vergara, Mario De Leon (violin); Robert Brophy, Victoria Miskolczy, Thomas Diener, Matt Funes (viola); Steve Richards, Larry Corbett, Kim Scholes, Stefanie Fife (cello); Dan Higgins (bass clarinet, saxophone); Andrew Radford (bassoon); Ernie Watts, Joel Peskin, Keith Fiddmont, Bill Liston (saxophone); Gary Grant, Larry Hall, Warren Luening, Wayne Bergeron (trumpet); Yvonne S. Moriarity, Stephanie O'Keefe, Brad Warnaar (French horn); David Ryan , Alexander Iles, James Sawyer, Andrew Martin, Bob McChesney, Craig Gosnell, Bruce Fowler (trombone); Robert Sanders (bass trombone); George Duke (piano, electric piano); Jason Pennock (piano, programming, drum programming); Randy Waldman (piano); Cat Gray (synthesizer, talk box); Dave Carpenter, Oskar Cartaya, Nico Abondolo, Alex Al, Michael Valerio (bass instrument); Gregg Bissonette, Teddy Campbell (drums); Robert Zimmitti (cymbals, timpani); Jamie Jones (programming, bass programming, background vocals); Reo (programming, drum programming); Jamey Jaz (programming, background vocals); Jack Kugell, The Heavyweights, Monty Neuble (programming); Cheaza Figueroa, Martin Kember, Billy Walton, David Ryan Harris, Diane Gordon (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Pensado; Jaycin Joshua; Dave Rideau; Jason Pennock. Arrangers: Jack Kugell; Jamey Jaz; Jeremy Lubbock; Jerry Hey; Suzie Katayama; Jamie Jones ; The Heavyweights; Jason Pennock. On his assured 2008 debut, A LONG TIME COMING, actor Wayne Brady offers up an engaging set of pop-leaning R&B tunes. While certain tracks are steeped in of-the-moment slick production (see the hip-hop-tinged "All Naturally"), much of the album features Brady nodding to the expansive R&B sounds of past decades, particularly on the smooth, quiet storm-like "Ordinary" and the Motown-influenced "I Ain't Movin'." In an inspired move, Brady reinvents the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" as a gentle slow jam, and presents a reverent take on Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," not only showcasing his full, dynamic voice, but highlighting his considerable interpretive skills as well.
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