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Saturday Night Special (album)

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Saturday Night Special
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedMay 1975
StudioWally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California
GenreSoul, jazz, jazz fusion
LabelBuddah
ProducerSkip Drinkwater
Norman Connors chronology
Slewfoot
(1974)
Saturday Night Special
(1975)
You Are My Starship
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Saturday Night Special is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

Track listing

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  1. "Saturday Night Special" (Reggie Lucas) 5:10
  2. "Dindi" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 6:00 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
  3. "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) 6:30
  4. "Valentine Love" (Michael Henderson) 3:45 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson & Jean Carn
  5. "Akia" (Kevin Nance, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 3:45
  6. "Skin Diver" (Dwight Carson, Harry Whitaker) 6:55 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
  7. "Kwasi" (Norman Connors, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 4:30

Personnel

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  • Norman Connors - drums
  • Michael Henderson - bass, vocals
  • Reggie Lucas - electric guitar
  • Herbie Hancock - piano
  • Buster Williams - double bass
  • Robert King - acoustic guitar
  • Bernie Krause - Moog synthesizer
  • Hubert Eaves III - electric piano, organ, piano, Clavinet
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • David Subke, William O. Murphy, Jr. - flute
  • Gary Bartz - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Carlos Garnett - tenor saxophone
  • Myra Bucky, Nathan Rubin - violin
  • Nancy Ellis - viola
  • Terry Adams - cello
  • Bill Summers - additional percussion
  • Ken Nash - congas, cuica (quica), percussion (Indonesian temple shakers, African, Asian and Latin American hand percussion)
  • Jean Carn - vocals

Charts

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Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
Jazz Albums
1975 Saturday Night Special 150 35 18

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
1976 "Valentine Love" 97 10

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r68786/review
  2. ^ "Norman Connors US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  3. ^ "Norman Conners US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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