Pee Wee Ellis - Arranger, Horn, Vocals
Maceo Parker - Arranger, Horn, Vocals
Ulco Bed - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Arranger, Composer, Drums, Rhythm
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Horn
Arrangements, Mastering, Mixing
Emilio Castillo - Horn
Rob VanDonselaar - Piano, Vocals, Chant
Frans Hendrix - Percussion, Drums, Programming, Engineer, Computers/Sound Tracks, Mixing
Gary Herbig - Horn
Iwan van Hetten - Trumpet
The JB's - Horn
Hans Jansen - Hammond B3 Organ
Lucas van Merwijk - Percussion, Drums
Michel Van Schie - Bass
Lee Thornburg - Horn
Peter Pee Wee Warnier - Vocals, Chant
Fred Wesley - Arranger, Horn, Vocals
Carlo de Wijs - Organ
Angelo Verploegen - Trumpet
Gerbrand Westveen - Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Greg Adams - Arranger, Horn
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - Horn
Denise Jennah - Sound Effects, Background Vocals
Wendell Arthur Morrison, Jr. - Sound Effects, Background Vocals
Marcel Gelderblom - Vocals, Chant, Digital Editing, Mastering
Wies Ingwersen - Vocals, Background Vocals
Patricia Balrak - Vocals
Arjan Boonacker - Vocals, Chant
Leslie Doornik - Vocals, Chant
Rick Hartman - Vocals, Chant
Viktor Heeremans - Vocals, Chant
Niels Hermes - Vocals, Chant
Geert van Itallie - Vocals, Chant
Marcel Kaptein - Vocals, Chant
Marga V. - Vocals, Chant
Edwin Rath - Vocals, Chant
Christian Warren - Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Remixing
Easy Mo Bee - Producer, Engineer
Albert Boekholt - Engineer, Mixing
Jan Piet Exalto - Engineer
Marcel Van Der Vlugt - Photography
Bart van Leeuwen - Photography
Lovely Netherlands native alto saxopone player's 1993, sophmoric
release. Features the track 'Sunday Afternoon', which was written by
the one & only Prince.
Alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer was brought into the limelight by the
artist formerly known as Prince, who introduced her to the world via
his video, for "Party Man." Raised in a family heavily involved in the
Dutch jazz scene, Dulfer is the daughter of Hans Dulfer, a respected
jazz tenor saxophonist. Thanks to him, she listened to and studied the
recordings of Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins and Dexter Gordon. He also
introduced her to the stage early in life. When she was 12 she began
playing in a band with Rosa King, an American expatriate who lived in
Holland. Her career began by playing with brass bands but soon she was
fronting her own band, Funky Stuff, who were invited to back up Madonna
for part of her European tour. She began leading the band at age 15,
and by 1987 they were sufficiently experienced to back Madonna on parts
of her European tour. Her appearances with Prince led to session work
with Eurythmics guitarist/producer Dave Stewart, who gave Dulfer a
credit on "Lily Was Here,'' which reached number six in the U.K. and
number one on the Dutch radio charts in 1990. Recording sessions for
her debut album were followed by more guest star dates with Van
Morrison, Aretha Franklin and Pink Floyd. Her debut, Saxuality,
released later in 1990 for RCA Records, was very successful in Europe
and the U.S. While it was by no means a straightahead jazz album, her
funky alto sax stylings caught on with fans of contemporary jazz at
several recently launched "smooth jazz" radio stations around the U.S.
Saxuality was nominated for a Grammy and certified gold for sales in
excess of a half-million units worldwide. Her 1991 album, Sax-a-Go-Go,
includes "Sunday Afternoon," a song by Prince, and also teams her up
with some of her musical mentors, the JB's and the Tower of Power
horns. Her other influences include Sonny Rollins and David Sanborn,
and while Dulfer hasn't carved the niche for herself that Sanborn has
in the jazz world, she does have a great career ahead of her as she
continues to synthesize classic R&B, blues, pop and jazz to in her
own unique, creative ways, resurfacing in 1999 with What Does It Take.
Richard Skelly, All-Music Guide
Hübsche Holländerin haucht dem Instrumental-Pop neues Leben
ein ... Seit ihrer Arbeit für Prince und ihrem Debüt-Album
Saxuality wird die Saxophonistin Candy Dulfer gerne zur
Hoffnungsträgerin eines Genres stilisiert, das viele in den Schlaf
geblasen haben. Etwas bescheidener, bitte: Candy Dulfer ist eine gute
Musikerin, ihre neue CD beweist erneut Gespür und Faible für
einen angenehmen Mix aus rockjazzigen Soli und einem soliden Fundament
aus tanzbarem Funk-Pop - doch genau damit riskiert sie, austauschbar zu
werden.
"Lily Was Here" war eine Softballade von Dave Stewart - am Saxophon:
Candy Dulfer. "Party Man" war ein Funk-Hit von Prince - am Saxophon:
Candy Dulfer. Auf "Sax-A-Go-Go" bläst die Blondine mit dem langen
Atem deutlich aggressiver als auf dem CD-Vorgänger "Saxuality":
Die aparte Holländerin spielt Funk mit dem Anspruch einer
Jazzerin. Auf die Dauer trägt das jedoch nicht. Die Stücke
wirken manchmal patzig, manchmal trendy, selten hintergründig.
Aber ein paar Nummern lang macht es Spaß.