Paul Jackson Jr. / I Came To Play [Atlantic / 81841-1]

■オリジナル／US盤。
■盤質：B／目立つキズ無く良好品。
■ジャケット：B／抜け裂け割れ等無く良好品。

膨大な数のアーティストをサポートしてきたL.A.出身の超売れっ子セッションギタリストの初リーダー作。ロサンゼルス、シャーマンオークス、ハリウッドにて1988年録音作品。この時代を象徴おするようなブラコンチューンからアーバンかつメロウなギターを聴かせる。バックにはジョージデューク、トムスコット、エイブラハムラボリエル等が参加。これぞスムーズジャズ全盛期と言えるギター名盤。

A1 I Came To Play
A2 My Love's For Real
A3 Morning Joy
A4 Personal Touch
B1 Lost And Never Found
B2 To The Curb
B3 Let's Wait Awhile
B4 Straight From The Heart
B5 Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Arranged By – Paul Jackson, Jr.
Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Alex Brown
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Peters
Backing Vocals – Alex Brown, Brenda Pierce, Carl Carwell, Crystal Blake, Josie James, Kipper Jones, Lynn Davis, Marlena Jeter, Monty Seward
Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Cornelius Mims, Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington
Bass Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr., Robbie Buchanan
Drums – Cornelius Mims, Harvey Mason, Paul Jackson, Jr.
Drums, Programmed By – Chuckii Booker
Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr.
Keyboards – Cornelius Mims, Paul Jackson, Jr., Robbie Buchanan, Wayne Linsey
Lyricon – Tom Scott
Percussion – Ollie E. Brown, Paul Jackson, Jr., Paulinho Da Costa
Piano – George Duke
Producer – Cornelius Mims (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4), Paul Jackson, Jr. (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B5)
Programmed By – Robbie Buchanan
Saxophone – Gerald Albright, Tom Scott
Strings – Evan Wilson, Jerry Peters, Kimiyo Takeya, Nancy Stein*
Synthesizer – John Bokowski
Engineer – Dave Rideau, Mark Herman, Toni Greene