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Shake It Up (Boney James & Rick Braun album)
2000 studio album by Boney James & Rick Braun
Shake It Up is an album by smooth jazz musicians Boney James and Rick Braun, released in 2000.
Quick Facts Shake It Up, Released ...
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| Released | May 30, 2000 (2000-05-30) | |||
| Studio | Alpha Studios (Burbank, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California); Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California). | |||
| Genre | Smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 47:36 27:33 (Words + Music EP) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Boney James, Paul Brown, Rick Braun | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "R.S.V.P." | Rick Braun, Paul Brown, Jim Oppenheim, David Woods | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Grazin' in the Grass" | Harry Elston, Philemon Hou | 5:08 |
| 3. | "More Than You Know" | Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Darrell Smith | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Shake It Up" | Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Carl Burnett | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Central Ave." | Brown | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Love's Like That" (featuring Fourplay) | Braun, Brown, Oppenheim | 4:28 |
| 7. | "Song for My Father" | Horace Silver | 5:58 |
| 8. | "Chain Reaction" | Braun, Brown, Oppenheim, Michael Egizi, Joe Sample | 5:05 |
| 9. | "The Stars Above" | Oppenheim, Phil Davis | 5:09 |
| 10. | "Grazin' in the Grass" (Vocal Version) | 4:21 | |
| Total length: | 47:36 | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Segment One" (Grazin' in the Grass • Shake It Up • More Than You Know) | 13:43 |
| 2. | "Segment Two" (Central Avenue • Song for My Father • Grazin' in the Grass (Can You Dig It? Vocal)) | 13:50 |
| Total length: | 27:33 | |
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Musicians
- Boney James – tenor saxophone (1-8, 10), keyboards (1, 6-9), Yamaha WX7 (8), alto saxophone (9), programming (9)
- Rick Braun – trumpet (1, 2, 4-8), flugelhorn (3, 9), keyboards (6)
- David "Kahlid" Woods – keyboards (1, 5), keyboard bass (1, 5), programming (1, 5)
- Phil Davis – Wurlitzer electric piano (2), keyboards (9)
- Larry Williams – strings (2)
- Darrell Smith – keyboards (3), keyboard bass (3), programming (3)
- Carl Burnett – keyboards (4), keyboard bass (4), programming (4), guitars (4)
- David Torkanowsky – acoustic piano (4, 5), keyboards (7)
- Paul Brown – programming (5), drum programming (7)
- Bob James – keyboards (6)
- Michael Egizi – keyboards (8), programming (8)
- Rohn Lawrence – guitars (2, 3, 7)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (5, 9)
- Larry Carlton – guitars (6)
- Bob DeFranco – guitars (8)
- Tony Maiden – guitars (8)
- Larry Kimpel – bass (2)
- Alex Al – bass (5, 7, 9)
- Nathan East – bass (6)
- Lil' John Roberts – drums (2, 5, 7)
- Gary Novak – drums (4)
- Harvey Mason – drums (6)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2-9)
- Alex Brown – vocals (10)
- Sue Ann Carwell – vocals (10)
- Keturah Claiborne – vocals (10)
- Kristle Murden – vocals (10)
- Yvonne Williams – vocals (10)
Arrangements
- Boney James (1, 2, 6, 7, 9), vocal arrangements (10)
- Rick Braun (1, 2, 6, 7)
- Paul Brown (1, 2, 5, 6, 7), vocal arrangements (10)
- David "Kahlid" Woods (1, 5)
- Phil Davis (2)
- Darrell Smith (3)
- Carl Burnett (4)
- David Torkanowsky (7)
- Michael Egizi (8)
- Sue Ann Carwell – vocal arrangements (10)
- Boney James – producer
- Paul Brown – producer, engineer, mixing (2, 9, 10)
- Rick Braun – co-producer (2, 6, 10)
- Dave Rideau – engineer
- Bill Schnee – engineer, mixing (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
- Al Schmitt – mixing (6)
- Koji Egawa – Pro Tools editing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Lexy Shrayer – production coordinator
- Vigon/Ellis – art direction, design
- Horst Stasny – photography
