Slice of Life

Slice of Life

slice-of-life

(GRP/1986)

1.     Uptown East   (Minucci)
2.     The Flow   (Minucci)
3.     Aquabogue   (Szakcsi/Jinda)
4.     Yesterday’s Memories   (Minucci)
5.     Formal Invitation   (Szakcsi/Jinda)
6.     Betheny Beach   (Smallwood)
7.     Slice of Life – Timeless Mood  (Minucci/Jinda)
8.     Slice of Life – Jinji’s Magic Bottle  (Minucci/Jinda)
9.     Slice of Life – Escape To Reality  (Minucci/Jinda)
10.    Festival of the Evergreens   (Minucci)
11.    Vacation For Life   (Minucci)

Publishers
Chieli Music (ASCAP)
Jinji Music (ASCAP)
Turtlecreek Music (ASCAP)

Musicians
Chieli Minucci – electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth, tape loops, drum programming, ‘spirit guitars’, vocals

George Jinda – Chinese double bells, sound discs, whistles, caxixis, Englehart bells, claves, triangle, shaker, finger cymbals, sound discs, shekere, tuned temple blocks, cowbells, ganza, woodblocks, bongos, drums (brushes…), Udu drums, sleighbells, Brazilian tambourin, timbales, china cymbals, crash cymbals, energy chime, chime tree, triangle, roto chime, Primal scream, the “rope”

Jeff Andrews – bass
Mark Egan – bass
Alan Smallwood – keyboards
Dave Weckl – drums
Dennis Chambers – drums


Produced by Chieli Minucci

Associate Producer: George Jinda
Executive Producers:  Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen

Arrangements by Chieli Minucci, except for “Betheny Beach”, arranged by Alan Smallwood

Recorded 1/86 at Skyline Studio, NYC by Paul Wickliffe
Assistant engineer: Tom Durack
Additional overdubs at The Review Room, NYC
Mixed by Paul Wickliffe, Chieli Minucci, and George Jinda at Skyline Studios, NYC
except “Buttermilk Falls”, which was mixed by CM and Josiah Gluck at The Review Room, NYC
Edited by Josiah Gluck at The Review Room, NYC
Mastering by Ted Jensen @ Sterling Sound, NYC

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photo by Rick Laird

Gathering Wind (from Without You) // Chieli Minucci
  1. Gathering Wind (from Without You) // Chieli Minucci
  2. Flows Like Water (clip 2) // Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci - All Stars
  3. Little Wing (clip 2) // Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci - All Stars
  4. Gamelan Games (from East of the Sun) // Chieli Minucci
  5. Two Hearts (from Butterfly) // Chieli Minucci
  6. Sad Senorita (from World Journeys – Gotham Music GM174) // Chieli Minucci
  7. Ozone Alert (from Global Village) // Chieli Minucci
  8. Dance on the Delta (from Deep as the Night) // Chieli Minucci
  9. Little Wing (clip 1) // Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci - All Stars
  10. Flowing Hair (from Acoustic Land – Gotham Music GM134) // Chieli Minucci