Sam Rivers Streams was Montreux 1973.
http://www.discogs.com/Sam-Rivers-Strea ... ase/461890You Are My Starship was 1976 ...
http://www.discogs.com/Norman-Connors-Y ... ase/333868... and this performance was 1978. It isn't really a straight line progression away from jazz towards pop. All of these musical expressions from Connors are brilliant and when I acquired this video I was actually hoping it was the "pop soul" stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it to be more along the lines of the experimental, avante-gard end of things. I still hope to find some pop-soul stuff from Connors. Check out the list of musicians on the Starship sessions - I mean WOW!
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Carter Jefferson, Gary Bartz
Arranged By – Norman Connors (tracks: B3, B4), Onaje Allan Gumbs (tracks: A2, B2)
Art Direction [Creative Packaging Direction] – Milton Sincoff
Backing Vocals – Mareatha Stewart*, Sharon Redd, Tasha Thomas
Bass – Anthony Jackson (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Michael Henderson
Bass [Second] – Larry McRae (tracks: B4)
Cello – Doc Kirksey*
Congas – Don Alias, Neil Clarke
Drums – Norman Connors (tracks: B3)
Electric Piano – Onaje Allan Gumbs
Engineer – Ron Johnson
Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Frondelli*, Neal Teeman, Tim Sadler
Engineer [Second] – Don Murray, Joe Sidora*
Flute – Art Webb
Guitar – Keith Loving
Guitar [Second] – Lee Ritenour (tracks: A1)
Harpsichord – Hubert Eaves*
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Melodica – Tom Scott
Percussion – Don Alias, Neil Clarke
Photography By – Ed Caraeff
Piano – Hubert Eaves*
Producer – Jerry Schoenbaum, Skip Drinkwater
Producer [Assistant] – Norman Connors, Onaje Allan Gumbs
Remix – Don Murray, Skip Drinkwater, Tommy Vicari
Synthesizer [Mini-moog] – Ian Underwood
Synthesizer [String Arp] – Ian Underwood, Onaje Allan Gumbs
Timpani – Norman Connors (tracks: B3)
Trombone – Earl McIntyre
Trumpet – Shunzo Ono*
Typography [Lettering] – Tom Nikosey
Viola – Mary Ellen Ewing*
Violin – Gayle Dixon Clay*, John Blake, Noel Pointer
Vocals – Michael Henderson (tracks: A1), Norman Connors (tracks: B3), Phyllis Hyman (tracks: A1, A2)
