Goodbye Manhattan

Pieces Of A Dream: Eva Cassidy (vocals); Ron Kerber (saxophone, keyboards, percussion); Mike Antonio (keyboards); James Lloyd (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Curtis Harmon (synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Charles Baldwin (bass).
Additional personnel: Vincent Calloway (trombone, background vocals); Curtis Dowd Jr. (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Glenn Barratt, Joel Davis, Steve Ford (keyboards, programming); Clifford Starkey, William Brock, Wesley Boatman, Steve Beckham, Stephen Scott (keyboards); Rich Crawford (guitar, percussion, programming); Gene Robinson (guitar); Rob Cochran, Jeff Lee Johnson, Charles Fambrough (bass); Bennie Simms (fretless bass); Leon Jordan, Angelo Ray (drums); Keith Robertson (programming); Clarlene Holloway, Annette Hardeman, Reggie Calloway, Yvette Miles (background vocals).
Producers include: Ron Kerber, Curtis Harmon, Bennie Simms, Clifford Starkey, James Lloyd.
Engineers: Glen Barratt, Scott McMinn, Rich Crawford.
Recorded at Morning Star Studios, Springhouse, Pennsylvania; RTG Studios, Ligosa Studios and Crystal Clear Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is one of Pieces of a Dream's better efforts. Saxophonist Ron Kerber looks toward Grover Washington, Jr., (on soprano) and David Sanborn (during his alto spots) for inspiration and the keyboardists recall Ramsey Lewis but, even with the inclusion of a few throwaway rhythm tracks and some Eva Cassidy pop vocals, some of these selections do contain strong improvising within the R&B genre. Nothing too innovative occurs but the results are mostly quite listenable and always danceable. ~ Scott Yanow