Bobbi Humphrey - Tailor Made

Label:

Epic

Catalog#:

PE 34704

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Released:

1977

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Dancin' To Keep From Cryin'	4:29
	Written-By - S. Scarborough* , T. Fauntleroy*
A2	Lover To Lover	5:57
	Written-By - S. Scarborough*
A3	Tailor Made	4:05
	Written By - I. Amani , S. Hunt
A4	Theme I	4:34
	Written-By - E. Straughter*
B1	Jealousy	5:05
	Written-By - G. Clark* , S. Scarborough*
B2	I Started Living	4:02
	Written-By - S. Duncan*
B3	Most Of All	3:54
	Written By - I. Amani , S. Hunt
B4	Fajehzo	4:27
	Written-By - T. Ashford*

Credits

Arranged By [Horns] - David Crawford (tracks: A1, A4, B1) , Mark Soskin (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Rhythm] - Sigidi (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Strings] - David Crawford (tracks: A1) , Mark Soskin (tracks: B2, B3)
Backing Vocals [Female] - Mikki Morris , Penny Wanao , Versita Wanao
Backing Vocals [Male] - Sigidi , Skip Scarborough
Bass - Charles Meeks , Robert Russell
Drums - Bill Meeker*
Engineer [Assistant] - Eric Zobler* , George Engfer , Roy Segal
Engineer [Recording, Re-mix] - Don Cody
Executive Producer - Bobbi Humphrey , Denis Niles
Flute, Lead Vocals - Bobbi Humphrey
Guitar - Ray Obiedo
Keyboards - Ernest Straughter , Mark Soskin
Mastered By - Vladimir Meller*
Other [Hair Style] - Bernardo Figueroa
Other [Make-up] - Leonardo Da Vega
Percussion - Bill Summers , Sheila Escovedo*
Photography - Roger Prigent
Producer - Skip Scarborough
Synthesizer - Skip Scarborough
Vibraphone, Marimba, Idiophone [Wood Blocks], Steel Drums - Roger Glenn

Notes

1st pressings like this have Orange labels, later issues have standard blue labels.

Recorded & Remixed at Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco
Mastered at Columbia Recording Studios, New York City.
(C)(P) 1977 CBS Inc.

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Rated 4/5

Review by monohub Jan 19, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)

Tailor Made sees Bobbi Humphrey not just shifting labels to Epic, but also changing her musical direction quite a bit. This album is a shift from the jazz-funk work that the Mizell brothers were producing for her at Blue Note, no, on this album Bobbi Humphrey has taken musical control, which was something she was apparently denied at Blue Note, and decided to go down a slicker, mellower and more commercial route. This could be seen as a financial sell-out, but a fair slice of the pie was something else she was apparently denied at Blue Note, so who can blame her.

Musically, this album is full of lush strings, funky bass lines and a full-force of backing vocals, everything that mid to late seventies soul and jazz had in abundance. Unlike a lot of musicians who were attracted by the potential commercial pay-off of following the disco agenda though, this album really pulls it off. One of the many things Bobbi Humphrey was good at was surrounding herself with top class writers, musicians, producers, etc. so even though there’s a bit of bandwagon jumping going on here, it's all done very tastefully. As with all her albums the flute playing is truly sublime, the production is amazing and the musicianship is faultless, this woman really is a class act.