Name: The Essential Patti LaBelle
Brand: Sony Music Entertainment***
SKU: 1248523
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Patti LaBelle (background vocals); Leo Nocentelli (guitar, drums); James Herb Smith , Edward Batts, Norman Harris, Ray Parker, Jr. (guitar, background vocals); Johnny Graham, Dann Huff, Eddie Martinez, Ronald Smith , Nelson Martinez, Hank Redd, Spencer Bean, John Rowin, Michael Thompson , Mike Scott , Roland Chambers, Wah-Wah Watson, Marlo Henderson, Howard "Buzz" Feiten (guitar); Louis Russell (acoustic guitar); Lon Price (flute, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jim Moore & the Eliminators (flute, saxophone); Alvin Thomas (flute, tenor saxophone); Samuel Jr. Peake (saxophone); Earl Turbinton (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Clarence Ford (alto saxophone); Carl Blouin (baritone saxophone); Clyde Kerr, John Longo (trumpet); Lester Caliste (trombone); Gary Grant, Gary Herbig, Sidney Muldrow, A. DePalma, Kurt McGettrick, Jim Self, Lew McCreary (brass); Allen Toussaint (piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, vocoder, percussion); Skip Scarborough (piano, electric piano); James R. Budd Ellison (piano, Clavinet, keyboards); Laura Nyro, Leon Pendarvis, Burt Bacharach (piano); Andre Lewis (electric piano, organ, bass guitar); Sampson Henry, Ernest Straughter (Fender Rhodes piano); James Booker, Lenny Pakula, Art Neville (organ); Philip Woo (keyboards, synthesizer); Jimmy Wright (keyboards); Felton C. Pilate II (synthesizer); Miguel Fuentes (glockenspiel, xylophone, triangle, percussion); James Gadson (drums, percussion, background vocals); John Ingram (drums, background vocals); Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice , Larry "Top;Se" Davis, Jim Helmer, Steve Hughes, Nate Neblett, Herman V. Ernest III, Emry Thomas, Carlos Vega (drums); Nydia Mata (congas, bongos); Leroi Conley (congas, tambourine); Maurice Saunders (congas); Vince Montana, Jeffrey Shannon, Quinton Joseph, Kenneth "Afro" Williams, Luis Conte, Munyungo Jackson, Paulinho Da Costa, Jimmy Maelen (percussion); Alexander Richbourg (drum programming); Clydene Jackson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Jay Van Hall, Vernon Manuel, Cherrelle Norton, Sherri Barman, Julia Tillman, Paula Holloway, Jamecia Bennett, Julia Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Annette Hardeman, Yvonne Fair, Bunny Sigler, Chant? Moore, Charlene Holloway (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Brian Chin .
Recording information: Convention Hall, Washington DC; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Don Hunstein.
Arrangers: Dexter Wansel; James R. Budd Ellison; David Rubinson & Friends; Jack Faith; Jimmy Sigler; Allen Toussaint; Andre Lewis; Burt Bacharach; Carole Bayer Sager.
As comprehensive a compilation of soul diva Patti LaBelle's work as one could hope for, this two-disc set follows every phase of the singer's stylistic development. From her early girl-group-style work with the Blue Belles ("Down the Aisle"), through the disco/funk classics ("Lady Marmalade") of her LaBelle era, to solo hits like the synth-driven "New Attitude, a full portrait of this multi-faceted artist begins to emerge.