All My Friends Are Here is a studio album by Turkish-American record producer, arranger, and composer Arif Mardin, released on June 15, 2010. It is the album that Arif Mardin referred to as his life's work, featuring performances by artists whom he produced over the years of his career, including Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Norah Jones, Carly Simon, Phil Collins among them.
Whereas Arif Mardin's first two albums were instrumental, All My Friends Are Here is an album of his songs. Arif Mardin was a film buff and wrote collages for each song. In the trailer for The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story, Arif Mardin said the songs were visual, film music in his mind.
Recording sessions of All My Friends Are Here were filmed for the companion documentary The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story.
Recording Recording sessions took place in New York from 2005 to 2006, starting with "So Blue". In producing Chaka Khan's vocal, Khan said "He showed me what it was really like to sing jazz."
Soundtrack
Personnel Adapted from Allmusicin addition to featured artists shown above. Arranging / Production Arif Mardin - Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Fender Rhodes, Horn Arrangements, Horn Conductor, Lyricist, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Quotation Author, Soloist, String Arrangements, String Conductor, Background Vocals Joe Mardin - Arranger, Art Direction, Bass (Vocal), Choir/Chorus, Conductor, Drums, Engineer, Finger Snaps, Gong, Horn Conductor, Mixing, Percussion, String Conductor, Vocal Harmony, Background Vocals, Voices Jeremy Morrison - Production Manager Michael O'Reilly - Associate Producer, Choir/Chorus, Engineer, Horn Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer Rob Schwimmer - Arranger, Hammond B3, Piano, Stylophone, Theremin, Background Vocals, Voices, Choir/Chorus Steve Skinner - Arranger, Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Keyboards, Programming Mark Stewart - Arranger, Background Vocals, Voices Woodwinds Victor Goines - Clarinet Jerry Dodgion - Flute Aaron Heick - Oboe, Saxophone Diane Lesser - Oboe Marc Goldberg - Bassoon Dave Mann - Alto Sax, Soloist Andy Snitzer - Alto Sax David "Fathead" Newman - Tenor Sax Rich Perry - Tenor Sax Charlie Pillow - Tenor Sax Ronnie Cuber - Baritone Sax Roger Rosenberg - Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax Brass Barry Danielian - Trumpet Jon Faddis - Trumpet Jim Hynes - Trumpet Tony Kadleck - Trumpet Michael Leonhart - Trumpet Lew Soloff - Trumpet (soloist) Larry Farrel - Trombone John Fedchock - Trombone Birch Johnson - Trombone Keith O'Quinn - Trombone George Flynn - Bass Trombone Bob Carlisle - French Horn Phil Myers - French Horn Howard Johnson - Tuba Keyboards Gil Goldstein - Accordion Jeff Gutcheon - Hammond Organ Robbie Kondor - Clavinet, Piano, Choir/Chorus, Spooner Oldham - Wurlitzer Guitar / Bass Steve Burgh - Electric Guitar Reggie Griffin - Guitar Onnie McIntyre - Guitar, Choir/Chorus Doug Sahm - Electric Guitar, Soloist Ira Siegel - Guitar (Rhythm) David Spinozza - Guitar, Choir/Chorus Hamish Stuart - Guitar, Vocal Ad-Libs, Choir/Chorus Jimmy Day - Pedal Steel Guitar David Bromberg - Dobro Jerry Barnes - Bass, Choir/Chorus Alan Gorrie - Bass, Choir/Chorus Will Lee - Bass, Choir/Chorus Dan Spears - Bass Tom Barney - Acoustic Bass Nilson Matta - Acoustic Bass Ben Street - Acoustic Bass Drums / Percussion Cyro Baptista - Drums, Percussion Billy Drummond - Drums Paul English - Drums Steve Ferrone - Drums Dennis Mackrel - Drums Ben Perowsky - Drums Herlin Riley - Drums, Washboard Sammy Figueroa - Congas, Choir/Chorus Ralph McDonald - Shaker Erik Charlston - Vibraphone Gordon Gottlieb - Vibraphone Philippe Saisse- Vibraphone Vocal Assistance Angela Cappelli - Background Vocals Rachele Cappelli - Background Vocals Margaret Dorn - Background Vocals, Choir/Chorus Melissa Fathman - Background Vocals, Voices Ula Hedwig - Background Vocals, Choir/Chorus Margie Joseph - Vocal Ad-Libs, Choir/Chorus John Oates - Vocal Ad-Libs, Choir/Chorus Strings Carol Webb - Concert Master, Violin Elena Barere - Concert Master, Violin Abe Appleman - Violin Avril Brown - Violin Enrico DiCecco - Violin Narciso Figueroa - Violin Katherine Fong - Violin Hae-Young Ham - Violin Joyce Hammann - Violin Jean Ingraham - Violin Karen Karlsrud - Violin Ann Leathers - Violin Anne Lehmann - Violin Laura Mcginniss - Violin Jan Mullen - Violin Carol Pool - Violin Carol Webb Sortomme - Violin Ricky Sortomme - Violin Yuri Vodovoz - Violin Irene Breslaw - Viola Karen Dreyfus - Viola Desiree Elsevier - Viola Vincent Lionti - Viola Craig Mumm - Viola Maxine Roach - Viola Jeanne LeBlanc - Cello Richard Locker - Cello Eugene Moye - Cello Jeremy Turner - Cello Kenny Kosek - Fiddle Choir Sharod Barnes - Choir/Chorus David Brigati - Choir/Chorus Eddie Brigati - Choir/Chorus Felix Cavaliere - Choir/Chorus Robbi Komalo - Choir Conductor, Background Vocals George Merrill - Choir/Chorus Shannon Rubicam - Choir/Chorus Bobby Valli - Choir/Chorus Children’s Chorus Emma Borrie - Children's Chorus Leah Borrie - Children's Chorus Dylan Donadio - Children's Chorus Ayla von Essen - Children's Chorus Indu von Essen - Children's Chorus Giovanni von Essen - Children's Chorus [ulia Heim - Children's Chorus Mbali Kumolo - Children's Chorus Didi Kumalo - Children's Chorus Gabe Nekrutman - Children's Chorus Lindsey Williams - Children's Chorus Engineering Savvas Iossifidis - Engineer John Merchant - Engineer [immy Nutt - Engineer Gene Paul - Engineer Dale Ramsey - Engineer Jamie Rosenberg - Engineer Dean Sharnow - Engineer Gary Shelton - Engineer Tom Alezza - Assistant Engineer Peter Doris - Assistant Engineer Justin Gerrish - Assistant Engineer [osé González - Assistant Engineer Yohei Gotoh - Assistant Engineer [hris Jennings - Assistant Engineer [ick Kwan - Assistant Engineer Ben Liscio - Assistant Engineer Patrick Magee - Assistant Engineer Andy Manganello - Assistant Engineer Brian Montgomery - Assistant Engineer Joey P. - Assistant Engineer Chris Soper - Assistant Engineer Reed Taylor - Assistant Engineer Alex Venguer - Assistant Engineer Tim Whitney - Assistant Engineer Sheldon Yellowhair - Assistant Engineer Ted Jensen - Mastering
References
External links The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (EPK) on YouTube So Blue on YouTube The Greatest Ears in Town (song) on YouTube