''Close Encounters'' is the third album by
Gene Page. It was produced by Billy Page and Gene Page.
Track listing
#"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (
John Williams
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Theme From ''Star Trek''" (
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919May 15, 2008) familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known as the composer of the theme musi ...
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#"C E 3 K" (John Williams) 0:14
#"Moonglow and Love Theme" (
Eddie DeLange,
Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal
Mills was ...
, Will Hudson,
George Duning) 5:04
#"Dancin' in the Sky" (Gene Page) 4:50
#"I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On The Dark Side of the Moon)" (Ronald Baker) 4:45
#"Beyond The Hole in Space" (Gene Page) 3:28
#"
When You Wish upon a Star" (
Leigh Harline,
Ned Washington) 3:47
#"Sho' Like To Ride On Your Star" (Gene Page,
Lamont Dozier) 3:43
#"Saturn" (
Michael Sembello,
Stevie Wonder
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Personnel
*Gene Page - keyboards
*
Sylvester Rivers
Sylvester Rivers (born October 28, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, pianist and producer, based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, he has recorded with numerous major artists including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson ...
- keyboards
*
Eddie Greene - drums
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David T. Walker
David T. Walker (born June 25, 1941) is an American guitarist, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued fifteen albums in his own name.
Career
David T. Walker was born to ...
,
Wah Wah Watson
Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records.
Career
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvin ...
, Tim May - guitar
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Wilton Felder, Scott Edwards - bass
*
Greg Phillinganes,
Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
*Gary Coleman,
Jack Ashford,
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
*Harry Bluestone - concertmaster
*
Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...
- saxophone on "Moonglow and Love Theme"
*
Jim Gilstrap
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, John Lehman, Zebara Turnbugh - vocals
*Michael Phillips - voice on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
;Technical
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Norman Seeff - photography
References
External links
"Gene Page – Close Encounters"at
Discogs
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1978 albums
Gene Page albums
Arista Records albums