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, released on September 6, 2011. It debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz chart. The album features guest performances by Saunders Sermons, Paul Brown, Joe Sample,

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Track listing

# "Remember the Night" (Jessy J, Marco Basci, Paul Brown) – 4:09 # "Rio Grande" (Jessy J, Paul Brown) – 4:01 # "Hot Sauce" (Jessy J, Paul Brown, DeYon Dobson, Michael Ripoll, Lawrence Young) – 3:17 # "Rainbow Gold" (Jessy J, Joe Sample) – 4:27 # "'Til You Make Up Your Mind" (Jessy J, Paul Brown) – 3:53 # "Meant to Be" (Jessy J, Paul Brown, Thomas Klemperer) – 4:07 # "We Kissed" (Jessy J, Paul Brown, Thomas Klemperer) – 2:50 # "Leave Right Now" ( Francis "Eg" White) – 3:34 # "

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) – 4:47 # "Last Night" (Jessy J, Janis Liebhart, Joe Sample) – 8:08

Personnel

Musicians * Jessy J – tenor saxophone (1-7, 9, 10), arrangements (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10), vocals (4, 7, 10),

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(6, 8), soprano saxophone (8) * Paul Brown – keyboards (1), strings (1), guitars (1, 2, 5, 6, 7), bass (1), drum programming (1, 5, 6), arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6, 7), drums (2, 7),

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(3), percussion (5, 6, 7) * Marco Basci – keyboards (2, 5), strings (2) * DeYon Dobson – keyboards (3), drum programming (3) * Lawrence Young – keyboards (3) * Joe Sample – acoustic piano (4, 10),

Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

(4), Rhodes solo (4),

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(10), Korg Triton (10) * Gregg Karukus – keyboards (6, 7), strings (6, 7) * Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (8), guitars (8), bass (8), drum programming (8), arrangements (8) * Jon Notar – acoustic piano (9), arrangements (9) * Michael Ripoll – guitars (3), bass (3) *

– guitars (4, 10), arrangements (4, 10) * Roberto Vally – bass (2, 5, 6, 7) * Nicklas Sample – bass (4, 10) * Jordan Scannella – electric bass (9) *

– drums (4, 10) * Josh Guinta – drums (9) * Saunders Sermons – vocals (9), arrangements (9) * Janis Liebhart – backing vocals (10) * Toni Scruggs – backing vocals (10) Production * Paul Brown – producer (1, 2, 3, 5-8), recording (1, 2, 3, 5-8), mixing * Jessy J – producer (4, 10) * Joe Sample – producer (4, 10) * Jon Notar – producer (9) * Saunders Sermons – producer (9) * Joshua Blanchard – recording (4, 10) * Rob Filmore – recording (9) * Nick Tashjian – assistant engineer * Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio) * Janet Wolsburn – package design * Nicolas Zurcher – photography * Karyn Hughes – photography assistant * Stewart Coxhead with International Music – management

Charts

References

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