''Stop All That Jazz'' is an

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by singer and songwriter

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. The album was recorded in 1974 at Leon Russell's House Studio in

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, Oklahoma; Paradise Studios in Tia Juana, Oklahoma; Pete's Place in

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, Tennessee; and Shelter

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, in Tulsa. ''Stop All That Jazz'' is Russell's sixth solo album.

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, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Leon on the ''Stop All That Jazz'' album. Through the ''Stop All That Jazz'' album Leon introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released their debut album '' Magician's Holiday'' on Leon's Shelter Records label. Later Leon played piano on the group's 1977 ''

'' release. The album shows Russell's creativity, coming after his

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's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown,"

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's "If I Were A Carpenter" and "

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helped with the album and sang on the song "

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." The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and

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Track listing

*All songs written by Leon Russell except where noted. Side one Side two Bonus tracks * Note: "Time For Love" is incorrectly listed as 3:40 on the sleeve/record centre. 4:00 is the correct time.

Charts

Personnel

*Leon Russell - Banjo, Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist *

- Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals *Ann Bell - Vocals, Vocals (Background) *Henry Best - Bass *Chuck Blackwell - Drums *

J.J. Cale John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and sound engineer. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knop ...

- Guitar, Guitar (Electric) *Chris Clayton - Horn, Vocals (Background) *Joey Cooper - Guitar, Vocals *John Gallie - Keyboards, Programming *Linda Hargrove - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) *Karl Himmel - Drums *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".Howard Sounes. ''Down ...

- Bass, Drums *William Kenner - Mandolin *Marcy Levy - Vocals, Vocals (Background) *Tommy Lokey - Horn, Vocals (Background) *Jamie Oldaker - Drums *Don Preston - Dobro, Guitar, Vocals *

Carl Radle Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was posthumously inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame i ...

- Bass *Edwin Scruggs - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) *Lena Stephens - Vocals, Vocals (Background) *Odell Stokes - Guitar *Pam Thompson - Vocals, Vocals (Background) *Cam Wilson - Organ, Percussion, Vocals (Background) *Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Vocals *Ric Wilson - Bass *Robert Sinclair Wilson - Bass, Drums *Ronald Wilson - Horn, Vocals (Background) *Pete Drake - Engineer, Guitar (Steel) *Tom Cartwright - Producer *Denny Cordell - Producer *Tom Russell - Engineer *Tami Masak - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *Terence P. Minogue - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *Kent Duncan - Engineer *Steve Hoffman - Engineer *

Cheryl Pawelski Cheryl Pawelski (born April 11, 1966 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American record producer and record-company executive. Since 2010, she has been one of the founder/owners of Omnivore Recordings, a Los Angeles-based record label specializing in ...

- Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *Bernadette Fauver - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *Margaret Goldfarb - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *John LeMay - Engineer *Charles Levan - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer *Tom Wilkes - Design

References

External links

YouTube, Stop All That Jazz, Leon Russell
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