''This Mother's Daughter'' is a 1976 studio album by Nancy Wilson. Produced by Eugene McDaniels, the album is more jazz-funk and jazz-fusion oriented than Wilson's earlier records, and features musicians such as Blue Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Dave Grusin,

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, and Hugh McCracken. Grusin serves as arranger for most of the tracks, with additional arrangements by Duke and McCracken. ''This Mother's Daughter'' is Wilson's first album with all 10 tracks being original songs. The album's themes are centered on love, relationships and motherhood. In an AllMusic review, Jason Ankeny calls ''This Mother's Daughter'' "the most soulful record cut by Nancy Wilson during her Capitol tenure," and says that McDaniels' "subtle but ingenious jazz-funk flourishes are essential to the project's immediacy and appeal." Ankeny hails Wilson's performance as "sophisticated yet saucy."

Track listing

Side 1

# "From You To Me To You" (Rachel Perry) – 3:54 # "Love Has Smiled on Us" (

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, Perry) – 3:48 # "I Don't Want a Sometimes Man" (Perry) – 3:48 # "Tree of Life" ( Eugene McDaniels) – 4:19 # "China" (Dennis Collins Johnson, McDaniels, John Wood) – 3:40

Side 2

# "Now" (Mayer, Marcia Hillman) – 4:54 # "This Mother's Daughter" (McDaniels) – 3:55 # "He Never Had It So Good" (Mayer, Perry) – 3:10 # "When We Were One" (Mayer, Leida Snow) – 3:55 # "Stay Tuned" (McDaniels, Perry) – 4:35

Personnel

From the original liner notes: * Nancy Wilson – vocals * Blue Mitchell –

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solo * Dave Grusin – piano,

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, background vocals * Hugh McCracken – guitar * Jeff Miranoy – guitar *

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– bass guitar * Steve Gadd – drums *

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– percussion * Eugene McDaniels – background vocals * Morgan Ames – background vocals, arranger of background vocals * Carolyn Willis – background vocals * Jackie Ward – background vocals * Lisa Roberts – background vocals * Carla Bee – background vocals * Afreeka Trees – background vocals *

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– background vocals

Technical personnel

* Eugene McDaniels – producer * Larkin Arnold – executive producer *

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– production assistant * Dave Grusin – arranger * George Duke – arranger ("China") * Hugh McCracken – arranger ("When We Were One") * Roy Kohara –

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* Mel Dixon – photographer

References

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