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''The Journey Within'' is the debut album by
Bernie Williams Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. (born September 13, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and a musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006. ...
, who at the time of its release was still an outfielder for the
New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...
. Released on July 15, 2003, by
GRP Records GRP® Records (Grusin-Rosen Productions) is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978. Distributed by Verve Records, GRP® was originally known for its digital recordings that focuses on its jazz genre. History With G ...
, Williams played both lead and rhythm guitar on the album and composed seven of the album's songs. The album peaked at number 151 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 3 on the Top Contemporary Jazz albums chart.


Marketing

The album's label, GRP, hoping to capitalize on Williams's popularity as a baseball player, released the album to coincide with the 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. They also organized a Bernie Williams CD night at
Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. Opened in April 2009, the stadium replaced the orig ...
and distributed a sampler CD with proof of purchase of Kraft products.


Track listing

#"La Salsa en Mi" (Bernie Williams)-4:37 #"The Way" (
John DeNicola John DeNicola (born October 4, 1955) is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", for which he won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as receiving a Grammy ...
, Patti Maloney)-5:14 #"Para Don Berna" (Bernie Williams)-3:23 #"Desvelado" (Bernie Williams)-5:30 #"Just Because" (Bernie Williams)-6:16 #"Samba Novo" (Bernie Williams)-1:46 #" Dust in the Wind" (
Kerry Livgren Kerry Allen Livgren (born September 18, 1949) is an American musician, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the American rock band Kansas. Biography Livgren was raised in Topeka, Kansas, by his father Allen ...
)-3:28 #"Stranded on the Bridge" (Bernie Williams)-4:43 #"Bernie Jr." (Bernie Williams)-6:13 #"Enter the Bond" (Bernie Williams)-5:03 #"
And So It Goes "And So It Goes" is a song written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it was not released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his 1989 studio album '' Storm Front''. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box se ...
" ( Billy Joel)-3:46 #"Just Because" adio Mix(Bernie Williams)-3:49 #"The Williams Kids"-4:27


Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.


Musicians

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Bernie Williams Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. (born September 13, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and a musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006. ...
- lead guitar, rhythm guitar (1, 3-5, 8-10, 12), additional percussion (4, 10) *Mike Alvarez - additional guitar (track 10) *
Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ener ...
- drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12) * David Benoit - additional piano (track 12) *
Rubén Blades Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in th ...
- background vocals (track 1) *
Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best-known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...
- percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 12) *
Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, bringing the instrument from its bluegrass roots to jazz, classi ...
- banjo (tracks 1, 8) *
Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...
- additional flugelhorn (track 12) *Bashiri Johnson - percussion (tracks 3, 4, 8-10) *B.J. Lequerica - background vocals (track 2) * Shawn Pelton - drums (tracks 4, 8, 9) *
Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...
- rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12), lead guitar (10) *
Mark Rivera Mark Rivera (born May 24, 1953) is an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, musical director and corporate entertainment provider who is mostly known for his work with Billy Joel. In addition to playing soprano, alto, tenor and b ...
-
saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...
(tracks 1, 2, 8, 9) *
David Sancious David Sancious (born November 30, 1953) is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on ''Human Touch'' (1992), '' Trac ...
- keyboards (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9) *
Gilberto Santa Rosa Gilberto Santa Rosa Cortés, nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa) (born August 21, 1962), is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He is a six time Grammy Award winner and has sold over three million ...
- background vocals (track 1) *
Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...
- bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12) *
David Spinozza David Spinozza is an American guitarist and producer. He worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album '' Walkin ...
- rhythm guitar (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9) *John Thomas - keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12), piano and strings (11) *Hiram Williams - cello (tracks 3, 7) *Larry Williams - Fender rhodes (track 12) *
T-Bone Wolk Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band. Life and career Wolk was born and raised in Y ...
- bass (tracks 4, 8, 9), acoustic bass (3)


Production

*Lorren Harriet - producer *Tally Sherwood - engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10-12) *Danny Bernini - engineer (tracks 3, 4, 6-11) *Mike Alvarez - additional engineering (tracks 1, 4) *Paul Brown - remixing *Bud Harner - remixing *
Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...
- mastering *Hollis King - art direction *
LeRoy Neiman LeRoy Neiman (born LeRoy Leslie Runquist, June 8, 1921 – June 20, 2012) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events. Early life Neiman was ...
- paintings *Jorge Alvarez - photography, back cover *Kelly Pratt - release coordinator *Robert Silverberg - release coordinator *Bernie Williams - liner notes *
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
- liner notes


Charts

''The Journey Within'' charted on several '' Billboard'' lists:


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journey Within 2003 debut albums Bernie Williams albums GRP Records albums