''We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx'' was the sixth solo studio
LP by
Dory Previn
Dorothy Veronica "Dory" Previn (née Langan; October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.
During the late 1950s and 1960s, Previn was a lyricist on songs intended for motion pictures and, with h ...
, released in 1976 by
the Warner Brothers label. Apart from the download tracks ''Planet Blue'' made available in 2002, it was her last set of recordings.
Track listing
#"Children of Coincidence""
#"I Wake Up Slow"
#"Woman Soul"
#"The Comedian"
#"Fours"
#"So Much Trouble"
#"Wild Roses (Love Song To The Monster)"
#"How'm I Gonna Keep Myself Together"
#"The Owl and The Pussycat"
Personnel
*Dory Previn - Vocals, Guitar
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre (November 17, 1931 – August 26, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist, best known for his work as a session musician.
Early life
Wayne Andre was born November 17, 1931 in Manchester, ConnecticuAndre's father was a saxophonist, a ...
- Trombone
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Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter best known for " Baby, Come to Me", her 1982 duet with James Ingram, which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 after its re-release ...
- Vocals
*Phil Bodner - Flute, Clarinet
*David Carey - Percussion
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Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a Cello, cellist who has reco ...
- Bass
*Francisco Centeno - Bass
*Burt Collins - Trumpet
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Judy Clay
Judy Clay (September 12, 1938 – July 19, 2001) was an American soul and gospel singer, who achieved greatest success as a member of two recording duos in the 1960s.
Life
Born Judith Grace Guions, in St. Pauls, North Carolina, she was raised ...
- Vocals
*Jonathan Dorn - Tuba
*Bill Eaton - Vocals
*Frank Floyd - Vocals
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Cissy Houston
Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in the family gospel group, T ...
- Vocals
*Peter Jameson - Guitar
*Jack Jeffers - Trombone
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Arthur Jenkins - Percussion, Keyboards
*Hank Jones - Piano
*Keith Loving - Guitar
*Deborah McDuffie - Vocals
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Don McLean
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie (song), American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minut ...
- Banjo
*Eunice Peterson - Vocals
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell (November 15, 1928 – January 25, 1997) was an American tenor saxophonist and flautist whose work spanned multiple genres, including jazz and rhythm and blues.
Background
Powell worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (194 ...
- Saxophone
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Dom Um Romão
Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão also recorded with artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, An ...
- Percussion
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Ernie Royal
Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band ...
- Trumpet
*Joseph J Shepley - Trumpet
*Billy Slapin - Flute
*Ted Sommers - Drums
*Ronelle Stafford - Vocals
*John Sussewell - Drums
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John Tropea
John Tropea (pronounced 'tro-pay'; born January 7, 1946) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Career
Tropea began guitar studies at the age of 12. His musical education continued at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied jaz ...
- Guitar
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Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in moder ...
- Banjo, Bass
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Frank Wess
Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie, Count Basie's band duri ...
- Saxophone
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Ronald Zito - Drums
References
1976 albums
Dory Previn albums
Albums produced by Joel Dorn
Warner Records albums
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