Pieces Of A Dream Sensual Embrace: The Soul Ballads CD

Additional personnel includes: Eva Cassidy, Maysa, Maxi Priest (vocals); Grover Washington, Jr. (saxophone); Vincent Calloway (trombone); Steve Ford (piano, synthesizer); Joel Davis (keyboards, programming); Michael (Antonio) Thornton, Cliff Starky (keyboards); Michael Herring (acoustic & electric guitars); Ronny Jordan (acoustic guitar); Randy Bowland, Gene Robinson (guitar); Bernie Sims, Rich Crawford (drums, drum programming); Glenn Barratt (programming).

Producers include: Pieces Of A Dream, Rich Crawford, Ron Kerber, Michael (Antonio) Thornton, Steve Ford, Glenn Barrat.

Compilation producer: Eli Wolf.

Personnel: James K. Lloyd (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, keyboard bass, programming, drum programming); Curtis Harmon (vocals, drums, cymbals, drum programming); Eva Cassidy, Maxi Priest, Annette Hardeman (vocals); Rich Crawford (guitar, drums, programming); Michael Herring , Gene Robinson, Randy Bowland (guitar); Steven Ford (strings, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Ron Kerber (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eddie Baccus, Jr. (saxophone, soprano saxophone); Grover Washington, Jr. (saxophone); Vincent Calloway (trombone, background vocals); Joel Davis (keyboards, programming); Michael Antonio Thornton (keyboards, drum programming); Cliff Starky (keyboards); Bill Pierce (bass synthesizer); Angelo Ray (drums); Glenn Barratt (programming, drum programming); Yvette Miles, Maysa , Reggie Calloway, Barbara Walker, Cedric A. Napoleon, Charlene Holloway (background vocals).

Sensual Embrace: The Soul Ballads collects 12 smooth jazz tracks from Pieces of a Dream's mid-'80s recordings for Blue Note Records. Among the selections are "The Cool Side," "You and I," "Goodbye Manhattan," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," and a cover version of Paul McCartney's "My Love." It's both a good introduction to Pieces of a Dream's laid-back sound and an excellent summation of the group's peak years. ~ Al Campbell

Pieces Of A Dream: James K. Lloyd (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Curtis Harmon (vocals, drums, drum programming); Eddie Bacchus (soprano saxophone, saxophone); Ron Kerber (alto & tenor saxophones, flute); Cedric Napoleon (bass, background vocals).