“I’ll Still Be Lovin’ You”
Written by Nathan Harrell East
CAROL RIDDICK: All Vocals
PAT COIL: Keyboards
JERVONNY COLLIER: Bass
MARCUS FINNIE: Drums
ANDREW NEU: Saxophone
Producer: Tom Emmi
Audio Engineer: Phil Nicolo
Video Editors: Dexter Gresh, Matt Mayers & Adam Henderson
As far as we know, Al Schmitt was not born in a recording studio, but he was certainly raised in one. At 8 years old, he was riding the subway into Manhattan to visit the studio where his uncle Harry was mixing sessions for the likes of Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters and Les Paul. At age 19, he would end up engineering a Duke Ellington orchestra session when his boss was unavailable. Soon after in 1958, he moved to L.A. where, for the next sixty years or so, he would become the most decorated engineer in music history, earning more than 150 gold and platinum albums and winning twenty Grammy Awards. From Sinatra to Dylan to Ray Charles, and from Elvis to Madonna to Diana Krall and Michael Jackson, Schmitt’s gentle input and sonic imprint can be heard on some of history’s most important recordings. Al Schmitt. When it comes to mixing great records, he owns all the records.
To help honor Al, above is a song written by his good friend…bassist Nathan East.
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