Mecca for Moderns

Who played on Mecca for Moderns

• Alan Paul vocals, vocal arranger all tracks
• Cheryl Bentyne vocals all tracks
• Janis Siegel vocals, vocal arranger all tracks
• Jay Graydon arranger, electric guitar, synthesizer, mix, producer, instrument arranger all tracks
• Tim Hauser vocals all tracks
• Abraham Laboriel bass guitar on 8 tracks
• Steve Gadd drums (drum set) on 7 tracks
• David Walter Foster piano, synthesizer, Rhodes piano, instrument arranger on 3 tracks
• Steve Lukather guitar on 3 tracks
• Dean Parks guitar on 2 tracks
• Michael Boddicker synthesizer, programming on 2 tracks
• Milcho Leviev arranger, piano, synthesizer on 2 tracks
• Yaron Gershovsky piano on 2 tracks
• Al Viola guitar on 1 track
• Alex Acuña percussion on 1 track
• Andy Narell cowbell, steelpan on 1 track
• Don Roberts tenor saxophone on 1 track
• Greg Mathieson synthesizer, organ on 1 track
• Jerry Hey trumpet on 1 track
• Jon Hendricks other vocals on 1 track
• Mike Baird drums (drum set) on 1 track
• Richie Cole alto saxophone on 1 track
• Steve George synthesizer on 1 track
• Tom Scott alto saxophone, Lyricon on 1 track
• Victor Feldman piano, Rhodes piano on 1 track

Tracklist

1. A1 On the Boulevard — Jay Graydon, Richard Page 4:08
2. A2 Boy From New York City 3:40
3. A3 (Wanted) Dead or Alive — Winsford De Vine 3:27
4. A4 Spies in the Night — David Walter Foster, Jay Graydon, Monty Norman, Alan Paul 3:59
5. A5 Smile Again — Bill Champlin, David Walter Foster, Jay Graydon 4:33
6. B1 “Until I Met You” (Corner Pocket) — Freddie Green, Donald Wolf 5:17
7. B2 (The Word of) Confirmation standard — Charlie Parker 3:14
8. B3 Kafka — Jay Graydon, Bernard Kawka 4:08
9. B4 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square standard — Manning Sherwin 3:46

Production

• Bob Bullock engineer
• Debbie Thompson engineer
• Joe Bogan recording
• Bernard Kawka arranger
• Gene Puerling arranger

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