Rhytmic Recording Studios, Rochester, NY Engineered by Victor Antonetti ACME Recording Studio, Rochester, NY Engineered by Steve McNally DreamLab Recording Studios, Rochester, NY Engineered by Dave & Bass Cromwell Dynamic Recording Studios, Greece, NY Engineered by Aaron Ripley Tracks 1,5,7,9,10,11 Sax on track 8, A Ripley, Tracks 2,3,& 6 V. Antonetti, Track 4, S. McNally, Track 8 D. & D. Cromwell Mixed and Mastered by Aaron Ripley @ Dynamic Recording Studio August, 2002 Publicist: Shaunta Collier-Santos LandNPR Productions 585.305.7760 E-mail: landnpr@aol.com Management: Lisa Arrington Totem Productions, LLC 17 Central Ave #2 Montclair, NJ 07042 973.655.0797 E-mail: totemproductions@comcast.net Jimmie Highsmith, Jr. Fan Club P.O. Box 20483 Rochester, NY 14602 www.jimmiehighsmith.com Shawn Powell Appears courtesy Tone Def Entertainment Lashonda Joyner Appears courtesy The Rock Music Group Shawn "Black" Jackson Appears courtesy DreamLab Music LLC Paul Boutte' Appears courtesy The Rock Music Group Divine Nature Appears courtesy The Rock Music Group Shiera Coleman Appears courtesy WDKX Radio 103.9 FM Divine Nature is: Robbie Gissendanner Avery Council Toussaint Lipton Photography by Michael Shaw Quikpix Photography 467 South Ave Rochester, NY 14620 585.546.3068 Model Tyshay Taylor CD Design J. Highsmith, Jr., Michael Shaw Thank you, Lord, for all your blessings to me and my family. Our praise to you. Very Special thanks to my wife Lutonya my children Jacquin, James "mrjay55" III, Ariana and Taryn "lil boss." Thanks for all your support. I would be lost without you. Very Special thanks to Andre and my dear sister Wendy. Thank you, for the guidance and support you showed me. Special Thanks to Dad, Mom and my Brother Bill. You showed me love & support when I needed it most. To my precious niece Andrea who will one day be "President of the United States" I Love You. Your Uncle Jimmie J To Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Langston and the whole WDKX family. Dre, Jinny, Natalie, Cyrus "The Love Sponge" Kala, Raheem, Tony, Mike D, Atu, Shiera, Tariq and everyone else for all the love and support you showed me. "The Station that plays the hits!!!" To Vic and Jeff, thanks for helping me dress my best! To Lisa "Ms. Arrington" Markie, Shaunta, L.T., C Givens, Marvin, Zed, Solomon Wycliffe, Chumly, Big Rol #86, Karen Lemar, Statusnuny, Ed Jr., Lisa J, Jimnaine, Chris & Von and Mom & Dad in-law. Thanks for believing in me. To the great musicians that helped me make this album: Michael "Mike T" Thireos, Anthony Thireos, David "Dave Bazz" Jones, Deepak Thettu, Barry Dean, Shiera, Shawn P, Shawn J, Lashonda, Paul, Grand Tone, Marv "Baby Boy" Parker, Dave C, Bass, Battle Roy, Chubb's, Toussaint, Robbie and Vato Thank God for all of your Talents. Thank You To Dynamic Dave, Jackie Kaspersin and the entire Dynamic Family. Thanks for helping me feel at home in your studio. See ya next time. P.S. I'm glad we finally became friends Jasmine & Tramper. Thanks to Coltrane, Everette, Alphonse Mouzon, Art Porter, Cannonball, Terrance Bruce, Sanborn, Wycliffe Gordon, Curtis Kendrick, Vic Goines, Brecker, Miles, Grover, Brandford, Kenny Garrett, Wessell Anderson, Wynton, Kirk Whallum, Wayne Shorter, Herbie, Najee, Sting, Prince, Patrice RushenJeff Lober, Joe Sample and so many others for all of your Musical influences. Thanks to Carl and his Staff at Shuffle Music for keeping up and playing. Thanks to the crew at Applied Audio Lou, Dan, Zipper Jeff, and Tina for helping me sound my best. Thanks to Rockline Magazine, About Time Magazine, WDKX 103.9, WDCZ 102.7, WGMC 90.1, WJZR 105.9, WITR 89.7 God Bless You All Jimmie plays Yamaha and Selmer Saxophones Tenor Sax: Selmer SA80 Series III Black & Gold model Soprano Sax: Yamaha 875 Gold w/curved neck model Jimmie plays Selmer Mouthpieces Special Thanks to Insyte Web Solutions: my web designers. Official Clothier to Jimmie Highsmith Jr. Black Tie Apparel 462 West Main St. Rochester, NY 14608 585.423.1519 This album is dedicated To my children Jacquin, James III, Ariana and Shataryn I love them so much Thank you God for giving them to me. |