Credits California Funk Machine Vol. 3

PRODUCTION

Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by U-Nam at the CFM Lab, Laguna Hills, CA, USA

Horns arranged by U-Nam

Strings arranged by U-Nam & Raymond Gimenes

Artwork Concept & Design: U-Nam

MUSICIANS

U-Nam: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Lead & Background Vocals, Talk Box, Vocoder, Bass, Synth Bass, 

Rhodes, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Horns, Programming & Editing

Tony Tatum: Lead Vocals (1)

Gennine Francis-Jackson: Lead & Background Vocals (8)

Larry Salzmann: Percussion 

Denis Benarrosh: Percussion (8&9)

Michael White: Drums (9)

Christian Martinez: Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Joabe Reis: Trombone

Thierry Farugia: Tenor Sax & Flute (9)

Kim Chandler: Background Vocals (4&5) 

Franck Sitbon: Piano & Background Vocals (9), Additional Rhodes (6&11)

Tim Owens: Background Vocals (9)

Maria Grig: Violin & Viola

Lyudmila Kadyrbaeva: Cello

Credits California Funk Machine Vol. 2

PRODUCTION

Produced, arranged, mixed & mastered by U-Nam at CFM Lab, Laguna Hills, California, USA

Artwork design & concept by U-Nam

Strings & horns arranged by U-Nam

Additional string arrangements & copyist: Raymond Gimenes

MUSICIANS

U-Nam – lead & rhythm guitars, lead & background vocals, talk box, vocoder, bass, synth bass, synth guitar, keyboards, drums, claps, tambourine, programming & editing

Michael White – drums (#1 & Can’t Get Over You)

“Ready” Freddie Washington – bass (#1)

Denis Benarrosh – percussion (Can’t Get Over You & SOM)

Larry Salzmann – percussion (Let’s Groove & #1)

Jorel “JFly” Flynn – drums (Crazay & SOM)

Marva King – lead & background vocals (Crazay)

Tony Tatum – lead & background vocals (Midas Touch)

Christian Martinez – trumpet & flugelhorn

Joabe Reis – trombone

Kim Chandler – background vocals (Let’s Groove & SOM)

Tim “Tio” Owens – background vocals (SOM)

Kim Hansen – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano & organ B3 (Can’t Get Over You)

Bill Steinway – acoustic piano (SOM)

Bob Baldwin – acoustic piano (SOM)

DJ Puzzle – turntables (Rock It)

Franck Sitbon – acoustic piano & synth solo (Reach Out)

Maria Grig – violin & viola

Lyudmila Kadyrbaeva – cello

Credits California Funk Machine Vol. 1

PRODUCTION

Produced, arranged & mixed by U-Nam (CFM Lab, Laguna Hills, CA)

Mastered by Jeremy H. (La Villa Mastering, Paris, FR)

Strings & horns arranged by U-Nam

Additional string arrangements & copyist: Raymond Gimenes

Artwork: U-Nam

MUSICIANS

U-Nam – guitars, bass, keys, drums, vocals, programming

Marva King – vocals (Ain’t No Stopping Us Now)

Tim “TrO” Owens – vocals (Act Like You Know, Give Me the Night)

Michael White – drums (Back in Stride)

“Ready” Freddie Washington – bass (Back in Stride)

Alex Al – bass (Stomp!)

Wayne “Ziggy” Linsey – keys (Back in Stride)

Franck Sitbon – keys (Ain’t No Stopping Us Now)

Denis Benarrosh – percussion

Larry Salzman – percussion (selected tracks)

Christian Martinez – trumpet, flugelhorn

Joabe Reis – trombone

Kim Chandler – backing vocals, flute

Tony Tatum – vocals (Back in Stride)

Frank Burke – vocals (Stomp!)

Jeff Lacey – rap (Give Me the Night Extended)

ORCHESTRA

Maria Grig – violin, viola

Lyudmila Kadyrbaeva – cello

ARC Orchestra

Short Bio

Curated Listening (Essential Albums)

• George Duke – Dream On
• The Jacksons – Triumph
• Stevie Wonder – Songs of The Key of Life

Signature Gear

• Fender Stratocaster
• Gibson ES-335
• Valley Arts Strat

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Soul/funk guitarist, songwriter, producer and music arranger. Born on 02.02.1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Former guitarist of Earth, Wind & Fire, co-writer of hits like September.

Curated Listening (Essential Albums)

• Earth, Wind & Fire – All’N All
• Earth, Wind & Fire – I Am
• Earth, Wind & Fire – Faces

Signature Gear

• Gibson ES-335

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Curated Listening (Essential Albums)

• The Jacksons – Live
• Herbie Hancock – Lite Me Up
• The Jacksons – Triumph
• James “JT” Taylor – Master of The Game

Signature Gear

• Gibson ES-335
• Yamaha SG and early superstrat-style Yamaha studio guitars (pre-Pacifica era)
• Yamaha SA series (notably SA-1000 and SA-2000 semi-hollow models)

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Curated Listening (Essential Albums)

• Chic – Risqué
• Chic – Take It Off
• Diana Ross – Diana
• Sister Sledge – We Are Family

Signature Gear

• Fender Stratocaster 60 “The Hitmaker”

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