Deep Soul (album)

Deep Soul
Deep Soul
Studio album by Ronnie Laws
Released	1992
Studio	Wide Tracks Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Par Records
Producer	Ronnie Laws
Ronnie Laws chronology

Deep Soul is a studio album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws, released in 1992 by Par Records.^[2] The album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[3]

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AllMusic	^[1]

Overview

Deep Soul was produced by Wayne Henderson. Artists such as Philip Bailey and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler appeared on the album.^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tonite's The Night"	Rob Mullins	4:44
2.	"Believe It Or Not"	James Taylor	3:58
3.	"Harvest For The World"	The Isley Brothers	3:23
4.	"Blue Indigo"	Larry Dunn	4:58
5.	"After Midnight"	Noel Classen, Ronnie Laws, Wayne Henderson	4:36
6.	"Stairway To The Stars"	Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish	3:26
7.	"Big Daddy Swing"	Ronnie Laws	4:03
8.	"All The Way Back Home"	Ronnie Laws	4:06
9.	"Lonesome Journey"	Ronnie Laws	4:23
10.	"Still Always There"	Ronnie Laws, William Jeffrey	5:30
11.	"So Far, So Near"	Ronnie Laws	4:27
12.	"Blues In The 5th Ward"	Ronnie Laws, Wayne Henderson	4:42

Ronnie Laws – soprano saxophone (1), saxophone (2, 5, 8, 9), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7, 10–12), alto saxophone (4), piccolo flute (11)
Rob Mullins – keyboards
Noel Classen – keyboards (2, 5, 8, 9), synthesizer programming (2, 5, 8, 9, 11), bass (2, 5, 8, 9, 11), drums (2, 5, 8, 9)
Dwight Sills – guitars (1, 3–5, 7–10, 12)
Nathaniel Philips – bass (1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12)
Craig T. Cooper – bass (9)
William "Bubba" Bryant – drums (1, 3, 7, 10, 12)
Ndugu Chancler – drums (4)
Rayford Griffin – drums (11)
Wayne Henderson – trombone (7, 10, 11)
Julie Delgado – backing vocals (3)
Augie Johnson – backing vocals (3, 9)
Gregory Matta – backing vocals (3, 9)
Sandra Fairly – backing vocals (9)
Philip Bailey – vocal scats (9)