Romantic Journey
# Romantic Journey

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Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.

## Track listing

### Side one

* "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 7:00

    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
* "Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell) – 5:49

    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
* "Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38

    Arranged by Hubert Eaves, Reggie Lucas, and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
* "Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors) 5:26

    Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
    Electric guitar – Ray Gomez

### Side two

* "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 6:43

    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
* "For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52

    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
* "Thembi" (Pharoah Sanders) – 8:04

    Arranged by Norman Connors
    Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders

## Charts

| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Top LPs | 94 |
| US Top R&B Albums | 24 |
| US Jazz Albums | 10 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B | US Dance |
| 1977 | "Once I've Been There" | — | 16 | 30 |

## Personnel

### Musicians

* Norman Connors – main performer, timpani, drums, percussion
* Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster
* Myrna Mathews, and Julia, Maxine and Orrin Waters – backing vocals
* Lee Ritenour – acoustic and electric guitar
* Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
* Hubert Eaves and Jerry Peters – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet
* Ian Underwood – synthesizer
* Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
* Fred Jackson – bass and alto flute, alto saxophone, clarinet
* Ernie Watts – bass and alto flute, tenor saxophone
* Bill Green – Bass, alto and piccolo flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Oscar Brashear, Chuck Findley, Gene Goe, and Gary Grant – trumpet
* George Bohannon, Dick Hyde, and Charlie Loper – trombone
* Maurice Spears – bass trombone
* Sidney Muldrow and Marnie Robinson – French horn
* Jerry Peters – harpsichord
* Willie Weeks – bass
* Victor Feldman – percussion, bells, vibraphone
* Kenneth Nash – congas, percussion, Paiste cymbal, gong
* Bobbye Hall – congas and bongos

### Production

* Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
* Skip Drinkwater – producer
* John Mills and Don Murray – audio engineers
* George Belle and Linda Tyler – engineers assistants
* Bernie Grundman – mastering
* Don Murray and Skip Drinkwater – mixing
