Sweet Thing (album)
# Sweet Thing (album)

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Sweet Thing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1997. "I Still Dream" features Al Jarreau.

## Personnel

* Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)
* Dan Shea – keyboards (1)
* David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)
* Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)
* Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
* Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)
* John Stoddart – keyboards (8)
* Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)
* Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)
* Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)
* Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)
* Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)
* Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)
* Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6-9), additional programming (5)
* Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
* Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)
* Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)
* Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)
* Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)
* Dee Harvey – vocals (5)
* Al Jarreau – vocals (8)
* Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)

Arrangements

* Paul Brown (1, 2, 4-9)
* Carl Burnett (2)
* Boney James (2, 4-9)
* Alex Al (3)
* Jeff Carruthers (4)
* Tony Maiden (5)
* Darrell Smith (5, 7)

## Production

* Boney James – producer
* Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
* Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)
* Dan Shea – additional engineer
* Erik Zobler – additional engineer
* Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant
* Cappy Japngie – recording assistant
* Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant
* Matt Pakucko – mix assistant
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
* Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
* Larry Vigon – art direction, design
* Brian Jackson – design
* James Minchin III – photography
* Howard Lowell – management
