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art direction George Osaki
artwork [reissue art] Vartan
banjo Carmen Mastren
bass Anthony Jackson
bass Dave Moore
bass Homer Mensch
bass Jesse Teiko
bass John Beal
bass Milt Hinton
bass Ron Carter
bass Russ Savakus
bassoon John Campo
bassoon Loren Glickman
bassoon Ray Shanfeld
bassoon Wally Kane
cello Alan Shulman
cello Alla Goldberg
cello Anthony Sophos
cello Eugene Moye
cello Fred Zlotkin
cello Janet Hamilton
cello Jesse Levy
cello Jonathan Abramowitz
cello Kermit Moore
cello Mary Green Jaccoma
cello Maurice Bialkin
cello Richard Boch
cello Seymour Barab
choir [adult] Adrienne Albert
choir [adult] Alfa Anderson
choir [adult] Annette Sanders
choir [adult] Babi Floyd
choir [adult] Barbara Massey
choir [adult] Beurice Whitehead
choir [adult] Bill Marine
choir [adult] Billy Davis
choir [adult] Brenda White King
choir [adult] Charlie Collins
choir [adult] Christopher Dean
choir [adult] Chuck McGruder
choir [adult] Cissy Houston
choir [adult] Clare Bathé
choir [adult] Claudia Ricks
choir [adult] Dannis Perren
choir [adult] David Lasley
choir [adult] Deborah McDuffie
choir [adult] Diva Gray
choir [adult] Eric Butler
choir [adult] Fonzi Thornton
choir [adult] Frank Floyd
choir [adult] Fred Stark
choir [adult] Gordon Grody
choir [adult] Grady Tate
choir [adult] Gwen Guthrie
choir [adult] Helen Miles
choir [adult] Jake Holmes
choir [adult] Janet Wright
choir [adult] Janice Papolos
choir [adult] Janice Pendarvis
choir [adult] Jean Thomas
choir [adult] Jeanette McGruder
choir [adult] Jerry Keller
choir [adult] Jo Armstead
choir [adult] Joey Ward
choir [adult] Kasey Cisyk
choir [adult] Kay Coleman
choir [adult] Ken Williams
choir [adult] Kenny Karen
choir [adult] Lani Groves
choir [adult] Leon Pendarvis
choir [adult] Leslie Miller
choir [adult] Luther Vandross
choir [adult] Mabel Robinson
choir [adult] Maeretha Stewart
choir [adult] Mariama Thomas
choir [adult] Melanie Moore
choir [adult] Melvin Edmondson
choir [adult] Michael Gray
choir [adult] Milt Grayson
choir [adult] Neil Raber
choir [adult] Patti Austin
choir [adult] Randy Peyton
choir [adult] Ray Simpson
choir [adult] Renelle Stafford
choir [adult] Rhetta Hughes
choir [adult] Roberta Flack
choir [adult] Ron Dante
choir [adult] Ron Marshall
choir [adult] Steve Clayton
choir [adult] Steve Feldman
choir [adult] Susan Hamilton
choir [adult] Susan Stephenson
choir [adult] Tamy Smith
choir [adult] Ted Ross
choir [adult] Tom Bahler
choir [adult] Tony Wells
choir [adult] Ullanda McCullough
choir [adult] Vivian Cherry
choir [adult] William Eaton
choir [adult] Yvonne Lewis
choir [adult] Zachary Sanders
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Antonia French
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Arthur French
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Babi Floyd
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Bryon Gray
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Camille Farrell
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Christine Langner
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Claude Brooke
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Craig Davis
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] David Reed
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Dawn Walker
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Deborah McDuffie
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Duke Thorbs
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Ermundo Russell
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Frank Floyd
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Gerrard Randall
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Gwen Guthrie
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Jenny Cooke
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Jules S. Davis
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Julio Herrara
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Kim Magloire
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Lani Groves
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Martina Jones
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Mary Lombardi
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Mia Thomas
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Mike Farrell
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Molina Williams
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Patti Austin
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Petra Johnson
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Sharon Davis
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Susan Stephenson
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] T.J. Cooke
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Tommy Malcolm
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Ullanda McCullough
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] Vivian Cherry
choir [the wiz singers children's choir] William Walker
tracks 1-1f, 1-4, 2-2, 2-4c, 2-5, 2-11b composed by Ashford & Simpson
tracks 1-1a, 1-1c to 1-1e, 1-2a, 1-3, 1-6 to 1-11, 1-12 to 1-14, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4a, 2-6, 2-8b, 2-10, 2-11a composed by Charlie Smalls
tracks 1-1b, 1-1f, 1-2b, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6a, 1-11a, 1-15, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4b, 2-4c, 2-5, 2-7a, 2-7c, 2-8a, 2-9, 2-11b composed by Quincy Jones
conductor [orchestra] Bobby Tucker
conductor [orchestra] Quincy Jones
conductor [orchestra], orchestrated by Bob Freedman
conductor, arranged by [adult & childen choir] Tom Bahler
copyist Albert Schoonmaker
copyist Gary Fry
copyist Jerry Bass
copyist Lou Savarese
copyist Nat Brooks
drums Chris Parker
drums Grady Tate
drums Harvey Mason
drums Steve Gadd
engineer [assistant] Ollie Cotton
engineer [recording] Bruce Swedien
engineer [technical] Larry Dahlstrom
engineer [technician] George Walker
engineer [technician] Mitchell Plotkin
engineer [technician] Peter Maiorino
english horn Joe Marangella
french horn Bob Carlisle
french horn Brooks Tillotson
french horn Donald Corrado
french horn Jim Buffington
french horn Joe De Angelis
french horn John Clark
french horn Larry Wechsler
french horn Maggie Reill
french horn Peter Gordon
french horn Ray Alonge
french horn Sharon Moe
french horn Tony Miranda
guitar Eric Gale
guitar Hugh McCracken
guitar Jeff Mironov
guitar Steve Khan
harmonica Toots Thielemans
harp Gloria Agostini
harp Margaret Ross
harp Ruth Armato
harp Sally Foster
keyboards Bhen Lanzaroni
keyboards Bob James
keyboards Dave Grusin
keyboards David Foster
keyboards Derek Smith
keyboards Dick Hyman
keyboards Ernie Hayes
keyboards Frank Owens
keyboards Jerry Peters
keyboards Ken Ascher
keyboards Leon Pendarvis
keyboards Pat Rebillot
keyboards Paul Griffin
keyboards Quincy Jones
keyboards Richard Tee
keyboards Rob Mounsey
keyboards Thom Bridwell
keyboards Warren Bernhardt
liner notes Bruce Swedien
liner notes Quincy Jones
liner notes Sidney Lumet
mastered by [originally mastered by] Bernie Grundman
mastered by [remastered] Erick Labson
orchestrated by Bob Florence
orchestrated by Chris Boardman
orchestrated by Greig McRitchie
orchestrated by Jerry Hey
orchestrated by Mendel Baylitz
orchestrated by Pete Meyers
orchestrated by Ralph Ferraro
orchestrated by Richard Hazard
orchestrated by Wayne Robinson
percussion Arthur Jenkins
percussion Bill Lavorgna
percussion Bill Summers
percussion David Carey
percussion David Charles
percussion David Friedman
percussion George Devens
percussion Grady Tate
percussion Harvey Mason
percussion Mel Lewis
percussion Paulinho Da Costa
percussion Phil Kraus
percussion Ralph MacDonald
percussion Steve Gadd
percussion Steve Little
percussion Sue Evans
percussion Victoria Berd
tracks 1-3 performer [aunt em] Theresa Merrit
tracks 1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-5, 2-7c, 2-11a performer [dorothy] Diana Ross
tracks 2-6, 2-7c performer [evilene] Mabel King
tracks 2-7c, 2-9, 2-10 performer [glinda] Lena Horne
tracks 1-13, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7c performer [lion] Ted Ross
tracks 1-6a performer [miss one] Thelma Carpenter
tracks 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7c, 2-9 performer [scarecrow] Michael Jackson
tracks 2-3, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9 performer [the wiz / herman smith] Richard Pryor
tracks 1-10, 1-11a, 1-12, 2-1, 2-7c performer [tinman] Nipsey Russell
producer, other [adaptation, score & musical supervision] Quincy Jones
synthesizer [polyphonic] David Foster
synthesizer [polyphonic] Michael Boddicker
tracks 1-9, 1-12, 1-14 tenor saxophone Michael Brecker
trombone Alan Raph
trombone Bill Reichenbach
trombone Charlie Small
trombone David Taylor
trombone Eddie Bert
trombone George Flynn
trombone Paul Faulise
trombone Sonny Russo
trombone Tony Studd
trombone Urbie Green
trombone Wayne Andre
trumpet Alan Rubin
trumpet Allan Dean
trumpet Bernie Glow
trumpet Burt Collins
trumpet Chuck Findley
trumpet Clark Terry
trumpet Danny Cahn
trumpet Ernie Royal
trumpet Gary Grant
trumpet Jerry Hey
trumpet Joe Shepley
trumpet Joe Wilder
trumpet Jon Faddis
trumpet Lew Soloff
trumpet Marvin Stamm
trumpet Mel Davis
trumpet Mike Lawrence
trumpet Randy Brecker
trumpet Raymond Crisara
trumpet Tom Bahler
tuba Alan Raph
tuba Dave Bargeron
tuba Don Butterfield
tuba Howard Johnson
tuba Tony Price
viola Alfred Brown
viola Barbara Baird
viola David Sackson
viola Emanuel Vardi
viola Harold Coletta
viola Harry Zaratzian
viola Julien Barber
viola Lamar Alsop
viola Linda Lawrence
viola Maxine Roach
viola Midhat Serbagi
viola Richard Maximoff
viola Seymour Berman
viola Sue Pray
viola Theodore Israel
violin Alphonse Schipani
violin Ann Barak
violin Arianne Bronne
violin Arnold Black
violin Arthur Bogin
violin Avram Weiss
violin Carmel Malin
violin David Sackson
violin Diana Halprin
violin Frederick Buldrini
violin Guy Lumia
violin Harold Kohon
violin Harry Cykman
violin Harry Glickman
violin Harry Lookofsky
violin Harry Urbont
violin Irving Spice
violin Jean Ely
violin Joe Malin
violin John Pintavalle
violin Joseph Rabushka
violin Kathryn Kienke
violin Leo Kahn
violin Lewis Eley
violin Louann Montesi
violin Louis Gabowitz
violin Marvin Morgenstern
violin Matthew Raimondi
violin Max Cahn
violin Max Ellen
violin Max Hollander
violin Michael Comins
violin Michael Spivakowsky
violin Michał Urbaniak
violin Noel DaCosta
violin Ora Shiran
violin Paul Winter
violin Peter Dimitriades
violin Raoul Poliakin
violin Regis Iandiorio
violin Richard Henrickson
violin Richard Sortomme
violin Robert Rosek
violin Tony Posk
woodwind Artie Kaplan
woodwind Charles Russo
woodwind Danny Bank
woodwind Dave Tofani
woodwind Don Hammond
woodwind Eddie Daniels
woodwind Frank Wess
woodwind George Marge
woodwind George Young
woodwind Hank Freeman
woodwind Harvey Estrin
woodwind Hubert Laws
woodwind Jerome Richardson
woodwind Jerry Dodgion
woodwind John Campo
woodwind John Lissauer
woodwind Johnny Mince
woodwind Kim Hutchcroft
woodwind Larry Williams
woodwind Leon Cohen
woodwind Lew Del Gatto
woodwind Loren Glickman
woodwind Lou Marini
woodwind Michael Brecker
woodwind Pepper Adams
woodwind Phil Bodner
woodwind Ray Beckenstein
woodwind Ray Shanfeld
woodwind Romeo Penque
woodwind Ronnie Roseman
woodwind Seldon Powell
woodwind Wally Kane
woodwind Walt Levinsky
woodwind William Slapin
Soundtrack of the movie The Wiz directed by Sidney Lumet (1978) and adapted from the L. Frank Baum book The Wizard Of Oz.
Recording Studio: A&R Recording Studios, New York City.
Mastered at A&M Records, L.A.
Remastered at MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, CA.
The singles taken out from this release were released under the name The Wiz Stars

The real duration of Ease On Down The Road #1 is 3:52 not 3:19.