1995 Chicago – Night & Day (Big Band)

Night & Day (Big Band ) é o décimo oitavo álbum de estúdio da banda americana Chicago , e vigésimo segundo no geral, lançado em 1995. É um afastamento do material do Top 40 para um projeto mais temático, com foco em big band clássica, jazz e swing. Chicago deixou a Reprise Records e começou sua própria gravadora, Chicago Records, para distribuir sua música. Este álbum foi lançado pela Giant Records, uma subsidiária da Warner Music, que também distribui a Reprise. Com o produtor Bruce Fairbairn, Chicago gravou Night & Day: Big Band do final de 1994 ao início de 1995 e o lançou em maio. Embora Bruce Gaitsch tenha se juntado à banda e tocado guitarra nas sessões do álbum, a vaga de guitarra seria preenchida por Keith Howland mais tarde naquele ano. Joe Perry do Aerosmith foi trazido para adicionar um solo a "Blues in the Night". O álbum alcançou a posição #90 nos EUA, na parada Billboard 200.

Tracks

1 Chicago (Fred Fisher) 3:07
2 Caravan (Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol) 3:23
3 Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Gus Kahn, Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt) 3:13
4 Goody Goody (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) 4:05
5 Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) 4:26
6 Night & Day (Cole Porter) 5:36
7 Blues In The Night (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) 6:05
8 Sing, Sing, Sing (Louis Prima) 3:22
9 Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) 5:11
10 In The Mood (Joe Garland) 3:44
11 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Bob Russell, Duke Ellington) 3:39
12 Take The “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn) 5:36

Band Members

Bass	Jason Scheff
Drums	Tris Imboden
Guitar	Bruce Gaitsch
Guitar	Bill Champlin
Keyboards	Bill Champlin
Keyboards	Robert Lamm
Harmonica	Tris Imboden
Background Vocals	Bill Champlin
Background Vocals	Robert Lamm
Background Vocals	Jason Scheff

Other Musicians

1 Chicago

Trumpet	Bruce Fairbairn
Vocals	Robert Lamm

2 Caravan

Vocals

Robert Lamm

3 Dream A Little Dream Of Me

(*) From Jade

Vocals	Tonya Kelly *
Vocals	Di Reed *
Vocals	Joi Marshall *
Vocals	Jason Scheff

4 Goody Goody

Vocals

Bill Champlin

5 Moonlight Serenade

Vocals	Jason Scheff
Vocals	Robert Lamm

6 Night & Day

Percussion	Jack Duncan
Percussion	Sal Ferreras
Vocals	Jason Scheff

7 Blues In The Night

Vocals

Bill Champlin

8 Sing, Sing, Sing

(*) From The Gipsy Kings

Vocals	Bill Champlin
Vocals	Jason Scheff
Vocals	Robert Lamm
Vocals	Nicholas Reyes (*)
Vocals	Patchai Reyes (*)

9 Sophisticated Lady

Vocals	Jason Scheff
Vocals	Robert Lamm

10 In The Mood

Vocals	Bill Champlin
Vocals	Jason Scheff
Vocals	Robert Lamm

11 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Vocals	Bill Champlin
Vocals	Robert Lamm

12 Take The “A” Train

Vocals

Robert Lamm

Percussion

Luis Conte

Liner Notes

Producer – Bruce Fairnbarn
Co-Producer (The Gipsy Kings) – Gerald Precost (Track 8)
Arranged By – James Pankow (Track 1, 2, 3, 5)
Arranged By – Bill Champlin (Track 4, 7)
Arranged By – Robert Lamm (Track 6, 11, 12)
Arranged By – Lee Loughnane (Track 8)
Arranged By – Jason Scheff, Robert Lamm (Track 9)
Arranged By – Chicago, Peter Wolf (Track 10)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Lee Loughnane, The Gipsy Kings (Track 8)
Engineer – Erwin Musper
Engineer (Second) – Mike Plotnikoff
Engineer (Assistant) – Delwyn Brooks, Robbes Stieglitz
Mixed By – Erwin Musper
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Orchestrated By – Shelly Berg

Art Direction, Design – Larry Vigon
Photography – Hugh Kretschmer, Guy Webster

Recorded At Armoury Studios, Vancouver
Recorded At Record Plant, LA
Phonographic Copyright Giant Records
Copyright Giant Records