Stompin' at the Savoy – Live

Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
Live album by Rufus
Released	August 10, 1983
Recorded	Sides A, B & C recorded live at the Savoy Theatre, New York on February 12–14, 1982
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	77:41
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Russ Titelman
Rufus chronology
Seal in Red (1983)Seal in Red1983 Stompin' at the Savoy - Live (1983)
Chaka Khan chronology
The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1982) The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan1982 Stompin' at the Savoy - Live (1983) Stompin' at the Savoy - Live1983 I Feel for You (1984) I Feel for You1984

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Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus, (billed as 'Rufus and Chaka Khan'), released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983.

Stompin' at the Savoy was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at the Savoy Theatre in New York which sees the band reunited with Chaka Khan and performing all their biggest hits such as "Tell Me Something Good", "You Got the Love", "Sweet Thing", "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", and "Do You Love What You Feel" as well as "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" from Khan's 1981 solo album of the same name.

The fourth side of the album included four new studio recordings of which two were released as singles, "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". "Ain't Nobody", written by the band's keyboardist David "Hawk" Wolinski, became Rufus' final #1 R&B hit, reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, also won them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1984 and has since come to be regarded as one of Khan's own signature tunes - although it in fact was recorded with Rufus. Both "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses" were included on her 1989 remix compilation Life is a Dance - The Remix Project. Additionally, "Ain't Nobody" was featured in the movie Breakin' and its soundtrack.

The Stompin' at the Savoy – Live album which was a major commercial success, reaching #4 on Billboard's R&B Albums Chart as well as #50 on Pop, became Khan's final collaboration with Rufus and the band dissolved shortly after its release.

Stompin at the Savoy - Live was transferred from vinyl to CD in the early 1990s and remains in print.

Track listing

Personnel

• Chaka Khan: vocals

Rufus:

• Tony Maiden: vocals, guitar
• Kevin Murphy: keyboards
• David "Hawk" Wolinski: keyboards
• John Robinson: drums, percussion
• Bobby Watson: bass guitar

Additional Musicians live:

• Lenny Castro: percussion
• David Williams: rhythm guitar
• Stephanie Spruill: additional tambourine

Background Vocals:

• Stephanie Spruill
• Lee Maiden
• Julia Tillman

Horn Section:

• Jerry Hey: trumpet
• Ernie Watts: tenor saxophone, flute and all sax solos
• Larry Williams: alto sax and flute
• Gary Herbig: tenor sax and flute

Additional Musicians studio:

• Joe Sample: piano on "Don't go to Strangers"
• James Newton Howard: additional synthesizer
• Paulinho da Costa: percussion
• Greg Philinganes: synthesizer bass on "try a little understanding"

Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey

String & Horn arrangement on "Don't Go To Strangers": Ralph Burns

Trivia

Warner Bros. also filmed the performance for a documentary and the album was to be the soundtrack, but, for unknown reasons, decided to shelve the documentary, but still release the album.

Production

• Russ Titelman - record producer
• Track 1–13 recorded at the Savoy Theatre, NY.

Later samples

• "Ain't Nobody"
  • "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim from the album Paid in Full
  • "Last Night" by Kid 'n Play from the album 2 Hype
  • "Beat Blaster" by Rodney O & Joe Cooley from the album Three the Hard Way
  • "Ain't Nobody Better" by Yo-Yo from the album Make Way for the Motherlode
  • "Ain't Nobdy" by LL Cool J from the soundtrack of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
  • "Ain't Nobody" by Faith Evans from the album Faith
  • "Rollin'" by Lil' Troy from the album Sittin' Fat Down South

Charts

Album

Singles

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