Stop All That Jazz Explained

Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Russell's House Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Paradise Studios in Tia Juana, Oklahoma; Pete's Place in Nashville, Tennessee; and Shelter The Church Studio, in Tulsa. Stop All That Jazz is Russell's sixth solo album.

The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Russell on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Russell introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released its debut album Magician's Holiday on Russell's Shelter Records label. Later Russell played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release.^[1]

The album shows Russell's creativity, coming after his country music album Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I. There is a diverse array of songs on the album, some jazz as well as synthesizers and programmed drum machines. There are some standards written by others, including Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" and Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter." "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones was added to later versions of the album as a bonus track. Willie Nelson helped with the album, playing guitar and singing on the song "Wabash Cannonball." John Cale also played on "If I Were a Carpenter". The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

• All songs written by Leon Russell except where noted.

Side oneSide two Bonus tracks

• Note: "Time For Love" is incorrectly listed as 3:40 on the sleeve/record centre. 4:00 is the correct time.

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	58
United States (Billboard 200)	34

Personnel

• Leon Russell - Banjo, Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist
• Willie Nelson - Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals
• Ann Bell - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Henry Best - Bass
• Chuck Blackwell - Drums
• J.J. Cale - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Chris Clayton - Horn, Vocals (Background)
• Joey Cooper - Guitar, Vocals
• John Gallie - Keyboards, Programming
• Linda Hargrove - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
• Karl Himmel - Drums
• Jim Keltner - Bass, Drums
• William Kenner - Mandolin
• Marcy Levy - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Tommy Lokey - Horn, Vocals (Background)
• Jamie Oldaker - Drums
• Don Preston - Dobro, Guitar, Vocals
• Carl Radle - Bass
• Edwin Scruggs - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
• Lena Stephens - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Odell Stokes - Guitar
• Pam Thompson - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Cam Wilson - Organ, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
• Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Vocals
• Ric Wilson - Bass
• Robert Sinclair Wilson - Bass, Drums
• Ronald Wilson - Horn, Vocals (Background)
• Pete Drake - Engineer, Guitar (Steel)
• Tom Cartwright - Producer
• Denny Cordell - Producer
• Tom Russell - Engineer
• Tami Masak - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• Terence P. Minogue - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• Kent Duncan - Engineer
• Steve Hoffman - Engineer
• Cheryl Pawelski - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• Bernadette Fauver - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• Margaret Goldfarb - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• John LeMay - Engineer
• Charles Levan - Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer
• Tom Wilkes - Design

Notes and References

1. https://oklahoman.com/article/5526923/gap-bands-charlie-wilson-remembers-leon-russell-i-learned-so-much-from-him GAP Band's Charlie Wilson remembers Leon Russell: 'I learned so much from him' Brandy McDonnell, by Brandy McDonnell
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/stop-all-that-jazz-mw0000207825 All Music, Stop All That Jazz
3. https://www.discogs.com/Leon-Russell-Stop-All-That-Jazz/master/81043 discogs.com, Stop All That Jazz
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 262.