Stop All That Jazz

Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Leon 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.

Stop All That Jazz
Studio album by
Leon Russell
ReleasedMay 10, 1974
Recorded1974
GenreFolk rock, blues rock, classic rock
Length41:27
LabelShelter Records
ProducerLeon Russell
Leon Russell chronology
Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I
(1973)		 Stop All That Jazz
(1974)		 Live in Japan
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideD+[2]
Tom HullD+[3]
Leon Russell in 1973, Shelter Records file photo

The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Leon on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Leon introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released their debut album Magician's Holiday on Leon's Shelter Records label. Later Leon played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release.[4]

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: Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown," Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter" and "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones. Willie Nelson helped with the album and sang on the song "Wabash Cannonball." The album was produced by Tom Cartwright, Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.[5][6]

Track listing
  • All songs written by Leon Russell except where noted.

Side one

  1. If I Were a Carpenter (Tim Hardin) - 3:50
  2. Smashed (Mose Allison) - 2:18
  3. Leaving Whipporwhill - 3:54
  4. Spanish Harlem (Jerry Leiber/Phil Spector) - 4:31
  5. Streaker's Ball - 2:12

Side two

  1. Working Girl - 3:12
  2. Time for Love - 4:04
  3. The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan) - 3:39
  4. Mona Lisa Please - 3:28
  5. Stop All That Jazz - 3:58

Bonus tracks

Charts
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 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

References
  1. AllMusic Review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: First Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  4. GAP Band's Charlie Wilson remembers Leon Russell: 'I learned so much from him' Brandy McDonnell, by Brandy McDonnell
  5. All Music, Stop All That Jazz
  6. discogs.com, Stop All That Jazz
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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