Home Ground is the title song of Stephen Emmer's Home Ground album, featuring Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Leon Ware, Kendra Foster, Frank McComb, Mary Griffin, Ursula Rucker, Andy Bey and Dwight Trible.
from
Home Ground [Album],
track released June 30, 2017
Music and Lyrics by Emmer and Gregory
Mixed by Bob Power, New York
Additional mixing by Stephen Emmer & Lau Kagenaar
CD and digital mastered by Chris Gehringer, Sterling Sound, New York
Vinyl mastered by Mark Wilder, Battery Studio’s, New York
Executive producer Joe d’Ambrosio
Associate producer Lau Kagenaar
Project coordination Maarten Bousie & Connie Kemp
Pre-production and recording by Stephen Emmer and Lau Kagenaar at Stephen Emmer Studios (Amsterdam & Hilversum)
Additional recording by Paul Power, Power Sound Studio, Amsterdam
Additional recording by Ronald Prent, Fieke van den Hurk, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum
Additional recording by Bill Lefler, BL Studios, Los Angeles
Additional recording by Michael Freeman, CRC Studios, Chicago
Additional recording by Roy Hendrickson, Avatar Studios, New York
Additional recording by Lawrence Manchester, Milk Boy Studios, Philadelphia
Additional recording at The Village Recorder Studio, Los Angeles
Additional recording at Abbey Road Studios, London
Additional recording by Rob Macomber, Jazz Lincoln Centre, New York
Musicians:
Piano Stephen Emmer, John Beasley, Lau Kagenaar
Drums Yoran Vroom, Martijn Bosman, Joost Kroon
Drum programming Stephen Emmer
Percussion Jeroen de Rijk
Electric bass Stephen Emmer
Double bass Hein Offermans
Acoustic & electric guitars Stephen Emmer
Keyboards Stephen Emmer
Vibraphone, glockenspiel Murk Jiskoot
Horns Tom Beek, Matthias Konrad, Martijn de Laat, Bert Pfeiffer, Robbert Scherpenisse
Strings Vera van der Bie, Marieke de Bruijn, Ian de Jong, Merel Jonker, Eilidh Martin, Ben Mathot, Isabella Petersen, Jasper van Rosmalen, Jan Willem Troost, Alex Welch
Backing vocals:
Judith Petra, Denise van Donselaar, Ivar Vermeulen, Laurens Kagenaar,
Shirma Rouse