Mike Phillips YOU HAVE REACHED...

Personnel includes: Mike Phillips (vocals, saxophone); Jazdin Reddy (vocals, various instruments); Derek "Doa" Allen (various instruments, programming); Malik Yusef (vocals); Audra Woodard (spoken vocals); Alexander Sepiagin (trumpet); Ivan Dupee (Fender Rhodes piano, programming); Michael Logan (Fender Rhodes piano); Eric Parker (keyboards, programming); Donald Parker (keyboards); David Williams (acoustic guitar); Toni Popoviv (guitar, samples); Richie Davis (guitar); Wayman Tisdale (bass, background vocals); Richard Patterson (bass); Michael White, Khari Parker (drums); Ruben Alvarez (percussion); Frank White, DJ Wiz Kid (turntables).
Producers include: Ivan Dupee, Mike Phillips, Wayman Tisdale, Eric Parker.
Engineers include: Ivan Dupee, Jacob Robinson, Donald Parker.
Personnel: Mike Phillips (vocals, saxophone); Wayman Tisdale (vocals, background vocals); Jazdin Reddy, Audra Woodard, Malik Yusef (vocals); Tomi Popovic (guitar, programming); Richie Davis , Sherrod Barnes (guitar); David E. Williams (acoustic guitar); Alexander Sepiagin (trumpet); Ivan Dup?e (Fender Rhodes piano, programming, drum programming); Michael Logan (Fender Rhodes piano); Katreese Barnes, Luke Austin, Eric Parker (keyboards, drum programming); Donald Parker, William Bryant (keyboards); Shawn Hibbler (drums, programming, drum programming); Michael White , Khari Parker (drums); Gus Rickette (hand claps, programming, drum programming); Keenan Pryor, NY Subway Passengers, Kareem Wells (hand claps); Ruben Alvarez (percussion); Derek Allen (programming); Jerry Barnes (drum programming); DJ Wiz Kid, Frank White (turntables); Keisha Dement (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Ivan Dup?e; Jacob Robinson; Pete Thomas; Jazdin Reddy; Hal Sacks.
Liner Note Author: Steve McKeever.
Recording information: Alien Flyer Studios, New York, NY; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Crystal Clear Studios, Sacramento, CA; Dp Studios, Chicago, IL; Hillbilly Stuido, New York, NY; More Better Music Studios, Northridge, CA; Parker Music Studios, Newark, NJ; Tisway Studios, Tulsa, OK.
Photographer: Natalie Perkins.
Arranger: Mike Phillips.
Alto saxophonist Mike Phillips wants to be more than just another smooth jazz player riffing melodically over prerecorded rhythm tracks, so he tricks out his debut album, You Have Reached Mike Phillips, with lots of ear-catching gimmicks. Harking back to his busking days, he includes moments recorded on commuter-train and subway stations; he has his young daughter sing his main theme, "You Have Reached Mike Phillips," a play on a telephone answering machine message; on "A True Story (Tabernacle - ATL)," he has Audra Woodard recite a poem that sounds like an erotic encounter between two people, until it turns out to be between a man and his saxophone; and he adds vocals to occasional tracks. All of this makes the album more interesting to listen to than your average smooth jazz outing, over which Phillips solos pleasantly like soprano saxists George Howard and Kenny G. ~ William Ruhlmann

• Format: CD
• Genre: Jazz