Saturday Night Special
Studio album by Norman Connors
Released	1975
Recorded	May 1975
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Soul, jazz, jazz fusion
Label	Buddah
Producer	Skip Drinkwater
Norman Connors chronology
Slewfoot (1974) Saturday Night Special (1975) You Are My Starship (1976)

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Saturday Night Special is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

Track listing

1. "Saturday Night Special" ( Reggie Lucas) 5:10
2. "Dindi" ( Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 6:00 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
3. " Maiden Voyage" ( Herbie Hancock) 6:30
4. "Valentine Love" ( Michael Henderson) 3:45 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson & Jean Carn
5. "Akia" (Kevin Nance, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 3:45
6. "Skin Diver" (Dwight Carson, Harry Whitaker) 6:55 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
7. "Kwasi" ( Norman Connors, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 4:30

Personnel

• Norman Connors - drums
• Michael Henderson - bass, vocals
• Reggie Lucas - electric guitar
• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Buster Williams - double bass
• Robert King - acoustic guitar
• Bernie Krause - Moog synthesizer
• Hubert Eaves III - electric piano, organ, piano, Clavinet
• Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
• Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn
• David Subke, William O. Murphy, Jr. - flute
• Gary Bartz - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Carlos Garnett - tenor saxophone
• Myra Bucky, Nathan Rubin - violin
• Nancy Ellis - viola
• Terry Adams - cello
• Bill Summers - additional percussion
• Ken Nash - congas, cuica (quica), percussion (Indonesian temple shakers, African, Asian and Latin American hand percussion)
• Jean Carn - vocals

Charts

Singles

References

External links

• Norman Connors-Saturday Night Special at Discogs