The Message Man: The Best of DJ Rogers

Original Release Date:  February 17, 1998

Track Listing

• 1. Trust Me, Pt. 1 & 2
• 2. Love Brought Me Back
• 3. You Take Me Higher (Brazilian Lover)
• 4. Joy from You
• 5. All My Love
• 6. The Message Is Still the Same
• 7. Will You Remember Me?
• 8. You Can Have It for a Song
• 9. Never Had a Reason to Dance Till Now!
• 10. Changed
• 11. He'll Be Your All and All
• 12. Pressing On
• 13. You Are My Joy

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Buddy Collette: Horn
• Jerome Richardson: Horn
• Barbara Thompson: Strings
• Chuck Rainey: Bass
• Marilyn Baker: Strings
• D.J. Rogers: Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Clavinet, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Rhythm Arrangements
• Al Aarons: Horn
• Arnold Belnick: Strings
• Benorce Blackmon: Guitar
• Ty Blair: Engineer, Mixing
• George Bohannon: Horn
• Oscar Brashear: Horn
• Arthur H. Brown: Strings
• Garnett Brown: Horn
• Denyse Buffum: Strings
• Charles Bynum: Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Bart Chiate: Engineer, Mixing
• Ronald Clark: Strings
• Jeff Clayton: Horn
• Rollice Dale: Strings
• Ann Esther Davis: Vocals (Background)
• James Gadson: Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Sharon Garnett: Vocals (Background)
• Jim Gilstrap: Vocals (Background)
• Bill Green: Horn
• Mick Guzauski: Engineer, Mixing
• Marlo Henderson: Guitar
• Gary Herbig: Horn
• Jerry Hey: Horn
• Paula Hochhalter: Strings
• Selene Hurford: Strings
• George Hyde: Horn
• Dennis Karmazyn: Strings
• Jackie Kelso: Horn
• John Lehman: Vocals (Background)
• Jon Lind: Producer, Mixing
• Mark Linett: Engineer
• Sinclair Lott: Horn
• Harvey Mason, Sr.: Drums
• Marty McCall: Vocals (Background)
• Michael McGloiry: Guitar
• Sidney Muldrow: Horn
• Buell Neidlinger: Strings
• Jerry Peters: Keyboards, Producer, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Mixing
• Greg Poree: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Benjamin Powell: Horn
• Brian Reeves: Engineer
• Jerome Reisler: Strings
• Marni Robinson: Horn
• Linda Rose: Strings
• Jay Rosen: Strings
• John Rowin: Guitar
• Julia Tillman Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Maurice Spears: Horn
• David Speltz: Strings
• Aldyn St. John: Piano, Vocals (Background)
• Lya Stern: Strings
• Lillian Tynes: Vocals (Background)
• Marcia Van Dyke: Strings
• Carla Vaughn: Vocals (Background)
• Dino Vice: Vocals (Background)
• Dorothy Wade: Strings
• Sheryl Walker: Vocals (Background)
• Eirik Wangberg: Engineer
• Maxine Willard Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Ernie Watts: Horn
• Geri White: Vocals (Background)
• Tyrone Williams: Engineer, Mixing
• Charlie Wilson: Vocals (Background)
• John Wittenberg: Strings
• Robert Zimmitti: Percussion
• Shari Zippert: Strings
• Dick Hyde: Horn
• Gary Garrett: Vocals (Background)
• Steve McManus: Engineer, Mixing
• Leo Sacks: Compilation Producer
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Arranger, Conductor
• Ronnie Wilson: Vocals (Background)
• Arthur Royval: Strings
• Tom "Curly" Ruff: Mastering
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Joy Gilbert Manfried: Director
• Eugene E. Young: Horn
• Paul Smith: Organ, Moog Synthesizer