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Personnel: Chris Hills (vocals, guitar, Clavinet, keyboards, synthesizer, drums); Jay Rodriguez (vocals, berimbau, gaita, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Richard Worth (vocals, flute, alto flute, shakuhachi, piccolo, kalimba); Josh Roseman (vocals, trombone, keyboards); Itaal Shur (vocals, piano, synthesizer); Bill Ware (vocals, vibraphone); Maurice White (vocals, drums, kalimba); Genji Siraisi (vocals, drums, programming); Chris Theberge (vocals, congas, percussion); Gordon "Nappy G" Clay (vocals, bongos, talking drum, timbales, percussion); Verdine White (vocals, percussion); Lorraine Moore, Wendell Morrison, Easy Ed Zant, Jessica Cleaves (vocals); Robert Lowe , Billy Cadieux, Caleb Martin, Karl Ratzer, Roland Bautista , Steve Khan, Freddie Harris (guitar); Jonathan Maron (electric guitar, bass guitar); Jerald Daemyon (violin, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming); Ronnie Laws (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Joe Farrell (flute, tenor saxophone); Gary Anderson (reeds); Bob Mover (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Michael Brecker, Bob Berg (tenor saxophone); Fabio Morgera (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Marvin Stamm, Tom Harrell, Victor Paz (trumpet, flugelhorn); Frank Nemola, John D'earth, Jon Faddis (trumpet); Ed Byrne, Wayne Andre (trombone); Larry Dunn (piano, Clavinet, organ); Will Boulware (electric piano, Clavinet); Charles Greene (organ, keyboards); Luis Resto (keyboards, synthesizer); Eric Kupper, Jim McElwaine, Leon Pendarvis, Pat Rebillot (keyboards); Mike Mandel (synthesizer); David Earle Johnson (congas, timbales, percussion); Mtume, Nicky Marrero, Buddy Williams (congas); Ray Mantilla (timbales, percussion); Ricky Rinaldi (programming); Louanne McGowan, Lisa Page, Parkes Stewart (background vocals). Recording information: Bass Hit Recording, New York, NY; Hysteria Recordings; Private Life Studio, Brussels, Belgium; Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA; TFL & Irma City Studios, Bologna Italy; Vanguard 23rd Street Studio, New York, NY. Photographer: Umbi Damiani. Arranger: Jerald Daemyon. Cool Fever crosses not so much style and genre as it does time, going back as far as 1976 for Brass Construction's "Movin'." And there are many more songs lifted from this same late-'70s era -- a time when some jazz artists began making dance-ready disco music, artists like Brass Construction and the Players Association. The latter of these two groups makes the most impressive presence on Cool Fever, four of this album's 13 songs being old Players Association classics originally released by Vanguard. However, not everything on this collection is from the late '70s; there are actually quite a few songs dating back to the '90s, these songs being more house- than disco-inflected. Of the '90s house tracks, the "M.A.W. Club Mix" of Jerald Daemyon's "Summer Madness" stands out as a highlight. Finally, there is one potential problem with this album -- it
