John Tropea

guitar, producer, electric guitar, arranger, orchestrator, acoustic guitar, instrument arranger, performer, horn, synthesizer, strings, vocal

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Jay Messina engineer, mix 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, After the Love Has Gone, Ain't No Woman, Body and Soul, Caravan, Close, but No Guitar, Cuban Nights, Cute Song, Donna Lee, Freedom Jazz Dance, Giant Steps, House Is Not a Home, Keep on Truckin' (Baby), La La Means I Love You, Let's Get It On, Mambo Inn, Morning Dance, Ol' School, Once I Loved, One Note Funk, Pandora's Box, Rock Candy, Round Midnight, Song for My Father, St. Thomas, Super Strut, That's the Way of the World, The Chant, The Cropper Way, The Long and Winding Road, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, You Are My Heaven
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) arranger, producer, vocal, bass, bass guitar 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, Close, but No Guitar, Cuban Nights, Cute Song, Do You Wanna Be Loved, Donna Lee, In This Time, Just Blue, Keep on Truckin' (Baby), Let's Get It On, Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song, Muff, Ol' School, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Bratt, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, The Long and Winding Road, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, You Are My Heaven, You Can't Have It All, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
伊藤潔 (jazz producer) producer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, After the Love Has Gone, Ain't No Woman, Body and Soul, Caravan, Freedom Jazz Dance, Giant Steps, House Is Not a Home, La La Means I Love You, Mambo Inn, Morning Dance, Once I Loved, One Note Funk, Pandora's Box, Rock Candy, Round Midnight, Song for My Father, St. Thomas, Super Strut, That's the Way of the World, The Chant, The Cropper Way, Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Don Grolnick arranger, Rhodes piano, keyboard, piano 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, Do You Wanna Be Loved, In This Time, Just Blue, Muff, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Bratt, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, You Can't Have It All, Yours Next to Mine
Spyro Gyra (US jazz fusion)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Jay Messina engineer, mix 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, After the Love Has Gone, Ain't No Woman, Body and Soul, Caravan, Close, but No Guitar, Cuban Nights, Cute Song, Donna Lee, Freedom Jazz Dance, Giant Steps, House Is Not a Home, Keep on Truckin' (Baby), La La Means I Love You, Let's Get It On, Mambo Inn, Morning Dance, Ol' School, Once I Loved, One Note Funk, Pandora's Box, Rock Candy, Round Midnight, Song for My Father, St. Thomas, Super Strut, That's the Way of the World, The Chant, The Cropper Way, The Long and Winding Road, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, You Are My Heaven
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) arranger, producer, vocal, bass, bass guitar 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, Close, but No Guitar, Cuban Nights, Cute Song, Do You Wanna Be Loved, Donna Lee, In This Time, Just Blue, Keep on Truckin' (Baby), Let's Get It On, Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song, Muff, Ol' School, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Bratt, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, The Long and Winding Road, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, You Are My Heaven, You Can't Have It All, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
伊藤潔 (jazz producer) producer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, After the Love Has Gone, Ain't No Woman, Body and Soul, Caravan, Freedom Jazz Dance, Giant Steps, House Is Not a Home, La La Means I Love You, Mambo Inn, Morning Dance, Once I Loved, One Note Funk, Pandora's Box, Rock Candy, Round Midnight, Song for My Father, St. Thomas, Super Strut, That's the Way of the World, The Chant, The Cropper Way, Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Don Grolnick arranger, Rhodes piano, keyboard, piano 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, Do You Wanna Be Loved, In This Time, Just Blue, Muff, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Bratt, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, You Can't Have It All, Yours Next to Mine
Rick Marotta arranger, drums 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, Do You Wanna Be Loved, Dreams, In This Time, Just Blue, Muff, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Bratt, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, Yours Next to Mine
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums 7th Heaven, Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Cisco disco, In This Time, Just Blue, Look What They've Done to My Song, Muff, Tambourine, The Bratt, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, Twist of the Wrist, You Can't Have It All, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
Hiroyuki Komuro engineer After the Love Has Gone, Ain't No Woman, Caravan, Freedom Jazz Dance, House Is Not a Home, Once I Loved, One Note Funk, Rock Candy, Round Midnight, Song for My Father, St. Thomas, That's the Way of the World
Rubens Bassini congas, percussion 7th Heaven, Cisco disco, Dreams, Muff, Short Trip to Space, Southside, Tambourine, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, The Jingle, You Can't Have It All, You're My Every Need
Yoshiro Suzuki (engineer?) engineer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Body and Soul, Giant Steps, La La Means I Love You, Mambo Inn, Morning Dance, Pandora's Box, Super Strut, The Chant, The Cropper Way, Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Gary Chester (production) engineer A Simply Way to Say I Love You, Cain't Dance, Change the World, Funky Duck, I Want You, Sideshow, The Beauty in You, The Messenger, Tropea's Dope, Willy T
Tom Jung engineer, producer Free Lunch, Honky Tonk, Just Blue, Moroccan Nights, Mr. Music, NYC Direct, Super Ascension, Tamborine, The Chant
Phil Ludwig engineer, mix Close, but No Guitar, Cuban Nights, Cute Song, Donna Lee, Keep on Truckin' (Baby), Let's Get It On, Ol' School, The Long and Winding Road, You Are My Heaven
Charlie Conrad producer, double bass Do You Wanna Be Loved, In This Time, Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song, The Jingle, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
Jeffrey M. Kawalek engineer, mix, vocal Blue Too, Can't Hide Love, Love's Final Moment, Short Trip to Space, Southside, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do, Twist of the Wrist, You Can't Have It All
Stephan Galfas producer Do You Wanna Be Loved, In This Time, Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
Richard Tee arranger, Rhodes piano, organ, piano Do You Wanna Be Loved, In This Time, Look What They've Done to My Song, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, You're My Every Need, Yours Next to Mine
Eumir Deodato arranger, orchestrator, keyboard Dreams
George Young (saxophonist) alto saxophone, flute, reeds, soprano saxophone Do You Wanna Be Loved, Just Blue, Livin in the Jngle, Love's Final Moment, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Lewis Delgatto English horn, flute, reeds Do You Wanna Be Loved, Love's Final Moment, Southside, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Leon Pendarvis Rhodes piano, keyboard, organ Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song, Twist of the Wrist, You're My Every Need
Jimmy Maelen (Percussion) producer, drums, percussion Do You Wanna Be Loved, Livin in the Jngle, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue, You're My Every Need
David Spinozza arranger, orchestrator, guitar Blue Too, The Bratt, Twist of the Wrist
Sam Burtis trombone Do You Wanna Be Loved, Dreams, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Michael Brecker horn, reeds Do You Wanna Be Loved, Look What They've Done to My Song, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Dave Taylor (US jazz bass trombonist) trombone Do You Wanna Be Loved, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
David Sanborn horn, saxophone Look What They've Done to My Song, Muff
Randy Brecker horn, saxophone Short Trip to Space, You're My Every Need
Ralph MacDonald cowbell, percussion, tambourine, wood block Can't Hide Love, The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Mike Mainieri arranger, orchestrator, vibraphone Love's Final Moment, Twist of the Wrist
Tony Price (tuba player) instrument Do You Wanna Be Loved, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Luther Vandross vocal Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song
Al Rubin brass, flugelhorn Do You Wanna Be Loved, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Lou Marini reeds Do You Wanna Be Loved, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Diva Gray vocal Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song
Jon Faddis brass Do You Wanna Be Loved, To Touch You Again / Lady Blue
Jocelyn Shaw vocal Livin in the Jngle, Look What They've Done to My Song
Lenni Groves vocal Can't Hide Love
Jeff King (saxophone) tenor saxophone Southside
Bruce Goldberg vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Jeanne Findberg alto saxophone Southside
James Buffington French horn Love's Final Moment
Margaret Ross harp Love's Final Moment
Allan Schwartzberg drums The Jingle
Nick Remo percussion The Jingle
Paul Shaffer keyboard Livin in the Jngle
Barry Rogers horn Look What They've Done to My Song
Elen Sieling trumpet Southside
Earl Chapin French horn Love's Final Moment
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) bass Love's Final Moment
Kenny Ascher keyboard The Jingle
Duncan Cleary vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Romeo Penque flute, oboe Love's Final Moment
Ron Cartalemi vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Ron Tropea percussion The Jingle
Ronald Jannelli bassoon Love's Final Moment
Don Payne (Bass player) bass guitar The Jingle
Bill Guerra vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Steve Jordan (US drummer/multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer) drums Livin in the Jngle
Bob Mintzer flute Cisco disco
Charlie Blackwell (vocals) vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do
Brian Drake vocal The Funk You See, Is the Funk You Do

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Spyro Gyra acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar Autumn of Our Love, Awakening, Bittersweet, Cachaça, Catching the Sun, Foxtrot, Harbor Nights, Heliopolis, Here Again, Jubilee, Laser Material, Morning Dance, Philly, Starburst, Stripes, Sueño, Sweet 'n Savvy
Ronnie Foster electric guitar Alone Again (Naturally), Back Stabbers, Inot, It's Just Gotta Be That Way, Lisa's Love, Me and Mrs. Jones, Some Neck, Superwoman, Sweet Revival, Where Is the Love?
Warren Bernhardt electric guitar First Love, Funtime, Jan In Junary, Kind of Blue (For Duke Ellington), New Moon, October, Patterns, Praise, Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 and Variations
Laura Nyro instrument arranger, electric guitar, guitar, horn Angel in the Dark, Money, Mr. Blue, Sexy Mama, Smile, Stormy Love, Sweet Blindness (live), The Cat-Song
Samantha Nelson arranger, acoustic guitar, electric guitar '71, As The Time Flies, Complicated Times, I Know, You Know, Regina, Shining in you, So Many Sides, Straighten Up And Fly Right
Lou Donaldson electric guitar City, Country, City, Good Morning Heartache, Inner Space, Pillow Talk, Sanford and Son Theme, Sassy Soul Strut, This Is Happiness
陆春龄 electric guitar, guitar Black Dog, Caravan, Funk Yourself, Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun, Speak Low, Watusi Strut
Eumir Deodato electric guitar Also sprach Zarathustra, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Carly and Carole, September 13, Spirit of Summer
Mike Stoodley guitar Blue Montreux, Dulzura, Lotus Blossom, Stop (Think Again), Young and Fine
日野皓正 guitar Antigua Boy, Gently, Goin' for the Gold, Still Be Bop, Sweeter & Sweeter
Randy Crawford guitar Blue Mood, Declaration of Love, I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me, Where There Was Darkness
Michael Franks electric guitar, guitar How the Garden Grows, Never Say Die, Sunday Morning Here With You
Peter Criss guitar Easy Thing, I Can’t Stop the Rain, Rock Me, Baby
佐々木史郎 performer Away East, Groove Society
Billy Cobham guitar Le Lis, To the Women in My Life / Le Lis
Zell Black arranger I Been Had by the Devil
山下達郎 electric guitar WINDY LADY
Eric Clapton guitar Hard Times
Phoebe Snow electric guitar Goin' Down for the Third Time
Paul Simon electric guitar 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Harry Chapin electric guitar The Shortest Story
HGW guitar Habanera