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David Spinozza (born August 8, 1949) is an American guitarist and producer. He worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album Walking Man.




Career


Spinozza worked with McCartney during sessions for McCartney's Ram album during 1971. When the chance came to work with Lennon two years later, as Yoko Ono prepared her Feeling the Space album and Lennon his Mind Games, Spinozza discovered that Lennon was not aware he had previously worked with McCartney, and was afraid he would be fired if Lennon found out, given their recent feuding in the media. When Lennon did learn of it, his only comment was that McCartney "knows how to pick good people." The same story is related about Hugh McCracken.
Spinozza sessioned on Tim Weisberg's 1972 Hurtwood Edge and Cashman & West's 1974 Lifesong. Spinozza contributed to Ono's album A Story, recorded during 1974 (but not released until 1998), served as her bandleader during a residency at Kenny's Castaways, and rehearsed Ono's band to tour her native Japan, but parted ways with her when the tour began. After no communication for several years, Ono contacted Spinozza late in 1980, for his permission to release "It Happened", a track from A Story, as a B-side to "Walking on Thin Ice", her tribute to the recently assassinated John Lennon and the last song they had recorded together. Spinozza gave his permission. The track appeared with a new coda, recorded by Lennon and Ono's band from Double Fantasy.
Spinozza appeared on Ringo Starr's 1977 album Ringo the 4th, earning him the distinction of having recorded with three of the four Beatles.
Spinozza played acoustic guitar on the song "Honesty" on the 1978 Billy Joel album 52nd Street.
In 1978 he released Spinozza on the A&M label, a jazz-oriented album with some vocal tracks.
Spinozza played the guitar solo on Dr. John's hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time", played on Paul Simon's albums Paul Simon and There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Don McLean's American Pie, and later made contributions to the soundtracks of the movies Dead Man Walking, Happiness, and Just the Ticket. The first album David produced in its entirety was the folk rock trio Arthur, Hurley & Gottlieb who were signed by Clive Davis during his ten years as president of Columbia Records. Spinozza was a member of the Saturday Night Live band from 1980 to 1982. He also conducted the band in 1980 and 1981.
He held the first guitar chair in the Broadway orchestra of Hairspray and, in 2009, reunited with his band from 1973, L'Image, which also includes Mike Mainieri, Warren Bernhardt, Tony Levin and Steve Gadd.




Selected discography


With Alessi Brothers

All For a Reason (A&M, 1977)
With Peter Allen

Continental American (A&M, 1974)
I Could Have Been a Sailor (A&M, 1979)
With David Batteau

Happy in Hollywood (A&M, 1976)
With Harry Belafonte

Play Me (RCA Victor, 1973)
With George Benson

In Your Eyes (Warner Bros., 1983)
With Stephen Bishop

Red Cab to Manhattan (Warner Bros., 1980)
With Laura Branigan

Over My Heart (Atlantic, 1993)
With Rusty Bryant

Until It's Time for You to Go (1974)
With Merry Clayton

Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Ode, 1975)
With Marc Cohn

Marc Cohn (Atlantic, 1991)
With Judy Collins

Judith (Elektra, 1975)
With Elvis Costello

Painted from Memory (Mercury, 1998)
With Jim Croce

Life and Times (ABC, 1973)
With Lou Courtney

I'm In Need of Love (Epic, 1974)
With Patti Dahlstrom

The Way I Am (20th Century, 1973)
With Ron Davies

U.F.O. (A&M, 1973)
With Richard Davis

Dealin' (1973)
With John Denver

Whose Garden Was This (RCA, 1970)
With Deodato

Very Together (1976)
With Céline Dion

Let's Talk About Love (Columbia, 1997)
With Craig Doerge

Craig Doerge (Columbia, 1973)
With Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman (Decca, 1972)
With Faith, Hope and Charity

Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA Victor, 1975)
Life Goes On (RCA Victor, 1976)
With Art Farmer

Yama with Joe Henderson (1979)
With Jean-Pierre Ferland

Jaune (1970)
Soleil (1971)
With Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic, 1972)
With Roberta Flack

Feel Like Makin' Love (Atlantic, 1975)
Blue Lights in the Basement (Atlantic, 1977)
Roberta Flack (Atlantic, 1978)
With Aretha Franklin

Let Me in Your Life (Atlantic, 1974)
With Michael Franks

One Bad Habit (Warner Bros., 1980)
Time Together (Shanachie, 2011)
The Music in My Head (P-Vine, 2018)
With Richie Havens

Connections (Elektra, 1980)
With Donny Hathaway

Extension of a Man (Atco, 1973)
With Gil Scott-Heron

Free Will (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
With Johnny Hodges

3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Jennifer Holliday

Say You Love Me (Geffen, 1985)
Get Close to My Love (Geffen, 1987)
With Paul Jabara

Paul Jabara & Friends (Columbia, 1983)
With Garland Jeffreys

Ghost Writer (A&M, 1977)
One-Eyed Jack (A&M, 1978)
With Billy Joel

52nd Street (Columbia, 1978)
With Dr. John

In the Right Place (Atco, 1973)
With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

Consummation (1970)
With Margie Joseph

Margie Joseph (Atlantic, 1973)
Sweet Surrender (Atlantic, 1974)
With Patricia Kaas

Dans ma chair (Columbia, 1997)
With Michael Kenny

guitar on some tracks on self-titled Michael Kenny album (RCA, 1976)
With Robin Kenyatta

Gypsy Man (1973)
With B.B. King

B.B. King in London (ABC, 1971)
With Morgana King

New Beginnings (Paramount Records, 1973)
With Labelle

Labelle (Warner Bros., 1971)
Moon Shadow (Warner Bros., 1972)
With Yusef Lateef

Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
With Donal Leace

Donal Leace (Atlantic Records, 1972)
With John Lennon

Mind Games (Apple, 1973)
With Johnny Lytle

The Soulful Rebel (1971)
With Melissa Manchester

Singin'... (Arista, 1977)
Hey Ricky (Arista, 1982)
With Barry Manilow

This One's for You (Arista, 1976)
With Herbie Mann

Push Push (1971)
Turtle Bay (1973)
With Arif Mardin

Journey (1974)
With Charlie Mariano

Mirror (1972)
With Percy Mayfield

Blues... and Then Some (RCA Victor, 1971)
With Les McCann

Invitation to Openness (1972)
With Paul McCartney

Ram (Apple, 1971)
With Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Warner Bros., 1976)
Pronto Monto (Warner Bros., 1978)
Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse (Rollo, 1980)
With Don McLean

American Pie (United Artists, 1971)
Homeless Brother (United Artists, 1974)
With Van McCoy

Soul Improvisations (Buddah, 1972)
Van McCoy and His Magnificent Move Machine (H&L, 1977)
With Bette Midler

The Divine Miss M (Atlantic, 1972)
Bette Midler (Atlantic, 1973)
Songs for the New Depression (Atlantic, 1976)
Thighs and Whispers (Atlantic, 1979)
With Stephanie Mills

Stephanie (20th Century, 1981)
With Mark Murphy

What a Way to Go (Muse, 1990)
With David "Fathead" Newman

The Weapon (1973)
With Yoko Ono

Feeling the Space (Apple, 1973)
A Story (Rykodisc, 1997)
With David Pomeranz

Time to Fly (Decca, 1971)
With Bonnie Raitt

Streetlights (Warner Bros., 1974)
With Ray Repp

Hear the Cryin (Myrrh, 1972)
With David Sanborn

Heart to Heart (1978)
With Shirley Scott

Superstition (1973)
With Gil Scott-Heron

Free Will (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
With Carly Simon

Spy (Elektra, 1979)
Torch (Warner Bros., 1981)
With Lucy Simon

Lucy Simon (RCA Victor, 1975)
With Paul Simon

Paul Simon (Columbia, 1972)
With Bert Sommer

Bert Sommer (Buddah, 1970)
Bert Sommer (Capitol, 1977)
With Ringo Starr

Ringo the 4th (Atlantic, 1977)
With Rod Stewart

As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II (J, 2003)
With James Taylor

Walking Man (Warner Bros., 1974)
With Kate Taylor

Kate Taylor (Columbia, 1978)
With Carla Thomas

Memphis Queen (Stax, 1969)
With The Manhattan Transfer

Tonin' (Atlantic, 1995)
With Frankie Valli

Lady Put the Light Out (Private, 1977)
With Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (Arista, 1990)
With Charles Williams

Stickball (1972)
With Paul Williams

Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (A&M Records, 1971)
Life Goes On (A&M Records, 1972)
With Cris Williamson

Cris Williamson (Ampex Records, 1971)




Notes and references






Bibliography


Pang, May. Loving John (Warner Books, 1982), ISBN 9780446379168
The Editors of Rolling Stone. The Ballad of John and Yoko (Rolling Stone Press, 1982), ISBN 9780718122089
Seaman, Frederic. The Last Days of John Lennon (Warner Books, 1991), ISBN 978-1559720847




External links


David Spinozza at IMDb
David Spinozza discography at Discogs
David Spinozza at AllMusic

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ram (album)
• Wings (grup musik Inggris)
• Michael Brecker
• David Spinozza
• Ram (album)
• A Story
• Steve Gadd
• Mind Games (John Lennon album)
• Walking Man
• The Best of James Taylor
• Greatest Hits (James Taylor album)
• Sassy Soul Strut
• Life and Times (Jim Croce album)