Forever, For Always, For Luther

Forever, for Always, for Luther, released on July 27, 2004, by GRP Records, is a smooth jazz various artists tribute album, with ten popular songs written by Luther Vandross. The album featured vocal arrangements by Luther, and was produced by Rex Rideout and Bud Harner. Rideout had co-authored songs and contributed arrangements and played keyboards on Luther's final three albums. The tribute album was mixed by Ray Bardani, who recorded and mixed most of Luther's music over the years. It featured an ensemble of jazz performers, many of whom had previously worked with Luther. The artists on the album were: Lalah Hathaway, Lisa Fischer, Brenda White, Cindy Mizelle, Fonzi Thornton, Ledisi – vocals Rex Rideout, Brian Culbertson – keyboards Sundra Manning – Hammond organ George Benson, Ray Fuller, Paul Jackson Jr., John Pondel, Dwight Sills, Ty Stevens – guitar Alex Al – acoustic and electric bass Sekou Bunch – acoustic bass Steve Ferrone, Michael White – drums Lenny Castro – percussion Mindi Abair, Dave Koz – alto saxophone Richard Elliot, Boney James, Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone Brandon Fields – saxophone Lee Thornburg – trumpet Rick Braun – trumpet Nick Lane – trombone From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)