Alan V. Abrahams Partial Discography: COMPILATION HEARTbeats Foundation Pant You a Rainbow Benefitting Save the Children John Williams The Blind Boys of Alabama Joan Baez Ladymsith Black Mambazo Jessye Norman Christine Brewer Lynn Harrell Sting Paul Simon WORLD Ladysmith Black Mambazo Heavenly Gallo/Shanacie/A&M The Grammy winning ten man a Capella group from South Africa featured on the Paul Simon Graceland album. Phoebe Snow Bill Champlin Lou Rawls Bonnie Raitt Dolly Parton Achieved Gold status in UK, South Africa POP, COUNTRY, FOLK & BLUES Margaret Marston Places the River Won t Go Joan Baez Albert Lee Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits) Jim Cox (Lyle Lovett) Jay Dee Maness (Vince Gill) Do Rite Records Kris Kristofferson Broken Freedom Song Oh Boy/Rykodisc
Taj Mahal Live Catch Tradition + Moderne Joan Baez Recently Goldcastle Speaking of Dreams Goldcastle Brothers In Arms Goldcastle Diamonds & Rust: Live In The Bullring Goldcastle Pure Prairie League Dance RCA Live: Takin The Stage RCA Just Fly RCA Juice Newton After The Dust Settles RCA Wha Koo Fragile Line Epic David Palmer (Steely Dan) Pig Iron* Pig Iron Columbia *This was a band formed by Alan Abrahams and he led it as drummer, lead vocalist and co-songwriter. (Several members eventually became part of John Lennon s Plastic Ono Band). Pig Iron toured continually with B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band and Canned Heat R&B Tavares Loveline Capitol The Memphis Horns Get Up and Dance RCA features 6 songs co-written by Alan; 3 topped the R&B charts The Memphis Horns Band II RCA Charles Veal Only the Best Capitol Mystic Merlin 60 Thrills A Minute Capitol
Full Moon Capitol featuring R&B great Freddie Jackson signed by Alan Abrahams (co-wrote 4 songs) JAZZ Paul Jackson, Jr. A Still Small Voice Blue Note/Capitol Billy Preston Darius McCrary No. 1 (4 weeks) Billboard Smooth Jazz Charts Les McCann Pump It Up ESC/Rykodisc Marcus Miller Dianne Reeves Bonnie Raitt Ricky Peterson Billy Preston Maceo Parker Les McCann On the Soul Side MusicMasters/BMG Eddie Harris Lou Rawls Abraham Laboriel Les McCann Listen Up! MusicMasters/BMG George Duke Greg Phillinganes Billy Preston David T. Walker John Robinson Ernie Watts Les McCann Pacifique MusicMasters/BMG Stanley Turrentine T-Time MusicMasters/BMG Michael Wolff Michael Wolf Trio
*Michael is the former Music Director for the Arsenio Hall Show and for Nancy Wilson. Tony Williams Christian McBride GOSPEL Táta Vega This Joy Do Rite Known for her work with Andrae Andrae Crouch Crouch, she was lead vocalist on Abraham Laboriel many Grammy winning albums, as well as being the voice of Shug Avery Vinnie Colaiuta in the Steven Spielberg s The Color John Black (Gap Band) Purple. Táta is currently on tour with Elton John. New Jersey Mass Choir Look Up and Live Light No. 1 Billboard Magazine- Spiritual Chart New Jersey Mass Choir Hold Up the Light Light No. 2 Billboard No. 1 Gospel U.S.A. * O The Blood from this album was included in the Winner Stellar Award million selling Rough Side of Winner GMWA Award the Mountain TV compilation. Billboard Spiritual Album of the Year New Jersey Mass Choir Heroes Light No. 2 Billboard L.A. Mass Choir* Give Him the Glory Light *The L.A. Mass Choir was formed for and recorded on part of the Joan Baez On the Billboard charts album Recently to recreate the times that Joan sang in black churches for over 70 weeks in the south, fighting alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. T.D. Jakes 2008 album Grace: Live In Kenya with the Potter s House Choir was nominated for and won 2 Stellar Awards. The title song Grace is published by Alan Abrahams Music and was culled from the Give Him the Glory album. L.A. Mass Choir Can t Hold Back Light Winner NAACP Image Award
Winner Stellar Award Winner GMWA Award On Billboard charts 1 year Vickie Winans Be Encouraged Light No. 1 Totally Gospel No. 1 Gospel U.S.A. Winner 2 Stellar Awards Winner 2 GMWA Awards Beau Williams Wonderful Light No. 2 Billboard Winner GMWA Winner Dove Award- Album of the Year Beau Williams Bodacious Capitol Beau Williams Higher Light Daryl Coley I ll Be With You Light (as Executive Producer) Winner Stellar Award Melvin Williams Back to the Cross Light Kingdom Amazing Light No. 1 Gospel USA Voices of Light The All-Time Gospel Classics GMWA Nomination Light Adoration-N-Prayze Time Is Running Out TM Records
Commissioned Go Tell Somebody Light (as Executive Producer) Fred Hammond Marvin Sapp Commissioned Will You Be Ready? Light (as Executive Producer) MOVIES The Omen Soundtrack RCA. The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jerry Goldsmith Winner of the Academy Award s AUDIOBOOKS AND VOICEOVERS Kris Kristofferson The Man Called Cash Audiobook Kris Kristofferson BRATS: Our Journey Home Voice over for the documentary film